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Anaconda, Apparently, and Fire: JANUARY NOVEMBER
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TheAewJjorkTimes
FACT CHECK
CALIFORNIA TODAY
California Today: 100 Million Dead
Trees Prompt Fears of Giant Wildfires
Trump's Misleading Claims About
California's Fire Mismanagement'
Patches of dead and dying trees near Cressman, Calif
By Thomas Fuller
lan. 19, 2018
By Kendra Pierre-Louis
This week a group of scientists warned in the journal BioScience President Trump took to Twitter over the weekend, blaming the
that the dead trees could produce wildfires on a scale and of an
infernos on forest management...
intensity that California has never seen
Stephens, a professor of fire science at Berkeley and the lead
coming into home areas, starting more fires."..
Restrictions on logging have allowed forests to accumulate an
His statements, which drew outrage from local leaders and
It's something that is going to be much more severe," said Scott firefighters, oversimplified the causes of California's wildfires...
author of the study. "You could have higher amounts of embers The administration and Republicans in Congress have supported
calls by the timber industry to clear out potential fuel by letting
the land be logged...
overload of vegetation.
Unbiased Amer
BACK IN JANUARY, THE NEW YORK TIMES AGREED WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT CALIFORNIA NEEDED TO IMPROVE ITS FORESTRY MANAGEMENT
Editorial by Kevin Ryan
The deadliest and most destructive fire in California's history was finally brought under control by firefighters yesterday, more than two weeks after it erupted. So far 87 people are confirmed to have been killed in the blaze, and many are still missing.
But the media firestorm continues over President Trump’s assertion that poor forest management contributed to the disaster. After Trump tweeted that better forest management could have prevented, or at least mitigated, the damage caused by the devastating wildfires, the media and California politicians said his assertion was false.
A spokesman for California Governor Jerry Brown said that the president's assertion was “inane” and “uninformed.” The New York Times wrote a piece entitled “Trump’s Misleading Claims About California’s Fire ‘Mismanagement’”
Yet just a few months back, both Governor Brown and The New York Times said basically the same thing as Trump.
In a January article, the Times wrote that “A group of scientists warned in the journal BioScience that [100 million] dead trees could produce wildfires on a scale and of an intensity that California has never seen,” and that “scientists say they cannot even calculate the damage the dead-tree fires might cause; it exceeds what their current fire behavior modeling can simulate.”
“‘It’s something that is going to be much more severe,’ said Scott Stephens, a professor of fire science at Berkeley and the lead author of the study. ‘You could have higher amounts of embers coming into home areas, starting more fires.’”
The Times article even pointed the finger at California’s forestry regulations, saying “California forests are much more vulnerable now because, paradoxically, they have been better protected. In their natural state, forests were regularly thinned by fire but the billions of dollars that the state spends aggressively fighting wildfires and restrictions on logging have allowed forests to accumulate an overload of vegetation… That’s a scenario that could nudge the state into rethinking its forest management.“
And yet, fast forward to today, and The New York Times is suddenly interviewing “experts” to contradict its previous assertions now that President Trump has also questioned California’s forest management.
“President Trump’s statements, which drew outrage from local leaders and firefighters, oversimplified the cause of California’s wildfires.” The Times says that the logging advocated by Trump, Republicans, and, apparently, The New York Times last January, would not have helped because “logging gets rid of trees, but it does not get rid of the kindling — brush, bushes and twigs. Logging does, however, enable the spread of cheatgrass, a highly combustible weed, which makes a forest more likely to burn.”
That’s basically the opposite of what the Times’ said earlier this year.
And it’s not just the media reversing itself to discredit Trump. Governor Brown’s office was calling for the same changes to logging regulations just a few months ago. In order to mitigate the fire danger from dead trees, Brown proposed that landowners be permitted to cut trees up to 36 inches in diameter, a jump from the current 26 inches, on properties that are 300 acres or less without getting a timber harvest permit and would also be able to build roads up to 600 feet long.
Of course the environmental lobby opposed it. And now huge swaths of land that environmentalists were “protecting” are now embers.
But Brown, and the media, would rather reverse their recent calls for safer forestry management than to agree with the president.
SOURCES: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/us/california-today-100-million-dead-trees-prompt-fears-of-giant-wildfires.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/us/politics/fact-check-trump-california-fire-tweet.html
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-hammered-for-california-wildfire-claims-but-gov-brown-has-also-backed-new-forest-management-measures
![Anaconda, Apparently, and Fire: JANUARY NOVEMBER
TheAew JJork Eimes
TheAewJjorkTimes
FACT CHECK
CALIFORNIA TODAY
California Today: 100 Million Dead
Trees Prompt Fears of Giant Wildfires
Trump's Misleading Claims About
California's Fire Mismanagement'
Patches of dead and dying trees near Cressman, Calif
By Thomas Fuller
lan. 19, 2018
By Kendra Pierre-Louis
This week a group of scientists warned in the journal BioScience President Trump took to Twitter over the weekend, blaming the
that the dead trees could produce wildfires on a scale and of an
infernos on forest management...
intensity that California has never seen
Stephens, a professor of fire science at Berkeley and the lead
coming into home areas, starting more fires."..
