Slate says Iraq being destabilized by… climate change. Which is causing a drought which is causing radical Muslims to kill everybody, long story short. Best line in the whole article:
“A previous study has linked dehydration with decreased cognitive performance and increased levels of anxiety.”
So there you go. It’s not Obama’s fault.
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ISIS invading Iraq is proof that these liberal idiots are viewing the world through heat mirage colored glasses.
Just wait until the ISIS world tour rolls into the USA, unannounced. Then we shall see what happens, because it will happen, & it won't be a good thing.
Oh, but its just a lunatic fringe. We have nothing to worry about. Somehoe I suspect George III fektvthe American colonists were just a lunatic fringe.
The folks at slate are even dumber than the person who tried to you snopes to disprove a point of mine.....just 2 days ago!
Here is some more writing from the same authour, Eric Holthaus, in Rolling Stone (http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/meet-eric-holthaus-the-rebel-nerd-of-meteorology-20140212):
Holthaus, 32, has made a name for himself ("the Rosa Parks of climate change," according to one fan, or as the Awl put it, "America's weather-predicting boyfriend") through a lively Twitter feed and even livelier articles for Slate. He covers everything from super typhoons in Hong Kong to walking conditions in Atlanta, tying it all back to the warming planet – which is something many of his colleagues refuse to do. Amazingly, according to one study, nearly half of all US meteorologists don't believe that humans are the cause of climate change. Holthaus has met this contingent at conferences. "The crowd is like 1980s military uniform-type people," he says. "They're prominently conservative Republicans in positions of power, and they want to push the message they believe, politically."
Blaming the GOP and US military for the public's lack of concern on climate change, tying walking comditions in Atlanta to global climate, as well as ISIS' motivations for violence. Whoa, this nephew of pajama boy is really delusional.
“the Rosa Parks of climate change,”? Huh? What a load of shit. This guy is in love with the attention his new found "status" has brought him, & he will be like every other "scientist" who claimed the earth was cooling in the 70's, as well as all of the zealots who worship at the alter of the religion that is "global warming/climate change". He will end up in the dustbin of history, & not soon enough.
Sounds like projection to me.
This is encouraging, at least, the "Top Comment" over there now is "Global warming might be affecting the rational processes at people working at Slate. "
If Moses obama had left the sea levels alone, they would have plenty
The descendents of Ishmael have been fighting each other in the deserts of the middle east for thousands of years.
Hagar and Ishmael
…11The angel of the LORD said to her further, "Behold, you are with child, And you will bear a son; And you shall call his name Ishmael, Because the LORD has given heed to your affliction. 12"He will be a wild donkey of a man, His hand will be against everyone, And everyone's hand will be against him; And he will live to the east of all his brothers." Genesis 16:11-12
They are today just as they were described by the spirit of prophecy nearly 4000 years ago.
12″He will be a wild donkey of a man
A wild donkey . . . like an ass?
Yea, no wonder it's the mascot or symbol of the democratic party.
I blame "global warming" on why Luis Suarez bites opposing players...all 3 times.
Someone posted this same article on FB this morning and I couldn't finish it without laughing. I swear this should have appeared in The Onion. Liberal bloggers are clearly getting their marching orders from a central authority. Even Olivia spouts off her talking points with precisely the same word combinations that many other leftist writers and pundits use. As I've said before, the messaging discipline on the left is amazing to see.
Of course, the motivation here is to divert attention away from incompetent US foreign policy.
I was very careful before I posted this. Like you, I thought it must be satire at first.
Iraq is being destabilized by the ISIS radicals and the fact that quagmire cut and ran instead of finishing the damn job. The fools at Foggy Bottom and 1600 Pennsylvania Ave let the debacle in Iraq happen and all the spilt blood was for nothing. Now the terrorist has our finest military equipment. You can sure as hell bet on them using it against Israel and us.
Climate change is not the reason at all for the mess in Iraq. What’s next the illegal invasion on the southern border will all be because of climate change?
The barrel of an AK can get pretty hot in the desert.