Political Hippo Circle Jerk - America, farg YEAH!

[ice grillin you]

lol al franken said ted cruz is the co worker who microwaves fish for lunch

[PhillyPhreak54]

This farging clown talks like he's got a GED not a "renowned Wharton grad"

I hate this guy

[General_Failure]

Ex-Brexit leader Nigel Farage dismisses reports of ties to Russia, WikiLeaks as 'fake news'

Former United Kingdom Independence Party leader Nigel Farage invoked President Trump's catchphrase Thursday when he claimed that it's "fake news" to say he was involved in collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.

Farage was tabbed a "person of interest" in a Guardian report about the counterintelligence investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin. The report said that Farage was not accused of any wrongdoing but that officials believe he may have information relevant to the investigation.

[rjs246]

Somewhere, SD is drinking a cold one and smiling ear to ear while the world burns.

[ice grillin you]

[MDS]

bannon sure loves to give anon quotes for a guy who hates the press

[PhillyPhreak54]

That's the Trump and his fans MO

All they care about is pissing liberals off and consequences be damned

[PhillyPhreak54]

fargface has asked the Supreme Court to get involved on his Muslim ban

Plz hurry up and expose something big on Russian so this guy can get the farg out of office

[PhillyPhreak54]

California, NY and Washington govs have created a climate alliance

I'm sure more governors will join. And many mayors are talking about climate issues locally.

It's going to be interesting when the "but states rights!" GOP dickheads cry about states rights

[PhillyPhreak54]

https://apnews.com/cc346e704838478899e43b1ce0992663

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — From coal country to the ports of Maine to the wind farms of the West Coast, Americans react to President Donald Trump's announcement Thursday that he's pulling the country out of the Paris climate accord.

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WARMING WATERS AND LOSING LOBSTERS

Tim Pettis, a Maine lobsterman, said he's felt the effects of climate change in the waters he works in, and wishes President Trump could feel the same.

"I think most people believe that the climate is changing over the years," Pettis said as he stood in front of stacks of yellow lobster traps. We can all see it, just because he doesn't want to believe it, he shouldn't be able to pull the whole country out on his own but he is the president so I guess you can."

Pettis said he and his fellow workers in the far north have been beneficiaries from the changes so far, because there are fewer lobsters further south in places like New York and Connecticut.

"As the water keeps warming up, the numbers keep going down from the south up to us," Pettis said. "The last three or four years we've been doing better lobstering and I think it does have to do with that."

"Some of the fish are disappearing," Pettis said. "We're catching fish now in our traps that are southern fish; it just tells you that the water is warming up every year a little bit."


Video and reporting by Bob Bukaty
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JERSEY SHORE REMEMBERS SANDY, FORESEES MORE STORMS

In Belmar on the Jersey Shore, Tom Rodgers, owner of TR's Food Court, said he didn't feel qualified to talk about science.

"You wanna know about Burgers, Fries I can tell you. You wanna know about climate, I'm really not an expert, so I leave certain things up to the experts. I just hope the president has done his due diligence and spoke to the right people."

Rodgers' restaurant was damaged by Superstorm Sandy, as were the homes of many in Belmar including Sandy Snyder.

"There was devastation here, the streets were full of sand and water, homes were damaged," Sandy said. "They call it the storm of the century, but why was there a storm of the century when there are reports that climate change is affecting the planet, I think we are going to see more of it and unfortunately if we don't take care of it now I think that is going to be the norm rather than the rarity."

Snyder said he thinks "it is a very, very big mistake for the US to pull out of this agreement, It will open the door for other countries, other countries "that ... are on the fence as far as watching climate control."


Video and reporting by David Martin
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RETIRED COAL MINER LAMENTS JOBS LOST

In Centertown, Kentucky, retired coal miner Kenny Smith watched Trump's TV announcement with approval.

"He's keeping his promise that he's going to help get the coal jobs back, help people get back to work, and that's what we need, anywhere in this country," Smith said. "You can go to Detroit, you can go to Pennsylvania you can go to West Virginia, there's people that have been laid off for years, they're just forgotten. And most of our factories have gone overseas, we need to get them back, I think he's trying to do that."

Trucks constantly rumble through town from the Midway mine, a major employer, but production has fallen from around 10 million tons of coal a year to less than half that figure.

Trump "said when he (got) elected, that's the first thing, jobs, jobs, jobs. That's what he said he'd do, and that's what he's doing," Smith said. "I mean, I'm proud of him."

Smith, 67, dismissed the idea that coal is unhealthy or environmentally unsound. He pointed in the direction of a coal-fired power plant.

"I've lived in this house since 1974 and that power plant has never made me sick," he said. "There's good jobs that come from power plants."

These farging coal miners...Appalachia can farg off. Rather than piss on these peoples legs and tell them it's raining outside with their lies about bringing coal jobs back why not work to get other companies to open up operations in these coal towns? Give them their jobs so they can shtein the farg up about coal jobs and being duped by lying pols?

[ice grillin you]

well this is rather scary

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/02/federal-agencies-oversight-requests-democrats-white-house-239034

[Diomedes]

On the bright side, every action like this only increases the leaks.  People of conscience in government aren't having it.

[ice grillin you]

and he counters that but not filling positions...i try not to be too hyperbolic when it comes to trump to avoid being a chicken little but the govt really is slowly becoming an autocracy under this guy....at very least he and the bannon wing of the white house are trying their very hardest to make it one

[Diomedes]

Sure, sure.  I'm not trying to say it's okay, or it's gonna be okay.  It sucks.

[ice grillin you]

interesting but really depressing read

also

WELFARE QUEENS AND stillupfrontS BUYING MALT LIQUOR WITH THEIR SNAP CHECKS!!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/local/2017/06/02/generations-disabled/?utm_term=.4b06d0ea2ce1