Restrictions on logging have allowed forests to accumulate an
His statements, which drew outrage from local leaders and
It's something that is going to be much more severe," said Scott firefighters, oversimplified the causes of California's wildfires...
author of the study. "You could have higher amounts of embers The administration and Republicans in Congress have supported
calls by the timber industry to clear out potential fuel by letting
the land be logged...
overload of vegetation.
Unbiased Amer
BACK IN JANUARY, THE NEW YORK TIMES AGREED WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT CALIFORNIA NEEDED TO IMPROVE ITS FORESTRY MANAGEMENT
Editorial by Kevin Ryan
The deadliest and most destructive fire in California's history was finally brought under control by firefighters yesterday, more than two weeks after it erupted. So far 87 people are confirmed to have been killed in the blaze, and many are still missing.
But the media firestorm continues over President Trump’s assertion that poor forest management contributed to the disaster. After Trump tweeted that better forest management could have prevented, or at least mitigated, the damage caused by the devastating wildfires, the media and California politicians said his assertion was false.
A spokesman for California Governor Jerry Brown said that the president's assertion was “inane” and “uninformed.” The New York Times wrote a piece entitled “Trump’s Misleading Claims About California’s Fire ‘Mismanagement’”
Yet just a few months back, both Governor Brown and The New York Times said basically the same thing as Trump.
In a January article, the Times wrote that “A group of scientists warned in the journal BioScience that [100 million] dead trees could produce wildfires on a scale and of an intensity that California has never seen,” and that “scientists say they cannot even calculate the damage the dead-tree fires might cause; it exceeds what their current fire behavior modeling can simulate.”
“‘It’s something that is going to be much more severe,’ said Scott Stephens, a professor of fire science at Berkeley and the lead author of the study. ‘You could have higher amounts of embers coming into home areas, starting more fires.’”
The Times article even pointed the finger at California’s forestry regulations, saying “California forests are much more vulnerable now because, paradoxically, they have been better protected. In their natural state, forests were regularly thinned by fire but the billions of dollars that the state spends aggressively fighting wildfires and restrictions on logging have allowed forests to accumulate an overload of vegetation… That’s a scenario that could nudge the state into rethinking its forest management.“
And yet, fast forward to today, and The New York Times is suddenly interviewing “experts” to contradict its previous assertions now that President Trump has also questioned California’s forest management.
“President Trump’s statements, which drew outrage from local leaders and firefighters, oversimplified the cause of California’s wildfires.” The Times says that the logging advocated by Trump, Republicans, and, apparently, The New York Times last January, would not have helped because “logging gets rid of trees, but it does not get rid of the kindling — brush, bushes and twigs. Logging does, however, enable the spread of cheatgrass, a highly combustible weed, which makes a forest more likely to burn.”
That’s basically the opposite of what the Times’ said earlier this year.
And it’s not just the media reversing itself to discredit Trump. Governor Brown’s office was calling for the same changes to logging regulations just a few months ago. In order to mitigate the fire danger from dead trees, Brown proposed that landowners be permitted to cut trees up to 36 inches in diameter, a jump from the current 26 inches, on properties that are 300 acres or less without getting a timber harvest permit and would also be able to build roads up to 600 feet long.
Of course the environmental lobby opposed it. And now huge swaths of land that environmentalists were “protecting” are now embers.
But Brown, and the media, would rather reverse their recent calls for safer forestry management than to agree with the president.
SOURCES: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/us/california-today-100-million-dead-trees-prompt-fears-of-giant-wildfires.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/us/politics/fact-check-trump-california-fire-tweet.html
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-hammered-for-california-wildfire-claims-but-gov-brown-has-also-backed-new-forest-management-measures](https://pics.astrologymemes.com/january-november-theaew-jjork-eimes-theaewjjorktimes-fact-check-california-today-38002597.png)
BACK IN JANUARY, THE NEW YORK TIMES AGREED WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT CALIFORNIA NEEDED TO IMPROVE ITS FORESTRY MANAGEMENT Editorial by Kevi...
Anaconda, Apparently, and Fire: JANUARY NOVEMBER
TheAew JJork Eimes
TheAewJjorkTimes
FACT CHECK
CALIFORNIA TODAY
California Today: 100 Million Dead
Trees Prompt Fears of Giant Wildfires
Trump's Misleading Claims About
California's Fire Mismanagement'
Patches of dead and dying trees near Cressman, Calif
By Thomas Fuller
lan. 19, 2018
By Kendra Pierre-Louis
This week a group of scientists warned in the journal BioScience President Trump took to Twitter over the weekend, blaming the
that the dead trees could produce wildfires on a scale and of an
infernos on forest management...
intensity that California has never seen
Stephens, a professor of fire science at Berkeley and the lead
coming into home areas, starting more fires."..
Restrictions on logging have allowed forests to accumulate an
His statements, which drew outrage from local leaders and
It's something that is going to be much more severe," said Scott firefighters, oversimplified the causes of California's wildfires...
author of the study. "You could have higher amounts of embers The administration and Republicans in Congress have supported
calls by the timber industry to clear out potential fuel by letting
the land be logged...
overload of vegetation.
Unbiased Amer
BACK IN JANUARY, THE NEW YORK TIMES AGREED WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT CALIFORNIA NEEDED TO IMPROVE ITS FORESTRY MANAGEMENT
Editorial by Kevin Ryan
The deadliest and most destructive fire in California's history was finally brought under control by firefighters yesterday, more than two weeks after it erupted. So far 87 people are confirmed to have been killed in the blaze, and many are still missing.
