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Al Gore has turned the corner: The former vice president is no longer using his charts to explain why the climate crisis is real. He's using them to explain why the fossil fuel industry can't be trust (heated.world)
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[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 year ago (3 children)

We lost 20 years because of Bush v Gore. It's infuriating.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The supreme court decided that election along party lines.

The supreme court is now more conservative than they were back then.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More like Supreme Court Injustices, amirite?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

More like supreme cunts. Are we right?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Maybe that's what you'd call corrupt, partisan, bribe-ridden anti American pieces of shit... Guess I'd call them that too

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There was also that time JFK and his brother tried to end the anti-science, anti-solar-thermal misinformation campaign funded by GE with actor Ronald Reagan as its face in 1962.

That worked out super well.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Good lord. Is there anything Reagan didn't fuck up?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Well he managed to die

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I can't think of anything off hand.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

"Now I get to save the world with deadly lasers instead of deadly slideshows!" -Al Gore (circa 3012)

In all seriousness, good for him (and us!) The fossil fuel industry had the chance to change their tune.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Better late than never, but I stopped considering him a leader on anything after he caved to Bush. I do appreciate that he's tried to make up for his and his father's choices in the past, but the time for him to make a stand was 23 years ago - he could have single-handedly changed the course of history had he been resolute in pursuing the Presidency.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He didn't cave to bush, he could not have legally done anything. The supreme court has already decided so what was he supposed to do? Attempt a coup?

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

There are more than two options. Obviously.

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