Scott Pelley responds to Trump saying he doesn’t care about the country: “I’ve never worn the uniform, but I’ve been in combat for this country. In Afghanistan, and Iraq, Kuwait. Been shot at. Spent nights in foxholes filling up with water in the desert. I’m not aware that the president has ever done any of those things for his country. You become a journalist because you love the First Amendment, you love the country. While all the other descriptions the president used about me might be applicable, not that one”
This is really stupid, and it’s not getting enough attention.
The Trump administration is pulling a working $368 million ocean monitoring system out of the water, equipment taxpayers already bought, built, and sank into the deep ocean.
And they are doing it right when the oceans are behaving in ways that alarm the scientists who study them.
Record-breaking temperatures.
A system of Atlantic currents that may be lurching toward collapse.
The response?
Yank out the instruments and walk away.
That is not budgeting. That is smashing the gauges while the engine is on fire and calling it efficiency.
For what? The Trump administration dressed it up as a “nimbler approach” and “smart lifecycle management,” which is fancy nonsense for “we shut it off and hoped nobody would ask why.” There is no return-on-investment analysis. They cannot show taxpayers save a dime, because the gear is already paid for and the science it produces protects real money and real lives.
The kicker: the same people killing the monitors want to mine the deep sea for minerals. So they are destroying the only tools that could measure what that mining does. That is not an accident.
That is the point. You cannot see the damage if you break the instruments first.
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@Wescott464348@MS2PZ White Worms (Enchytraeus albidus): These are a distinct terrestrial relative to Tubifex. They are commonly cultured as a rich live food for aquarium fish, but you should never put them in your aquarium substrate, as they are not aquatic and will die, fouling the water. (Maybe)
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Your call.
Trump: “I can do anything I want to do to them… I’m allowed to destroy the country.”
Let’s be clear.
No president is “allowed” to unilaterally destroy any other country.
If this isn’t impeachment-worthy, nothing is.
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
Listen to this foreigner’s recap of Trump‘s world economic forum speech in Davos. “To the Americans that have not lost their sanity, I am so sorry. I hope your democracy survives this mad man…”
Wow I hope MAGA and the NRA hears this because Trump even admits here saying that he doesn’t believe in courts or due process and that he wants to take people’s Guns first and deal with the Courts and their rights later!
Rolling Stone Magazine: ''Prince is an average guitar player.''
Prince: "Hold my beer...''
George Harrison poured his heart into writing it. Eric Clapton gave it that unforgettable solo.
And then Prince stepped up and played it like the song was his own soul crying through the guitar.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Tribute to George Harrison