But the media firestorm continues over President Trump’s assertion that poor forest management contributed to the disaster. After Trump tweeted that better forest management could have prevented, or at least mitigated, the damage caused by the devastating wildfires, the media and California politicians said his assertion was false.
A spokesman for California Governor Jerry Brown said that the president's assertion was “inane” and “uninformed.” The New York Times wrote a piece entitled “Trump’s Misleading Claims About California’s Fire ‘Mismanagement’”
Yet just a few months back, both Governor Brown and The New York Times said basically the same thing as Trump.
In a January article, the Times wrote that “A group of scientists warned in the journal BioScience that [100 million] dead trees could produce wildfires on a scale and of an intensity that California has never seen,” and that “scientists say they cannot even calculate the damage the dead-tree fires might cause; it exceeds what their current fire behavior modeling can simulate.”
“‘It’s something that is going to be much more severe,’ said Scott Stephens, a professor of fire science at Berkeley and the lead author of the study. ‘You could have higher amounts of embers coming into home areas, starting more fires.’”
The Times article even pointed the finger at California’s forestry regulations, saying “California forests are much more vulnerable now because, paradoxically, they have been better protected. In their natural state, forests were regularly thinned by fire but the billions of dollars that the state spends aggressively fighting wildfires and restrictions on logging have allowed forests to accumulate an overload of vegetation… That’s a scenario that could nudge the state into rethinking its forest management.“
And yet, fast forward to today, and The New York Times is suddenly interviewing “experts” to contradict its previous assertions now that President Trump has also questioned California’s forest management.
“President Trump’s statements, which drew outrage from local leaders and firefighters, oversimplified the cause of California’s wildfires.” The Times says that the logging advocated by Trump, Republicans, and, apparently, The New York Times last January, would not have helped because “logging gets rid of trees, but it does not get rid of the kindling — brush, bushes and twigs. Logging does, however, enable the spread of cheatgrass, a highly combustible weed, which makes a forest more likely to burn.”
That’s basically the opposite of what the Times’ said earlier this year.
And it’s not just the media reversing itself to discredit Trump. Governor Brown’s office was calling for the same changes to logging regulations just a few months ago. In order to mitigate the fire danger from dead trees, Brown proposed that landowners be permitted to cut trees up to 36 inches in diameter, a jump from the current 26 inches, on properties that are 300 acres or less without getting a timber harvest permit and would also be able to build roads up to 600 feet long.
Of course the environmental lobby opposed it. And now huge swaths of land that environmentalists were “protecting” are now embers.
But Brown, and the media, would rather reverse their recent calls for safer forestry management than to agree with the president.
SOURCES: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/us/california-today-100-million-dead-trees-prompt-fears-of-giant-wildfires.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/us/politics/fact-check-trump-california-fire-tweet.html
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-hammered-for-california-wildfire-claims-but-gov-brown-has-also-backed-new-forest-management-measures
![Anaconda, Apparently, and Fire: JANUARY NOVEMBER
TheAew JJork Eimes
TheAewJjorkTimes
FACT CHECK
CALIFORNIA TODAY
California Today: 100 Million Dead
Trees Prompt Fears of Giant Wildfires
Trump's Misleading Claims About
California's Fire Mismanagement'
Patches of dead and dying trees near Cressman, Calif
By Thomas Fuller
lan. 19, 2018
By Kendra Pierre-Louis
This week a group of scientists warned in the journal BioScience President Trump took to Twitter over the weekend, blaming the
that the dead trees could produce wildfires on a scale and of an
infernos on forest management...
intensity that California has never seen
Stephens, a professor of fire science at Berkeley and the lead
coming into home areas, starting more fires."..
Restrictions on logging have allowed forests to accumulate an
His statements, which drew outrage from local leaders and
It's something that is going to be much more severe," said Scott firefighters, oversimplified the causes of California's wildfires...
author of the study. "You could have higher amounts of embers The administration and Republicans in Congress have supported
calls by the timber industry to clear out potential fuel by letting
the land be logged...
overload of vegetation.
Unbiased Amer
BACK IN JANUARY, THE NEW YORK TIMES AGREED WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT CALIFORNIA NEEDED TO IMPROVE ITS FORESTRY MANAGEMENT
Editorial by Kevin Ryan
The deadliest and most destructive fire in California's history was finally brought under control by firefighters yesterday, more than two weeks after it erupted. So far 87 people are confirmed to have been killed in the blaze, and many are still missing.
But the media firestorm continues over President Trump’s assertion that poor forest management contributed to the disaster. After Trump tweeted that better forest management could have prevented, or at least mitigated, the damage caused by the devastating wildfires, the media and California politicians said his assertion was false.
A spokesman for California Governor Jerry Brown said that the president's assertion was “inane” and “uninformed.” The New York Times wrote a piece entitled “Trump’s Misleading Claims About California’s Fire ‘Mismanagement’”
Yet just a few months back, both Governor Brown and The New York Times said basically the same thing as Trump.
In a January article, the Times wrote that “A group of scientists warned in the journal BioScience that [100 million] dead trees could produce wildfires on a scale and of an intensity that California has never seen,” and that “scientists say they cannot even calculate the damage the dead-tree fires might cause; it exceeds what their current fire behavior modeling can simulate.”
