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Ukrainian Democracy

“The restrictions on Russia’s access from the Western-dominated global financial system will undoubtedly drive it into a deeper economic embrace with China, in terms of both trade and financial dependence.”

Sanctions on Russia Could Drive Moscow Closer to Beijing and Change the Global Financial System

The same approach the US used in 1940 to drive Japan to ally with Germany.

The Embargoes That Blocked Japanese Expansion and Led to War | Defense Media Network

A March 3, 1966 tornado killed 57 people and injured 507 in and around Jackson, Mississippi.

03 Mar 1966, 149 – The Miami Herald at Newspapers.com

A tornado on March 2, 1906 was reported to have killed more than 100 people at Meridian, Mississippi.

03 Mar 1906, 1 – The Missoulian at Newspapers.com

This came a few weeks before the the San Francisco earthquake and fire which was predicted by Astronomer Abbe Moreaux based on sunspots.

Page 1 [Newspaper Page] — Times Dispatch — 29 October 1905

21 Apr 1906 – Terrible Earthquake. – Trove

The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

It was also a few weeks after the hottest day on record in Victoria and West Australia.

13010_1995_Bk77.pdf

08 Jan 1906 – THE HEAT WAVE – Trove

Papers Past | Newspapers | Colonist | 8 January 1906 | HEAT WAVE AUSTRALIA.

08 Jan 1906 – AT MILDURA. – Trove

06 Jan 1906 – THE HEAT WAVE. – Trove

On January 5, 1906 Mildura, Victoria reached 123F.

06 Jan 1906 – MILDURA FRUIT SEASON – Trove

Worse Than The BBC Thought

“James Hanson, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute, is arguably the world authority on climate change. He predicts that we have just a decade to avert a 25-metre rise of the sea. Picture an eight-storey building by a beach, then imagine waves lapping its roof. That’s what a 25-metre rise in sea level looks like.”

– October 28, 2006

Climate’s last chance

Sea Level Trends – NOAA Tides & Currents

When we lived in the Bay Area twenty years ago, we regularly attended Stanford women’s soccer matches.

Stanford student and soccer goalkeeper Katie Meyer ’22 dies at 22 | The Stanford Daily

“If we pass our climate agenda we would lower energy prices for the average American family by $500 a month”

Biden Adviser Cedric Richmond: We Need to ‘Pass Our Climate Agenda’ to Lower Energy Prices :: Grabien – The Multimedia Marketplace

2008 version

Microsoft Word – Fact Sheet Energy Speech 082508 FINAL.doc

Meanwhile, back in the real world.

“There are several studies that indicate it would cost the United States trillions of dollars to transition to an electric system that is 100-percent renewable. Costs range from $4.5 trillion by 2030 or even 2040 to $5.7 trillion in 2030—about a quarter of the U.S. debt. The lower estimate results in a cost per household of almost $2,000 per year through 2040.”

Cost of Transitioning to 100-Percent Renewable Energy – IER

Recent and historical rainfall maps, Australian Bureau of Meteorology

“IT MAY be time to stop describing south-eastern Australia as gripped by drought and instead accept the extreme dry as permanent, one of the nation’s most senior weather experts warned yesterday.”

– January 4, 2008

This drought may never break

“Leading environmentalist Professor Tim Flannery has warned that Australia is now entering long-term climate change, which could cause longer and more frequent droughts. He also predicts that the ongoing drought could leave Sydney’s dams dry in just two years.”

– July 10, 2005

Climate change ‘will prolong’ drought conditions – ABC News

Australian rainfall deciles since 1900

Prior to the year 2000, warm temperatures in the US on March 5 were much more common.