We should be paying the Oil Giants, or are we forgetting Sir's incredible insight that: Rising sea levels mean ever more valuable, ever more developable waterfront?
"The Climate Change Superfund Act will require companies responsible for greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels to pay a total of around $3 billion a year for the next 25 years."
This is straight up extortion on Gov Hochul's part. Everyone knows that there is no such thing as climate change: all of the news stories in the MSM are fake news intended to put the fear of G-dess into Jane and John on the street in order to increase their pliability to make them enslaved even more to the government -- local, state, and federal.
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"all too often, court cases seeking to hold the oil and gas industry responsible for climate damage have said plaintiffs lacked standing"
The only people who *do* have standing can't stand at all; they have already died from deleterious reactions to the pollution and increasing temps around the world. But, again, not to worry since this ***wildly waving arms all around*** isn't real anyway.
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"like lung problems from wildfire smoke"
This wouldn't be a concern if states just followed the advice the Fulvous Flatulence gave to CA: install sprinklers throughout woodlands to keep the underbrush from becoming tinder. No tinder, no wildfires -- it's as simple as that.
(Two words of advise for the Amber Ardipithecus ramidus on this, and other things:
"For every complex problem, there is a solution that is clear, simple, and wrong." H. L. Mencken
-and-
"You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant." Harlan Ellison)
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"We have all benefited from the use of fossil fuels over the time period covered by this law when there were really no other broadly available alternatives.”
So what? People benefited from buggy whips "when there were really no other broadly available alternatives.” Times change, Ace, and you have three choices to face the changes: (1) go with the flow in the correct, forward-facing direction being taken by others; (2) get completely out of the way of progress; or (3) get run over by the train to the future.
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"You People went and believed us, and you have only yourselves to blame."
"You People [haven't made a strong enough effort to stop us in the past], [so] you have only yourselves to blame." [FIFY]
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"In other words, corporations will argue that it should be up to Congress, not to individual states, whether they must pay for climate change damages."
If the RINOs remain in charge for any length of time the question won't be how much to pay for environmental damages, but rather why should they change anything that would jeopardize their (exorbitant, unearned) profits?
OT: Afternoon all. How’s your Saturday? I’m currently herding four children through a kinetic sand play session. Thank god for handheld vacuums, this shit is EVERYWHERE. I had em play with it outside, but it’s already in the house, somehow. There’s currently more kinetic sand than pine needles on the floor, and that’s saying something.
Oh gods, I read about security glitter in cyberpunk novels. I thought that wouldn't happen until nanotech, but it looks like it can even happen with actual glitter!
Soup for us. There's about a cup of red lentil left; I mixed it with the new split pea, and we're about ready to eat it, with toasted homemade whole wheat bread.
A few months ago, when they started turning up regularly, a maroon or plum, yeah, plum colored one appeared and another woman on the street said “OH MY GOD THOSE THINGS ARE STUPID LOOKING” everyone laughed.
I've seen a couple different colors. A few weeks ago I saw orange- I'm thinking it was custom. I said to my daughter that they must be a huge asshole because driving that ugly thing pretty much says "asshole" but the bright notice me orange? Yeah huge asshole
I was driving and he was stopped for the lights, so I made sure to slow down (nothing behind me) so he (it's always a he) saw me doing it. He looked somewhat peeved.
Also some irritating additional background in this: National Fuel is upping the rates by 18% for natural gas delivery.
Yeop.
We'll see what happens when the rubber hits the road but know that the richies are going to fight this. And know there's not going to be any help from "Greens."
When you see gas pipelines blowing up again for "no good reason." remember the basic fizzikx equation p=vT (Pressure equals volume times Temperature.) A pipeline can serve as a really big, long, storage tank for holding back gas from the market to drive up the price. Of course, the pressure occasionally blows things up real good.
The case was dismissed by a Los Angeles County judge in 2023, who found their depiction could not be considered child pornography and the pair filed their claim too late. —NPR
Huh. Same tactic they used in the Korean War. Heavy casualties. My father said he talked to a vet at the front lines, and said the wood stocks on their M-1 Garands would catch fire from all the shooting.
I also heard the North Koreans fired on a Russian ethnic group (I forget which one) that was sent to reinforce them. Turns out not being able to understand each other can lead to deadly misunderstandings in war.
No good deed goes unpunished when you're a Democrat. And the rank-and-file are more than happy to shove you on an ice floe because of Republican-owned mass media framing.
The center-right mainstream media started pushing the nonsensical “bad economy Biden’s fault” narrative the second he set foot in office and they never once let up.
