Open thread for night owls: Excerpts from the December edition of Harper's Index
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Some excerpts from the December edition of Harper’s Index: Chance that an American believes that all members of the armed services should be described as heroes: 1 in 2 That a German does: 1 in 7 Amount of FEMA funding that has been transferred to ICOpen thread for night owls: Excerpts from the December edition of Harper's Index
Some excerpts from the December edition of Harper’s Index: Chance that an American believes that all members of the armed services should be described as heroes: 1 in 2 That a German does: 1 in 7 Amount of FEMA funding that has been transferred to ICE this year: $9,800,000 Percentage of Americans who have had to evacuate their homes because of a natural disaster: 22 Factor by which national parks have warmed more rapidly than the United States as a whole since 1895: 2.5 Portion of millennial men who identify as socialists or democratic socialists: 2/5 Of millennial women: 1/5 Percentage of Americans who believe that men and women have different leadership style: 57 Percentage of those Americans who think women generally have the better approach: 22 Who believe that men generally do: 15Percentage by which a US teenager was more likely to use marijuana than adults in their fifties or sixties in 2011: 121 By which adults in their fifties or sixties are more likely to use it than a teenager today: 3 Percentage of Americans aged 13 to 17 who cite texting as their favorite way to communicate with friends: 35 Who cite talking in person: 32 TOP COMMENTS • HIGH IMPACT STORIES QUOTATION “I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.” ~~Jon Stewart TWEET OF THE DAY xSupermoon over Oceti Sakowin Camp, Standing Rock 2016 pic.twitter.com/u63TFH8Qeh— Ruth H. Hopkins (@RuthHHopkins) November 19, 2018 BLAST FROM THE PAST On this date at Daily Kos in 2012—President Obama can and must take serious action on climate change and without Congress: After a presidential campaign during which «climate change» was almost never even whispered by the candidates nor a question asked about it during their debates, the term finally made an appearance at President Obama's first post-election press conference Nov. 14 when Mark Landler popped the question. The president responded at some length, hinting that «climate change» would be paid some serious attention during his second term, starting out with an «education process.» Unfortunately, as A Siegel illustrated in a spot-on critical essay analyzing the subtext of what Obama said, how it related to the president's first-term record on climate change and the mess that White House press secretary Jay Carney made the next day of the president's comments, that education process needs to start in the White House with Obama's senior staff. So far, «encouraging» is an optimistic assessment of Obama's reply to Landler's question. Lots of crossed fingers among environmental advocates. At Mother Jones, Chris Mooney has done what many of those advocates will be doing over the next couple of months, laying out what Obama could accomplish even with a Congress that is brimful of climate-change deniers and policy delayers. LINK TO DAILY KOS STORE On today’s Kagro in the Morning show, Greg Dworkin recaps another weekend in Pleasure! And Paradise. The blue wave continues rolling in. As Trump begins to lose his grip, noted genius Maco Rubio decides he has to become Trumpier. CIA pins Khashoggi on MBS. WH set to ban Acosta again. x Embedded Content RadioPublic|LibSyn|YouTube|Patreon|Square Cash (Share code: Send $5, get $5!) Read more