Give me a pen comrade wrote:
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/08/deutsche-bank-has-trumps-taxes-and-loan-application-cosigned-by-russian-oligarch-report/
That would explain a lot.
Of course his supporters who denied this was possible will simply ignore it if confirmed.
WhyRegisterHere? wrote:
How about you plant some trees and stop telling people thousands of miles away how to live. The millennial collectivist attitude is nauseating, as is your righteous certainty that you know how everyone else should live to conform to your wishes.
Authoritarianism will come from the left in this country.
First, I'm not a millennial.
Second, I do plant trees.
Third, they can live as they like as long as they don't harm others.
Brazil is doing tremendous damage to the rest of the world and they must be stopped.
Rigged for Hillary wrote:
CNN is hosting a 7-hour “climate change” town hall with the 2020 Democrat candidates. That's right, 7 HOURS of socialist lunatics seeing who can spend more of your money to tank our epic economy.
Trump is laughing his ass off.
KAG2020
The capitalist solutions for climate change will have a huge positive impact on the economy. The infrastructure investments will continue to pay off for decades.
Electricity will become virtually free. Our health will improve from cleaner air and water. Transportation will be faster and more efficient. The list goes on.
If we do nothing, we will just pay and pay and pay. Plus billions will die an early death.
The Amazonian wrote:
"IS THE WORLD'S OXYGEN SUPPLY AT RISK (from Brazilian deforestation)?
No. While it's commonly said that the Amazon produces 20% of the world's oxygen, climate scientists say that figure is wrong and the oxygen supply is not directly at risk in any case. That's because forests, including the Amazon, absorb roughly the same amount of oxygen they produce. Plants do produce oxygen through photosynthesis, but they also absorb it to grow, as do animals and microbes."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ap-explains-amazon-role-global-152941423.html
Here is what the Union of Concerned Scientists has to say about it. If you haven't heard of them, they were formed at MIT in 1969. The organization which has involved many Nobel laureates.
This was written long before the unprecedented deforestation we are seeing today in Brazil.
Tropical forest trees, like all green plants, take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen during photosynthesis. Plants also carry out the opposite process—known as respiration—in which they emit carbon dioxide, but generally in smaller amounts than they take in during photosynthesis. The surplus carbon is stored in the plant, helping it to grow.
When trees are cut down and burned or allowed to rot, their stored carbon is released into the air as carbon dioxide. And this is how deforestation and forest degradation contribute to global warming. According to the best current estimate, deforestation is responsible for about 10 percent of all global warming emissions.
We need to protect tropical forests from deforestation and degradation if we want to reduce emissions to the levels needed to protect the planet against the worst global warming impacts. Ending deforestation will not solve global warming by itself, of course—urgent action is needed to cut the other 90 percent of emissions. But the problem cannot be solved if the role of tropical deforestation is ignored.
And reducing deforestation has other benefits beyond reducing global warming pollution. Tropical forests are home to many unique species of animals and plants. Animals such as the jaguar risk extinction if we do not act to protect their tropical forest habitat. In addition, tropical forests are crucial sources of food, medicine, and clean drinking water for people in developing countries. Tropical forests help regulate regional rainfall and prevent both floods and droughts. Reducing deforestation is not only a beneficial action against global warming—it also can make important contributions to saving biodiversity and supporting sustainable development.
Pocketed Donations wrote:
foo wrote:
You would think at a meeting of the leaders of the seven largest IMF-described advanced economies in the world, they could come up with a little more than $22 million.
LOL ... extra money would find its way into Bolsonaro's pocket. He is a hardcore conservative, so pocketing money is par for the course. He is the leader of the conservative "Partido Social Liberal", the "Social Liberal Party" in English. Yup, Brazil hardcore conservative consider themselves social liberals.
Bolsonaro supports privatization and decentralization of government, and has conservative views on abortion, legalization of marijuana and gender identity. So, he is a conservative regardless of his party's name.
Bolsonaro is a total idiot. He actually wants Macron to say he's sorry before he will accept french aide to help with the Amazon fire.
I can see why trump likes him.
Fat hurts wrote:
The Amazonian wrote:
"IS THE WORLD'S OXYGEN SUPPLY AT RISK (from Brazilian deforestation)?
No. While it's commonly said that the Amazon produces 20% of the world's oxygen, climate scientists say that figure is wrong and the oxygen supply is not directly at risk in any case. That's because forests, including the Amazon, absorb roughly the same amount of oxygen they produce. Plants do produce oxygen through photosynthesis, but they also absorb it to grow, as do animals and microbes."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ap-explains-amazon-role-global-152941423.htmlHere is what the Union of Concerned Scientists has to say about it. If you haven't heard of them, they were formed at MIT in 1969. The organization which has involved many Nobel laureates.
