Don Blankenship at a -- get this -- Labor Day event. Looks like Dinesh D'Souza finally has some company for his "Political Prisoners of Barack Obama" support group. Don Blankenship, the grotesque caricature of a 19th century robber baron stuffed into the ill-fitting suit of a modern coal company CEO, has
thanks for the link, you mean this bit I assume?"The large coal deposits of the Carboniferous may owe their existence primarily to two factors. The first of these is the appearance of wood tissue and bark-bearing trees. The evolution of the wood fiber lignin and the bark-sealing, waxy substance suberin variously opposed decay organisms so effectively that dead materials accumulated long enough to fossilise on a large scale. The second factor was the lower sea levels that occurred during the Carboniferous as compared to the preceding Devonian period. This promoted the development of extensive lowland swamps and forests in North America and Europe. Based on a genetic analysis of mushroom fungi, David Hibbett and colleagues proposed that large quantities of wood were buried during this period because animals and decomposing bacteria had not yet evolved enzymes that could effectively digest the resistant phenolic lignin polymers and waxy suberin polymers. They suggest that fungi that could break those substances down effectively only became dominant towards the end of the period, making subsequent coal formation much rarer.[19][20][21]"
What really doesn't make sense: many of the coal miners he puts in jeopardy vote unquestionably for the political party that has enabled Blankenship's behavior.
Bwahahaha! It's where Rex Kwan Do shops!
You who else was fond of releasing pamphlets?
coal means never having to say you're sorry
It's a fair cop.
Incorrect!These pants are f'in BOSS!https://www.betabrand.com/u...
I believe everything I read on Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...
thanks for the link, you mean this bit I assume?"The large coal deposits of the Carboniferous may owe their existence primarily to two factors. The first of these is the appearance of wood tissue and bark-bearing trees. The evolution of the wood fiber lignin and the bark-sealing, waxy substance suberin variously opposed decay organisms so effectively that dead materials accumulated long enough to fossilise on a large scale. The second factor was the lower sea levels that occurred during the Carboniferous as compared to the preceding Devonian period. This promoted the development of extensive lowland swamps and forests in North America and Europe. Based on a genetic analysis of mushroom fungi, David Hibbett and colleagues proposed that large quantities of wood were buried during this period because animals and decomposing bacteria had not yet evolved enzymes that could effectively digest the resistant phenolic lignin polymers and waxy suberin polymers. They suggest that fungi that could break those substances down effectively only became dominant towards the end of the period, making subsequent coal formation much rarer.[19][20][21]"
Okay then: https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...
Still a hot topic, btw: http://www.pnas.org/content...
I'm still practicing not complaining, but Blankenship is lower than crocodile piss.
You're excused for this violation of your practice given that your statement is true.
Hitler?
What really doesn't make sense: many of the coal miners he puts in jeopardy vote unquestionably for the political party that has enabled Blankenship's behavior.
He'd sell his mother for munniez.
I doubt he was ever recruited by a Div 1 team. Tsk tsk tsk
I'm starting to get bigotty against people named Donald.
This is the guy from that episode of Leverage, right?