That's your analysis.
Why is this taking 3 years?
Should be effective immediately. They have lots of cash, they just gave a billion to fat donnie
When Louisiana initiates a Climate Superfund the payout goes to Big Oil.
State's Rights for me, but not for thee.
It's late December and I have grass growing in my yard. Green grass in SW MO. In late December. Nothing odd about this at all.
My roses are still budding.
I'm on Long Island.
Nothing odd about that at all.
We should be paying the Oil Giants, or are we forgetting Sir's incredible insight that: Rising sea levels mean ever more valuable, ever more developable waterfront?
$3 billion? A lunchtime tip from Leon, if he were the kinda guy that tips.
"The Climate Change Superfund Act will require companies responsible for greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels to pay a total of around $3 billion a year for the next 25 years."
This is straight up extortion on Gov Hochul's part. Everyone knows that there is no such thing as climate change: all of the news stories in the MSM are fake news intended to put the fear of G-dess into Jane and John on the street in order to increase their pliability to make them enslaved even more to the government -- local, state, and federal.
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"all too often, court cases seeking to hold the oil and gas industry responsible for climate damage have said plaintiffs lacked standing"
The only people who *do* have standing can't stand at all; they have already died from deleterious reactions to the pollution and increasing temps around the world. But, again, not to worry since this ***wildly waving arms all around*** isn't real anyway.
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"like lung problems from wildfire smoke"
This wouldn't be a concern if states just followed the advice the Fulvous Flatulence gave to CA: install sprinklers throughout woodlands to keep the underbrush from becoming tinder. No tinder, no wildfires -- it's as simple as that.
(Two words of advise for the Amber Ardipithecus ramidus on this, and other things:
"For every complex problem, there is a solution that is clear, simple, and wrong." H. L. Mencken
-and-
"You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant." Harlan Ellison)
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"We have all benefited from the use of fossil fuels over the time period covered by this law when there were really no other broadly available alternatives.”
So what? People benefited from buggy whips "when there were really no other broadly available alternatives.” Times change, Ace, and you have three choices to face the changes: (1) go with the flow in the correct, forward-facing direction being taken by others; (2) get completely out of the way of progress; or (3) get run over by the train to the future.
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"You People went and believed us, and you have only yourselves to blame."
"You People [haven't made a strong enough effort to stop us in the past], [so] you have only yourselves to blame." [FIFY]
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"In other words, corporations will argue that it should be up to Congress, not to individual states, whether they must pay for climate change damages."
If the RINOs remain in charge for any length of time the question won't be how much to pay for environmental damages, but rather why should they change anything that would jeopardize their (exorbitant, unearned) profits?
fnord
Good point about buggy whips. People like these corporate shills are expert at making deceptive arguments.
Retroactive liability is good, but $75 million over 25 years is not nearly enough. We are gonna need a super-duper fund
$75 billion (aka 75,000 million), but it's a start.
A rift has open in maga world over children: should they be eaten or beaten ?
Obviously both. You tenderize before you cook and eat the meat, amirite?
Mmmmm kinder roasts…
Tis the season for tender loin.
shaken, not stirred
Tenderizing, right?
Spare the rod, spoil the child's meat.
OT: Afternoon all. How’s your Saturday? I’m currently herding four children through a kinetic sand play session. Thank god for handheld vacuums, this shit is EVERYWHERE. I had em play with it outside, but it’s already in the house, somehow. There’s currently more kinetic sand than pine needles on the floor, and that’s saying something.
Put some glitter in the sand, makes it easier to trace.
OT...read a article this past week saying detectives were able to track a crook from the glitter from the crime scene...
Oh gods, I read about security glitter in cyberpunk novels. I thought that wouldn't happen until nanotech, but it looks like it can even happen with actual glitter!
Just chillin' right now. It's cold and damp out. Grocery shopping done; it's time to ponder the question of what to have for dinner: soup or chili?
Chili
Soup for us. There's about a cup of red lentil left; I mixed it with the new split pea, and we're about ready to eat it, with toasted homemade whole wheat bread.
I'm at work. Staring at a phone just hoping for a customer complaint to happen so I have something to do.
I had lunch. Veggie nuggets and fries. Turned out pretty well.
Sounds delish!
Burned my thumb a little bit, taking it out of the oven. Forgot to put on my glove first.
(My toe, I meant) :)
I went shopping and pointed and laughed at a wankpanzer, which always cheers me up.
Going to make glühwein today.
It’s fun when I can point one out to my kids, so the Wankpanzer driver can see us laugh together as a family. 😑
Elon's done so much to bring us all together.
