November 19, 2018: Climate Change: Like a Terror Movie that Is Real

 

11/19/18: Republicans continue to hemorrhage seats in the U. S. House of Representatives as ballots are tallied and sometimes tallied again in close races. But they still have Denver Riggleman. When not drafting legislation, Riggleman, an author, likes to dabble in “Bigfoot erotica.” 

Here’s the basic plot of a Riggleman novel: Lovely, but lonely camper girl or hiker meets hunky forest creature. 

They have steamy sex in the leaves. 

THE END. 

 

Also, Republicans have Dennis Hof (sort of). Hof, a Nevada brothel owner and author of The Art of the Pimp, won a seat in the state legislature, despite the inconvenient fact he was, technically, dead.

 

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WELL, NO MATTER, if Mr. Hof is dead. We’re all dead if we don’t change our ways quick. The academic journal, Nature Climate Change, has published a new report, 

that shows the effects of climate change across a broad spectrum of problems, including heat waves, wildfires, sea level rise, hurricanes, flooding, drought and shortages of clean water.

 

Such problems are already coming in combination, said the lead author, Camilo Mora of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He noted that Florida had recently experienced extreme drought, record high temperatures and wildfires — and also Hurricane Michael, the powerful Category 4 storm that slammed into the Panhandle last month. Similarly, California is suffering through the worst wildfires the state has ever seen, as well as drought, extreme heat waves and degraded air quality that threatens the health of residents.

 

If humanity fails to act soon, some areas, like the Atlantic coast of Central and South America could be hit with half a dozen crises at once. It’s “like a terror movie that is real,” Dr. Mora says. 

He and twenty-two other scientists worked on the report, analyzing 3,000 papers on various effects of climate change. “Dr. Mora said he had considered writing a book or a movie that would reflect the frightening results of the research,” The New York Times explains. “His working title, which describes how dire the situation is for humanity, is unprintable here. His alternate title, he said, is ‘We Told You So.’” 

That’s right. If we keep following the Pied Piper of Mar-a-Lago, we’re all f**ked and the scientists told us so.

Sex appeal!