{"id":257493,"date":"2017-12-11T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=257493"},"modified":"2017-12-12T15:46:58","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T20:46:58","slug":"rush-247-morning-update-the-polar-bears-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2017\/12\/11\/rush-247-morning-update-the-polar-bears-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush 24\/7 Morning Update: The Polar Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Over the weekend, the UK Guardian ran a story that went viral. It included a \u201csoul-crushing\u201d video of a starving polar bear that supposedly proves there\u2019s a global warming crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The video is sad. It shows an emaciated bear trying to rummage for food. A \u201cconservation group\u201d recorded it this summer in Canada\u2019s Arctic region. Photographer Paul Nicklen said: \u201cMy entire Sea Legacy team was pushing through their tears and emotions while documenting this dying polar bear. This is what starvation looks like! It\u2019s a slow painful death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The filmmakers blamed global warming. They said as \u201ctemperatures rise and sea ice melts,\u201d polar bears can\u2019t find their main food source: Seals.<\/p>\n<p>Wait. Instead of crying, why not help the bear? \u201cOf course, that crossed my mind,\u201d says Nicklen. But he didn\u2019t have 400 pounds of seal meat handy. Besides, he says, \u201cthere was no saving this individual bear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-241581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/00-Rush-Morning-Update-2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"137\">Well, here are the facts: Polar bears are not starving en masse; they\u2019re thriving. Another news item two weeks ago documented 200 fat and happy polar bears in the Russian arctic feasting on a whale carcass. The worldwide polar bear population is stable. It\u2019s even increasing in places like Alaska.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody knows why this bear didn\u2019t make it. It could have been sick, which happens in nature. But we do know this: A \u201csoul-crushing\u201d video blaming global warming is total BS, and these people didn\u2019t have the courage to save a starving beast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Polar bears are not starving en masse; they\u2019re thriving. Another news item two weeks ago documented 200 fat and happy polar bears in the Russian arctic feasting on a whale carcass. 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