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Showing posts with label fracking. Show all posts
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Friday, April 01, 2016

Cartoons: Falling through the cracks

Just 2 cartoons today, because I've heard enough about Donald, and Ted, and Hillary, and Bernie. Let the GOP stew in its own juices.  So, today's cartoons are about the cracking of the San Bernardino iPhone and two levels of fracking--one to the earth and one to our economic system.

Recent news tells us the FBI figured out--with help--how to crack the iPhone they've been arguing with Apple about. Who helped them crack it is now classified: Government keeping its method to crack San Bernardino iPhone 'classified'. But here's an educated guess: This Stock ​Is​ Soaring Because the FBI Cracked the San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone. From a survey of the information being offered on the internet, it may have been hacked by a 10-year-old.
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image: cartoon by Bob Englehart
Bob Englehart, The Week
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Fox News' current buzzwords are "political earthquake." Tom Toles' parallel with fracking is arresting and led me to a wealth of news on earthquakes due to fracking and wastewater disposal: Fracking Added to Govt Map of Earthquake Risks and Fracking—not wastewater disposal—linked to most induced earthquakes in Western Canada. This is the USGS's (U. S. Geological Survey) report that offers solid proof: 2016 One-Year Seismic Hazard Forecast for the Central and Eastern United States from Induced and Natural Earthquakes.
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image: cartoon by Tom Toles
Tom Toles, The Week
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-- Marge


Friday, July 18, 2014

Cartoons: quaking, hedging, fleeing, and shooting

Reporters have a wealth of news to give us this week, sad to say.

The number of earthquakes is up in Oklahoma. Meanwhile, gas producers in Pennsylvania quake at proposed taxes.
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image: cartoon by John Cole
John Cole, The Week
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The CDC keeps losing (or misplacing) infectious toxins.
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image: cartoon by Drew Sheneman
Drew Sheneman, The Week
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Violence in Chicago may be somewhat comparable to that in Central America.
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image: cartoon by Scott Stantis
Scott Stantis, The Week
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The Mideast, specifically Palestine-Israel, appears to be imploding.  This opinion in Al Jazeera asks if Hamas provokes Israel to attack Gaza.
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image: cartoon by Dana Summers
Dana Summers, The Week
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Russia is proving deadly, as well. Hopefully, this will not be the final result.
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image: cartoon by David Fitzsimmons
David Fitzsimmons, The Week
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-- Marge