A few months ago, when they started turning up regularly, a maroon or plum, yeah, plum colored one appeared and another woman on the street said “OH MY GOD THOSE THINGS ARE STUPID LOOKING” everyone laughed.
I've seen a couple different colors. A few weeks ago I saw orange- I'm thinking it was custom. I said to my daughter that they must be a huge asshole because driving that ugly thing pretty much says "asshole" but the bright notice me orange? Yeah huge asshole
I like how they bought a car without paint and then realized cars rust without paint so they painted it :D
Look, it's a Deplorean!
Did you thpit on it a little accidentally
I was driving and he was stopped for the lights, so I made sure to slow down (nothing behind me) so he (it's always a he) saw me doing it. He looked somewhat peeved.
You'd think that being kinetic, the sand would be able to move itself together and form into a nice neat pile. I mean, it's not named potential sand.
Also some irritating additional background in this: National Fuel is upping the rates by 18% for natural gas delivery.
Yeop.
We'll see what happens when the rubber hits the road but know that the richies are going to fight this. And know there's not going to be any help from "Greens."
They're charging more for gas because the price of gas is going up
That tracks.
Says "delivery" costs. Are their pipelines suddenly more costly?
PS- please tell Holly Merry Xmas and happy new year. Thanks
She says "backatcha!"
When you see gas pipelines blowing up again for "no good reason." remember the basic fizzikx equation p=vT (Pressure equals volume times Temperature.) A pipeline can serve as a really big, long, storage tank for holding back gas from the market to drive up the price. Of course, the pressure occasionally blows things up real good.
By 18?
Almost a fifth?
Dang. :(
Cletus and Twyla out in the rural homestead gonna be sad.
NYT's going to walk into a diner in Ohio, and it's going to be empty, because no one can afford to eat out anymore.
This is a beautiful sentence
RIP to Olivia Hussey.
https://bsky.app/profile/joshuaconkel.bsky.social/post/3ledcpla7yk2n
Did she win her suit against Zeffereli?
The case was dismissed by a Los Angeles County judge in 2023, who found their depiction could not be considered child pornography and the pair filed their claim too late. —NPR
I bet it was the same judge who let that blond rapist go
Even though he was supposed to be thrown off the bench
One of the best actors I ever saw.
OT. Old is new again.
" North Koreans launching ‘human wave’ attacks against Ukrainian positions in Kursk"
North Korea is suffering “heavy casualties,” White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/27/north-korea-attacks-ukraine-kursk-00196071
Huh. Same tactic they used in the Korean War. Heavy casualties. My father said he talked to a vet at the front lines, and said the wood stocks on their M-1 Garands would catch fire from all the shooting.
I also heard the North Koreans fired on a Russian ethnic group (I forget which one) that was sent to reinforce them. Turns out not being able to understand each other can lead to deadly misunderstandings in war.
Like how UN Peacekeepers put the Irish in harm’s way
But the Irish performed admirably....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_JHsiQTTmg
That looks really good
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/expendable-north-korean-troops-suffer-mass-casualties-fighting-for-russia-20241228-p5l0yg.html
The Russians must have felt they were running low on internal ethnics groups and convicts.
Throwing bodies at the enemy until you overwhelm them is also a traditional Russian battle tactic.
That is a bit of particularly gruesome information that I was unaware of.
Being ruthlessly fired upon by one end and BBQ'ed by the other...
Fix bayonets BEFORE the stock catches fire.
"Good history makes for terrible living."
https://substack.com/profile/155629765-sterwonk/note/c-83409454
OHJB deserved better. <sigh>
https://substack.com/profile/155629765-sterwonk/note/c-83409335
Yes, he does.
Remember the optimism? I miss it.
https://substack.com/profile/155617549-bradthebot/note/c-83411074
He still does.
No good deed goes unpunished when you're a Democrat. And the rank-and-file are more than happy to shove you on an ice floe because of Republican-owned mass media framing.
The Harry Truman of our time
The center-right mainstream media started pushing the nonsensical “bad economy Biden’s fault” narrative the second he set foot in office and they never once let up.
Considerably so.
Americans are ungrateful fucking idiots.
Much better
Long live Joe Biden.
I’m hoping he outlasts Trump
I'm hoping Jimmy Carter outlasts Trump.
So he can piss on his grave.
He should be laid to rest at Disney World, they’d sell a lot of FastPasses to people trying to skip the hour line to do just that.
I don't want to get banhammered, but damn, that's funny
It's very funny.