Ding Dong.....the US Politics Thread (Part 2)

What is it that people everywhere say these days"This is his/their truth" or something to that effect.

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“There aren’t any versions of the truth” - Dr Ian Malcolm

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And yet Bannon is no problem at all…

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Moronic. They aren’t forest fires. Those fires are essentially suburban. You can see multiple images of native trees (like coast live oaks) that are still intact and will survive the fire, but the dry invasive grass has allowed the fire to jump from house to house.

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At this point, I’m not sure anyone who’s a Republican politician is not either moronic or sociopathic (or a combination of both).

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The deep desire to dismiss the climate change angle is pathetic. Last January-March had 5x the normal average rainfall in the area, so plant growth was enormous. Now, much of that plant life has dried out in the unusually dry period that began in October, and unfortunately much of that plant life is invasive grass that serves as perfect fuel for fires that would be largely harmless if they were burning in open hills, but instead there are dense suburbs.

Malibu has burned eight times since 1930. It is crazy that the pattern of development has not been adjusted, but instead some of the worst box canyons and valleys have become the most expensive real estate.

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Are you genuinely surprised? Look at Florida. It’s not too different in a way, is it, with hurricane risks and beachfront property?

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But but but climate change isnt real because the mega rich are buying all the sea front property…