by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, November 6. By the way, with regard to ExxonMobil, I’d note that they’ve long had a large footprint right here in Virginia. Hint hint: Virginia has a state RICO (Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organbization) statute.
- More Oil Companies Could Join Exxon Mobil as Focus of Climate Investigations (The fossil fuel industry is analagous to the tobacco industry, except much much worse.)
- Fossil Fools (“Well before one hottest-year-ever was followed by yet another record-breaker, before Arctic ice vanished in real time and Pope Francis made a plea to save our troubled home, the world’s largest private oil company discovered that its chief product could cause global havoc.”)
- Trans-Pacific Partnership Text Released, Waving Green Flag for Debate
- The Bushes eat themselves alive: Daddy tosses W. to the wolverines — but Jeb! cannot be saved (What a family!)
- Bill Nye demolishes climate deniers: “I’m not a scientist, therefore I’m not going to use my brain” (“In a Salon exclusive, the scientist discusses his new book, ‘Unstoppable,’ and the urgent need for climate action”)
- Why Carson and Trump are here to stay (The scary thing is, Cruz/Rubio/Fiorina/Huckabee/etc. are not appreciably saner or less extreme than Trump and Carson.)
- America needs to limit access to guns
- Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee Seated at Kiddie Table (“The New Jersey Governor failed to make the criteria Fox Business established for participation in the main debate on Nov. 10.”)
- The World According to Poppy (What George H.W. Bush’s critiques of his son’s administration mean for the GOP today”)
- Ben Carson: Trans People Don’t Deserve ‘Extra Rights,’ Like Using Bathroom (How did this wacko get through med school, let alone function as a neurosurgeon for years? Bizarre.)
- Ben Carson’s absurd notion that the Founding Fathers had ‘no elected office experience’ (Again, how did this guy get through med school, etc?)
- What Happens When The Wash. Post Gives A Top Coal Lobbyist A Writing Gig (At this point, the Washington Post is basically trash.)
- Krugman: Austerity’s Grim Legacy
- Jim Webb eyeing decision on independent run by new year
- Editorial: Virginia builds poor record on caring for its disabled
- Both sides declare victory, neither side wins
- Election Day in Virginia was a carnival of cakewalks (“When nearly every candidate wins by acclamation or blowout, democracy becomes a sham. When incumbents never face real competition from the opposing party, they move to the ideological extremes to protect themselves from primary challenges, thus minimizing the chance of compromise in the process of actual lawmaking.”)
- The 2015 election in Virginia: A tribute to gerrymandering (The Catch 22 is that the very politicians who benefit from incumbent-protection districts produced by their own gerrymandering would have to vote to get rid of said gerryamndering.)
- McAuliffe brushes off Senate defeat: ‘It wasn’t going to make a difference’ (Whoa, what?!? That’s not just wildly off message, it’s wildly off T-Mac’s OWN message! The hell?)
- Virginia cities and counties to pressure state for more education dollars
- Va. Beach’s former top attorney comes out of retirement to defend Sessoms
- Kaine seeks to broaden access to anti-overdose medication
- A thought on incumbency in Va. Senate: “Age cannot wither … nor custom stale”
- Jens Soering renews push for return to Germany with outreach to Gov. Terry McAuliffe
- Suburban North Arlington is going to develop. Let’s make sure it works. (The problem is, after the streetcar fiasco, I haver ZERO confidence that hard work by Arlington’s citizens over many years won’t just be tossed out at the last minute by politically panicked County Board members.)
- After a year-long search, Metro names new general manager (And good luck to him — he’ll need it!)
- Forecast: Potential record warmth today (Nope, no global warming here, despite month after month of above-average temperatures across the globe. Just wait until the first snowfall, when the deniers will say, “see, no warming!” Morons.)
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