You may think that Big Oil may be at least pretending to get on board the concepts of climate change mitigation and the phasing out of fossil fuels in favor of low-carbon energy sources. You’d be wrong.
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The MAGA Base Is Thrilled with Trump’s Accomplishments–Even If They Don’t Really Exist
A lack of shame isn’t what prevents the Trump MAGA base from being embarrassed by the actions of their leader. Those who think at that level and believe everything that comes out of the president’s mouth are thrilled that the …
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Evaluating Trump
This from former Republican U.S representative Joe Walsh. And he’s right, what’s worse than Trump’s treasonous behavior is that the majority of congresspeople in both houses are unwilling to intercede. What’s arguably even worse than that is that almost half …
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Problems with Meat
No one denies that meat tastes (and smells) good. Anyone who will tell you, for instance, that frying bacon doesn’t smell incredibly good is lying. The problems are a) bacon is terrible for your health, b) animal husbandry is ruining …
Trump’s Mesmerizing Command Over His Supporters
At left is a reference to Trump’s amazing ability to convince his supporters of things that couldn’t possibly be true. Has the price of gasoline really fallen below $2 per gallon? Well, we could take a short drive and look …
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Qualifications for Trump’s Cabinet
Many Americans are wondering about the content of the meme here. Why exactly are Trump’s picks for important governmental positions so blatantly disqualified? Take Pete Hegseth as an example. Did Trump choose him specifically because he’s an alcoholic and former …
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Did the Human Brain Evolve for All This?
The cartoonist here makes an excellent point. In geologic time, it was just a few minutes ago that we were living in tribes, eating mastodon meat, and sleeping in caves. A few seconds ago, we had the Spanish Inquisition and …
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Is Bernie Sanders Correct about What Americans Are Learning?
The author of the meme here writes: Bernie is right. Under Trump, Americans are relearning the lesson we learned about the oligarchy during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for …
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Sodium Ion Batteries: Vapor?
Sodium-ion batteries have been around for about 30 years, and there are people who believe that a handful of developers may be close to commercializing this class of technologies. That said, if you have to tell us that your investment …
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The Many Costs of Climate Change
Of course the Trump administration will do anything in its power to bury the discussion about climate change and its terrible costs. But in the case of the shut-down of NOAA, we’re talking about the hard, direct costs like rebuilding …
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