This was written long before the unprecedented deforestation we are seeing today in Brazil.
Tropical forest trees, like all green plants, take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen during photosynthesis. Plants also carry out the opposite process—known as respiration—in which they emit carbon dioxide, but generally in smaller amounts than they take in during photosynthesis. The surplus carbon is stored in the plant, helping it to grow.
When trees are cut down and burned or allowed to rot, their stored carbon is released into the air as carbon dioxide. And this is how deforestation and forest degradation contribute to global warming. According to the best current estimate, deforestation is responsible for about 10 percent of all global warming emissions.
We need to protect tropical forests from deforestation and degradation if we want to reduce emissions to the levels needed to protect the planet against the worst global warming impacts. Ending deforestation will not solve global warming by itself, of course—urgent action is needed to cut the other 90 percent of emissions. But the problem cannot be solved if the role of tropical deforestation is ignored.
And reducing deforestation has other benefits beyond reducing global warming pollution. Tropical forests are home to many unique species of animals and plants. Animals such as the jaguar risk extinction if we do not act to protect their tropical forest habitat. In addition, tropical forests are crucial sources of food, medicine, and clean drinking water for people in developing countries. Tropical forests help regulate regional rainfall and prevent both floods and droughts. Reducing deforestation is not only a beneficial action against global warming—it also can make important contributions to saving biodiversity and supporting sustainable development.
Does your back hurt, because you've lifted the goal posts and thrown them into the river.
"The Amazon literally supplies all the oxygen in the world" -> That's not how the atmosphere works -> "OK but general deforestation is pretty bad!"
Racket wrote:
Fat hurts wrote:
Here is what the Union of Concerned Scientists has to say about it. If you haven't heard of them, they were formed at MIT in 1969. The organization which has involved many Nobel laureates.
This was written long before the unprecedented deforestation we are seeing today in Brazil.
Does your back hurt, because you've lifted the goal posts and thrown them into the river.
"The Amazon literally supplies all the oxygen in the world" -> That's not how the atmosphere works -> "OK but general deforestation is pretty bad!"
No, because I never said that. Some time ago, I did repeat the 20% figure, which, it turns out, is probably too high. The Amazon does manufacture a huge amount of the world's O2, which shows how vibrant and important it is.
Talking about the O2 that is expelled is a proxy for the CO2 removed. In photosynthesis, you don't have one without the other.
From the beginning, I have discussed deforestation in terms of climate change. And as the UCS explains, the damage of deforestation goes beyond climate change as well.
Conundrum wrote:
If more compelling information is revealed, I could change my mind.
You don't find the fact that Trump directed Cohen to funnel hundreds of thousands though pass through shell companies to pay off women for silence weeks before the election to help with his campaign as compelling information for impeachment?
Even as Cohen sits in jail for this.
You're compelled. You think it was wrong.
And there seems to be no amount or type of information that would compel Republican senators to vote to convict.
So, he could get away with anything and it would not move the needle.
He is immune from repercussions that the government could provide.
And when it's over and Trump eventually pays for it in one way or another the people will ask Republican Senators why he stayed in office and their answer will be that the Democrat lead House did not impeach, so our hands were tied.
And that will be factually correct.
This was fine
https://ventrellaquest.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/tan-suits.jpg
This was a scandal
https://cdn.talkingpointsmemo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ogmr5kkzxhafxyfxqro2.jpg
This is the new norm
Oh well, that didn't work.
Fill in the blank with your best image.
The Amazonian wrote:
"IS THE WORLD'S OXYGEN SUPPLY AT RISK (from Brazilian deforestation)?
No. While it's commonly said that the Amazon produces 20% of the world's oxygen, climate scientists say that figure is wrong and the oxygen supply is not directly at risk in any case. That's because forests, including the Amazon, absorb roughly the same amount of oxygen they produce. Plants do produce oxygen through photosynthesis, but they also absorb it to grow, as do animals and microbes."
I don't know the origin of the "Amazon produces 20% of the world's oxygen" meme originated but it's probably confusing oxygen production with CO2 absorption. The Amazon is about 25% of the earth's terrestrial carbon sink and about 15% if one includes ocean sinks. Because the atmosphere contains so much more oxygen (21%) than CO2 (0.04%) the net oxygen emission is much smaller.
The impact of Amazon deforestation is not oxygen production, it is carbon dioxide absorption.
Two Sides wrote:
Conundrum wrote:
If more compelling information is revealed, I could change my mind.
