U.S. Supreme Justice Thurgood Marshall left us with this: In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute. Perhaps it’s this failure to “recognize the humanity of our fellow beings” that lies at the core …
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Recognizing Our Common Humanity
Tagged with: cruelty at the U.S. southern border, environmental degradation for profit, let us ignore the needs of others, life without parole prison sentences for juvenile offenders, our failure to provide healthcare quality education and other life essentials to all, recognize the humanity of our fellow beings, Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Justices, unbridled capitalism
Yes, Wind Energy Has Its Own Carbon Footprint
Climate deniers and renewable energy skeptics frequently point out that wind and solar have their own carbon footprints, and that these numbers are either totally unknown or astronomically high. The first part of this is true, to be sure. There …
Trump In Legal Jeopardy
Regarding the indictment against the Trump Organization and its CFO, a reader notes: It’s a corporation. Anyway, it’s a flimsy charge. Everyone does this kind of thing. They need better charges. As much as I want to see the justice …
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ExxonMobil CEO Apologizes After Covert Recording of Key Lobbyist Reveals Oil Behemoth’s Battle Against Climate Legislation
As presented in the article linked here, a senior ExxonMobil lobbyist has been captured on camera claiming that the oil giant is waging a secret war on climate change legislation. The covert recordings was filmed by Greenpeace UK. Did anyone …
Tagged with: Exxon became aware more than 40 years ago that its business practice would soon cause extreme long-term environmental damage, Exxon CEO Darren Woods apologizes, Exxon concealed those finding until it is possibly too late turn all this around, Exxon waging a secret war on climate change legislation, ExxonMobil lobbyist, the only planet we have
A Michigan Republican State Senator Spent Eight Months Searching for Election Fraud: Here’s What He Found
From The Atlantic: A Republican state senator who chairs the Oversight Committee, had released a report detailing his eight-month-long investigation into the legitimacy of the 2020 election. The stakes could hardly have been higher. Against a backdrop of confusion and suspicion …
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The Intractable Issue with Plastic Waste
The civilization is doing a terrible job with respect to plastic waste. Some people remain unaware of the issue, and most of the people who understand it are unwilling to alter their lifestyles accordingly. Compounding the problem is that the …
Roger Waters Insults Pigs Everywhere
Hard to come across something like this and not laugh. I like the subtlety. Seriously, Roger doesn’t need assertiveness training, does he?
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The Right Wing’s Ever Evolving Narrative
I had a sad realization during a phone call with my mom the other day. She’s a lifelong conservative, sharp as a tack at 95, and unsurprisingly, a Fox News devotee. Occasionally the topic turns to politics, and I love the …
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Message To a Climate Skeptic
Reader and climate skeptic Jim Kalergis writes: I spent well over 100 hours studying “climate change” and came away with this: There’s science, and there’s SCIENCE. Climate Science is where the medical profession was back in the good old days …
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Demons Be Gone, and Take Voter Suppression With You
If it seems that all the news in today’s world is bad, check this out. Apparently, the U.S. Justice Department isn’t enabling a certain political party to create and enforce voter suppression laws. Apparently the 14th and 15th Amendments to …
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