• Trump declines to protect walruses
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Source: [url]https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pacific-walrus-trump-administration-endangered-species/[/url] [quote]The Trump administration announced Wednesday it will not list the Pacific walrus as a threatened species based on diminished Arctic Ocean sea ice, concluding that the marine mammals have adapted to the loss.[/quote]
If they go extinct, who takes the blame??? :thinking:
:why: [quote]The agency revised the decision based on new information, said Patrick Lemons[/quote] When life gives you Lemons, throw em' under the bus. The following is a good quick way to say why. [quote]Shaye Wolf, climate science director for the Center for Biological Diversity, who wrote the listing petition filed in 2008, called the decision "disgraceful." "Today's decision grossly misrepresents the science showing the walrus is threatened by climate change."[/quote] It's a simple matter of, "Does this study claim that climate change is the cause of X happening? Then it's a bogus study."
[QUOTE=J!NX;52747987]If they go extinct, who takes the blame??? :thinking:[/QUOTE] I expect the people who denied this sort of thing would simply turn around and blame those who presented the evidence for not making it "convincing enough" or some shit. I hope I'm wrong; it would be nice to see politicians admitting to mistakes, but that almost never happens.
Reminder, the arctic is a fragile, low-diversity ecosystem where a single species going extinct can be really damaging.
[QUOTE=Mort Stroodle;52748012]Reminder, the arctic is a fragile, low-diversity ecosystem where a single species going extinct can be really damaging.[/QUOTE] Walruses are also a keystone species I believe.
Normally I'm apathetic about Donald Trump's policies but this means war
[QUOTE=thepwnwar;52748033]Normally I'm apathetic about Donald Trump's policies but this means war[/QUOTE] watch out dude, if you're not careful you'll have the FBI investigating Facepunch again
[QUOTE=thepwnwar;52748033]Normally I'm apathetic about Donald Trump's policies but this means war[/QUOTE] The walrus is where you draw the line? Really? [I]Really?[/I]
Is this because Trump himself looks like a walrus [i]a very orange walrus[/i]
[QUOTE=TheNerdPest14;52747984]the marine mammals have adapted to the loss.[/QUOTE] I, what? Sorry, but fucking what?
[QUOTE=Paramud;52748503]I, what? Sorry, but fucking what?[/QUOTE] Less of them means more food for the rest! Adaption!
[QUOTE]concluding that the marine mammals have adapted to the loss.[/QUOTE] They've come to this conclusion based on what? Trump's dreams?
because saying yes would be admitting to climate change and it's problems "oh no it's okay they adapted, their population is still falling but nah they'll be fine" fucking spiffy
People devote their entire lives to this kind of research, only to have it dismissed at the wave of a hand by some bloated, willfully uninformed orange prick. How is this fair for anyone, let alone the animals and ecosystems that are going to suffer?
[QUOTE=sweetbro;52753636]People devote their entire lives to this kind of research, only to have it dismissed at the wave of a hand by some bloated, willfully uninformed orange prick. How is this fair for anyone, let alone the animals and ecosystems that are going to suffer?[/QUOTE] I hadn't even thought of people's life work being thrown out just because. That's even shittier now that you made me realize. :s:
[QUOTE=sweetbro;52753636]People devote their entire lives to this kind of research, only to have it dismissed at the wave of a hand by some bloated, willfully uninformed orange prick. How is this fair for anyone, let alone the animals and ecosystems that are going to suffer?[/QUOTE] Fair? The fuck kind of stupid socialist talk is this? [I]Fair[/I]? In [I]America[/I]? Maybe if Walruses weren't so fucking lazy they could pull their flipper straps up and get a fucking job? You know, maybe [I]contribute to society[/I] and [I]pay taxes[/I] so they don't have to rely on [I]government handouts[/I] to survive? I'm not paying my hard earned tax dollars to some [I]stinky[/I],[B]lazy[/B],[I][B]fat[/B][/I], [U][I][B]pile of blubber[/B][/I][/U] who doesn't even contribute to society. If they don't want to die in the streets maybe they should do something about it. This is [I]America[/I]. The [I]American Dream[/I] isn't all about getting all this [B]freedom[/B] for free! It's about having the [B]freedom[/B] to try and fail as many times as you want to make something for your self with your own two hands. Stop mooching and start working, entitled blubber sacks. Besides that who said these ice honkies can even properly conform to the American Culture? Their native culture is just so different, they're savages in comparison to us. If it were up to me they'd have to meet some pretty strict immigration guidelines before being allowed in. And only if they're from the good icebergs. Can't take the chance that some tusky terrorists get into the country and kill innocent children now can we? And that's if we don't just glass the whole arctic, which I'm not saying we should but maybe power is all they understand? When they say that don't care about their tusks you have to go after their herds. They care about their tusks, don't kid your self. You have to go after their herds. No but seriously, when the history books are written, this shit will either be conveniently glossed over like a good number of America's wrong doings or it'll be a massive embarrassment for their children. If there even are children.
[QUOTE=Paramud;52748503]I, what? Sorry, but fucking what?[/QUOTE] Walruses have evolved beyond banning for loss in LMBO (laughing my blubber off) Pics.
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