You don't find the fact that Trump directed Cohen to funnel hundreds of thousands though pass through shell companies to pay off women for silence weeks before the election to help with his campaign as compelling information for impeachment?
Even as Cohen sits in jail for this.
You're compelled. You think it was wrong.
And there seems to be no amount or type of information that would compel Republican senators to vote to convict.
So, he could get away with anything and it would not move the needle.
He is immune from repercussions that the government could provide.
And when it's over and Trump eventually pays for it in one way or another the people will ask Republican Senators why he stayed in office and their answer will be that the Democrat lead House did not impeach, so our hands were tied.
And that will be factually correct.
I believe that there will be an impeachment in the House. They are just waiting to get all the evidence of Tiny's financial crimes, which Mueller decided not to investigate.
Fat hurts wrote:
Racket wrote:
Does your back hurt, because you've lifted the goal posts and thrown them into the river.
"The Amazon literally supplies all the oxygen in the world" -> That's not how the atmosphere works -> "OK but general deforestation is pretty bad!"
No, because I never said that. Some time ago, I did repeat the 20% figure, which, it turns out, is probably too high. The Amazon does manufacture a huge amount of the world's O2, which shows how vibrant and important it is.
Talking about the O2 that is expelled is a proxy for the CO2 removed. In photosynthesis, you don't have one without the other.
From the beginning, I have discussed deforestation in terms of climate change. And as the UCS explains, the damage of deforestation goes beyond climate change as well.
Good lord, you STILL haven't learned! How is that possible?
The Amazon, consumes just as much O2 as it "manufactures". Therefore it does not supply any O2 to the rest of the world. Or, to put it another way, the rest of the world supplies the Amazon with the same amount of O2 that the Amazon supplies to the rest of the world. Further, the Amazon does not remove any CO2 from the atmosphere above any beyond what it puts into the atmosphere.
Are you STILL too stupid to understand this simple concept?
Citizen Runner wrote:
The Amazonian wrote:
"IS THE WORLD'S OXYGEN SUPPLY AT RISK (from Brazilian deforestation)?
No. While it's commonly said that the Amazon produces 20% of the world's oxygen, climate scientists say that figure is wrong and the oxygen supply is not directly at risk in any case. That's because forests, including the Amazon, absorb roughly the same amount of oxygen they produce. Plants do produce oxygen through photosynthesis, but they also absorb it to grow, as do animals and microbes."
I don't know the origin of the "Amazon produces 20% of the world's oxygen" meme originated but it's probably confusing oxygen production with CO2 absorption. The Amazon is about 25% of the earth's terrestrial carbon sink and about 15% if one includes ocean sinks. Because the atmosphere contains so much more oxygen (21%) than CO2 (0.04%) the net oxygen emission is much smaller.
The impact of Amazon deforestation is not oxygen production, it is carbon dioxide absorption.
1) Without deforestation the Amazon does not act as either a sink or a source of either O2 or CO2. It absorbs the same amount of O2 as it produces. Same for CO2
2) I think that you meant to type the following with your last line:
The impact of Amazon deforestation is not oxygen absorption, it is carbon dioxide production. . . . although, in truth, it is both. The O2 relative impact being smaller due to there being vastly more O2 in the atmosphere than CO2.
"The new @FoxNews is letting millions of GREAT people down! We have to start looking for a new News Outlet," Mr Trump wrote. "Fox isn't workng for us anymore!"
Another instance that under any other presidency would be a shocking scandal.
Trump is a break-the-entire-system kind of president, and yet I am not confident that the demos will field a candidate who can beat him next year, with their lurch to the fringe in recent times.
Warren is starting to pull massive crowds and (smartly) working behind the scenes to confirm that she is planning to be 'mainstream' in her candidacy and when in office. That's what is needed. The dems have wasted so much time and energy running to the whacko marginal left. Mainstream, normal, adult, experienced, that I can live with.
Identity politics, trying to capture the lunatic fringe that won't vote, appeals to the idiot collectivist millennials, all losing tactics/strategies that Warren hopefully can move away from.
Too much crazy wrote:
"The new @FoxNews is letting millions of GREAT people down! We have to start looking for a new News Outlet," Mr Trump wrote. "Fox isn't workng for us anymore!"
Another instance that under any other presidency would be a shocking scandal.
Trumpspeak: "us" means me [himself], Trump, the President, and Donald.
WhyRegisterHere? wrote:
Trump is a break-the-entire-system kind of president, and yet I am not confident that the demos will field a candidate who can beat him next year...
^ The reek of Trumper desperation and extreme fear they have already lost.
