With a Few Simple Tweaks, No One Would Need Air Conditioning

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With a Few Simple Tweaks, No One Would Need Air Conditioning Almost 90 percent of American households have air conditioning, and we spend $11 billion on cooling each year. Meanwhile, in the rest of the world, as climate change nudges global temperatures upward, incomes are also rising, meaning millions more people can afford to beat the heat. Sales of home and commercial air conditioners have doubled in China over the past five years, with 64 million units sold in 2013 alone. The carbon emissions from all that AC will be very bad news for the planet. But here's the thing: There are simple tricks to skip the air conditioning and still beat the heat. [READ MORE]

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Dump the Trump? GOP Freaking Out as Their Frankenstein Runs Amok

Dump the Trump? GOP Freaking Out as Their Frankenstein Runs Amok

Posted: 10 Aug 2015 10:36 AM PDT

By Doug Porter 

By now ‘everybody knows’ that billionaire blowhard Donald John Trump is out of control. “He’s tapped into citizen anger” is Republi-speak for “we never thought all our lies would come back to bite us in the ass,” and “please spare us your wrath.” Others in the party are seeking to portray The Donald as aberrant, only to draw angry responses from the man and his minions.  When everyday misogynist Erick Erickson dis-invited Trump from a conservative conference, the blowback was so bad he moved his family to another hotel, fearing for their safety. So here’s the deal: if Donald Trump had made the same comments about MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, the Fox News crew and the other GOP candidates would have said ‘no big deal.’ They'd still be snickering in the green room.   [Read more...]

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• Dump the Trump? GOP Freaking Out as Their Frankenstein Runs Amok
• Duped by Signature Campaign for Strawberry Fields Mall in Carlsbad
• Staring Over the Brink: Obama, Brown, and High Stakes Climate Politics
• 365 Days and 605 Armored Military Vehicles Later: Police Militarization a Year After Ferguson

Dump the Trump? GOP Freaking Out as Their Frankenstein Runs Amok Posted: 10 Aug 2015 10:36 AM PDT By Doug Porter By now ‘everybody knows’ that billionaire blowhard Donald John Trump is out of control. “He’s tapped into citizen anger” is Republi-speak for “we never thought all our lies would come back to bite us in the ass,” and “please spare us your wrath.” Others in the party are seeking to portray The Donald as aberrant, only to draw angry responses from the man and his minions.  When everyday misogynist Erick Erickson dis-invited Trump from a conservative conference, the blowback was so bad he moved his family to another hotel, fearing for their safety. So here’s the deal: if Donald Trump had made the same comments about MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, the Fox News crew and the other GOP candidates would have said ‘no big deal.’ They'd still be snickering in the green room.   [Read more...]

Duped by Signature Campaign for Strawberry Fields Mall in Carlsbad Posted: 10 Aug 2015 08:54 AM PDT The perversion of citizen led petition drives by big money By Richard RiehlMy afternoon nap was disturbed last month by the sound of a man's cheery voice from behind the screen at my open front door. "Hello, hello!" Awakening from a sound sleep, I shuffled to the door to find a man standing there, holding a clipboard. He didn't introduce himself, just explained, "We're gathering signatures to save the strawberry fields." I didn't recognize him, but his easy way led me to believe he was a fellow resident of our 40-unit condo community. Despite full knowledge of our HOA ban on door-to-door solicitation and my own vow never to sign a petition without knowing the details of what it meant and who was pushing it, I allowed the phrase, "save our strawberry fields" to cloud my better judgment.   [Read more...]

Staring Over the Brink: Obama, Brown, and High Stakes Climate Politics Posted: 10 Aug 2015 08:39 AM PDT By Jim Miller President Obama made big news last week when he unveiled his plan to significantly reduce emissions from coal-fired power plants as part of his strategy to address the climate crisis. His speech was urgent, moving in fact, and showed that, at least rhetorically, he is committed to making this part of his legacy: [W]e're the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it. And that's why I committed the United States to leading the world on this challenge, because I believe there is such a thing as being too late. He noted that our time is short and the stakes are high. He evoked the future of our grandchildren and the fate of the poor and powerless around the world at this very moment. For this we should applaud him.   [Read more...]

