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The town that built back green By Annie Gowen OCTOBER 23, 2020 After a tornado demolished Greensburg, Kan., it rebuilt without carbon emissions. Can its lessons help communities and economies rebound from fires, hurricanes and covid-19? GREENSBURG, Kan. — After powerful tornadoes swept through Nashville earlier this year, killing 25 and leaving a trail of destruction for miles, one of the first calls officials made was to tiny Greensburg, population 900. A wind-swept farming community in southwestern Kansas, Greensburg rebuilt “green” after an EF5 tornado — the most violent — barreled through at more than 200 miles per hour and nearly wiped it off the map in 2007. A decade later, Greensburg draws 100 percent of its electricity from a wind farm, making it one of a handful of cities in the United States to be powered solely by renewable energy. It now has an energy-efficient school, a medical center, city hall, library and commons, museum and other buildings that save more than $200,000 a year in fuel and electricity costs, according to one federal estimate. The city saves thousands of gallons of water with low-flow toilets and drought-resistance landscaping and, in the evening, its streets glow from LED lighting. It’s exactly the kind of community Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden envisions when he talks about the need to conserve energy and transition away from fossil fuels towards wind, solar and other sources that do not emit the greenhouse gases driving climate change. President Trump has dismissed global warming and disparaged wind turbines as well as LED lighting and other forms of energy conservation. Greensburg is no liberal bastion. It sits in Kiowa County, where Trump handily beat Hillary Clinton in 2016, carrying 83 percent of the vote. But leaders there now are routinely consulted by communities around the world grappling with devastating weather events from wildfires, tsunami, earthquakes and floods — in Australia, China, Japan and Joplin, Mo. In March, the city council member in Nashville wanted to ask what kind of building codes or regulations could make its buildings more tornado-resistant going forward. (more) https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2020/10/22/greensburg-kansas-wind-power-carbon-emissions/?arc404=true

Whatever the sentence may be... FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS!

Full blown Nazi stuff under Trump. Nineteen women at ICE detention center in Georgia back whistleblower's claims of 'medical abuse' including surgeries that left them sterile without their consent New report includes interviews with 19 women held in Georgia ICE facility They allege 'medically unnecessary' surgery without their consent Some women were left unable to conceive children after the procedures Women under Amin’s care were administered birth control and underwent procedures without their consent, including to remove their reproductive organs, such as the uterus, ovaries and fallopian tubes, according to the report and interviews by The Times with women whose cases were reviewed by the medical team. The new report was written by a team of nine board-certified OB-GYNs and two nursing experts, who reviewed more than 3,200 pages of records obtained for the 19 women.

I think they found Trump's trigger

Everyone connected to the Trump family and organization are criminals

You don't have to look as far as Uganda to find the same type of story, unfortunately. "In North America, forced and coerced sterilization of Indigenous women is usually described as something of the past, a dark blemish in American history and a symptom of colonization and the 20th century eugenics movement. The data is sparse but significant: Anywhere from 25 to 50 percent of the Indigenous women of reproductive age in the U.S. were sterilized in the 1970s. In Canada, over 1000 Indigenous women were sterilized between 1966 and 1976, according to Karen Stote, researcher and author of An Act of Genocide, one of the only books on the history of forced sterilization in Canada. In the 1970s, both the U.S. and Canada stopped promoting pro-sterilization policies. But they didn’t outlaw them either. Then, four years ago, Indigenous women in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan began to come forward to say that this was still happening in Canada. Brenda Pelletier and Tracy Bannab were the first two women who told the Saskatoon Star Phoenix that they were pressured by staff to sign consent forms for tubal ligations while in the hospital delivering babies. In Canada, over 1000 Indigenous women were sterilized between 1966 and 1976. Now more than 100 Indigenous women from various nations in the region have come forward to say they were coerced or forced into a sterilization procedure as recently as 2018. Many are part of a class-action lawsuit led by Indigenous rights attorney Alisa Lombard, which has been developing since 2017. The women are calling for sweeping reform to the health system, and $7 million (CAD) each in damages." https://www.iwmf.org/reporting/indigenous-women-in-canada-are-still-being-sterilized-without-their-consent/

GoT tO sToP tHe AnTiFa

Good to see. I have not been up-to-date with the Feds response to the pandemic- this is very reassuring. Trudeau is not my favorite, but his government seems to be doing a competent job and it is refreshing to see a government be proactive with anything Covid related. I have my reservations about Trudeau, but you have to give him props for his handling of the Pandemic.

