Climate Change Drop off

Lerxst1992

HughFreakingDillon said:

Lerxst1992 said:

PJ_Soul said:

So the most logical solution would be to offer a piece of government ID, either at the state level or federal level, for free. For cases where there is literally no way to prove someone is who they say they are, well, that's just tough shit, no?? That would be SOOOOO much easier and cheaper than the BS going on now in the US. To allow someone to vote without any ID is absolute lunacy, so that's no solution.  

It's fucking ridiculous that the US government can't figure this out. And it can't just be blamed on the GOP. The Democrats have had opportunities in the past to make it work, and they never bothered. 

It’s incorrect to cite “the US government” as that entity does not run elections.

Voter IDs are typically used by republican states (edit, and swing states that are typically run by republican legislators) to make voting for poor people more difficult, since they are more often hourly workers that do not get paid for time outside work, and more likely to not have their own cars, making registration for accepted IDs more time consuming and difficult.

the R states take this much further at times, by allowing beneficial IDs such as military or gun registration and prohibiting items such as college IDs.

itd be nice to change this to operate more fairly, but Dems have been losing the majority of state and local elections for decades, because Dems only show up in numbers when Bill Clinton or Obama runs, outside of that one Biden win when they allowed many mail in ballots. Elections are state and local. Need to win those elections to make the rules.

she never said the US government runs elections. 

“ It's fucking ridiculous that the US government can't figure this out.”


seems clear what that’s saying.  Feds try telling the states what to do lol, IF the dems ever get to run the senate the next twenty years, and if so, good luck getting this court to sign off. So states are running their own shows regarding elections.

HughFreakingDillon

yeah, I know. no laws are federal, congress has no control over anything, and the courts NEVER reinterpret past rulings. /s

Lerxst1992

Not sure what, if anything, that fantasy is supposed to mean. Elections have always been run by municipalities and states. So we’re shifting from the “feds figuring things out” to a conservative courts “interpretations” lol. This Court has been clear on its interpretation. So unless you have a Time Machine, or can find a hundred thousand democratic voters in five or six swing states…that fantasy ain’t happening 

mickeyrat

Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma. Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.

Read the full story (with The Frontier): https://propub.li/4oOwUST

Halifax2TheMax

mickeyrat said:

Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma. Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.

Read the full story (with The Frontier): https://propub.li/4oOwUST

* The following opinion is mine and mine alone and does not represent the views of my family, friends, government and/or my past, present or future employer. US Department of State: 1-888-407-4747.

Drill, baby drill!

Lerxst1992

Time to run some ads in OK.

Go Beavers

PJ_Soul said:

So the most logical solution would be to offer a piece of government ID, either at the state level or federal level, for free. For cases where there is literally no way to prove someone is who they say they are, well, that's just tough shit, no?? That would be SOOOOO much easier and cheaper than the BS going on now in the US. To allow someone to vote without any ID is absolute lunacy, so that's no solution.  

It's fucking ridiculous that the US government can't figure this out. And it can't just be blamed on the GOP. The Democrats have had opportunities in the past to make it work, and they never bothered. 

The more logical solution is what’s happening in several states. Entirely vote by mail with signature verification. Saves money, increases turnout, and no standing in line. 

DE4173

Flashback to last year. Biden on climate change:

https://x.com/mazemoore/status/1985475429205975216?t=ZuLm3sewdUy410ypV-9Nrg&s=19

Lerxst1992

Go Beavers said:

PJ_Soul said:

So the most logical solution would be to offer a piece of government ID, either at the state level or federal level, for free. For cases where there is literally no way to prove someone is who they say they are, well, that's just tough shit, no?? That would be SOOOOO much easier and cheaper than the BS going on now in the US. To allow someone to vote without any ID is absolute lunacy, so that's no solution.  

It's fucking ridiculous that the US government can't figure this out. And it can't just be blamed on the GOP. The Democrats have had opportunities in the past to make it work, and they never bothered. 

The more logical solution is what’s happening in several states. Entirely vote by mail with signature verification. Saves money, increases turnout, and no standing in line. 

Also could give opportunist politics the chance to challenge to throw out ballots. Our signatures can change as we age.

tempo_n_groove

mickeyrat said:

Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma. Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.

Read the full story (with The Frontier): https://propub.li/4oOwUST

I argue this point too.  Though it's not climate change.

What I do argue is when we strip mine a mountain and leave coal tailings and nothing grows on top of it after we are done.

When we clear cut a forest and no trees grow after we leave it.

When you dump so much plastic in the ocean you have it make small islands and fish have plastic particles in their stomachs.

When every fish has traces of mercury in them.

I also like to bring up acid rain and the ozone.  2 things we caused as humans and made go away or helped fix them.

Halifax2TheMax

tempo_n_groove said:

mickeyrat said:

Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma. Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.

Read the full story (with The Frontier): https://propub.li/4oOwUST

I argue this point too.  Though it's not climate change.

What I do argue is when we strip mine a mountain and leave coal tailings and nothing grows on top of it after we are done.

When we clear cut a forest and no trees grow after we leave it.

