Seattle Post-Intelligencer: In Christian theology, the four weeks of Advent mark the start of the church year and comprise a time of preparation and waiting for the Nativity of Christ. Early 21st century politics have dictated a temporal use for the Christmas-New Year’s season. With public attention directed away, bureaucrats and plutocrats find this the ideal time to sucker punch the environment. At a news conference held at 6:30 p.m. EST Wednesday, as nightly news programs went off the air on the East …