Dammit, Democrats! Organize a Climate Debate! (only 11.58 years left)

The Nation ^ | 6/07/19 | John Nichols

[Libloather]

Nothing about the Democratic National Committee’s approach to organizing debates featuring the several dozen contenders for the party’s 2020 presidential nomination inspires confidence. But something about the party’s approach should inspire fury.

The DNC is refusing to organize a debate on climate change, and it is clinging to rules that could effectively block candidates from participating in independent debates on the issue.

This is morally wrong and practically foolish.

**SNIP**

DNC officials say they are interested in climate change. But this decision reinforces a concern, well expressed by former New York Times environmental writer Justin Gillis, that “while Democrats were nominally on the right side about climate change, they never put much fight into it.”

[Libloather]

While the candidates have a shared sense of urgency regarding climate change, they have distinct understandings, approaches, and plans. It’s vital to know how—as they challenge a president who dismisses the threat as “a change in weather…

Oh, I plan to watch this train wreck.

[samtheman]

But they don’t actually want a real debate, do they. The writer should stop pretending and just admit the truth. The rules of the game expressly forbid anything even remotely resembling a debate.

[Menehune56]

[Ken H]

Countdown clock =>

Earth Goes Poof!

[Libloather]

Only 4225 days left. How about that.

[Its All Over Except ...]

Occasional-Cortex is biting her nails right now...

[tbw2]

Earth Day: Not a Single Environmental Prediction of the Last 50 Years Has Come True
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2019/04/22/earth-day-not-a-single-environmental-prediction-of-the-last-50-years-has-come-true/

[tbw2]

They’ve also been using the same 12 years til the end of the world threat for decades.

From 1989: UNITED NATIONS (AP) _ A senior U.N. environmental official says entire nations could be wiped off the face of the Earth by rising sea levels if the global warming trend is not reversed by the year 2000.

U.N. predicts disaster if global warming not checked - June 29 1989
https://www.apnews.com/bd45c372caf118ec99964ea547880cd0

[Rocky]

11.58 years. LOL. I’m so glad that someone is counting down on AOC’s 12 years. This will be fun to watch.

[laweeks]

I calculate it to be Thursday, January 2, 2031 . . . I should be room temperature by then

[dp0622]

Can someone start showing the days, weeks, months and years left?

It’s kinda close and I want too make sure i don’t have any appointments the last month of life on earth.

[Pollard]

Shouldn’t that be 11.57 years now? It’s been about a month since 11.58 was proclaimed.

[Libloather]

Alright, here’s the deal. At first, I was just taking a wild guess at the decimal point as a gag. But since there’s an official countdown clock doing the work for me, it should be a bit more accurate in what little future we all have left.

The start date on that goofball’s weather prediction is around January 19 - give or take a few days. (Hey, we’re talking about doomsday here. Will a few extra hours here or there really matter?) The clock, which expires on January 1st, has 4224 days left on it. I’ll add another 19. After doing the hard math, that leaves only 11.6167 years remaining. I wasn’t that far off after all! I’ll have to round up or down because of title space.

I hope all of this confusion didn’t throw off anyone’s doomsday plans.