“Granted, we’ll probably have a little more time than that, but everyone with the influence and power to make it otherwise is working overtime to winnow those years down.”
I’m singin’ in the rain ~ Just singin’ in the rain ~ What a glorious feeling ~ And I’m happy again. ~ I’m laughing at clouds ~ So dark, up above ~ The sun’s in my heart ~ And I’m ready for love.
Let the stormy clouds chase. ~ Everyone from the place ~ Come on with the rain ~ I have a smile on my face. ~ I’ll walk down the lane ~ With a happy refrain ~ Just singin’, singin’ in the rain.
Plot idea: 97% of the world’s scientists contrive an environmental crisis, but are exposed by a plucky band of billionaires & oil companies. – Scott Westerfeld
Environmental catastrophe is twenty years away. Environmental catastrophe is always twenty years away. How can the progressives justify their ever increasing authority if the public is not kept in fear of impending crisis?
20 years ago global warming was to make snow nothing but a memory in a few short years! Later today I need to shovel some “memories” to get in the barn!From about 20 years ago: According to Dr David Viner, a senior research scientist at the climatic research unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia,within a few years winter snowfall will become “a very rare and exciting event”.
“Children just aren’t going to know what snow is,” he said.
Is there an almost-irony in that I was dancing in place to “Iko Iko” when I read this comic?
I dance in place when I read the comics from two sites each day. Today I’d already danced through Sia’s “Unstoppable”, Demi Lovato’s “Confident”, Sam the Sham and the Pharaoh’s “El Toro de Goro” before Cyndi Lauper’s rendition of “Iko Iko”. Then came Grace Potter’s “Look What We’ve Become”. Next: The version from “Xena” of the Rascals’ “People Got to Be Free” (Heard their own earlier.), Plain White T’s “Easy Way Out”, Raphaella’s “Beautiful Like Me”, Hope Partlow’s “Who We Are”, Andra Day’s “Rise Up”, and Nina Simone really working “Feeling Good”.
I am old enough to remember being told repeatedly in the late 1980s through the 1990s that we were 8-9 years from a “tipping point” regarding climate change. I remember being told Manhattan could be inhabitable by the early 2000s if we did not act. (And before that, we were told that humankind was doomed by the 1980s due to over-population.)
Such doomsday proclamations, while good marketing and great for fundraising, are unscientific; and in the long-run are misguided and could be damaging to scientific research and future funding when these “sky-is-falling” announcements turnoff the taxpaying public.
… and 30 years ago we only had 10 years before the oceans became uninhabitable, and then 10 years after that, we only had 10 years. At least they are now stretching things out to 20 years; guess they think more people will fall for that and give up more of their freedom and earnings for “the good of the planet”. They haven’t gotten a single prediction right in the last 45+ years and we are to surrender our freedoms to the state for their “new, improved, and new predictions”
BE THIS GUY almost 6 years ago
Turning off the tv also helps.
gocomics almost 6 years ago
In a way, planetary destruction will cure all those other pesky problems.
Adiraiju almost 6 years ago
“Granted, we’ll probably have a little more time than that, but everyone with the influence and power to make it otherwise is working overtime to winnow those years down.”
Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Pig made a dirty dancing . This doesn’t help .
B UTTONS almost 6 years ago
I’m singin’ in the rain ~ Just singin’ in the rain ~ What a glorious feeling ~ And I’m happy again. ~ I’m laughing at clouds ~ So dark, up above ~ The sun’s in my heart ~ And I’m ready for love.
Let the stormy clouds chase. ~ Everyone from the place ~ Come on with the rain ~ I have a smile on my face. ~ I’ll walk down the lane ~ With a happy refrain ~ Just singin’, singin’ in the rain.
Dancing in the rain.
sirbadger almost 6 years ago
I’d like to see Trump dance — Maybe something a bit more strenuous than what his heart can handle.