Holy **** that was worse than I thought. That pat on the hip was disgusting as well and nullified that whole argument of 'tucking in shirt'. As the parent of a teen daughter I'm disgusted.

The hate for the NDP is odd, considering that without them, we might have American healthcare. review of the birth of medicare, and who opposed. They still want to destroy it, and are doing a pretty good job in some Provinces. https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/the-birth-of-medicare

Here’s to your health care plan..

While I agree that the personal insults have gone beyond what is historically acceptable, I think it's important to discuss what other provincial governments are implementing as it is often a sign of things to come in other provinces. At least that's my justification for highlighting what the UCP government is up to.

I've said from the start I'm so glad we had a progressive (rather than conservative) government in power when a pandemic hit. I'm on the fence about JPT but this government has handled the pandemic as well as possible.

What a repulsive creature he is.

👁‍🗨 The unremarkable debate. A toned down version worked out much better, but...for me The moderator allowed too many 30 second “10” second rebuttals. KRISTEN WELKER: Thank you President Trump and Vice President Biden for a great debate! MUTE BUTTON GUY: S**t sorry I'm late, did I miss anything - Daily News Only one person said he made a mistake tonight. Cringe worthy moment #1: Trump calling people who comply with the law (specifically court orders to appear for immigration hearings) the ones “with the lowest IQs.” (75% comply with court orders - Daniel Dale) Cringe worthy moment #2: Melania pulling her hand away as they walk off the stage. Indians react with anger to Donald Trump describing the air in their country as "filthy" during final US election debate. - BBC News Biden was again imperfect from a fact check perspective. He made at least a few false, misleading, or lacking-in-context claims. Trump was, as usual, a serial liar. - Daniel Dale 👁‍🗨 Too funny - “Hunter Biden was mentioned on Sean Hannity's show at least 23 times tonight. It's all these guys got“. - Aaron Rupar. Biden sarcastically refers to Trump as "Abraham Lincoln," and Trump gets confused by it. By far the worst line of the night was Trump saying "I am the least racist person in this room" Best line: "You know his character. You know my character...the character of the country is on the ballot." - @JoeBiden Three post-debate snap polls: Who won the debate? CNN: Biden 53, Trump 39 Data Progress: Biden 52, Trump 41 US Politics: Biden 52, Trump 39 And the unscientific CNN North Carolina "undecided voter" panel which with Biden 9, Trump 0, a Draw 2. Of course Trump shows his own polls where he won by at least 93% Oh, man, I can’t believe Biden’s staff let him wear his watch on a debate stage. He just looked at it. Which never looks good. - Roger Simon Nyah, nyah moment “I know more about wind than you do.” Trump 👁‍🗨They really should have a cartoon Pinocchio face behind the candidates and whenever they lie or put forward false claims, it would get longer. Imagine the length of that face behind Trump.

Eagerly awaiting a summary of the beautiful health care plan we've been hearing about for three and a half years that will cover everyone and cost less than ACA. How? /shrug

Another lie Trump keeps spewing about Covid ravaging blue states.

Buttigieg should have many mic’s with him as he’s going to be dropping a lot of them.

Dropped in for a look. Bombers are still the unbeaten defending champs, it seems......

Do these people have any non-criminals for friends?

Hall Defense For The W!

Not only that, they haven't even given up a point all season long!!!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-vaccine-rapid-tests-1.5774309

I can agree with that, but what we are all being subjected to from those two now is not that at all.

