Obama failed to stop Hurricane Sandy during his first term, but he hints that he will try to do better during his second term.
Barack Obama stokes expectations of climate change action in second term Hopes rise among green campaigners after president mentions ‘the destructive power of a warming planet’ in victory speech
He forgot to mention his messianic abilities during the debates. Must have slipped his mind at the time.
Boeing announced a major restructuring of its defense division on Wednesday that will cut 30 percent of management jobs from 2010 levels, close facilities in California and consolidate several business units to cut costs.
Boeing Announces Big Layoffs in Defense Division – US Business News – CNBC
Climate change warrior McKibben takes activism on the road Bill McKibben plans to travel the country in a sustainable-fuel bus, asking public institutions to divest portfolios of dirty energy holdings — and encourage more civil disobedience against those companies.
Climate change warrior McKibben takes activism on the road | Local News | The Seattle Times
Apparently the latrine on this bus feeds directly into the engine and the kitchen.
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Shares of Smith & Wesson (NAS: SWHC) were up 10% today after President Obama’s re-election, because everyone now expects gun buyers to buy even more guns over the next four years than they did in his first four years.
h/t to Dave G
LA Times says that minorities against racism vote based on the color of a persons skin, so the GOP must make sure and pick a black/hispanic/gay/bi/lesbian/transexual/pro-abortion/anti-CO2 ticket in 2016.
Republican strategists worry that Tuesday’s election results indicates the GOP has a “demographic problem.”
No kidding. Latinos turned out at the polls and voted for President Barack Obama at a historic rate. At least one election eve report by Latino Decision’s indicates that President Barack Obama won 75% percent of that voting bloc, while Republican challenger Mitt Romney captured a mere 23%.
Romney’s Global Warming Joke Should Haunt Him
When Gov. Romney gave his acceptance speech at the Republican convention he quipped that President Obama wants to slow the rise of the oceans and that he, by contrast, wanted to help American families.
OpEdNews – Article: Romney’s Global Warming Joke Should Haunt Him
It was wrong for Romney to criticize Obama’s delusions. America needs a messiah, not a competent president.
Thank you Governor Christie for your new bromance with Obama. You know, you really didn’t have to! And you, Mother Nature, with all your horrific damage, death and destruction you caused last week
NASA scientist James Hansen has been denounced for simply speaking the truth to Congress in June 1988. ….
Out of concern for his children and grandchildren, the scholarly grandfather wrote “Storms Of My Grandchildren.” Hansen’s book is 20th century prophecy. ….
Gov. Mario Cuomo of New York was one of the few courageous elected officials to draw a connection between climate change and Sandy.
Climate students mention storms of the past that remind us how quickly Earth seems to be responding in a buildup of carbon dioxide.
There has been evidence in this century:
» 1900 — Galveston, Texas, lost 8,000 people in a hurricane.
» 1938 — 800 people died in a hurricane that struck the U.S. Atlantic coast.
The storms of my grandchildren arrived 100 years ago | The Advertiser | theadvertiser.com
I wonder if Hansen also forecast the 1780 hurricane?
The Great Hurricane of 1780, also known as the Hurricane San Calixto II, is the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record. Well over 25,000 people died when the storm passed through the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean between October 10 and October 16. The hurricane struck Barbados with wind gusts possibly exceeding 320 km/h (200 mph)
List of deadliest Atlantic hurricanes – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
h/t to Tom Nelson
Earlier this year, a lack of snow and cold in the east was due to global warming
An early “March summer” in Canada and the United States with record high temperatures may be a symptom of global warming, researchers said.
Record-breaking summer-like conditions have been reported across North America following an unusually mild winter, meteorologists said.
‘March summer’ linked to global warming – Disaster News Network
Last Night’s soccer match was called off in New York because of snow. Experts tell us that the storms hitting the east coast are due to global warming.
Soccer: Red Bulls’ MLS playoff game postponed by snow until Thursday night – NorthJersey.com
