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Category Archives: climate change
Are perfect storms the wave of the future?
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) has a cheesy script, but the spectacle of New York City immersed except for the upper floors of its tallest buildings is worth the DVD rental fee and doesn’t seem silly in our post-Superstorm Sandy … Continue reading
Boyz II Men to make sexy time in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin addressing his fellow citizens: “I have beeg announcement. American sexy band Boys II Men come to Moscow this week. Show love, comrades.” OK, Putin didn’t exactly say that, but the Grammy-winning R&B band really is flying … Continue reading
Posted in arts, climate change, humor, Obama, pop music
Tagged birth rate, Boyz II Men, concert, End of the Road, Ghosts, Nine Inch Nails, Russia, sexy time, Vladimir Putin
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What John Mackey can do with his vegan stir-fry
Oh, the ironies of the Obama era! Last week John Mackey denounced Obamacare as “like fascism.” This was a few years after damning it as “socialism.” The Whole Foods co-CEO doesn’t see, or pretends to not see, that Obamacare is … Continue reading
Alarming stats on sea levels
Is must be asked — what sort of “ambitious measures” could possibly hold back the ocean? From The Raw Story: Sea-level rise is occurring much faster than scientists expected – exposing millions more Americans to the destructive floods produced by … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, livable cities
Tagged climate change, global sea levels, Stevie Ray Vaughan
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Semantics
Professor Michael Oppenheimer of Princeton University says some people don’t want to hear about global warming because “it gets in the way of their economic interests.” Chris Matthews of MSNBC says, “Well, Professor Oppenheimer, back in the ‘60s, we called … Continue reading
The whims of Frankenstorm
So I was holding my breath for about 24 hours as Frankenstorm surged and tried to decide where to strike next. Even in my zombie funk I knew that, if the Weather Channel was accurate and the weather gods so … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, life in the big city, mainstream media, NJ, Philadelphia
Tagged Frankenstorm, Hurricane Sandy, Jimi Hendrix, surge, Weather Channel
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The dog days of spring
It feels almost like August in April, and so what if glaciers are melting and the sea level rising and scientists predicting vast coastal areas will be underwater within a century? Jon’s Water Ice, which is usually shuttered until after … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, economic collapse, fiction, history, Iraq war
Tagged Atrios, August in April, Dorothy Psrker, New Zealand, water ice
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Dear NYT: Why no news stories about ALEC?
[From a recent conversation with my Russian friend Sergei. We like to argue about which country is less democratic -- America, or Putin's Russia.] No, Sergei, I’m not turning into a conspiracy theorist, and I’m not having one of my … Continue reading
