Droughts ... floods... heatwaves... you don't have to be an expert to see that 2015 is shaping up to be a record-breaking year when it comes to extreme weather. And, according to the experts, it's only going to get worse.

Earlier this week, the National Weather Service issued an El Nino update, and said that this season may be the worst El Nino event in their 65 years of record keeping. And, international climate scientists are saying the same.

The British Meteorological Office recently published a study, called "Big Changes Underway in the Climate System?", which says that increased carbon pollution is going to exacerbate El Nino and push global temperatures even higher.

In other words, that means temperatures in the Southern Hemisphere are expected to hit new record highs in the 2015-2016 summer season, and that could bring about more extreme weather events for the whole planet.

Rowan Sutton, a scientist who works for the National Center for Atmospheric Science, said, "This is not a fluke. We are seeing the effects of energy steadily accumulating in the Earth's oceans and atmosphere, caused by greenhouse gas emissions."

Adam Scaife, the study's lead researcher, explained further by saying, "We believe we are at an important point in the time series of the Earth's climate and we'll look back on this period as an important turning point." He added, "That's why we're emphasizing it, because we're seeing so many big changes at once."

The consensus among these experts is that global warming is no longer a problem for the future that we're trying to prevent, it is a very real dilemma that we're seeing occur right before our eyes.

A century of pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is coming back to haunt us, and it's only going to get worse if we don't get serious about fighting climate change right now.

-Thom

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- Horace Cooper, National Center for Public Policy Research  

 

AND, Trouble With the Voting Machines
- Lawrence Norden, Brennan Center for Justice 

  

Friday's Daily Stack 

Hour One: Thom talks with 2016 Democratic Presidential Candidate - Governor Martin O'Malley (D-MD) 

Article: "For Many Democrats, Six Primary Season Debates 'Is Just Not Enough'" by Deirdre Fulton.

Article: "Preventing And Reducing Gun Violence" by Martin O'Malley.

Article: "Martin O'Malley: Climate Change Helped Spark Destabilization of Syria, Rise of Islamic State" by Democracy Now!

Article: "Vision For The Future" by Martin O'Malley.

Article: "Hillary Clinton declines to call for more Democratic debates" by Alex Seitz-Wald.

Article: "Rubio Staffer Allegedly Punches Rand Paul Aide In The Face At Michigan Bar" by Catherine Thompson.

 

FaceBook: "Enough is Enough DC Rally".

Article: "Construction Projects" by National Mall & Memorial Parks.

Article: "McCain: Obama not an Arab, crowd boos" by Jonathan Martin and Amie Parnes, 10/10/08.

Article: "Trump doesn't correct rally attendee who says Obama is Muslim and 'not even an American'" by Jenna Johnson.

Article: "Bernie Sanders demands Donald Trump apologize for not disputing man's claim that President Obama is Muslim, not American " by Cameron Joseph.

Article: "Boehner, Pelosi huddle to talk shutdown strategy" by Lauren French.

Article: "Hoyer says Dems will help GOP avoid a shutdown" by Susan Ferrechio.

Article: "Poll: More voters would blame GOP for shutdown" by Rebecca Shabad.

Article: "House GOP leaders to members: We'll be blamed for shutdown" by Rebecca Shabad and Peter Sullivan.

Article: "Would-Be Boehner Successors Jockeying to Line Up Support" by Matt Fuller.

Video: Sanders: Public institutions under attack by conservatives.

Article: "Bernie Sanders' Problem With the Constitution" by Lily Rothman.

Book: "The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America--and What We Can Do to Stop It" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Janet Yellen Warns Against Government Shutdown" by Daniel Marans.

Article: "FDI collapses across emerging markets amid economic slowdown" by Courtney Fingar.

Article: "Megadeals for 2015 hit record high" by James Fontanella-Khan and Arash Massoudi.

Article: "How to Rev the Growth Engine" by Jamie Dimon.

Article: "Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement" (TPP) by EFF.

Article: "Fast track (trade) (TPA)" by Wikipedia.

Book: "Cracking the Code: How to Win Hearts, Change Minds, and Restore America's Original Vision" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The Deadliest Jobs in America" by Bloomberg.

Law: "Sherman Antitrust Act", 1890.

Video: Thom Hartmann Talks with Martin O'Malley (full interview).

Article: "Hillary Clinton Was the 11th Most Liberal Member of the Senate" by phenry.

Book: Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-right Alliance To Dismantle The Corporate State by Ralph Nader.

Video: The Unstoppable Ralph Nader.

 

Talk Radio News Segment:
- Victoria Jones 

Article: "White House Faults Donald Trump for Not Rebuking Obama Muslim Assertion" by Julie Hirschfeld Davis.

Law: "Voting Rights Act of 1965".

Article: "Poll: 43 percent of Republicans believe Obama is a Muslim" by Peter Schroeder.

Article: "Top Bishop Predicts Pope Will Address Racial Justice In U.S." by Antonia Blumberg.

Article: "Why Pope Francis's silence on black America may soon end" by Terrence McCoy.

Article: "Reverend Barber and Pope Francis" by randallt.

Article: "House Votes To Defund Planned Parenthood" by TRNS.

Article: "House, Senate leaders still lack plan to avoid shutdown" by Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 9/18" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 9/17" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "Rubio And Cruz Hail Planned Parenthood Board Member Rosa Parks In GOP Debate" by Brian Tashman.

Article: "Scientists Ask Obama To Prosecute Global Warming Skeptics" by Michael Bastasch.

Law: "Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act", 1970 (RICO).

Article: "L.A. Times nixes letters from climate change deniers" by Valerie Richardson, October 10, 2013.

Site: Rachel Maddow Show.

Article: "Why would one candidate's super PAC support a rival?" by Steve Benen.

Transcript: "Thom Hartmann talks with Joe "the Plumber" Wurzelbacher, 29 January 2009".

Article: "'Tracker' Linked to Hillary Clinton PAC Is Spotted at a Martin O'Malley Event" by Maggie Haberman.

Law: "Glass-Steagall Act", 1933.

Law: "Commodity Futures Modernization Act", 2000.

Book: Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich by Peter Schweizer.

Law: "Commodity Exchange Act, June 15, 1936.

Law: Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (1999) (Financial Services Modernization Act Of 1999).

Site: Bernie 2016  

Article: "Cost of living" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Inflation" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Bernie Sanders defends costs of social programs, promises budget specifics" by Reena Flores.

 

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