December, 2017 archive
The Art of the Con 0
Shorter Jay Bookman: Believe what they do, not what they say.
Russian Impulses 0
Shaun Mullen steps back and tries to look at the big picture.
Suffer the Children 0
Farron comments on Senator Orrin Hatch’s Oliver Twisted thinking.
A Second Chance 0
Putting a Price Tag on Climate Change 0
Robert Thorson, a geologist, reports that, even as oil and coal tycoons deny that the climates they are a-changing, the insurance industry is taking action. Naturally, it’s an action that will fix nothing and cost the insured, because it’s all about paying for the risk, not about fixing anything.
Moody’s has already been considering the growing risks of sea level rise and flooding into account in rating coastal properties, particularly those created on filled-in wetlands. It’s now going to do the same regarding government-issued bonds (emphasis added; more at the link).
The fiscally conservative and hazards aware part of me is loving this news because it proclaims an obvious truth that we geologists have taught for a half-century. Easy come, easy go. Lowlands created easily by shallow fill will be the first to go under. We’re talking about our national mall in Washington, D.C., much of the Bay Area in San Francisco, the Florida coastal strip, New York, Boston and countless other cities with large areas of low-lying fill within city limits.
All Circus, No Bread 0
Bret Stephens recommends a book to help us understand Trumpery.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Demonstrate courtesy on the nation’s highways.
Two men emerged from the vehicles, and a few moments later, both had drawn pistols and were firing at each other in the middle of traffic.
“I thought they had stopped shooting,” said Garcia. He started recording after the last shot ended, but still, the men continued to threaten and wave the guns at each other, all of which is recorded on his remarkable video, the camera serving as an eyewitness.
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*”No one could have predicted” here in NRA Paradise?
Give me a break.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
The attempt to prettify slavery and romanticize slaveholders continues apace.
