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Climate intervention may not be enough to save coffee, chocolate and wine, new study finds A new study published in Environmental Research Letters reveals that even advanced climate intervention strategies may not be enough to secure the future of wine grapes, coffee and cacao. These crops are vital to many economies and provide livelihoods for farmers worldwide. However, they are increasingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Rising temperatures […] The post Climate intervention may not be enough to save coffee, chocolate and wine, new study finds appeared first on IOP Publishing.

Climate intervention may not be enough to save coffee, chocolate and wine, new study finds

Obamacare enrollee sees premium spike over 300% as sign-up period begins: 'This will devastate us' Millions across the country will discover just how much their plans will cost when open enrollment for Affordable Care Act insurance plans begins on Nov. 1.

“Just that bill right there, that's more than our mortgage, our insurance, most of our food. That's what we're paying per month to live. We can't afford to double what it costs for us to live just to have health insurance." #PostYourPremium

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And none of that is good enough. They’ve destroyed the small businesses and economic centers of most rural communities in America. The Waltons are still hugely wealthy.
There is no more room for greedy pigs as we are about to run out of slop entirely

Walmart set to lose billions from SNAP benefits stopping in November The government has confirmed that the food assistance payments will stop on November 1 as a result of the ongoing shutdown.

This too:

Walmart also gathers up 40% of spent SNAP.

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USDA Tells Grocery Stores They Can't Give Discounts to People Hit by Trump's Food Stamp Freeze | Common Dreams As the Trump administration illegally withholds food assistance from 42 million Americans, it's also telling stores it's against the law for them to provide discounts to those struggling after being r...

Trump Administration targets grocery stores offering discounts to poor people who relied on SNAP before Trump refused to pay the benefits

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Hog gone!

Aerial of the damage hurricane Melissa did to Jamaica.

The first part was crazy, but then…ooooooh nooooo.

HOW THE FUUUUUUU

Bill Gates makes a stunning claim about climate change | CNN Business In a stunning and significant pushback to the “doomsday” climate activist community, Bill Gates, a leading proponent for carbon emissions reductions, published a remarkable essay Tuesday that argued r...

The secret to good comedy is . . . . .
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Bill Gates argues against decarbonising to avoid #Climate Change on the same day that a hurricane nearly violent enough to be called a Category 6 hits Jamaica.

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This whole time I thought was the editor.

Okey dokey

My entire argument truly rests on his homophobic posts, his Nazi tattoo, his employment history, and his half-truths and misrepresentations of his beliefs and family history.

Judge him by who he is now, but it looks like he is now someone who lied about their Nazi tattoo.

This specific skull is used by one military only.
It’s in the meme.
It’s on the Reddit posts where he commented.
He said his whole division went to get that skull.
He worked for a military contractor, including working in Abu Ghraib.

So what about when he worked for Blackwater?

He worked for the military and Blackwater. Was he progressive then?

What if he developed racist principles? Would that affect his ethos?

The untrue part was where you suggested that people who study WWII don’t know what the symbol means.

Platner could have travelled to have it covered.

I’m not being rude to you, so I don’t know why you’re using childish insults.

Have you seen the “Are we the baddies?” meme?

He’s responding to part of that thread. How would he have found the comment if he hadn’t read the beginning?

Looks like more Reddit posts are surfacing, including this one where Platner comments on a post about the totenkopf.

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I would be interested in symbols tattooed on my skin.
You are assuming he never takes his shirt off at the pool.

Do you (or did you) know any WWII vets?

That is untrue. People who study WWII know what the symbol is.
We disagree, but please don’t feel it necessary to exaggerate.

If he can go from being a bigot six years ago to being a progressive firebrand now, what’s to say he won’t swing back to bigotry?

Why not just find a better candidate? Won’t the gop candidate just dust Platner with this info?

Or, I don’t know, learn about WWII, talk to a vet, research military history…

It’s in tons of historical photos and even in lots of movies, btw.

I disagree that the symbol is so obscure, especially for veterans.

So the symbol’s meaning has changed due to its use in WWII, despite its ancient history in multiple cultures.
I get it.

I don’t get why the totenkopf should be different. Just because you didn’t know what it was? Because you say people don’t recognize it?