DennisinSeattle almost 6 years ago
Might as well dance. Till we can vote again.
syzygy47 almost 6 years ago
(the song and video by Ultravox) Dancing with Tears in our Eyes
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Staying Alive, Staying Alive
Phil (full phname Philip Philop) almost 6 years ago
Always Look On the Bright Side of LifeWhistleAlways look on the light side of lifewhistle
Gent almost 6 years ago
It’s the same news we’ve been hearing since news was invented.
wllilly1960 almost 6 years ago
…Because Pig knows it was all made up by George Soros!
Silly Season almost 6 years ago
Plot idea: 97% of the world’s scientists contrive an environmental crisis, but are exposed by a plucky band of billionaires & oil companies. – Scott Westerfeld
aerotica69 almost 6 years ago
I find good Kentucky bourbon much more effective than dancing.
Radish the wordsmith almost 6 years ago
Pig and Rat should buy a bunch of coal and oil for heating.
mjb515 almost 6 years ago
Environmental catastrophe is twenty years away. Environmental catastrophe is always twenty years away. How can the progressives justify their ever increasing authority if the public is not kept in fear of impending crisis?
Lenavid almost 6 years ago
The sky is falling! The sky is falling!
the lost wizard almost 6 years ago
Have a look around. No need to wait 20 years.
joefearsnothing almost 6 years ago
There has always , and always will be, wars, violence and suffering! The same is true of cyclical climate changes!
garysmigs almost 6 years ago
20 years ago global warming was to make snow nothing but a memory in a few short years! Later today I need to shovel some “memories” to get in the barn!From about 20 years ago: According to Dr David Viner, a senior research scientist at the climatic research unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia,within a few years winter snowfall will become “a very rare and exciting event”.
“Children just aren’t going to know what snow is,” he said.
DCBakerEsq almost 6 years ago
Hey, we had a good run. Now, it’s the cockroaches’ turn. #BetterTomorrow
Perkycat almost 6 years ago
Gotta love Pig!!
Tallguy almost 6 years ago
Why are they watching TV from the 1980’s?
Squoop almost 6 years ago
Calling out around the world
Are you ready for a brand new beat
When Trump is gone the time will be right
For dancing in the streets
SukieCrandall Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Is there an almost-irony in that I was dancing in place to “Iko Iko” when I read this comic?
I dance in place when I read the comics from two sites each day. Today I’d already danced through Sia’s “Unstoppable”, Demi Lovato’s “Confident”, Sam the Sham and the Pharaoh’s “El Toro de Goro” before Cyndi Lauper’s rendition of “Iko Iko”. Then came Grace Potter’s “Look What We’ve Become”. Next: The version from “Xena” of the Rascals’ “People Got to Be Free” (Heard their own earlier.), Plain White T’s “Easy Way Out”, Raphaella’s “Beautiful Like Me”, Hope Partlow’s “Who We Are”, Andra Day’s “Rise Up”, and Nina Simone really working “Feeling Good”.
jimchronister2016 almost 6 years ago
Tell that to ignorant rump! This SOB IS ALL about itself. Dumb as a rock!
SheMc almost 6 years ago
I wish!!!
WCraft Premium Member almost 6 years ago
I guess that would make me a dancing fool…
gopher gofer almost 6 years ago
⇧ must resist urge to comment…
Sisyphos almost 6 years ago
Bless you, Pig! I don’t know if dancing really helps, but it does cheer us up in the face of all the Bad Stuff….
DanielTracy almost 6 years ago
I am old enough to remember being told repeatedly in the late 1980s through the 1990s that we were 8-9 years from a “tipping point” regarding climate change. I remember being told Manhattan could be inhabitable by the early 2000s if we did not act. (And before that, we were told that humankind was doomed by the 1980s due to over-population.)
Such doomsday proclamations, while good marketing and great for fundraising, are unscientific; and in the long-run are misguided and could be damaging to scientific research and future funding when these “sky-is-falling” announcements turnoff the taxpaying public.
mklange Premium Member almost 6 years ago
… and 30 years ago we only had 10 years before the oceans became uninhabitable, and then 10 years after that, we only had 10 years. At least they are now stretching things out to 20 years; guess they think more people will fall for that and give up more of their freedom and earnings for “the good of the planet”. They haven’t gotten a single prediction right in the last 45+ years and we are to surrender our freedoms to the state for their “new, improved, and new predictions”