“‘It’s something that is going to be much more severe,’ said Scott Stephens, a professor of fire science at Berkeley and the lead author of the study. ‘You could have higher amounts of embers coming into home areas, starting more fires.’”
The Times article even pointed the finger at California’s forestry regulations, saying “California forests are much more vulnerable now because, paradoxically, they have been better protected. In their natural state, forests were regularly thinned by fire but the billions of dollars that the state spends aggressively fighting wildfires and restrictions on logging have allowed forests to accumulate an overload of vegetation… That’s a scenario that could nudge the state into rethinking its forest management.“
And yet, fast forward to today, and The New York Times is suddenly interviewing “experts” to contradict its previous assertions now that President Trump has also questioned California’s forest management.
“President Trump’s statements, which drew outrage from local leaders and firefighters, oversimplified the cause of California’s wildfires.” The Times says that the logging advocated by Trump, Republicans, and, apparently, The New York Times last January, would not have helped because “logging gets rid of trees, but it does not get rid of the kindling — brush, bushes and twigs. Logging does, however, enable the spread of cheatgrass, a highly combustible weed, which makes a forest more likely to burn.”
That’s basically the opposite of what the Times’ said earlier this year.
And it’s not just the media reversing itself to discredit Trump. Governor Brown’s office was calling for the same changes to logging regulations just a few months ago. In order to mitigate the fire danger from dead trees, Brown proposed that landowners be permitted to cut trees up to 36 inches in diameter, a jump from the current 26 inches, on properties that are 300 acres or less without getting a timber harvest permit and would also be able to build roads up to 600 feet long.
Of course the environmental lobby opposed it. And now huge swaths of land that environmentalists were “protecting” are now embers.
But Brown, and the media, would rather reverse their recent calls for safer forestry management than to agree with the president.
SOURCES: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/us/california-today-100-million-dead-trees-prompt-fears-of-giant-wildfires.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/us/politics/fact-check-trump-california-fire-tweet.html
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-hammered-for-california-wildfire-claims-but-gov-brown-has-also-backed-new-forest-management-measures](https://pics.astrologymemes.com/january-november-theaew-jjork-eimes-theaewjjorktimes-fact-check-california-today-37997924.png)
BACK IN JANUARY, THE NEW YORK TIMES AGREED WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT CALIFORNIA NEEDED TO IMPROVE ITS FORESTRY MANAGEMENT Editorial by Kevi...
Head, Sex, and Wshh: EXCLUSIVE
TEKASHI69
BUSTED BY FEDS ON
RACKETEERING CHARGES
According to #TMZ, “#Tekashi69, his recently fired manager and 2 other former associates are in federal custody after getting busted on racketeering charges -- which almost certainly means the rapper's going to prison ... TMZ has learned.
Law enforcement sources tell us ... 6ix9ine was arrested Sunday night by ATF agents in NYC, and the agents also hauled in his ex-manager, Shottie, at the same time. You'll recall Tekashi had just fired Shottie and much of his management team last week.
One of the other suspects arrested is Faheem Walter -- aka Crippy -- who got shot a few weeks ago during the altercation with Tekashi's record label head.” All 4 men are facing racketeering and firearms charges. We're told the investigation was a joint effort by ATF, NYPD and Homeland Security.
Tekashi was already skating on thin ice. As we reported, the judge who gave him probation in his child sex case had warned him to keep his nose clean ... or he'd be going straight to prison.” 😳😩 @TMZ_TV #WSHH
According to #TMZ, “#Tekashi69, his recently fired manager and 2 other former associates are in federal custody after getting busted on rack...
![Children, Crime, and Definitely: IN SOME PRISONS INMATE ON INMATE
WOME
Y GET
5 PADS PER PERIOD
SEXUAL ABUSE IS 3X
MEANING THEY HAVE HIGHER THAN MEN'S
TO REUSE PADS.
PRISON
OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS
WOMEN INPRISONS HAS I 90 PERCENT ARE
INCREASED 138 PERCENT
SINGLE MOTHERS
DUE TO THE WORSENING ECONOMIC
CONDITIONS OF WOMEN AND THE
INCREASED RATE OF DRUG ARRESTS.
AND OFTEN LOSE CONTACT WITH
THEIR CHILDREN FOREVER.
THE MAJORITY OF WOMEN
COMMIT ECONOMIC CRIMES
80 PERCENT EANES
IN IN YOUTH
,J
ETENTIONIS
THAN $2000 A
AT THE TIME OF ARREST SEXUALLY ABUSED
hello-i-ask-questions:
libertarirynn:
black-girl-against-feminism:
such-justice-wow:
platypus-protection-syndicate:
canoeboy:
not-saltrat88:
judo-ichidai:
Abolishing prisons is a feminist issue.
How ‘bout quit doing crimes that would land you in these predicaments….just sayin
Millions of us everyday go to work, get paid, don’t commit crimes that would lead to our arrest.
I want a source on the $2k/year income statement. Because $40/week…surely not a US centered presentation…which begs the question where in the world do each of these claims come from?
I tried to reverse image search and got 2 pages of pintrest pages so yeah… Great, thanks for these in no way bias statistics tumblr user “all-cops-are-bastards-1312”
I need some evidence for these claims.