When you dump so much plastic in the ocean you have it make small islands and fish have plastic particles in their stomachs.

When every fish has traces of mercury in them.

I also like to bring up acid rain and the ozone.  2 things we caused as humans and made go away or helped fix them.

 * The following opinion is mine and mine alone and does not represent the views of my family, friends, government and/or my past, present or future employer. US Department of State: 1-888-407-4747.

You should be concerned about how much plastic is in your body.

Halifax2TheMax

shadowcast said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

pssst...read it again. not just the headline. pssst. 

It's ok we all get fooled. I was fooled about "Climate Change" but the war on carbon is just silly. WHat Gates is doing is he's pivoting to AI becasue that is coming not climate change. What does AI need? Energy. These super quantum computers need a lot of energy to run. He's going where the money is. He's liar. Its ok to say you were wrong about climate change. A lot of people were and still are.  

 * The following opinion is mine and mine alone and does not represent the views of my family, friends, government and/or my past, present or future employer. US Department of State: 1-888-407-4747.

“Wrong about climate change”? How so? Guess these folks were wrong and should have been woke so they would have bought further inland, eh?

Homes are collapsing in North Carolina. It could spell trouble for other coastal areas, too

When Stacy Morgan and her husband, Brandon Dodick, bought their beach house in Buxton, North Carolina, in May, they imagined one day spending their retirement there.

Five months later, the house was gone.

Theirs was one of 27 beachfront homes in Buxton and Rodanthe, two villages on Hatteras Island, part of North Carolina’s barrier islands, that have collapsedinto the ocean since 2020. Rising sea levels and relentless storms are erasing land faster than locals – or officials – can respond.

Many of the homes that have collapsed were hundreds of feet away from the ocean’s shoreline when they were initially built, said Reide Corbett, the dean of the Coastal Studies Institute at East Carolina University.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/homes/why-are-homes-collapsing-in-north-carolina

Go Beavers

Lerxst1992 said:

Go Beavers said:

PJ_Soul said:

So the most logical solution would be to offer a piece of government ID, either at the state level or federal level, for free. For cases where there is literally no way to prove someone is who they say they are, well, that's just tough shit, no?? That would be SOOOOO much easier and cheaper than the BS going on now in the US. To allow someone to vote without any ID is absolute lunacy, so that's no solution.  

It's fucking ridiculous that the US government can't figure this out. And it can't just be blamed on the GOP. The Democrats have had opportunities in the past to make it work, and they never bothered. 

The more logical solution is what’s happening in several states. Entirely vote by mail with signature verification. Saves money, increases turnout, and no standing in line. 

Also could give opportunist politics the chance to challenge to throw out ballots. Our signatures can change as we age.

If the sig doesn’t match, the voter is
notified. 

shadowcast

Halifax2TheMax said:

shadowcast said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

pssst...read it again. not just the headline. pssst. 

It's ok we all get fooled. I was fooled about "Climate Change" but the war on carbon is just silly. WHat Gates is doing is he's pivoting to AI becasue that is coming not climate change. What does AI need? Energy. These super quantum computers need a lot of energy to run. He's going where the money is. He's liar. Its ok to say you were wrong about climate change. A lot of people were and still are.  

 * The following opinion is mine and mine alone and does not represent the views of my family, friends, government and/or my past, present or future employer. US Department of State: 1-888-407-4747.

“Wrong about climate change”? How so? Guess these folks were wrong and should have been woke so they would have bought further inland, eh?

Homes are collapsing in North Carolina. It could spell trouble for other coastal areas, too

When Stacy Morgan and her husband, Brandon Dodick, bought their beach house in Buxton, North Carolina, in May, they imagined one day spending their retirement there.

Five months later, the house was gone.

Theirs was one of 27 beachfront homes in Buxton and Rodanthe, two villages on Hatteras Island, part of North Carolina’s barrier islands, that have collapsedinto the ocean since 2020. Rising sea levels and relentless storms are erasing land faster than locals – or officials – can respond.

Many of the homes that have collapsed were hundreds of feet away from the ocean’s shoreline when they were initially built, said Reide Corbett, the dean of the Coastal Studies Institute at East Carolina University.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/homes/why-are-homes-collapsing-in-north-carolina

These people have homes on stilts basically in the ocean. LOL. https://climatecosmos.com/interviews-and-opinions/the-real-story-behind-rising-seas-that-activists-wont-tell/

mickeyrat

Drought linked to increased conflict between humans and wildlife in California: Study.

The highest increases were seen in mountain lion, coyote and bobcat encounters.

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/drought-linked-increased-conflict-humans-wildlife-california-study/story?id=127429328

shadowcast

mickeyrat said:

Drought linked to increased conflict between humans and wildlife in California: Study.

The highest increases were seen in mountain lion, coyote and bobcat encounters.

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/drought-linked-increased-conflict-humans-wildlife-california-study/story?id=127429328

Earth is gonna earth........

josevolution

Yeah so let’s just let it burn 🤨

Halifax2TheMax

josevolution said:

Yeah so let’s just let it burn 🤨

Nope, drill baby drill and roll that coal! Nothing can be done.