Climate change: The global Jenga game
It has been 34 years, an entire generation, since the U.S. government's top climate scientist warned Congress the planet was warming with potentially dire consequences. "It is already happening now," Dr. James Hansen testified in 1988. "It is time to stop waffling." Scientists have struggled ever since to communicate this to the public and government officials. Scientists and their translators have explained the pollution from burning fossil fuels is collecting above the Earth, wh
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President Biden’s COVID-19 symptoms are still improving but he now has a sore throat and body aches, his physician Kevin O’Connor said in a memorandum released by the White House on Saturday. O’Connor also reported that Biden likely contracted the BA.5 variant, which makes up the majority of COVID-19 cases in the United States. “His symptoms continue to improve,” O’Connor wrote. “His primary symptoms, though less troublesome, now include sore throat, rhinorrhea, loose cough and body aches. His voice remains deep. His pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate
Read MoreWhen did $90 billion become nothing to Trump, DeSantis, Haley and the GOP?
Have you heard of the Biden administration’s plan to give $90 billion to bail out union pensions? No? Most people haven’t. While it might be normal for the union-supporting Democratic Party and most of the mainstream media to sweep such a boondoggle under the carpet for political expediency, one would think that the GOP— and most especially its potential presidential candidates — would be screaming bloody murder. But they aren’t. The bailout is buried within the Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act. Now, the song and dance the administration is
Read MoreSame-sex marriage debate poses problems for Republicans
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Read MoreIs the clock finally running out on Hunter Biden?
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