I think “prisons need reform” and “you shouldn’t commit crimes” aren’t mutually exclusive statements. I’m not one who believes just being in prison means you forfeit all human rights, especially when you’re imprisoned for non-violent crimes.But yeah some sources on this would be nice. It would also be nice if these “facts” weren’t overplayed on OITNB characters, instantly making it more difficult to take them seriously. And it would be even nicer if feminists would stop co-opting issues like prison reform and labeling them as “feminist issues” when nearly all men’s prisons have the same and sometimes greater problems.
Also somehow rape in men’s prisons is caused by men and yet women being raped in prison still doesn’t have anything to do with women.While i definitely agree our prison systems need SERIOUS reform, “abolishing” prison is absolutely out of the question.[Not to mention, women get more lenient sentances for the exact same crime. Stop acting like women get the short end of the stick in the legal system. They don’t.]
Yeah that’s an excellent point. Also it looks like Tumblr May have nuked half my response again](https://pics.astrologymemes.com/in-some-prisons-inmate-on-inmate-wome-y-get-5-37637090.png)
Children, Feminism, and Period: IN SOME PRISONS INMATE ON INMATE
WOME
Y GET
5 PADS PER PERIOD
SEXUAL ABUSE IS 3X
MEANING THEY HAVE HIGHER THAN MEN'S
TO REUSE PADS.
PRISON
OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS
WOMEN INPRISONS HAS I 90 PERCENT ARE
INCREASED 138 PERCENT
SINGLE MOTHERS
DUE TO THE WORSENING ECONOMIC
CONDITIONS OF WOMEN AND THE
INCREASED RATE OF DRUG ARRESTS.
AND OFTEN LOSE CONTACT WITH
THEIR CHILDREN FOREVER.
THE MAJORITY OF WOMEN
COMMIT ECONOMIC CRIMES
80 PERCENT EANES
IN IN YOUTH
,J
ETENTIONIS
THAN $2000 A
AT THE TIME OF ARREST SEXUALLY ABUSED
black-girl-against-feminism:
such-justice-wow:
platypus-protection-syndicate:
canoeboy:
not-saltrat88:
judo-ichidai:
Abolishing prisons is a feminist issue.
How ‘bout quit doing crimes that would land you in these predicaments….just sayin
Millions of us everyday go to work, get paid, don’t commit crimes that would lead to our arrest.
I want a source on the $2k/year income statement. Because $40/week…surely not a US centered presentation…which begs the question where in the world do each of these claims come from?
I tried to reverse image search and got 2 pages of pintrest pages so yeah… Great, thanks for these in no way bias statistics tumblr user “all-cops-are-bastards-1312”
I need some evidence for these claims.
I think “prisons need reform” and “you shouldn’t commit crimes” aren’t mutually exclusive statements. I’m not one who believes just being in prison means you forfeit all human rights, especially when you’re imprisoned for non-violent crimes.But yeah some sources on this would be nice. It would also be nice if these “facts” weren’t overplayed on OITNB characters, instantly making it more difficult to take them seriously. And it would be even nicer if feminists would stop co-opting issues like prison reform and labeling them as “feminist issues” when nearly all men’s prisons have the same and sometimes greater problems.
black-girl-against-feminism: such-justice-wow: platypus-protection-syndicate: canoeboy: not-saltrat88: judo-ichidai: Abolishing priso...
America, cnn.com, and Crime: NEW STUDY DEBUNKS NARRATIVE THAT
MASS SHOOTINGS DON'T HAPPEN OUSIDE U.S.
Victims of Mass Shootings (4 or More Killed) by Country
Victims/100k population
0.06
0.06
>=0.15
0.33
>=1
Gray areas had no incidents or data was not available
97% of mass shootings between 1998
and 2012 occurred outside the U.S.
Unbiased America
HOW A BOTCHED STUDY MISLED THE WORLD ABOUT THE U.S. SHARE OF MASS PUBLIC SHOOTINGS
By Kevin Ryan
In 2015, President Obama made a claim following a mass shooting that has since become a widely accepted narrative: “I say this every time we’ve got one of these mass shootings; this just doesn’t happen in other countries… We have a pattern now of mass shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world.”
The White House followed up the assertion by pointing to a then-unpublished paper by criminologist Adam Lankford claiming that the United States had 31% of public mass shooters between 1966 and 2012, despite having less than 5% of the world population. It concluded that our high rate of firearm ownership was to blame.
The press ate it up. “Americans make up about 4.4% of the global population but own 42% of the world’s guns. From 1966 to 2012, 31% of the gunmen in mass shootings worldwide were American, according to a study by Adam Lankford, a professor at the University of Alabama.” reported the New York Times. The Washington Post: “American exceptionalism and the ‘exceptionally American’ problem of mass shootings”. Time magazine: “Why the US has 31% of the World’s Mass Shootings”. CNN: “Why the US has the most mass shootings”. The Los Angeles Times - “Why the U.S. is No. 1—in mass shootings”. Similar stories were published in hundreds of outlets around the world.
And they’re all wrong.
New research indicates that, not only does America not have the most mass shootings, we actually have far fewer as a percent of our population than the rest of the world. The study finds that, despite having 4.6% of the world’s population and 40% of the world’s firearms, just 2.88% of the world’s mass shootings take place here.
