In fairness, when Wyoming has to start worrying about sea level, we’re all pretty much beyond screwed already.
I can’t be the first one to think of King Canute holding back the tide, can I?
Yeah, but Canute at least admitted that the tide was coming in . . . and attempted to do something about it.
Actually, the much maligned Canute was trying to ridicule his sycophants in that story - they were all “order us to do anything, king, and we’ll do it for you ! You can do anything, you’re so powerful !”, and he was like “oh, am I ? OK, I order the tides out of my kingdom. Go on, get your swords out guys, fight the sea for me. You said you would, right ?”
(it’s probably apocryphal, either way)
Why do they even bother passing laws that they must know will never survive the first court challenge?!
So they can play to their supporters and complain about activist judges.
Feature, not bug. Gumming up the works of both government and justice is proof that government and justice don’t work and must be axed down.
ETA : also, yeah, persecution narrative. They want to do the right thing, but that oppressive Obama judicial system keepin’ 'em down !
All open water, fresh and salt, is full of fish shit and bug shit and bird shit. Where there is life, there is shit.
What would be the contamination source? Mining? Cattle ranching?
Or, as an oldie popular French song goes : ignore those who say “be careful, the sea is disgusting : fishes fuck in it”
“The ocean’s nothing but a fish toilet. Look out!” - The Surf Punks
Ranching. Cattle poop, to be specific.
Not by a long shot. Beat you by almost three years.
And have repeated myself a couple of other times in this thread.
I was thinking more like Ethelred the Unready. Might be the only one. Hope not, but maybe.
Appropriate, actually. The “Unready” in his name actually means “ill-advised.”
Donald Trump couldn’t resist taking advantage of the train crash tonight to tout his qualifications to be President. Or Transportation Secretary. Or something.
Actually that’s not what it’s about.
The E. coli problem comes from cattle ranches, and the ranchers, who are politically powerful, don’t want more regulations.
Obviously this law won’t stand up to the first challenge.
The war on science has reached the stage of trying to outlaw the discussion of science. That will fail when it hits the courts, obviously, but the more insidious thing is the attempt to defund certain kinds of research, such as cutting money from NASA earth science programs.
http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2015/05/12/406106296/climate-denialists-in-congress-acting-as-nasas-kryptonite?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20150512
What they don’t know won’t hurt them. Yet.
So I found this on a raging liberal website: Conservative spurns Obamacare and insurance — but blames Obama now that he’s going broke and blind.
Obviously, that site can’t be trusted to tell the story without bias. So I looked for a more balanced source: Who should save sight of SC man who can’t afford surgery?
Um, Ok. Let’s just see what the gentleman has to say for himself on his fundraising site.
Gee, even he admits that he had 1-1/2 years to maybe get a clue that insurance might be a good idea. Certainly he should have been able to buy coverage in one of the ACA enrollment periods.
Ok, it’s a train wreck and the schadenfreude only provides a brief, transient giddiness followed by a bit of shame for laughing. I hope the guy gets the help he needs, even as I post his story in one of the Stupid threads here (is this the right one?).
But what I really find astounding about this is that the comments on his fundraising page are the antithesis of about 99.99% of the usual comments you find on the internet. Liberal Douchebaggery comments to be sure, but at least coherent and a refreshing change from teabagger ranting.
My favorite so far: "I gave all my money to pizza girl in Indiana. "
Eh, the more balance source is actually the source for the Raw Story page. Sue me.