Hurricane Irma begins to turn Norht.

Meanwhile, Hurricane Jose continues to follow in the distance. Wow.

He is a seventeen year old indigenous climate change activist who was raised in Boulder, Colorado. His ancestry dates back to the Aztecs. I love his long hair.

[SOURCE:  google search list ]

Here he is on the Bill Maher show, Friday 8 September 2017

What he says in this segment about Cows and Dairy has me thinking. I eat Sour Cream, certain kinds of dairy-based cheese (in addition to goat-based cheese), and put 2 or 3 fluid ounces of Half-n-Half in my coffee every day. Maybe twice a month I might eat anywhere between 4 to 12 ounces of beef.

It is true that raising cattle necessitates growing lots of grain to feed them and using tremendous amounts of water. It is true the methane releases from cattle is more than automobiles. However, I have always thought that the problem with the modern food situation is that so many people eat more food than they need to because the way they eat is completely out of metabolic balance. Dumping all that sugar into our bloodstream, or all the processed foods that become sugar in the bloodstream, forces us to eat more than we need because our bodies are too busy freaking out from all the blood sugar to utilize the fats and proteins efficiently. Then there are misconceptions about fats that lead people to eat "low-fat" diets which deprive them of the ability to effectively absorb minerals and vitamins. The "fast-food" industry is more responsible for the situation Xiuhtezcatl and Maher describe here, in my opinion. We do not need to eat a hamburger every single day, or even 3 times a day -- as is the case for some folks.

But I agree with Xiuhtezcatl completely. It doesn't have to be this way. You do get to choose how to eat 3 meals a day. Laws could be mandated to make factory production illegal, just like the Jewish community made decisions about what foods are Kosher. It's about long term solutions to the inevitable problems when you use an industrial complex solution to the food distribution system.

Behold. Hurricane Katia hovering around Veracruz, Mexico. Hurricane Irma barrelling towards Florida and freaking out 30 years National Weather Service professionals. And then here comes Hurricane Jose following in the path of Irma.

WTF. This is amazing.

This thing is going to destroy Florida. 225 mph wind gusts and sustained 180 mph winds. When the average temperature of the water raises 1.2 degrees Fahrenheit, that means it rises higher in other areas and is lower in others due to the nature of averages. Hurricanes get more energy from higher temperature water. These storms are not only more frequent, but also more virulent.

In 50 years, Florida will be under water and the Gulf Coast will become a huge ghost town. New Orleans is very likely to gone, part of the vast swamp South of Lake Pontchartrain. It saddens me to say that because New Orleans is such a special place, but never let your emotions get in the way of your science, otherwise you might become an evangelical zealot.

Fact: the seas are rising 3 times more than anticipated. Archeological excavations of ancient coastal cities are finding times in the past when the sea rise was awesome and sudden and vast. We measly humans are suddenly realizing that the seas are likely to rise at least 200 feet in the next 50 to 100 years.

[SOURCE: Chris Mooney | Washington Post | 22 May 2017]

[SOURCE: Google list of sources ]

Here is a picture of San Francisco after the seas rise 200 feet.

This year I think it will be the Yankees vs. the Brewers. I don't see Boston or Houston's pitching staff overcoming the Yanks, and don't overlook Matt Holiday for his RISP hitting ability. The Cubs could very well be in the mix, but I don't think Washington has the staff honestly. Why would I pick the Brewers over the Dodgers? You might call it intuition, but since I was born in San Francisco there is a large degree of bias in that perspective. I just don't see the starting pitching holding up during the playoffs. The Dodgers do have a great bullpen, but it's been the starters that have failed (Kershaw especially) to hold in the post season over the last decade. Kershaw, Hill, Wood, Darvish, Maeda, Ryu, and McCarthy(?) versus Nelson, Anderson, Davies, Woodruff, and Matt Garza.

It could be the Yankees and Dodgers again after all is said and done. I just don't see the Cubs repeating, even though they are still a really good team. It's gonna be either the jagernaut Dodgers or the cinderella Brewers in my opinion.

Don't blow off the Indians either. Terry Francona is a master in the post season. Also don't overlook the Twins, Diamondbacks, Angels or the Mariners, because stranger things have happened.

But if I had the courage to put big money on the line, I say it's the Yanks vs. the Brew Crew in the WS this year.

Trump has a picture hanging at his various golf course establishments with his picture on the cover of time. Except it's a fake.

The picture on the right is a fake. The real Time Magazine cover is on the left.

[SOURCE: David A. Fahrenthold | Washington Post |27 June 2017 ]

A spokesperson from the Time Magazine Corporation has asked Trump to remove the fake Time's covers.

I thought Trump disliked Fake news.

Rethuglican Karen Handel says this in response to whether she would raise the minimum wage, after Jon Ossoff says he would. She states a list of talking points.

This is an example of the fundamental difference between a liberal and a conservative. I do not support a livable wage. What I support is making sure that we have an economy that is … is robust with low taxes and less regulation so that those small businesses that would be dramatically hurt if you impose higher minimum wages on them … are able to do what they do best : grow jobs and create good paying jobs for people in this sixth district.

She is correct. This is an example of "the fundamental difference between a liberal and a conservative".

making sure that we have an economy that is … is robust with low taxes and less regulation

• How would you "make sure" this happens?
• Low taxes assumes the trickle down theory works.
• Less regulation for who?

small businesses that would be dramatically hurt if you impose higher minimum wages on them

Except it's not true. Look at Seattle and San Francisco and Los Angeles and anywhere else where the urban minimum wage was raised. Small businesses were not "dramatically hurt" at all.

• So far, the Seattle minimum-wage increase is doing what it’s supposed to do
• Higher Seattle Minimum Wage Hasn't Hurt Restaurant Jobs Growth After A Year
• After A Year, Seattle’s New Minimum Wage Hasn’t Raised Retail Prices

able to do what they do best : grow jobs and create good paying jobs

How do you "grow jobs"? What fertilizer do you use to "grow" these "good paying jobs" ? It's like these things automatically happen when you lower taxes and cut regulations, and so that's why Mrs. Handel makes these statements about "growing" in relation to the job market.

Are Google, MacIntosh, and Microsoft paying low wages as they "grow"?

Entrepreneurs take chances when they perceive opportunities to make money. The cost of labor is a social decision, and does not inhibit the motivations of businesses in a local environment because all employers have the same labor costs. If there is a concern that local businesses might not be able to compete with non-local businesses, than that is a matter than is better addressed in other ways. The minimum wage of labor is not related at all to the ability to grow jobs because it is society and social norms which set this foundation. This is why the minimum wage laws were established in the first place, because society decided there should be a basic floor. Those who disagree with this position use the nonsense argument that this inhibits business growth and expansion, despite being refuted by every single historical reference to the matter.

She has her talking points and sticks with them. Throw out the red herring arguments and prop up this pretense of statesmen or stateswomen ship with empty nouns and phrases that sound good to the ignorant, those deluded on the bunk economical philosophy of trickle down deregulation economics.

It amazes me that this is from the Morning Joe, which is the most Conservative of Mainstream outlets. When Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski (daughter of the Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski ) are hammering down, you know you have crossed the moral equivalent of common sense.

Thank you Mika and Joe.