Map of life expectancy at birth from Global Education Project.

Friday, September 20, 2019

The Long Emergency: Going to wash us away . . .

So for the second time in two years the Houston area is drowning in rain measured in feet, not inches. This particular event barely made it to tropical storm status but it dumped enough water to set records. The perpetrators of this Chinese-inspired hoax predicted exactly this -- wetter storms and bigger and better floods -- along with everything else that's been happening: more and more intense heat waves; droughts; melting permafrost; disappearance of the arctic sea ice; wildfires; rising sea levels; mass extinction. Funny thing about that. Even though it's a hoax, everything the hoaxers predicted has come true and keeps getting worse.

Fortunately, enough people believe the hoax that millions of people are taking to the streets today to demand action. Even capitalists have been taken in by the Chinese hoax, including, believe it or not, some oil companies. I'm not sure why it took a 16 year old girl to finally get some serious attention from the corporate media, but that happened.

I'm starting to think that it's gotten to the point where reality is kicking humanity in the nads, and it's impossible not to notice. What has to happen next is massive, global mobilization, which will include getting people to make some sacrifices but will also include plenty of benefits and plenty of winners.

The first thing Americans must do is vow never to vote for any Republican, for any office, ever.

5 comments:

Don Quixote said...

Correct. Because the Republicans are the ones who've taken the "Chinese hoax" bait ... and they're the criminals, the reckless, the manifestly lying, the spiritually & ethically bankrupt, the earth rapists.

Woody Peckerwood said...


Here's a legitimate question no one is asking:

If we laud these young people , mostly children, for flexing political power, why aren't we allowing them to vote?

Cervantes said...

Well, I'm not sure that follows. Anyway, plenty of people 18 and older are joining them, fortunately.

Eddie Pleasure said...

I feel that you cannot limit the blame to Republicans. There are plenty of Democrats who are working for corporations and their lobbyists.

Don Quixote said...

The blame lies probably about 90% with Republicans. Reason enough never to vote for them.