In which the pond avoids reptile bloodlust by brooding about the ACT with Shanners ...

 

The pond couldn't believe, or cope, with the level of bloodlust and the taste for carnage and catastrophe set loose in the lizard Oz this day, as the rabid reptiles run in a pack with fundamentalist (and likely crook) Benji ...

Sorry, the pond red carded the lot of them, not least the rabid petulant Peta ...

The pond had hoped for a quiet time and a little climate science denialism, what with a recent report on the United States in urgent need of refutation.

There was the Graudian bold as brass peddling the usual guff ‘The science is irrefutable’: US warming faster than global average, says report.

In relation to a previous report, the mango Mussolini, famously known as an expert climate scientist, up there with the best News Corp has to offer, said he didn't believe a word of it, but where were the reptiles? 

Off tasting the blood on the hospital killing field while the Graudian got away with this sort of stuff...

The report’s findings include:

• The climate crisis is causing disruption to all regions of the US, from flooding via heavier rainfall in the north-east to prolonged drought in the south-west. A constant is heat – “across all regions of the US, people are experiencing warming temperatures and longer-lasting heatwaves” – with nighttime and winter temperatures rising faster than daytime and summer temperatures.
• People’s health is already being harmed by worsened air quality from smog, wildfire smoke, dust and increased pollen, as well as from extreme weather events and the spread of infectious diseases. Children born in 2020 will be exposed to far more climate-related hazards compared to people born in 1965.
• There are “profound changes” underway in the water cycle, raising the risk of flooding, drought and degraded water supplies for people in the US. Snow cover in mountains is decreasing, while the nation’s supply of groundwater is under threat from warming temperatures.
• Americans’ everyday and recreational activities are at risk, with a changing climate causing invasive species and harmful algal blooms that prevent access to beaches and fishing for certain species. Culturally important species for Indigenous people, some of them subsistence hunters, are shifting in response to temperature changes.
• Emissions in the US, the world’s largest historical carbon polluter, have dropped by around 12% since 2005, with the costs associated with wind and solar energy plummeting by 70% and 90%, respectively, over the past decade. The benefits of deep emissions cuts “far outweigh the costs” of shifting to clean energy, the report states.

Even staid old ABC (not the local brand) joined in with Effects of climate change worsening in every part of the US, report says

The report detailed some impacts of climate change that are being felt across the U.S., including increased risk of extreme heat and rainfall, among other weather-related events.
Other impacts cited were coastal erosion and threats to coastal communities from flooding; damage to land including wildfires and damage to forests; warming oceans and damage to ecosystems like coral reefs; risks from extreme events like fires; heatwaves and flooding, and increased inequality for minority or low-income communities.
Some areas of the U.S. are also seeing more specific impacts, such as more intense droughts in the Southwest.
The assessment also notes changes in storm trends as a result of climate change. Heavy snowfall is becoming more common in the Northeast and hurricane trends are changing, with increases in North Atlantic hurricane activity and the intensification of tropical cyclones.
2023 was a record setting year for billion-dollar climate disasters in the United States, officials noted in a White House briefing last week.

Who knows where this heresy might end?

Meanwhile, the love of the collective punishment and ethnic cleansing continued in the commentary section ...

The pond did think of joining in the applause as the UK government valiantly battles to join Russia and Belarus in bravely tackling human rights. It was all over the Graudian ...

That had produced the usual cracking Crace, Desperate, delusional, defeated: the Tory right are coming for Rish! after Rwanda, while Martin Kettle had offered The Rwanda plan is dead in the real world, but will live on in the fantasyland of Tory politics.

The pond had thought of travelling to Rwanda to check out the situation, and as a precaution stopped by the UK government's foreign travel advice ...

Levels of health and safety in Rwanda are lower than in the UK. There have been incidences of buildings and construction sites collapsing, causing deaths and serious injuries. Fire safety standards are also variable, with incidences of fire in residential and public places a continuing risk.
There have been a number of building fires apparently caused by poor wiring and substandard electrical cables. Take extra care when using electronic equipment.

Oh that didn't sound good, and it seems there's a need to exercise caution, though not the caution a Rish! might encourage ... it all became an alarming jumble, not least the notion that the government might send the pond off to even dodgier countries ...

The eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) which neighbours Rwanda remains unstable, and conflict can flare up with little notice. There have been incidents of violent clashes on the DRC-Rwanda border in recent years, and armed incursions into the southwest of Rwanda. On 10 June 2022 artillery fire from within DRC hit Rwandan territory close to the border in Kinigi sector of Musanze district in the North West. This follows a similar incident in May. Tourists sites have not been affected and the Rwandan government have assured residents and visitors that the area remains secure, but given instability in DRC further such incidents cannot be ruled out.
If you plan to visit areas close to the DRC or Burundi borders, such as popular tourist destinations including Volcanoes and Nyungwe National Parks, you should be alert to the risks and exercise caution.
On 18 June, two people were killed and six were injured when suspected militants opened fire on a public passenger bus on Nyamagabe-Rusizi road, in Nyungwe Forest, Nyamgabe District.
All travellers should keep up to date with developments on the current situation, including via your tour operator, the local media and this travel advice.
The land border crossings between Rwanda and the DRC at Gisenyi/Goma and Cyangugu/Bukavu are open although the hours of operation may vary. If you’re crossing regularly between Rwanda and the DRC you may encounter immigration difficulties if you have not regularised your residency status.
Before using internal or regional flights that are not with major international carriers, you should check the airline’s accreditation and see whether the airline operates in line with the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO) safety standards.
Levels of crime remain relatively low in Rwanda, but there are cases of burglary, theft, bag snatching and mugging in Kigali.
You should take sensible precautions. Take care when walking at night. Pre-arrange transport. Lock car doors when driving, don’t leave valuables in cars when parked and don’t leave cars unsupervised in the town centre. Don’t carry large amounts of money or other valuables.
Some off-limits military zones in Kigali may not be well-lit or signposted. You should take extra care when walking around less populated zones, particularly at night time.

Splendid stuff, and the pond should note that the Graudian cartoonists have been on fire of late, though there's been much kindling for the fire ...

All this left the pond in a quandary. There had to be at least one reptile on board, and so unilaterally, the pond boldly decided to call this Shanners' day ...

Both the bouffant one and his Angelic partner have become increasingly restive about the wretched lefties, greenies, cardigan wearing riff raff and ratbags infesting the ACT ...

At last a chance to avoid the killing fields and the hospital slaughterhouse for something really important ...

That shocking snap demanding clean energy was more than enough. The pond realised it had strayed into even more dangerous territory than a UK government deportation scheme. Had Rish! thought about doing a deal with these wretches? The place sounded like a dire enough place and a suitable way to punish refugees ...

Then came the snaps, with sights designed to terrify the reptile readership ... some loon saying yes and grinning with a sausage, and the suffering on Calvary ...

Fancy being a reptile having to endure such torments ... how the bouffant one suffered ...

On the matter of the hospital, the bouffant one was inconsolable, though the pond did wonder if it was as bad as being a patient in Gaza ...

And now it's merely a matter of luck that the pond could line up for another Shanners serve. A correspondent had urged the pond to take a look at the recent contemptible cavortings of Captain Spud, but the pond simply didn't have the stomach for it ...

Sure, it meant that the pond was in the dark when it came to explaining this day's infallible Pope, which happened to capture the essence of Rish! and Captain Spud at work ...

Bloody activist judges ...

Luckily, instead of tackling the rabid rabble rouser head on, the pond could offer up a second serve of Shanners, who does have the stomach, and who clearly loves the sort of smear tactics and boofhead bovver boy antics currently being deployed ...

Why the headline calls for it, no holds barred, no taboos, a bit like that showdown in the Senate ...

But the pond digresses and presumes everyone has seen those boofheads at play, and so can safely turn to the local boofhead ...

Deepening resentment? Perhaps among the reptiles, perhaps the mutton Dutton is feeling envious ... but the pond thinks it might be wise to slip into the US to see the current carnival of clowns ... before the coming long hot summer, before travel plans become a little moot ...

You can paint over it, but you can't paint over the holyday memories ...

Meanwhile, the reptiles were offering their own form of distraction, with a couple of huge snaps, as well as a snap of a departing figure ...

It didn't leave much for Shanners to do, except cheer on the Queensland plod getting down in the gutter and going the biff...

Seemed reasonable? Perhaps to a barking mad Catholic fundamentalist tormented by greenies and lefties, but contemptible enough for anyone outside the reptile hive mind ...

And with all the snaps used up, that left just a last short supportive gobbet ...

The pond will concede there's no place for a two-state solution. There's really only a place for mass slaughter and mayhem.

Ethnic cleansing and displacement and collective punishment must continue apace, and there'll be no sating the blood lust until a few ghettos and compounds can be used to control the problem ... but at least the pond could end with a helpful Rowe cartoon, showing Captain Spud how to do graffiti ...