John Kerry's daughter Vanessa Kerry asserts that the "climate crisis" is a "health crisis", going on to express concern that UN Agenda 2030 is "losing progress".

https://twitter.com/wideawake_media/status/1787046184273498592

No... 'physical condition... requiring medication'.

Doesn't read that way.

1. Do you have a doppelganger? (Has anyone ever told you that you look like someone who's "famous" or "infamous"? Do you agree/disagree?)

I was told a couple of times  that I looked like Sandra Locke (Clint Eastwood movies).  Not so sure I agree; but I guess I could look worse.



2. What's something you're kind of snobby about?

Snobby?  I don't see myself as snobby; though I've been told I can come across that way a couple of times.  Just stay the heck off my lawn! 

3. At what age did you consider yourself an adult?
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Oh boy ... do you mean people actually have to grow up?  I supported myself for the most part since I was thirteen ... but I got married, had children and well, the grandkids brought out the child in me again; water slides, go carts, pinball machines, state fairs, county fairs, playing board games, swinging on the swings, inflatable slides, legos, movie nights, tag, blowing bubbles, ice cream and more ice cream....

California bill could make it easier for large developers to ax iconic trees
By Alec Regimbal
May 3, 2024
SF Gate

A bill working its way through the California legislature would make it less burdensome for commercial and industrial developers to cut down Joshua trees, one of the state’s most iconic plants.

Existing law requires developers to pay a fee for each Joshua tree they remove unless they take certain steps to alleviate damage done to the environment. Enacted in 2023, the Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act also allows local governments to levy smaller fees for minor development projects.

But an assemblymember representing a broad swath of the Mojave Desert, where the trees grow, wants to make it easier to cut them down. Assembly Bill 2443, if passed, would let cities and counties offer the same benefits to developers looking to build larger “industrial projects and commercial projects.” ...

A legislative analysis of the bill said opponents believe the bill’s passage could result in the destruction of “hundreds” of trees in a single project. They also say, according to the analysis, that allowing large developers to pay smaller fees could decrease the money the state collects for conservation by “50% or more,” and that the Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act is so new that any changes would blunt its impact. ...