mean joe green cartoon
If only this group of angry shouters weren’t puppets in a larger game.
More on what’s behind the Tea Party
From Grist: Tea Party-backing Koch Industries is major carbon polluter
From Open Secrets: Oil and Gas–Influence and Lobbying
From Mother Jones: Rick Perry’s Dirty Deals With Big Coal
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In putting together this infographic (I have a larger version of the image if anyone wants it) it struck me that nearly all of the Monsanto endeavors I chose to highlight here, rode the same wave of public opinion. In regards
More info on Panda Poop Biofuel
From Grist: Panda poop could revolutionize biofuels
From the American Chemical Society: Panda poop may be a treasure trove of microbes for making biofuels
Grist again: Even Tea Partiers don’t think environmental protection kills jobs
Joe’s cartoon archive, twitter ramblings and StumbleUpon page…… Read the rest
Besides the fact that the cloud is part of the joke and that they are ever-malleable to make into giant middle finngers, the cloud is also in the cartoon, as God, to symbolize the fact that God clouds the minds and muddles the judgement of the Christian base.
I just… Read the rest
How to Slackline Across the Country
Step 1. Be a cartoon character. It’s so much easier to set a course and attach cartoon slacklines than real ones.
Step 2. That is all.
Below are the culmination of images from last summer’s cross-country slackline trip. I hope this inspires similar feats… Read the rest
More on Michelle “Crazy B” Bachmann
From Grist: Bachmann pledges to have the EPA’s ‘doors locked and lights turned off’
From Bill Maher: ‘New Rule’ (video clip) on Bachmann and Palin
Grist again: GOP attacks the EPA for doing its job
From Thinkprogress: 10 Of The Craziest Things Michele Bachmann… Read the rest
It’s certainly good for politicians to listen to their constituents–it doesn’t happen enough. But, when their constituents are backed by rich influence, and when their constituents are so woefully close minded, you end up with corrupt politicians, ignorant constituents and increasingly powerful and corrupt rich influence. Not good.
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More on the cooling sensation of coal emissions
From Treehugger: Without China’s Coal Burning The Hottest Decade On Record Would’ve Been Even Hotter
From The Independent: China’s power stations generate ‘future spike’ in global warming
From Grist: How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic
Joe’s cartoon archive, twitter ramblings and … Read the rest
You’d think a toy company like Mattel would have the foresight to realize they’d eventually be called out on this, (Thank you, Greenpeace!) as well as the money and knowledge to make their packaging from something a bit less middle-finger-to-the-world-esque…say, recycled Barbie dolls?
More on this Greenpeace campaign
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Cartoonist’s note: This is not how the conversation went–but a guy can dream.… Read the rest
Read Tom Philpott’s article on Grist, for more information on Monsanto’s latest victory: USDA moves to let Monsanto perform its own environmental impact studies on GMOs
