Re: Shell Oil, Mother Jones reports: Shell’s profits have climbed to $14 billion for the first half of 2024 after its decision to focus on fossil fuels over low-carbon energy delivered stronger than expected earnings for a second consecutive quarter. …
From Mother Jones: Shell Is Doubling Down on Fossil Fuels. We’re Paying the Price Read More »
Most of us would agree that Trump and his support base are “weird,” in the sense that everything these people stand for: the pathological hatred of immigrants, the rejection of science, the peeling back of human rights, etc., represent giant …
Is Trumpism “Weird?” Or Is It Perhaps Even Worse? Read More »
Come November we will have the answer to a very important question: What percentage of “56-year-old gun-owning country folks” think like this guy? My guess: it’s not huge, but it’s big enough to get the job done.
Chris Murphy, senator from Connecticut, is a progressive with a great future ahead of him, if we can prevent this country from slipping into autocracy. What on Earth was Fox News thinking when they decided to let Murphy come on …
This is a discussion we come across frequently. What type of person both follows the teachings of Christ and supports Donald Trump, a man completely devoid of mercy and compassion for others? The answer, of course, is that for some, …
Should you be investing in the tech that converts excess CO2 in the air into sustainable transportation fuels? Well, that suggests that there is such a technology and that this company owns it. Neither is the case. If there is …
For the vast majority of Americans who can’t read music, the left- and right-most signs in the meme here are what are called “repeats,” I.e., read it once, then repeat it, so forth, in perpetuity. There are many excellent reasons …
As a scientist who spent her life studying animals, Jane Goodall and her comment here should hit home for many of us. Why we slaughter some animals and not others is a matter of freakish chance.
I have to confess that I have a terrible case of this “disease.” It’s incurable, but there are two keys to managing it: Silence, i.e., minding one’s own business and keeping these thoughts to oneself. Patience, i.e., recognizing that lousy …
From a reader: Back in the day, there used to be the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) and FCC (Federal Communications Commission) who policed such things as false advertising. When was the last time you even heard about those groups, much …
