Good news: Illinois will be spared when the world ends

[mystery-ak]

Good news: Illinois will be spared when the world ends
by David Freddoso
 | January 23, 2019 05:00 PM



J.B. Pritzker, the new governor of Illinois, has begun his reign with the symbolic signing of his state back on to the Paris climate agreement:

It means Illinois will abide by the Paris agreement that aims at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions by up to 28 percent by 2025. Former President Barack Obama signed the U.S. onto the Paris accord in 2016 but President Donald Trump withdrew months later.

Pritzker's order also directs the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to monitor the Trump administration's environmental proposals and look for ways to "protect Illinoisans from environmental harm."


This means Illinois will be spared when the world ends in 12 years, right? Well, no, I'm afraid it doesn't work that way. But if you do especially want Illinois to be spared for some reason, perhaps it will at least make you feel better about yourself.

Paris was a nonbinding agreement. More importantly, its terms would not be nearly ambitious enough to save the world, were its continued existence truly threatened as some contend.

[mystery-ak]

I still have hope a meteor smashes into Springfield

[dfwgator]

I still have hope a meteor smashes into Springfield

If it hits how could you tell?

[the_doc]

@mystery-ak

I still have hope a meteor smashes into Springfield

Not much chance of that, but be of good cheer:  the "odds" are very good that the governor will wind up in jail.

[roamer_1]

 Illinoisians  ???

 

[the_doc]

Illinoisians  ???

 

Illinoisans (leave out the last "i") are the residents of Illinois, not to be confused with Illini (members of an Indian tribe, made famous by the "Fighting Illini").

[roamer_1]

When I was last there it was Illini. But then that was better than three decades ago. Last I went back was for my honeymoon.

So is it 'Illinoiyans' then?

I certainly knew it was not Illi-noisy-ans.

[LMAO]

Illinois has bigger immediate problems that a meteor or climate change

[berdie]

Illinois has bigger immediate problems that a meteor or climate change

I used to go to southern Ill when I was a kid to visit relatives...and get me out of my parent's hair, lol.

On a whim a couple of years ago, I looked up the small town they lived in. It was a coal mining town.  It is now a ghost town....the same with the surrounding towns that I can remember.

[andy58-in-nh]

The bad news is that Illinois' ex-governors will no longer have any car owners for whom to make license plates.

[Wingnut]

The bad news is that Illinois' ex-governors will no longer have any car owners for whom to make license plates.

Hopefully this one will join them in the prison work shop.

[mystery-ak]

Hopefully this one will join them in the prison work shop.

He was good buddies with Blago and *rumored* to be willing to pay off Blago for Senate seat...there was a tape of the two talking about it and played for the voters..but the voters voted his fat ass into the Gov mansion....