365 Days and 605 Armored Military Vehicles Later: Police Militarization a Year After Ferguson Posted: 10 Aug 2015 08:28 AM PDT By Kanya Bennett / ACLU Speak Freely Last August Ferguson and Fallujah had a lot in common. Those protesting the death of Michael Brown were met with “armored vehicles, noise-based crowd-control devices, shotguns, M4 rifles like those used by forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, rubber-coated pellets and tear gas.” The scene looked more like a foreign warzone than a Midwestern American town and no one could tell why local police were taking up arms against those they are sworn to protect and serve. The world was shocked by this highly and dangerously militarized response by local law enforcement. Foreign leaders equated Ferguson to combat zones in Iraq and Gaza. Veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars expressed horror at the reality that they had been less heavily-armed while on active duty abroad. President Obamareacted by saying “[t]here is a big difference between our military and our local law enforcement, and we don't want those lines blurred.”   [Read more...]

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Why Is #BlackLivesMatter Targeting Bernie?

Why Is #BlackLivesMatter Targeting Bernie?  Steven Singer: It’s not that they hate him or want him to fail. He represents the one thing in which it is most painful to believe – hope.READ MORE

MONDAY, 10 AUGUST 2015 Why Is #BlackLivesMatter Targeting Bernie?  Steven Singer: It’s not that they hate him or want him to fail. He represents the one thing in which it is most painful to believe – hope. READ MORE Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend The Outrageous Ascent of CEO Pay Robert Reich: In 1965, CEOs of America’s largest corporations were paid, on average, 20 times the pay of average workers. Now, the ratio is over 300 to 1. READ HERE "We Are Enbridge and We Don't Go Around Anything" Georgianne Nienaber:The disruptive phone calls came at dinnertime. The caller identified as a representative from a multinational oil company that wanted to run a 24-inch pipeline through farmland owned by James and Krista Botsford. The answer was no, but the calls continued. READ MORE Jeff Davis Statue Can Stay in Kentucky’s Capitol Berry Craig: "The Jefferson Davis statue belongs in a museum, where history is taught, rather than in the state Capitol, where laws are made, where rights are upheld and where we strive for equal justice under the law." READ MORE 10 Unmentionables at the Republican Non-Debate Gary Corseri: Global Climate Change? Not a peep! As the US suffered through the hottest July in the record books, drought leaves actor-maniacs like Tom Selleck siphoning water from fire hydrants so he can keep his lawns shiny green… not a peep from our would-be Commanders-in-Chief, nor the media panel there to, er, “grill” them! READ HERE

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A brother and sister in the Philippines invented a lamp that runs entirely on metal and salt water.

A brother and sister in the Philippines invented a lamp that runs entirely on metal and salt water.

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Bernie Sanders Breaks His Own Record By Drawing 15,000 Supporters To Seattle Rally

Bernie Sanders Breaks His Own Record By Drawing 15,000 Supporters To Seattle Rally Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders set a new 2016 attendance record as 15,000 supporters attended a rally for his campaign in Seattle, WA.      Read more »

7-Year-Old Banished Student Feels Wrath Of Evangelical’s Religious Freedom In February of this year, a seven-year-old 2nd grade student in Indiana was "banished" from having any contact with other students because his teacher, a playground supervisor, and a school administrator concluded that the child's "bad ideas" persecuted (offended) another student.     Read more » Obama Leaves Republicans Reeling After Standing Firm On GOP Death To America Comparison President Obama hit Republicans hard on CNN when he explained why his comparison to the GOP Iran deal opposition to the extremists who shout death to America is factually correct.     Read more » Bernie Sanders Drops A Truth Bomb On Republicans By Calling Out Sexist Attacks On Hillary Clinton While Republicans pretend to care about women in an attempt to get rid of Donald Trump, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders called out the GOP's sexist attacks on Hillary Clinton during an interview on Face The Nation.     Read more » Debate Backfires On Fox News As Crazies Trump, Cruz, and Carson Rise to Top 3 In New Poll An NBC News poll taken after the Republican debate revealed some bad news for Fox News. All of their favorite establishment candidates lost support while the lunatic fringe led by Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Ben Carson rose to the top three positions.     Read more » Donald Trump Calls Republicans Deviants As He Refuses To Apologize To Megyn Kelly On Meet The Press, Donald Trump suggested that the Republican Party is full of deviants as he refused to apologize to Megyn Kelly.     Read more » Bernie Sanders Breaks His Own Record By Drawing 15,000 Supporters To Seattle Rally Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders set a new 2016 attendance record as 15,000 supporters attended a rally for his campaign in Seattle, WA.     Read more » Americans Are More Than The Language They Speak Stephane Hessel, who inspired #Occupy and the Arab Spring, wrote that "no one is ever just 'French' or 'German.'" Or American?     Read more »

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