Researchers used the same criteria that the original paper purported to use: a mass shooting which killed four or more victims in public places such as malls, schools, places of worship, businesses, government buildings, etc., motivated by hate or terror or crime etc. They excluded shootings that resulted from gang or drug violence or were the government sponsored (ie. war).
Unlike the original paper, which only used an FBI database and a search of english language websites, the new research used multiple crime databases, Nexis, and media searches for mass shootings, and hired people who spoke Chinese, French, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and other languages to scour international sources.
Their findings obliterate the narrative that mass shootings are a uniquely American problem.
Mass shootings between 1998 to 2012:
• United States: 43
• The rest of the world: 1,448
In other words, just 2.9% of mass shootings happen in America. 97.1% of them happen elsewhere.
Some of the countries that have higher rates of mass shootings than America include Finland, Norway, Russia, Israel, Yugoslavia, and Slovakia. 57 in all. 61 countries have more killed per capita in mass shootings than the U.S. And since the paper only looked at up to 2012, it doesn’t include the more recent terror related mass shootings that would likely put France and other European countries on the list.
As for why the original paper that claimed 31% of mass shootings happened in the U.S. was so off isn’t known, because, incredibly, its author refuses to share his data with researchers or the media.
And yet it’s been the basis of so much uncritical media coverage, and continues to be the widely cited to this day.
The new study thoroughly debunks its methods, here: https://poseidon01.ssrn.com/delivery.php?ID=269126002097094117099097073097081068122032049015054052117086127094066078121116113101033022034012040098112080068108119121118115111029057079021093027067064066100027053073116123005071023070021087026115070031105064116090004118077022121116117125118103&EXT=pdf
SOURCES: http://national.suntimes.com/national-world-news/7/72/2212215/obama-paris-mass-shootings-dont-happen-countries
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/09/01/study-claiming-us-is-home-one-third-mass-shooters-worldwide-debunked-figure-less-than-3-percent.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/world/americas/mass-shootings-us-international.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/08/27/american-exceptionalism-and-the-exceptionally-american-problem-of-mass-shootings/
http://time.com/4007909/gun-violence-mass-shootings/
https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/27/health/u-s-most-mass-shootings/index.html
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-united-states-mass-shooting-20150824-story.html
HOW A BOTCHED STUDY MISLED THE WORLD ABOUT THE U.S. SHARE OF MASS PUBLIC SHOOTINGS By Kevin Ryan In 2015, President Obama made a claim foll...
Books, Fake, and Anonymous: I just cannot state strongly enough
how totally dishonest much of the
media is. Truth doesn't matter to them,
they only have their hatred & agenda.
This includes fake books, which come
out about me all the time, always
anonymous sources, and are pure
fiction. Enemy of the People!
У @realDonaldTrump
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I just cannot state strongly enough how totally DISHONEST much of the media is. Enemy of the People!
I just cannot state strongly enough how totally DISHONEST much of the media is. Enemy of the People!
Donald Trump, Memes, and News: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
"In China, you
have some pretty
big companies
sending that
garbage and
killing our people
It's almost a form
of warfare
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NEWS
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President Donald Trump on Thursday urged Attorney General Jeff Sessions to investigate foreign sources of fentanyl that he said are "killing our people."
President Donald Trump on Thursday urged Attorney General Jeff Sessions to investigate foreign sources of fentanyl that he said are "killing...
Apple, Charlie, and Memes: AT&T Wi-Fi
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Apple is getting a new show
from the stars of 'It's Always
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Apple has purchased Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day's
new comedy series, sources familiar with the matter said.
The 30-minute scripted series series will be about working
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This is the first time McElhenney and Day have worked
together since starring in "It's Always Sunny in
Philadelphia."
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This sounds interesting. Will watch.
This sounds interesting. Will watch.
9/11, Africa, and America: PERSPECTIVE
Asia 74.9% 11
Africa 16.4%
Straws
Rest of the world 8.1%)
U.S
0.6%
THE U.S. IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR JUST 0.6% OF PLASTIC
WASTE IN THE OCEAN
AND STRAWS MAKE UP
JUST 0.02% OF PLASTIC
WASTE IN THE U.S.
Unbiased America
THE NEXT TIME SOMEONE SHAMES YOU FOR USING A PLASTIC STRAW, SHOW THEM THIS
By Kevin Ryan
More and more restaurants in America are banning straws. They were targeted after a 2015 video of a straw lodged in a sea turtle’s nose went viral and brought attention to the problem of plastic pollution in the oceans.
But straws in America are not the problem. 9 million tons of plastic that are estimated to enter the ocean each year, some of which breaks down into micro-plastics and leech into the stomachs and flesh of sea creatures. Just 0.6% of that comes from America. And straws account for just 0.02% of American plastic waste.
Meaning U.S. straws account for 0.00012% of the problem.
The real culprit behind the plastic that’s poisoning ocean wildlife is uncollected litter and ocean dumping by poorer coastal countries that lack developed waste management systems.
So next time you reach for a straw and someone tells you that you’re responsible for the problem of plastic in the ocean, you can tell them that they’re 99.99988% wrong.
SOURCES:
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/347/6223/768
https://reason.com/blog/2018/07/12/starbucks-straw-ban-will-see-the-company
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-science-amount-straws-plastic-pollution.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-06-07/plastic-straws-aren-t-the-problem
https://www.wsj.com/articles/which-countries-create-the-most-ocean-trash-1423767676
THE NEXT TIME SOMEONE SHAMES YOU FOR USING A PLASTIC STRAW, SHOW THEM THIS By Kevin Ryan More and more restaurants in America are banning s...
