Title: Snakes and Snails
Fandom/Characters: Harry Potter; Teddy Lupin & Ron Weasley
Rating/Warnings: mild child-centric sap
Word Count: 225
A/N: A follow-up to my drabble Sugar and Spice, as requested by merryb87 for this meme.

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The climate conspiracy theory, in a nutshell:

1. A talented, motivated, highly mathematically able individual spends something on the order of a decade or more as a lowly, poor undergraduate, graduate student, and postdoc to obtain the “climate scientist union card”.

2. Upon attainment of this certification, said individual can try to find an academic professorship or civil service research position, most of which make far less money than any entry level stock analyst.

3. It apparently never occurred to this highly mathematically inclined individual that for a fraction of the time in school they could land a job on Wall Street making an order of magnitude more than any academic position as a low level starting salary.

4. Being angry at “capitalism” for some nebulous, inadequately explained reason, said individual concocts an elaborate, decades long plan along with numerous other individuals all around the world, which is all kept super secret, to convince people that human activity is making the atmosphere retain more heat over time which will have damaging environmental effects over time, the most serious of which would not be seen until after said individuals are dead.

5. After having to push and prod bureaucratic institutions and public opinion against much much better funded and hysterical opposition for years, they will stand to make assloads of cash, again through some nebulous, inadequately explained process.

I found #1 particularly amusing.

Feeling rather melancholy today (and not at all brave) at the news that Mary Travers has died.

If I'm a socialist-pacifist leftie today it is due in no small part to listening to Peter, Paul and Mary when I was growing up. I remember listening to Where Have All the Flowers Gone and thinking how sad it was. Then there was Blowin' in the Wind, If I Had a Hammer, and of course, Puff. Trust me when I say that Peter, Paul and Mommy remains the best children's album of all time.

It's amazing to me that these three people remained together, throughout the turbulent 60s and beyond, making music on-and-off for 40 years. They never lost their respect or their love for one another (probably because they never slept with one another...). In fact, Paul Stookey's The Wedding Song (There is Love) was written as a wedding present for Peter Yarrow. They were just genuinely nice people who wanted to make a difference in the world, whether it was the Civil Rights movement, the Viet Nam war, or nuclear proliferation.

Rest in peace, Mary. You will be missed.

Looks like carnivalgirl and I were on the same wavelength today.

This little piece of Lupin family fluff goes out to sspring92, in honor of her birthday. Hope this helps brighten your day, hon.

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The Arctic's geological record indicates warming is human-caused -- latimes.com

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No one should die because they cannot afford health care, and no one should go broke because they get sick. In the words of the immortal Charles Dickens,

"Business!" cried the ghost, wringing his hands again. "Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence were all my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"

h/t The Left Coaster