Tag Archives: climate change

American Mourning

Posted on October 3, 2017 by igotsomethin

Another day, another mass shooting. This time in Las Vegas, with 59 dead at this writing. I wrote about two other mass shootings, in 2012 and then I stopped. What is the point, after all? Money is all that matters. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged climate change, congress, gun manufacturers, gun regulation, guns, health care, Koch brothers, military/industrial complex, money, NRA, Puerto Rico, Soros, thoughts and prayers, Virgin Islands, war on drugs, War on Terror | 1 Comment

Range Update

Posted on May 31, 2017 by igotsomethin

I’d never seen a bluebird up close until moving to the Missouri Compromise. There are a lot of them around. They’ve got a nice sound. They seem like the kinder, gentler cousin to the robin. As I mentioned in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged birds, Bluebirds, bug spray, butterflies, caterpillars, cats, climate change, floods, monarch caterpillars, rain, spiders, storms, Swainsons thrush, turtles, weed killer, wood thrush | Leave a comment

Bloodsucker

Posted on May 24, 2017 by igotsomethin

For almost three years now, we’ve called the 8th District of Missouri home. It’s a big district, land wise. Home to 749,444 people (2010 census), of which 92.36% are white. It’s the poorest district in the state. Median income is … Continue reading →

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Predictions for 2017

Posted on January 24, 2017 by igotsomethin

Every year since I’ve been writing this blog, I’ve made predictions for the coming year. So let me just take the swan dive into the depressing mire and get it out of my head. 2017 will be hotter than 2016, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged affordable care act, ALEC, Chamber of Commerce, Christian, climate change, dissent, healthcare, Larsen C, medicaid, medicare, methane, pipelines, social security, storms, suicide, US Navy | 7 Comments

Fight or Flight

Posted on November 18, 2016 by igotsomethin

Well. I didn’t see this coming. I went to bed on election night before anything was decided and woke to a different country than I thought I was living in. And, these days later, I’m still trying to get my … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged appeasement, Canada, China, Christian, civil war, climate change, Democrats, detention centers, election, Flint, Germany, Hitler, house, india, joint chiefs of staff, mexicans, muslims, Obamacare, political dissent, race, religion, Republicans, senate, supreme court, torture, Trump | 2 Comments

Group Dynamics

Posted on June 12, 2016 by igotsomethin

To say that people suck is to both state the obvious and commit the understatement of the millennia. But we do. Homo sapiens is a cancer on the world, and if allowed, will spread into the universe. We are contagious … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cancer, climate change, crimping, doomers, dysphoria, election, facebook, homo sapiens, misanthropy, moods | 6 Comments

Faster Than Expected

Posted on March 13, 2016 by igotsomethin

In the months since my last post, and in an effort to keep the Chippet warm, I’ve been teaching myself to knit. I’m now an addict. It’s very soothing when going well. Soothing is what I need most as I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged America, antarctica, arctic, climate change, Donald Drumphf, Florida, GOP, greenland, Hillary Clinton, Marco Rubio, oceans, President Obama, Ted Cruz | 4 Comments

Year End Review

Posted on December 21, 2014 by igotsomethin

So, how’d I do on the predictions for 2014? Storms, check. Drought, check. Wildfires, check. Oil spills and pipelines, check. Cops have not (yet) mass murdered citizens, but they’ve used a lot of weapons against those same citizens. Not right, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged civil unrest, climate change, Congressional pimps and hos, fracking, Gov. Cuomo, New York, oil prices, oil spills, police, storms, wall street, wildfires | Leave a comment

Stay Calm, Don’t Panic

Posted on November 30, 2014 by igotsomethin

It’s always interesting to watch a collision between the reality based world and the make believe world. Ferguson is providing one view into that collision. Another is remarkable only because it happened in the mainstream, on purpose and by respected … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 400 ppm, Aaron Sorkin, carbon dioxide, climate change, climate change scientists, EPA, Ferguson, HBO, Jeff Daniels, John M. Barry, Mother Jones, Paul Lieberstein, The Great Influenza, The Newsroom, The Wire | Leave a comment

Conversion

Posted on November 23, 2014 by igotsomethin

(I had a choice of topics this week. I could write about the tree removal here at the Compromise, or I could write about puppy mills. The latter sends me into such a rage and hatred of humanity that I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged arborist, chain saws, climate change, logs, pollution, topping, tree cutting, trees | Leave a comment