Driving, Money, and Music: N THE HOSPITAL
EXCLUSIVE
TEKASHI69
PISTOL WHIPPED,
KIDNAPPED, ROBBED AND
HOSPITALIZED
Tekashi 6ix9ine was kidnapped, pistol whipped, robbed and is now currently in the hospital. - TMZ reports.
Sources close to Tekashi tell us, the rapper was working on a music video in Brooklyn early Sunday morning and at around 4AM he wrapped for the night and drove home. We're told when he got there another car pulled up and blocked his driveway.
Our sources say that's when 3 hooded gunmen got out of the other car, grabbed Tekashi and pistol whipped him ... knocking him unconscious.
We're told the next thing Tekashi knew, he was in the back seat of the car as the gunmen were driving around, telling him if they didn't get what they wanted from him -- jewelry and money -- they would kill him.
Our sources say a short time later, the gunmen pulled up to Tekashi's home and 2 of them made their way inside as the third guarded 69 inside the vehicle.
We're told the gunmen took around $750k in jewelry and between $15k and $20k in cash. While all this was happening, Tekashi's baby mama and daughter were inside the house but not hurt.
That wasn't the end of it. We're told the gunmen then drove away with Tekashi still in the back seat. At some point 69 was able to open the back door and jumped out. One of the gunmen began chasing him but got scared and retreated because he was afraid he'd be ID'd.
Our sources say Tekashi jumped in the passenger seat of a stranger's vehicle and pleaded for help. The stranger called 911 and then asked 69 to get out of the car at an intersection.
An ambulance came and Tekashi was taken to a hospital, where he remains. Doctors are performing various tests, including a CT scan” 😳😩🙏 Via (TMZ)
Tekashi 6ix9ine was kidnapped, pistol whipped, robbed and is now currently in the hospital. - TMZ reports. Sources close to Tekashi tell ...
cnn.com, Donald Trump, and Fake: FINAL NUMBERS IN
POPULAR VOTE TAUMP: 62.972,226 VS CLINTON 62.277,750
ELECTORALCOLLEGE VOTE TRUMP 306 VS CLINTON 2312
TAUMP WON POPULAR AND ELECTORAL
Well well, looky here! CrookedHillary didn't win the popular vote after all! I bet we don't here about this from CNN, MSNBC, or the other left-wing mainstream news outlets. - Here are my sources: Fake news is the believe that Hillary won the popular vote because leftist google search. SOURCES https:-www.washingtontimes.com-news-2017-jun-19-noncitizen-illegal-vote-number-higher-than-estimat- Its investigation found that Virginia removed more than 5,500 noncitizens from voter lists, including 1,852 people who had cast more than 7,000 ballots. The people volunteered their status, most likely when acquiring driver’s licenses. The Public Interest Legal Foundation said there are likely many more illegal voters on Virginia’s rolls who have never admitted to being noncitizen HOUSTON, TX. – November 27, 2016: True the Vote (TTV), the nation's leading voters’ rights and election integrity organization, today released a statement with respect to President-Elect Donald Trump’s claim that “millions” of individuals illegally voted in the 2016 Election. “True the Vote absolutely supports President-elect Trump’s recent comment about the impact of illegal voting, as reflected in the national popular vote. We are still collecting data and will be for several months, but our intent is to publish a comprehensive study on the significant impact of illegal voting in all of its many forms and begin a national discussion on how voters, states, and the Trump Administration can best address this growing problem.” True the Vote (TTV) is an IRS-designated 501(c)(3) voters’ rights organization, founded to inspire and equip voters for involvement at every stage of our electoral process. TTV empowers organizations and individuals across the nation to actively protect the rights of legitimate voters, regardless of their political party affiliation. For more information, please visit www.truethevote.org. https:-truethevote.org-news https:-www.justfactsdaily.com-substantial-numbers-of-non-citizens-vote-illegally-in-u-s-elections- https:-www.investors.com-politics-editorials-did-votes-by-noncitizens-cost-trump-the-2016-popular-vote-sure-looks-that-way-
Well well, looky here! CrookedHillary didn't win the popular vote after all! I bet we don't here about this from CNN, MSNBC, or the other le...
![Bitch, Energy, and Facts: Gov. Mike Huckabee >
@GovMikeHuckabee
Hillary tweeted, "Q for Trump
as he meets Putin: Do U know
which team you play for?
@POTUS never accepted
$500K dollars for 1speech
from Russian bank, taken
$140m for his foundation from
Russian sources, or sold Russia
1/5 of US uranium supply
Which team are YOU on,
Hillary?
