Greetings Earthlings from the historic heart of the anti-nuclear movement here in Northeast USA. We thought we drove a well deserved stake into the heart of the corrupt nuclear industry and its followers long ago but, like vampires some things keep coming back. Deb Katz of the Citizens Awareness Network returns to the show as we shine some daylight into the crypt (be sure to scroll down to the bills on Beacon Hill). As always we will also introduce you to this week's Fool-on-the-Hill and "Those Whose Brains Were small", as well as our "...of the Week" segments and way more but first it's time for.....Revenge of the Critters! The classic No Nukes cow button got us thinking about when cows attack!
This week's Fool-on-the-Hill was just cutting his teeth in Congress when this report came in: "As a state lawmaker in Florida, Republican Rep. Randy Fine earned a reputation as a bombastic far-right politician who enjoyed picking ugly fights. Three months into his tenure in Congress, the GOP congressman isn’t exactly turning over a more respectable leaf. NBC News reported: 'Top House Democrats defended Rep. Ilhan Omar after Rep. Randy Fine made an Islamophobic retort toward Omar for her criticism of [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu.'.....The entirety of the House Democratic leadership issued a related joint written statement around the same time. “The unhinged, racist and Islamophobic comments made by Randy Fine about Rep. Ilhan Omar are bigoted and disgusting,” No fool like a new fool, we guess.
On to "Their Brains Were Small and They Died" where we find a live dinosaur disguised as Oklahoma's Superintendent of Public Instruction. MSNBC informs us: "Ryan Walters has cultivated a reputation as a right-wing Christian nationalist — even some Republicans have expressed discomfort with his radicalism — prompting discussion among legislators in the state about possible impeachment proceedings." This MAGA throwback's “greatest hits” collection is not short. A state requirement that Oklahoma educators keep Christian Bibles in every classroom and incorporate his preferred holy text into public school curricula? That was Waters. Threatening the teaching licenses of school teachers who resisted his demands for Bible lessons? That was Waters, too. Waters has called an Oklahoma teachers' union a “terrorist organization.” He’s partnered with a far-right propaganda outlet, bringing its materials into classrooms. He pushed a social studies curriculum guidance that directed educators to push pro-Trump conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election." We guess Walters is hoping for a place on the Rapture Express at some point but given all his bullshit......maybe not so much.
We guess it should be no surprise faux Christians like Ryan Walters is also the subject in our Doublespeak of the Week. The very same MSNBC article that exposed his o-so-holy fanaticism also informs us "A sheriff’s office in Oklahoma is investigating an incident during a state Board of Education meeting last week that reportedly involved images of naked women on the state school superintendent’s office television. The images were seen during the board’s executive session, held in Superintendent Ryan Walters’ office." Yo Walters, what about this: "You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, and you shall not take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter to uncover her nakedness; they are relatives; it is depravity." ? ( Leviticus 18:17 ) 😳
Enough with the lesser lights of MAGA, how about His Malignancy The Mad King? First off, is he crazy enought to start a war with Russia?? If not, how about plans to steal upcoming elections HERE. Next, let's be clear about so-called "presidential immunity". The Founders had no such thing in mind. We have No Kings in the USA, OK? We call him The Mad King 'cuz he is out of his mind thinking he is a king. Nevertheless, he keeps doing things like this: "The three scientists joined the administration after it dismissed hundreds of experts who were assessing how global warming is affecting the country." And this: "Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said on Tuesday the Trump administration would revoke the scientific determination that underpins the government’s legal authority to combat climate change." And this: "Planning documents for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, obtained by The New York Times, call for the organization to set a new course that focuses on “transitioning” countries away from U.S. assistance, some in as little as two years." It's said that the buck stops on The President's desk, so when reports reveal, "Two days after deadly Texas floods, the agency [FEMA] struggled to answer calls from survivors because of call center contracts that weren’t extended [by the Administration]" that's not only on Kristy Noam but His Malignancy as well. Of course there's more: "Soon after [the] President took office in January, a wide array of petrochemical, mining and farm industry coalitions ramped up what has been a long campaign to limit use of the Environmental Protection Agency’s assessments of the health risks of chemicals. That effort scored a significant victory... when EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced his decision to dismantle the agency’s Office of Research and Development". Finally, something that really stinks! Sorry about the gag refex, but we couldn't resist. Another of His Malignancy's soon-to-fail golden self-aggrandizing grifts. He calls them "fragrances", others call it "MAGA stench!" You have to see it to believe it, which reminds us of His Malignancy's personal lawyer Emil Bove's odd resemblance to the vampire in Nosferatu who was confirmed by MAGA freaks in the Senate handing over a lifetime appointment on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to this creep. Wait, does Bove even go out in the daytime??
In the Enviro Show Echo Chamber we pass on this notice from Civic Shout on putting an end to trophy hunting (one of Donald Jr's faves, which figures). Not only is the practice as retro as buggy whips but so-called Big Game is going extinct at the hands of overgrown boys who should know better. And this from Common Dreams: "nominated to be U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia – one of the most sensitive and consequential prosecutorial roles in the country. She is none other than Fox News sociopath Jeanine Pirro. "Pirro has repeatedly excused the January 6th attack, defended Trump’s pardons of convicted rioters, and attacked the DOJ prosecutors who brought those cases – including staff in the very office she now leads. She’s called January 6th defendants “hostages,” promoted conspiracy theories about the 2020 election." Wait, did we mention what a god-awful person she is?? Go HERE and say "NO!" Finally, the clock is ticking for old-growth forests in VT and usual suspects like Audubon are part of the plan. Be Prepared!
We're melding Critter of the Week this time with Tree of the Week 'cuz some amazing news came to us from one of our listeners. The headline reads: "These fig trees absorb CO2 from the air and convert it into stone." Say what?? "We all know that trees are an important part of our climate efforts. But we usually envision this as lush forests soaking up carbon dioxide through their leaves and storing it as wood. What if trees could go a step further, not just locking away carbon in their trunks, but converting it into actual stone? That’s exactly what a new study has uncovered about certain fig trees in Kenya. These trees aren’t just carbon sinks. They’re advanced chemists. They get a bit of help from microbes, [Thanks little critters] and together, they pull carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into calcium carbonate (the same material in chalk or limestone). This crystallized material then gets stashed deep inside the wood and in the surrounding soil. It’s a slow and hidden process but its implications could be huge." Huge indeed. Other types of Fig Trees are now being studied, perhaps other Trees all together.
Our Enviro Show Quote of the Week takes us to our interview with Deb Katz:
Flint is to the lead issue what Three Mile Island was to nuclear power. People are stepping back and thinking, 'There still is lead in my home?'
After our conversations with Deb it's off to the Bus Stop Billboard:
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