People on the East Coast may have finally dug out from last week's blizzard, but the Republicans' selective ignorance on climate science is just getting warmed up. So, we should get used to saying these next words: snow in winter does not disprove global warming.

In fact, extreme weather like blizzards is actually made worse because of our changing climate. Warmer oceans actually contribute to record-breaking snow fall from winter storms.

In an interview with The Think Progress Blog, one of our nation's top climate scientists explained that when you mix excess moisture in the atmosphere with "a cold Arctic outbreak, you get huge amounts of energy and moisture, and monster snowfalls." And, that's exactly what the East Coast experienced with the recent blizzard.

As Joe Romm explained in that Think Progress article, "Like a baseball player on steroids, our climate system is breaking records at an unnatural pace." And, just as you wouldn't ask if one particular home run was caused only by a baseball player being on steroids, you can't say one particular weather event is caused only by global warming.

No one can dispute that when water gets hot enough it evaporates, and all of that vapor needs to go somewhere. When our atmosphere is saturated with moisture because of all that extra evaporation, it means storms will release more moisture in the form of snow, rain, and sleet.

However, what seems like common sense to most of us is conveniently misunderstood by Congress people who are funded by Big Oil. And, it's in their best financial interest to misinform the public and pretend like there is still any real debate about our climate crisis.

It's winter time and we're probably going to have more snow storms, so let's get ready to refute the storm of deceptive anti-science talking points that are likely to rain down from our Republican lawmakers.

-Thom

(What do you think? Tell us here.

Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 10pm... LIVE report on Zika Virus (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)

Free excerpt, read book for free at Truthout, buy the book!

The Daily Stack 

In for Thom today... Progressive Talkers Danielle & Shane-O.

 

Event: 29 January 2016: Thom Hartmann on Real Time with Bill Maher.

Article: "7th Republican debate transcript, annotated: Who said what and what it meant" by Team Fix.

Article: "FactChecking the Seventh GOP Debate" by FactCheck.org.

Article: "Clinton attacks Obama for Rezko ties" by AP, February 12, 2008.

Article: "Ann Kirkpatrick" by Wikipedia.

Site: FYI Nation.

Article: "Krauthammer: Jeb Bush had a breakout performance in the Fox News debate" by Pamela Engel.

Article: "Rubio mocks idea of Obama sitting on the Supreme Court" by Ben Kamisar.

Article: "Happy Veterans Day? 5 Times Republicans in Congress Screwed Veterans" by James Woods.

Article: "First Amendment to the United States Constitution".

Article: "4th Amendment". "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.".

Article: "5th Amendment" (double jeopardy, witness against self, due process, taking clause, due compensation).

Article: "8th Amendment" (cruel and unusual punishment).

Article: "Senate passes bill that allows veterans to seek medical care outside VA system" by Matthew Daly, June 12, 2014.

Article: "GOP's actual track record on supporting veterans" by JLFinch.

Article: "Trump's Webpage Raising Money 'For Vets' Sends Funds to Trump's Foundation" by Sam Reisman.

Video: How to Caucus in Iowa.

Event: 11 January 8pm ET: "2016 Brown & Black Democratic Presidential Forum".

Article: "What Ted Cruz Doesn't Know About Ronald Reagan" by John Nichols.

Article: "2 Abortion Foes Behind Planned Parenthood Videos Are Indicted" by Manny Fernandez.

Article: "Flint water crisis" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Aliso Canyon gas leak" (Porter Ranch gas leak) by Wikipedia.

Article: "No Charges for LAPD Officers Who Shot Delivery Women During Christopher Dorner Manhunt" by Willian Avila.

Article: "Chicago police officer will sue estate of teen he fatally shot" by WGN.

Article: "The Problem With G.O.P. Plans to Sell Health Insurance Across State Lines" by Margot Sanger-Katz.

Article: "Health Insurance Across State Lines" by Kevin Drum, Feb. 19, 2010.

Article: "The Truth About Health Savings Accounts" by Think Progress, Jan 30, 2006.

Article: "Tammy Duckworth" by Wikipedia.

 

Talk Media News Segment:
- Luke Vargas 

Article: "Territorial disputes in the South China Sea" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Nguyen Phu Trong re-elected as Vietnam's communist party chief" by CCTV.com.

Article: "What China Has Been Building in the South China Sea" by Derek Watkins, October 27, 2015.

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

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman.

Twitter: "Thom_Hartmann".

Instagram: "thom_hartmann".

Site: CharityWatch.

Video: Full Show 11/9/15: Exposing the Disastrous TPP - Thom Hartmann.

Article: "PH to lose out to Thailand, Vietnam as manufacturers leave China" by Ben O. de Vera.

Article: "Sanders Campaign to Launch HBCU Tour at South Carolina State University" by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Book: "All Labor Has Dignity" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Michael K. Honey.

Article: "Flint water crisis" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Anger in Michigan Over Appointing Emergency Managers" by Julie Bosman and Monica Davey.

Article: "State Workers in Flint Got Clean Water Over a Year Ago" by Adam Chandler.

Site: Veterans For Peace (VFP).

Site: The L-Curve.

Article: "City, Charities Struggling to Compensate for Federal Food Stamp Cuts" by Will Bredderman.

Article: "Bill Clinton attacks Obama "fairy tale"" by Tim Grieve, Jan 8, 2008.

Article: "Full text: Clinton interview" by Politico, 02/11/08.

 

Do you have all the info you need to vote for @BernieSanders? Find it here.

    

Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET 

 

Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's will be here to tell you how you can win a pint of a limited edition Bernie Sanders themed flavor called "Bernie's Yearning."

 

And I'll be talking to Jeff Stier, National Center for Public Policy Research about Climatarians - people who choose a diet to save the planet.

 

Plus, Street Sense's Brian Carome will be here to tell us about how they help homeless people and this week's celebrity vendor fundraiser event.

 

And, the best of the rest of the news along with your calls right here on...

 

The Thom Hartmann Program, Occupying The Media 3 hours a day 5 days a week" for "we the people"

 

And don't forget...Democracy is NOT a spectator sport...it begins with you...

Thank you for being part of our ever growing community for News, Debate and Opinion on the Thom Hartmann Program.

 

Click here to subscribe to the Thom Hartmann Newsletter.
 

Sincerely,

Please support the Hunter School, a unique therapeutic boarding school for young children diagnosed with ADHD, Anxiety, Sensory, Mood and related conditions...