Climate change could mean the extinction of our species

[martin48]

Closing paragraph of the Guardian article

But nonetheless it seems crucial simply to say, for the record, the truth: this company had the singular capacity to change the course of world history for the better and instead it changed that course for the infinitely worse. In its greed Exxon helped — more than any other institution — to kill our planet.

[nitron]

I hope we all don't end up living like mole people ,or be forced to be such. But I'm sure it's all part of a learning curve. It happened/ing to other worlds.(Thanks Evolutionary Theory)

[Ben]

Global warming could be more devastating for the economy than we thought:

http://www.theguardian.com/environme...han-we-thought

[Ben]

Exxon’s Climate Concealment:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/10/op...ment.html?_r=2

[martin48]

Wondering if we could sum up most threads here.

Yes - climate change will mean extinction of humans

No - God does not exist

No - guns will not be banned

Yes - Republican Party is full of nutters and arseholes

That about sums it all up

[Ben]

Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't a Republican. He claims to be one. But he's far too rational for the Republican Party. Wish he'd run (I know... he wasn't born in America... but neither was crazy Cruz) and thus add some sanity to the Republican Presidential bid.

[Caleigh]

He is a republican from the 70s but the party now is jjust so extreme and controlled by incredible evangelicals and corporations. He doesn't fit in anymore

[Ben]

He is a republican from the 70s but the party now is jjust so extreme and controlled by incredible evangelicals and corporations. He doesn't fit in anymore

Yes. Agreed. The party has gone off the deep end. (And this is a party that started as a socialist party under Abraham Lincoln. They, originally, were against industrialization as posing a threat to their culture, they equated wage-slavery with actual slavery. Most people aren't aware of their origins. Understandably so.) And someone like Eisenhower would be way out on the left.
It's a party that wouldn't get any votes if people knew what they actually stood for. They're a party that is deeply committed to serving the super-rich. So, can't get any votes that way. So, you mobilize certain segments of the population: homophobes, Christians zealots, gun enthusiasts, anti-abortion activists etc., etc. That's how you get votes.
I mean, they couldn't be blatantly honest and say: we simply serve the super-rich... now vote for us -- LOL.
And the Democratic Party are moving in the same direction of simply serving the very rich... by embracing the core tenets of neo-liberalism. I mean, both parties embrace and support right-wing economic policies.

[Ben]

GOP Candidates Receive Failing Grades on Climate as 2015 Smashes Global Temperature Records:

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/3...rature-records

[martin48]

http://www.climatehustlemovie.com

Here's a stupid movie to watch