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<blockquote><p><a href="https://coolmanfromthepast.tumblr.com/post/175964736161/skypig357-coolmanfromthepast-skypig357" class="tumblr_blog">coolmanfromthepast</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://skypig357.tumblr.com/post/175964027316/coolmanfromthepast-skypig357" class="tumblr_blog">skypig357</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="https://coolmanfromthepast.tumblr.com/post/175963844401/skypig357-coolmanfromthepast" class="tumblr_blog">coolmanfromthepast</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://skypig357.tumblr.com/post/175963781086/coolmanfromthepast-cutthroatbouquet" class="tumblr_blog">skypig357</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="https://coolmanfromthepast.tumblr.com/post/175963500406/cutthroatbouquet-conservative-heaven" class="tumblr_blog">coolmanfromthepast</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://cutthroatbouquet.tumblr.com/post/175960230243/conservative-heaven" class="tumblr_blog">cutthroatbouquet</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="https://conservative-heaven.tumblr.com/post/175956400049/httpsmobiletwittercomcolumbiabuglestatus101" class="tumblr_blog">conservative-heaven</a>:</p><blockquote>
<p><a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1018885283914248192">https://mobile.twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1018885283914248192</a></p>
<p>Crooked</p>
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<p style="">WRECKED<br/></p></blockquote>
<h2>Think about it, folks…the Clintons have accepted a BILLION FUCKING DOLLARS FROM RUSSIA.</h2></blockquote>
<p>And Trump was absolutely pathetic today and said the US was partially to blame for Russia interfering with our elections. Guy will slam any ally country and their leader and pull no punches, but was a little bitch today when faced with an adversarial nation. </p><p>Btw, Clinton didn’t sell the uranium. It wasn’t hers. Jesus shit. The Clinton’s don’t have uranium in their fridge to sell. </p></blockquote>
<p>No, she didn’t sell her uranium. She authorized the sale of ours. In exchange, Bill received 500 million dollars for a single speech.</p></blockquote>
<p>No. Not her. A committee. </p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/14/hillary-clinton-uranium-one-deal-russia-explainer-244895">https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/14/hillary-clinton-uranium-one-deal-russia-explainer-244895</a></p><p>“As PolitiFact has laid out in great detail, there is no direct evidence of a quid pro quo among Clinton, the State Department, Rosatom and the Clinton Foundation donors with ties to Uranium One. Clinton has repeatedly denied any involvement in the State Department’s approval of the Uranium One sale, insisting that such approval was granted at lower levels of the department and would not have crossed the secretary’s desk.</p><p>Jose Fernandez, who was the assistant secretary of state for economic, energy and business affairs when the Uranium One deal was approved, told the Times that Clinton “never intervened with me on any [Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States] matter.“</p><p>Beyond the State Department, eight other government agencies approved the Uranium One sale.”</p></blockquote>
<p>Sorry, not buying it. The Clintons need to be thoroughly investigated, because they’re firty as hell. </p><p><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/07/18/hillary-clinton-sided-with-russia-on-sanctions-as-bill-made-500g-on-moscow-speech.html">http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/07/18/hillary-clinton-sided-with-russia-on-sanctions-as-bill-made-500g-on-moscow-speech.html</a></p></blockquote>
<p>I’m not a fan of hers but you can’t change facts to suit your taste. She didn’t sell uranium. Was a committee </p><p>And she’s been investigated over her emails and Benghazi so far. What else you want investigated? You need specific charges to investigate. “Dirty as hell” isn’t a charge </p></blockquote>](https://pics.astrologymemes.com/gov-mike-huckabee->-govmikehuckabee-hillary-tweeted-q-for-trump-34776658.png)
America, Facts, and Memes: ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS
APPLAUD STARBUCKS
NEW STRAWLESS LIDS!!!
The new lids use more plastic
than the old lid/straw combo
Unbiased
America
THE MISGUIDED WAR ON STRAWS
By Kevin Ryan
After Seattle imposed the country’s first ban on plastic straws earlier this month, Starbucks announced it would eliminate straws franchise-wide, replacing them with a new “sippy cup” style lid that doesn’t utilize a straw. The move has earned praise from environmental activists, who are calling for more companies to follow suit.
But here’s the thing. The new lids actually use more plastic than the old lid and straw combination. The old lid and straw contained 3.55 grams of plastic. The new lid contains 4.11 grams of plastic.
It seems the law of unintended consequences has struck again.
What’s more, all the celebrity activism and political legislation ignores one basic fact. Straws are not the problem. They were targeted after a 2015 video of a straw lodged in a sea turtle’s nose went viral and brought attention to the problem of plastic pollution in the oceans. But the focus on straws is completely misguided. Straws account for just 2,000 tons of the nine MILLION tons of plastic that are estimated to enter the ocean each year, which can break down into micro-plastics and leech into the stomachs and flesh of sea creatures.
In other words, anti-straw activists are focusing their efforts on just 0.02% of the plastic pollution problem.
And it’s not even U.S. waste that’s causing the majority of the problem. The United States, which has one of the best waste management industries in the world, is responsible for just 1% of plastic waste entering the oceans. Instead, the real culprit behind the plastic that’s poisoning ocean wildlife is uncollected litter and ocean dumping by poorer coastal countries that lack developed waste management systems.
But facts won’t stop virtue signaling activists from calling for a ban on yet another item in their never ending quest to show how environmentally conscious they are… while ignoring 99.98% of the actual problem.
SOURCES: https://reason.com/blog/2018/07/12/starbucks-straw-ban-will-see-the-company
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-recycling-problems-california-20180709-story.html
https://phys.org/news/2018-04-science-amount-straws-plastic-pollution.html
THE MISGUIDED WAR ON STRAWS By Kevin Ryan After Seattle imposed the country’s first ban on plastic straws earlier this month, Starbucks ann...