by James Perloff, James Perloff:
This post, like many of my recent ones, utilizes graphics and ultra-short videos (1-3 minutes) to get its message across, as I know many people are often pressed for time. I’ve marked the length of videos, rounded off. Although rare, a few people in the past have reported difficulty playing videos embedded from sites other than YouTube. If such a video doesn’t play for you, be sure to click it a second time. If it still doesn’t play, I list an offsite backup where the video can also be watched. At the post’s end, you’ll find longer videos for those who wish to explore Climate Change more in-depth. Thanks to those who supplied memes (the ones with voice balloons are mine).
An obliquely-written news-report in the New York Times on January 18th headlined 
How could we have allowed things to deteriorate this badly? For a moment, I want you to imagine that you have just arrived in a major city in a foreign country. Unfortunately, instead of the shiny new buildings and beautiful homes that you expect to see, there is trash, filth and the sound of police sirens everywhere that you go. After walking a few blocks, you stumble upon one of the dozens of open air drug markets that are freely operating in that particular city. Many addicts are lying on the ground wherever they suddenly passed out, others with visible gaping wounds are staggering around like zombies, and you even spot one enterprising addict that has decided to take a dump right in the middle of the street. Of course there are used needles scattered everywhere, and you try not to step on them. You decide that it is time to leave, but it is already too late, because protesters behind you and in front of you have started to clash with the police.
