Eight years? What eight years? Either Trump will be kicked out of office or
assassinated within 4 years or he's here to stay.
Miriam
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[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2016 12:31 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Climate Change and Polar bears
Hmm...a Polar Bear? I think that Warlocks already have the power to turn
themselves into Polar Bears.
Seriously, if we survive the next 8 years under Trump, and there is a chance
that we might suffer enough weather related damage that many on this list
will not be here, but if we do survive, we may well wake up wondering
whatever happened to our great Republic, the United States of America.
Already I am one of those who believes that this nation has undergone a
quiet military coup. If my belief is correct, then it will be but a matter
of one or two violent outbreaks until the Trumpster becomes Emperor Trump.
When that happens, we blind can shake off our old Court Jester outfits and
head for the servants entrance at the Trump Castle.
Carl Jarvis
On 12/22/16, Bob Hachey <bhachey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,bears'
Well, we were warned about what would happen if we lost too much of
the polar ice caps and here's the proof.
If there is any justice on planet Earth, Trump ought to be
reincarnated as a polar bear.
Bob Hachey
Polar bears descend on Alaska town as ice floes recede . . KAKTOVIK,
Alaska
- Come fall, polar bears are everywhere around this Arctic village,
dozing on sand spits, roughhousing in the shallows, and attracting
hundreds of tourists who travel long distances to see them. At night,
the bears steal into town. They leave only reluctantly, chased off by
the polar bear patrol with firecracker shells and spotlights. On the
surface, these bears might not seem like members of a species facing
possible extinction. Scientists have counted up to 80 at a time in or
near Kaktovik; many look healthy and plump, especially in early fall,
when their presence overlaps with the Inupiat village's whaling
season. But the bears that come to Kaktovik are climate refugees, on
land because the sea ice they rely on for hunting seals is receding.
The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet, and the
ice cover is retreating at a pace that even the scientists who
predicted the decline find startling. Much of 2016 was warmer than
normal, and the freeze-up came late. In November, the extent of Arctic
sea ice was lower than ever recorded for that month. In the southern
Beaufort Sea, where Kaktovik's 260 residents oc'cup'y 1 square mile on
the northeast corner of Barter Island, sea ice loss has been
especially precipitous. The continuing loss of sea ice does not bode
well for polar bears, whose existence depends on an ice cover that is
rapidly melting as the climate warms. The largest of the bear
subspecies and a powerful predator, the polar bear became the poster
animal for climate change. Even as the polar bear's symbolic role has
raised awareness, some scientists say it has also oversimplified the
plight and unwittingly opened the door to attacks by climate denialists.
Few
scientists dispute that in the long run - barring action by countries
to curb global greenhouse gas emissions - polar bears are in trouble.
But the effect of climate change in the shorter term is less clear
cut, and a populationwide decline is not yet apparent. New York Times