In case you're wondering why a "Democratic" state like Wisconsin is on that list you have to also know that their Republican State Senate is a barrier to proper controls: "Republicans, who in May successfully sued to strike down the governor’s stay-at-home order, have criticized Evers for taking unilateral steps to sidestep the Legislature and pass statewide orders. Evers, however, has said those steps have been necessary to slow the spread of COVID-19 and has encouraged Republicans to convene on further measures." https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/gov-tony-evers-says-hes-still-waiting-on-republican-covid-19-response-plan/article_a83f4365-3635-50ef-8cea-ac0565a3492e.html

I heard 2 weeks..

They're gonna knock down all the government buildings and rebuild them with tiny windows - no windows if they could. It will cost one hundred trillion dollars. Ok Trump.

What's the point of having a debate with a person who opens his mouth and only lies come out, his administration put kids in cages, period end of story, I hope all involved are haunted by this for the rest of their miserable lives

Trump: Vaccine in 2 weeks Moderator: Do you guarantee it Trump: No

Buttigieg is one hell of an effective surrogate for Biden.

Love how Buttigieg handles Fox News..

Tough footage to get a hold of..

well, well, well. the FBI has charged a boogaloo boi in the burning of the MPLS precinct. https://www.startribune.com/charges-boogaloo-bois-fired-on-mpls-precinct-shouted-justice-for-floyd/572843802/

Biden did some digging and found Trump's plan and it pretty well what everyone thought

The only comparable is the CPL, and even then, I'd bet CFL had way more players in the States that they needed to get across the border. At the end of the day, the CFL just doesn't have enough money and their business model, flawed as it is, won't work with no fans in the stands. I'm really disappointed that they couldn't figure something out from March to July, but I hold out hope that they'll get something figured for 2021. If not....there could be big problems.

$$$$$ Still come down to a matter of $. Besides the fact that the CFL didn’t really know what they were dealing with, there was no direction, nor examples on how to proceed. It’s really unfortunate, but without $ and backing, we stood little chance of seeing CFL football this year. They can get rid of Ambrosie if they want but...we’re in next year territory, and it might be our last chance.

No surprise...

Bowman's full statement

It was totally expected. He's going to run for the Liberals in the next Federal election, I think.

“Right wing Boogaloo Bois and others are staging violent attacks against the police so that Black Lives Matters will be blamed.“ Oh say it isn’t so. These are good people. - Uncle Billy-Boy Branson

It's a real nowhere plan Sitting in their nowhere land Making all those nowhere plans for nobody

Clearly, he had tucking on his mind..

Actually, now 12 years.... on the GOP constructing this highly anticipated Obama Care replacement plan....

https://www.cnet.com/news/first-nasa-osiris-rex-images-show-incredible-touchdown-tuesday-on-asteroid-bennu/

Our man Tait is going to have a series of great articles surrounding the "Run To The Cup" last year........ https://www.bluebombers.com/2020/10/22/10-plays-made-champion-1-hint-magic/?fbclid=IwAR3aIbjOWxISUTUSR_VjKguxVxmGs-w7poqRZE1319lEH9UNWM4xnJrLcSs

Grifter gonna grift.

He is the greatest president in history and all around great guy just ask him

No worries, God will protect them.

Hey I am telling you why I voted the way I did. I am not saying you can't vote how you want, but I am telling you that by voting ucp you endorsed their current behaviors. You got what you voted for and you can't run away from it. The Alberta party didn't split the vote, it was over 70% in favour of the ucp. And in my particular riding as I said the ucp candidate got more votes than everyone else combined. The Alberta party didn't cause enough vote splitting to stop anything. Gullible albertans like you simply bought the lies kenney was selling.

I voted for the candidate. And no it wasn't a case of vote splitting. The idiot ucp candidate we had got more votes than all the other combined so it literally didn't matter. I also completely reject the idea that there is a wasted vote. Vote for who you want not who might win. This is the voice we get and I will use it however I see fit. You on the other hand bought the crap about the ucp being just the PCs so nothing bad will happen. Well how does that look in hindsight? I have no regrets voting for someone who was a PC but left the UCP because he could not stomach what they wanted to do. Do you have regrets in how you voted?