Perhaps the most important episode of The Newsroom that too many people did not see.


This was on the Newsroom last Sunday. Now the appropriate response to this segment is to sit stunned in front of your television and hope that this was all done for dramatic effect.

However as Mother Jones reported it is mostly all fact, and only a smattering of drama:

All of these things are predicted by the IPCC—I mean, not the permanent darkness thing, I don't think that's meant to be scientific. But yes, as we reported in May this year, Europe faces freshwater shortages; Asia can expect more severe flooding from extreme storms; North America will see increased heat waves and wildfires, which can cause death and damage to ecosystems and property. Especially in poor countries, diminished crop yields will likely lead to increased malnutrition, which already affects nearly 900 million people worldwide.

I know, scary right? Well good you should be scared.

The question is why is it taking us so long to recognize the monster lurking under our beds?

And a big part of that answer is that there has been a well funded concerted effort to make sure that we NEVER see that monster until it is much too late. Well according to evidence before us it is now much too late.

If the Newsroom took some dramatic liberties and  we do indeed still have time then we MUST do everything we can to keep those predictions from coming true right now.

And a big part of doing something is to keep oil company purchased Republican politicians out of positions of power. And after this last election that have more power than they have had in six years.

A fact that is bad for everybody who lives on this planet. Which let me remind you, is all of us.

Another fact to keep in mind is that the planet itself will survive our mistakes, It has in fact survived worse.

However we have already lost half of our wildlife in just the last 40 years. And there is no doubt that if we continue on in this way, that we are next.

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