Something to Know - 29 May

1.  if you have been watching TV's episodes of Cosmos and Years of Living Dangerously, you are probably well aware that science is correct in determining that humans are contributing to the nasty effects of greenhouse gases.   Furthermore, you may not understand why fundamentally lame bozos as running around as climate deniers.  John Oliver has a way of getting to the heart of why the debate stalls and facts are ignored:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjuGCJJUGsg&list=PLOxIcz5ZslMfL3db8OFHcLJ17JEmCimNk

2.  It seems that the French have their own war to wage with the extreme right.  Any similarities between their problem and ours?:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/29/world/europe/leader-marine-le-pen-of-french-far-right-hopes-to-fix-europe.html?emc=eta1

3.  Let's end today's stuff with some banal tribute to the kooks among us.  We need them to remind ourselves of the scum on the side of the tub as the swamp of GeeOpie land evaporates with the deterioration of the Tea Party:

http://www.nationalmemo.com/right-wing-expendables-five-speakers-booked-years-republican-leadership-conference/

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Juan
 
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
-- Maya Angelou