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#191402: Jun 1st 2017 at 4:57:47 PM

[up]So does this count as irony, or...?

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DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
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#191403: Jun 1st 2017 at 5:08:16 PM

[up] I'm gonna say yes it does count as irony.

edited 1st Jun '17 5:08:25 PM by DingoWalley1

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#191404: Jun 1st 2017 at 5:12:47 PM

Maybe Joe has just been Biden his time. XD

I don't think he's the worst candidate that could run. Probably a heck of a lot more practical than Sanders.

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FireCrawler2002 Since: Apr, 2017
#191405: Jun 1st 2017 at 5:15:34 PM

More than 50% of people in every state support participation in the Paris Agreement: i.imgur.com/rpAGyz5.png

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#191406: Jun 1st 2017 at 5:21:10 PM

Well, that's not really a surprise. The GOP's approach the past couple decades has pretty much been "So, what do a majority of the people actually want? Okay, let's prevent that from happening by any means necessary and brainwash them into agreeing with us with incredibly misleading soundbites and deliberately misnaming things."

StFan Since: Jan, 2001
#191407: Jun 1st 2017 at 5:27:09 PM

For those interested, here's the video of the French president addressing American people — in English.

He notably reiterated his invitation for American scientists wanting to still work on global warming to come to France.

Raddishes Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#191408: Jun 1st 2017 at 6:08:42 PM

It feels like Trump is doing this because he has a subtle "If I'm going down, I'm taking you down with me" kind of mentality to the US of a whole.

TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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#191409: Jun 1st 2017 at 6:12:30 PM

[up] The words "Trump" and "subtle" being in that sentence together feels weird. Like spine-tingling kind of weird.

But yeah, I think he's definitely the kind of guy who would, upon learning that he's going down, would attempt to drag as many other people down with him as possible.

edited 1st Jun '17 6:13:15 PM by TrashJack

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CenturyEye Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign? from I don't know where the Yith sent me this time... Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
#191410: Jun 1st 2017 at 6:27:45 PM

[up]x5 Tis one thing to check "like" on an opinion poll, but how much people care about Paris can only be judged by their actions (are they going to groan about it then vote GOP in 2018/2020).

@The agreement itself...yeah it says nonbinding but peer pressure works on the int'l level...its codified into law as customary international law rather constantly. (And alot of binding conventions started off as nonbinding agreements/declarations). The signature matters.

@ The Death Knell for America's Global Leadership Meh, saw this coming. Yet Another Stupid Death but perhaps better than the Visigoths showing up outside the gates of Atlanta. note 

edited 1st Jun '17 6:29:12 PM by CenturyEye

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#191411: Jun 1st 2017 at 6:31:31 PM

[up]I understand your point, but I'd image that most people aren't single issue voters. A person can theoretically not like Trump doing this but still vote for him or specific GOP for other reasons. That's why rhetoric like that doesn't really make sense.

edited 1st Jun '17 6:33:00 PM by LSBK

CenturyEye Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign? from I don't know where the Yith sent me this time... Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
Tell Me, Have You Seen the Yellow Sign?
#191412: Jun 1st 2017 at 6:54:53 PM

[up]Makes sense, but its still ambiguous whether the current disapproval indicates more people have reached their last straws (even if this wasn't their single-issue, it on top of everything else) or just shrug. Idle musing: I just wonder if those kind of polls are more revealing or deceptive when presented as they were. note 
So said, I have no idea what a poll claiming to show commitment would look like (and one asking respondents to check the issue in importance from 1-5 would certainly not be it).

Look with century eyes... With our backs to the arch And the wreck of our kind We will stare straight ahead For the rest of our lives
speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#191413: Jun 1st 2017 at 6:56:38 PM

Inside Trump’s climate decision: After fiery debate, he ‘stayed where he’s always been'

Something caught my eye:

"The Paris pact was a particular passion for Bannon, who spent the past two weeks consumed by the climate deal, including working feverishly from the West Wing after returning early from Trump’s foreign trip, according to two White House officials familiar with the discussions. He pressed his case directly with the president — arguing that the Paris accord was a product of globalism and unpopular with Trump’s base — and also worked with Pruitt to tilt the talks in that direction, providing political ballast to the policy and legal arguments made by others on his side."

FUCKING HELL. Get that traitor out of the White House NOW.

FireCrawler2002 Since: Apr, 2017
#191414: Jun 1st 2017 at 6:59:11 PM

[up] His daughter gave up on trying to convince him to stay on the Climate Deal: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/336027-ivanka-trump-has-already-moved-on-from-climate-deal-report

edited 1st Jun '17 6:59:32 PM by FireCrawler2002

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#191415: Jun 1st 2017 at 7:01:14 PM

Twenty-Two Republican Senators sent a letter asking Trump to pull out of the Paris Agreement.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
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#191416: Jun 1st 2017 at 7:06:47 PM

Remember their names, make sure they're voted out of office.

Oh really when?
speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#191417: Jun 1st 2017 at 7:06:56 PM

Well. Now we know exactly who to blame for the death of the planet.

nightwyrm_zero Since: Apr, 2010
#191418: Jun 1st 2017 at 7:07:43 PM

Traitors to Humanity.

edited 1st Jun '17 7:07:52 PM by nightwyrm_zero

Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#191419: Jun 1st 2017 at 7:07:57 PM

Which means that thirty republican senators didn't do that. So it's a minority within the GOP.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#191420: Jun 1st 2017 at 7:10:24 PM

Minority of Senate GOP, anyway.

ViperMagnum357 Since: Mar, 2012
#191421: Jun 1st 2017 at 7:11:59 PM

Rand Paul I expected. Orrin Hatch just bought himself a nice plot behind the woodshed.

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#191423: Jun 1st 2017 at 7:13:56 PM

Article on how Cities can step up their emissions reductions efforts.

https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/science-and-health/2016/12/6/13832466/cities-climate-change

69 mayors commit to adopt, honor and uphold Paris Climate Agreement goals

https://medium.com/@ClimateMayors/climate-mayors-commit-to-adopt-honor-and-uphold-paris-climate-agreement-goals-ba566e260097

edited 1st Jun '17 7:29:40 PM by megaeliz

fruitpork Since: Oct, 2010
#191424: Jun 1st 2017 at 7:40:24 PM

So how likely is it that trump will win re-election now? I'm remaining pessimistic enough that we'll be stuck with this fuckface for a full eight years, but practically speaking what might actually happen?

edited 1st Jun '17 7:41:16 PM by fruitpork

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#191425: Jun 1st 2017 at 7:41:27 PM

I wonder if their efforts to pull out of the Paris Accords and doom the world has anything to do with wanting to prove that the Rapture is real and is actually gonna happen. Or am I being too paranoid?

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