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June 22, 2016
On Don the Con's crap speech - It's being fact checked
Perhaps a kernel of truth - Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah ReTHUG losing it on Andrea Mitchell 
June 22, 2016
OK I've decided to watch Don the Con's teleprompter attack speech
- starting in three minutes.
June 22, 2016
Today the longest serving ReTHUG Speaker of the House, Denny Hastert
reports for prison.
Please select the chocolates I should eat when I see the video!
June 22, 2016
What do DUers thinkk of when they see Sherrod Brown
I always remember the ReTHUG lady who thought she had a scandal when she saw him kissing Connie Schultz - only to discover that the man was kissing his wife.
That was one of the best jokes ever
June 21, 2016
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Barack Obama warned on Saturday that climate change could ravage many of America’s vaunted national parks, criticizing political opponents who “pay lip service” to areas of natural beauty while opposing efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
During a visit to Yosemite national park, Obama said climate change was “no longer a threat, it’s a reality”. The first sitting president to visit Yosemite since John F Kennedy in 1962 said the famed glacial valley was already experiencing changes due to rising temperatures.
“Here in Yosemite, meadows are drying up, bird ranges are shifting farther northward, mammals are being forced further upslope,” Obama said. “Yosemite’s famous glacier, once a mile wide, is almost gone. We are also facing longer, more expensive wildfire seasons.
“Rising temperatures could mean no more glaciers in Glacier national park, no more Joshua trees in Joshua Tree national park. Rising seas can destroy vital ecosystems in the Everglades and at some point could even threaten icons like the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. That’s not the America I want to pass on to the next generation.”
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Great photos at link
Obama at Yosemite attacks 'lip service' to natural beauty amid climate inaction
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/18/yosemite-obama-national-parks-climate-change<snip>
Barack Obama warned on Saturday that climate change could ravage many of America’s vaunted national parks, criticizing political opponents who “pay lip service” to areas of natural beauty while opposing efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
During a visit to Yosemite national park, Obama said climate change was “no longer a threat, it’s a reality”. The first sitting president to visit Yosemite since John F Kennedy in 1962 said the famed glacial valley was already experiencing changes due to rising temperatures.
“Here in Yosemite, meadows are drying up, bird ranges are shifting farther northward, mammals are being forced further upslope,” Obama said. “Yosemite’s famous glacier, once a mile wide, is almost gone. We are also facing longer, more expensive wildfire seasons.
“Rising temperatures could mean no more glaciers in Glacier national park, no more Joshua trees in Joshua Tree national park. Rising seas can destroy vital ecosystems in the Everglades and at some point could even threaten icons like the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. That’s not the America I want to pass on to the next generation.”
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Great photos at link
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