tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post3726777455580967364..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Watching America BiodegradeThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-36649499315341114732019-06-10T09:07:20.768-07:002019-06-10T09:07:20.768-07:00Toby - thanks for the link. I finally managed to w...Toby - thanks for the link. I finally managed to watch the documentary.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-76452058271306609752019-06-09T06:32:36.249-07:002019-06-09T06:32:36.249-07:00So much for famine and poverty among migrants and ...So much for famine and poverty among migrants and their brutal treatment:<br />https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44578339<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-2965914907858484322019-06-08T08:28:41.142-07:002019-06-08T08:28:41.142-07:00The March of Folly continues.The March of Folly continues.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-17520206724124556852019-06-08T04:43:35.050-07:002019-06-08T04:43:35.050-07:00Human greed will be the death of us all. Capitalis...Human greed will be the death of us all. Capitalism run amok. Gotta grow that GDP. Build more condos. Let's bring in millions of immigrants from low carbon footprint countries so they can have a McMansion and 3 cars too! Who cares about the environment, let's fly around the world to take selfies to post on social media. Overpopulation? Bah who cares if Africa balloons to 3 or 4 billion people?<br /><br />Sorry if I sound bitter. I'll take my electric scooter for a ride with my reusable water bottle... *sighs*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-54778530555026811732019-06-08T04:32:53.970-07:002019-06-08T04:32:53.970-07:00The White House (Trump) response to this catastrop...The White House (Trump) response to this catastrophe; kill the messenger, of course.<br />https://www.rawstory.com/2019/06/busted-white-house-caught-blocking-intelligence-aides-testimony-on-a-possibly-catastrophic-disaster/<br />MacAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-48412649884317543862019-06-07T18:38:48.595-07:002019-06-07T18:38:48.595-07:00As to storms in the US, we can expect to see many ...As to storms in the US, we can expect to see many American climate refugees try to move to Canada. What is Trudeau going to say about that? Neither the RCMP nor the Canadian military are prepared for mass migrations at our borders.<br /><br />Build a friggen wall!! LOL.<br />It should be built with Canadian lumber and the USA should pay for it, softwood tariffs or no.<br />On the plus side the American climate refugees could provide cheap labour for our agricultural industry not to mention the idea of having a cute American with a bronx accent as a gardener or house cleaner.<br />We should consider the thought a gift!<br /><br />TB<br /><br />FWIW, Gwynne Dyer is a visionary.<br /><br /><br />Trailblazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03436709163754934547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-70581862025972982922019-06-07T13:52:40.146-07:002019-06-07T13:52:40.146-07:00Last night, Knowledge Network ran "The Age of...Last night, Knowledge Network ran "The Age of Consequences." "US military insiders provide insight into how climate change and the increasing scarcity of natural resources impact stability in the world's most volatile regions." <br /><br />https://www.knowledge.ca/program/age-consequences<br /><br />This is the first time I've seen on TV what Gwynne Dyer was talking about years ago. This message still hasn't reached the big networks; it's probably too rough for the advertisers. <br /><br />As to storms in the US, we can expect to see many American climate refugees try to move to Canada. What is Trudeau going to say about that? Neither the RCMP nor the Canadian military are prepared for mass migrations at our borders. Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-28063197241610441382019-06-07T12:30:13.636-07:002019-06-07T12:30:13.636-07:00As I've said for some time I expect we will se...<br />As I've said for some time I expect we will see the climate crisis really transform over the next decade. We know that the next four years will be unduly hot and, if Camilo Mora's team at the University of Hawaii are correct, this will coincide with the arrival of "climate departure."<br /><br />What I worry about is crop failures in two or more of the major grain producers. With a 60-day global reserve on hand we're already close to the edges.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-24185067850879739352019-06-07T11:43:00.046-07:002019-06-07T11:43:00.046-07:00I watch a half-hour of American news every night, ...I watch a half-hour of American news every night, Mound, and the mounting toll of climate change should be obvious to all, even the most ideologically obdurate. I often wonder, since so much damage is being wrought in the American heartland, whether their current and increasingly dire situation has any impact on their antediluvian views.Lornehttp://politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-81594099838722225992019-06-07T10:05:26.081-07:002019-06-07T10:05:26.081-07:00There doesn't seem to be anywhere safe especia...There doesn't seem to be anywhere safe especially when Climate Change really begins to do the worst damage. AnyongAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com