One of the pond's gripes with the reptiles of late has been the way they're always rabbiting on about the importance of the United States alliance and tugging the forelock for King Donald, and getting into bed with him to share the full Melania experience, without ever considering where the Cantaloupe Caligula and his minions are taking the country ...
There's absolutely no way of catching up on the kind of Ingersoll affair that recently caused a fuss...
The pond isn't going to link to the actual column - why give a weirdo clicks? - but will give the lean right conservative Newsweek a nod, celebrating the effort in Daily Caller Opinion Article Urging ‘Violence’ Sparks Backlash.
Inter alia ...
He also managed to attract the attention of Mediaite...
Inter alia ...
Splendid stuff, and inevitably the rabble rousing ratbaggery attracted the attention of the tabloid Beast - be beast - bit ...
MAGA Columnist Makes Jaw-Dropping Demand for ‘Blood in Streets’
The NY Times also paid attention, and in best both siderist fashion, made sure to include a defence of the indefensible ...
Oh heck, here it is, see the both siderism in action ...
Well played Mr Mullin...
And that fuss noted, what about all the other stories the pond has been missing out on by staying loyal to the lizard Oz?
Reptiles, please pay more attention to what's going down in the land of King Donald, your home away from home ...
In which a correspondent tries to fill in a few gaps in the lizard Oz's US coverage
ReplyDelete"it turns out that a cry of violence in the streets isn't radical at all" ...
Trump, sewerage, or a hurricane, "irrational and potentially harmful"... hmmm?
So many conflicts over water my thumb nearly broke swiping down the long page of...
"Water Conflict" below;
- 2023 Residents in Naranjos, Veracruz, Mexico, block highway to demand water
- 2023 Israeli settlers pump wastewater on Palestinian agricultural lands, damaging olive trees and crops
"Trump’s denial of Mexico’s Colorado River request sparks concerns over future water negotiations"
03/29/25
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"The Trump administration’s unprecedented decision to deny a delivery of water to Mexico is raising alarm among experts, who fear it could jeopardize future cross-border negotiations in an increasingly thirsty region.
The refusal, which marked the first such rejection in 81 years, pertained to a special request from Mexico for the transfer of additional Colorado River water to the city of Tijuana.
Stephen Mumme, a political scientist at Colorado State University, characterized the move as both irrational and potentially harmful.
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"But Mumme maintained Mexico is “absolutely compliant with the treaty,” which allows for “extraordinary drought” and enables the countries to agree on mutually acceptable emergency measures.
As of December, about 55.4 percent of the Rio Grande basin was experiencing what the North American Drought Monitor classifies as “moderate to exceptional drought.”
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Given the fact the current five-year cycle ends this October, Mumme recognized “that there’s no chance in hell that they’re going to meet it.”
“This would be the second time that we’ve been in this situation,” he said, noting that the first time was in 1997. “The treaty provides that the U.S. can extend forbearance and allow Mexico to roll over its debt into a second cycle.”
“Texas is going to blow its gasket.”
“Unless a hurricane comes in and dumps a ton of water, this is going to be the new reality for years,” Eckstein told The Hill.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5220586-trump-administration-mexico-colorado-river-water-refusal-concerns/
"There are currently two problems hindering the resolution of the water supply issues: a lack of critical infrastructure and an ongoing drought.
“According to a February 2024 report, nearly 60% of [Mexico] is experiencing moderate to exceptional drought,” according to MR Online. “The drought has hit the arid northern states the hardest but extends as far down as Mexico City. Reservoirs are running dangerously low, with some sitting at only 10-15% of storage capacity. The water shortages, caused by lack of rainfall and prolonged heat waves, are so severe that thousands of cattle have died of starvation. Essential crops like wheat, corn, sorghum, and coffee beans are at risk. In the northwest state of Sonora, every single one of the state’s 72 municipalities is in severe drought. In Chihuahua, entire populations of bees and fish are on the brink of extinction.”
South Texas is also suffering drought conditions, which exacerbate the water crisis on both sides of the border.
“Last year, Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, the last sugar mill in the state, announced their closure after 51 years in operation due to the lack of water,” the Tribune says. “As drought conditions persisted, limiting the amount of water that could be used to irrigate crops, the agriculture community grew concerned that the citrus industry could be next.”
https://ehsleaders.org/2025/05/epa-weighs-in-on-tijuana-river-sewage-crisis-and-water-treaties/
"Water Conflict"
Citation: Pacific Institute (2024) Water Conflict Chronology. Pacific Institute, Oakland, CA. https://www.worldwater.org/water-conflict/. Accessed: (access date).
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https://www.worldwater.org/conflict/list/
I'm reminded of Pohl and Kornbluth's 'Space Merchants' in which one of the two main contenders for the future of humanity notes that in a large population there's two aspects of the Normal Distribution curve that need to be noted:
ReplyDelete1. the thickness of the tails is increased - ie there's more outliers in the population; and
2. the length of the tails is increased - ie the outliers are much more crazy/weird
So, I guess we're seeing the reality of the Pohl-Kornbluth theorem: more and more crazies who get ever more crazy.