This week's Fool-on-the-Hill was running on all cylinders going off the rails live coast-to-coast at the first impeachment hearing for The Mad King; sadly he forgot his fool's cap along with his jacket. Yes, it's Jim Jordan (Repugnican-OH). Let's let Jordan, as always, was without a jacket, an appropriately knotted necktie, or a clue. His gotchas didn’t get anything, his predicates were as thin as his combover, and his belief that he’d save the day by talking louder and faster was a flop. He was rattling off “questions” so fast that he sounded like an auctioneer who had discovered the joy of cocaine. The fact that other members of the committee kept throwing their remaining question time to Jordan was a sign not of confidence in him, but of their own desires to punch their questions out and resume hiding.” Of course, if you happen to be accustomed to fratboy antics, Jordan was in character. Self-parody lives!
His Malignancy The Mad King is tanking before our very eyes and ears (if you can stand watching or listening to it). While getting truly sick and tired of having his smarmy poser face appear on our Facebook news feed, we grin and bear it when the news is bad for him and his crony enablers. We are in complete agreement with Amy Goodman and her partner when they write: The Mad King's "denial of the climate crisis is unconscionable and should be added to the articles of impeachment against him". Sadly, it's not always schadenfreude time around here. In fact, usually the bad news concerns his attacks on the beleaguered planet, like when His Malignancy's "administration is preparing to significantly limit the scientific and medical research that the government can use to determine public health regulations".
Have you informed your stubborn Uncle George with the Made in China MAGA hat that It's the Climate Crisis , Stupid! Maybe tell him "A new report by 11,258 scientists in 153 countries from a broad range of disciplines warns that the planet “clearly and unequivocally faces a climate emergency”? He'll probably tell you it's "fake news" but you should send him the link anyway, or maybe send him a one-way ticket to New Delhi so he can get a dose of climate dystopia? Finally, have you seen THIS?
Our Enviro Show Quote of the Week is here:
"A river or stream is a cycle of energy from sun to plants to insects to fish. It is a continuum broken only by humans." - Aldo Leopold
After our conversation with Karl we head over to the Bus Stop Billboard:December 3 at about 10:30AM in the Orange District Court, 1 Court Square, Orange, MA ten Forest Protectors will be heard on charges of trespassing following their arrests for civil disobedience in the Wendell State Forest in August of this year. The defendants are members of the Wendell State Forest Alliance and were attempting to stop the commercial logging of 100 year old oak trees in the state forest. The Climate Emergency mandates that trees be allowed to mature as carbon sequesters rather than be cut for private industrial benefit. The Defendants were originally charged criminally. These charges were subsequently converted to civil offenses by the state. The Defendants will present a Necessity Defense. Ten Defendants will be heard on criminal charges, which were not converted, on a date yet to be set by the court. In total 32 arrests by 17 Defendants took place during the 7 weeks of logging in the Wendell State Forest.
Friday December 6, 5 to 7pm., Springfield Climate Strike! We strike. In Springfield, at City Hall, we will hold a rally, followed by a march and an action at the office of congressman Richard Neal. We demand that he endorse the Green New Deal and sign the No Fossil Fuel Money Pledge, the only federal representative in Massachusetts who hasn't done so. We are #GenGND!Sign up for more information at bit.ly/ClimateStrikeWMass.
Friday, Dec 6, 10:30am. We strike from school and work and continue the fight for climate justice. Join us to stand for a Massachusetts Green New Deal and an end to the climate emergency! For up to date information, check out @climatestrikeMA on Instagram and Twitter. See here for resources (flyers, toolkits, and more). Contact @ClimateStrikeMA or bostonclimatestrike@gmail.com with any questions! RSVP here! See Facebook for more details. Fri, Dec 6, 10:30 am, Copley Sq, Boston.
Saturday, December 7, 10:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Racial Justice Rising and Greening Greenfield present Lighting the Way: Climate Change Theatre ActionDoors open at 9:45. First Congregational Church, 43 Silver Street, Greenfield. Free and open to the public. For free childcare, send number and ages of children to email@racialjusticerising.
Tuesday,
December 10, 6:30-8:30pm. Screening and discussion of "The Human Element". Leverett Library, Montague Road, Leverett, MA. With rare
compassion and heart, THE HUMAN ELEMENT follows environmental photographer
James Balog on his quest to highlight Americans on the front lines of climate
change, inspiring us to re-evaluate our relationship with the natural world. For more
information contact Peggy Wolff, Leverett Climate Action Group peggylwolff@gmail.com
We're done here for now. Please remember to listen to your Mother, OK?
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