Author: craigshields

This cartoon from “Bloper” presents humankind’s response to climate change thus far. Virtually every educated and intelligent person on Earth, including our scientists and our political leaders, understands that the temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans is rising, and …

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Outside of the fact that Liz Cheney and I both recognize that Donald Trump is a criminal sociopath, I would be surprised to learn that she and I have anything in common in our political and philosophical reckoning. Still, when …

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Here’s a great article on the moral imperative to address climate change.  Its point: “To be complacent about climate is … to endorse future human suffering on an almost inconceivable scale.” As we look back on 2023, the hottest year …

Re: Climate Change Mitigation, Our World Leaders Are Failing Miserably Read More »

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This made me laugh. Why on Earth would Fox put someone on the air who would make the Republicans come off  as so cowardly and treasonous? Don’t ask someone a question unless a) you know roughly what the answer will …

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Quoting the bible in an effort to expose Trump for the conman he is may not be effective, if only because there is no proof that excerpts, like this one from Romans, actually apply to the former president. Having said …

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From Thies Beckers, aka the “Atomic Jedi”: Lately in the Netherlands the anti-nukes have been using the “nuclear waste-heat causes climate change” canard. I wanted to know how much this was compared to the influence of carbon dioxide on the …

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I’m sure most 2GreenEnergy readers use reusable bags when they shop for groceries and avoid over-packaging. It’s hard to lower our eco-footprint beyond a certain point, but everyone should take the quick and easy steps.

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Though the meme may sound like good news for those of us who prefer democracy to authoritarianism, keep in mind that Trump supporters don’t seem to have the same concern about incoherent bullcrap as the rest of us. If Trump’s …

Trump May Be Failing Mentally, But That’s Probably Not Going to Matter Read More »

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I agree with the content of the meme here, but what makes it worth mentioning is how bizarre all this is.  The Republicans have backed themselves into a corner, armed only with lies, hate, abortion bans, criminality, while offering nothing …

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It looks like Reagan appointee Judge Royce Lamberth is pushing back on our “post-truth” world. Apparently, he’s old-school, from a time when facts mattered and we didn’t have entire “news” networks spreading utter hogs***.

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