Every kid ever has dreamt of bossing around a bunch of authoritative grown-ups. Tuesday on Capitol Hill, six teens will attempt to make that dream come true by trying to meet with climate-denying GOP senators and school them on elementary-level climate science. It all started, as so many great underdog stories do, with a survey. According to a poll conducted by Ipsos on behalf of the activist group Avaaz, 90 percent of eighth-graders know that human activity causes climate change. In contrast, less than 10 percent of Republican senators voted recently in favor of an amendment stating that “climate change is real and human activity significantly contributes to climate change.” To put this stark chasm in terms both senators and 13-year-olds would understand: OMG, you guys, that sucks.
It all started, as so many great underdog stories do, with a survey. According to a poll conducted by Ipsos on behalf of the activist group Avaaz, 90 percent of eighth-graders know that human activity causes climate change. In contrast, less than 10 percent of Republican senators voted recently in favor of an amendment stating that “climate change is real and human activity significantly contributes to climate change.” To put this stark chasm in terms both senators and 13-year-olds would understand: OMG, you guys, that sucks.
The $2.1 Trillion Corporate Tax Dodge Just Grows, With Apple/High Tech Leading The Way, by Tasini "Police will “guard” the water for those who can pay for it, while we die of thirst.", by Pakalolo BREAKING: Iran's Foreign Minister responds to the letter from 47 Republican Senators, by Eyesbright
"Police will “guard” the water for those who can pay for it, while we die of thirst.", by Pakalolo
BREAKING: Iran's Foreign Minister responds to the letter from 47 Republican Senators, by Eyesbright
Two American women have reportedly been arrested for carving their initials into a wall with a coin inside Rome's Colosseum. [...] The two letters -- J and N -- were about eight inches in length and scratched on a brick wall at the historic Roman amphitheater. The women, both from California, reportedly snapped a selfie of themselves with their initials before they were arrested. Their names have not been released.
The two letters -- J and N -- were about eight inches in length and scratched on a brick wall at the historic Roman amphitheater.
The women, both from California, reportedly snapped a selfie of themselves with their initials before they were arrested. Their names have not been released.
Book your plane tickets now: Ecstasy, ketamine and a ton of other drugs are now legal to possess in Ireland, but only until 12 a.m. on Thursday, reports the Irish Times. On Tuesday the three-judge Court of Appeal ruled the 1977 Misuse of Drugs Act (Ireland's version of our Controlled Substances Act) illegal on a constitutional technicality: that the act was created without the consultation of the Irish Parliament. [...] That's left the Irish government scrambling to push through emergency legislation to patch up the loophole. But the earliest the legislation could take effect is 12 a.m. local time on Thursday, so in the interim the possession of a large number of previously outlawed drugs is technically legal.
On Tuesday the three-judge Court of Appeal ruled the 1977 Misuse of Drugs Act (Ireland's version of our Controlled Substances Act) illegal on a constitutional technicality: that the act was created without the consultation of the Irish Parliament. [...]
That's left the Irish government scrambling to push through emergency legislation to patch up the loophole. But the earliest the legislation could take effect is 12 a.m. local time on Thursday, so in the interim the possession of a large number of previously outlawed drugs is technically legal.
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