I’m reminded of the time then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo challenged NPR’s Harvard/Cambridge educated Mary Louise Kelly, arguably the most senior news broadcast journalist in the nation, to identify Ukraine on an unmarked globe. What a boob.
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Surprise: Stacey Abrams Knows a Little Bit About the Georgia Voter Supression Bill
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The EV Adoption Curve
Here’s a recent edition of the PBS News Hour, covering the part of U.S. President Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan that promotes electric transportation. According to the piece, the path to getting the replacement of internal combustion engines is not …
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1440 Is an “Impartial” Daily Newsletter
I just signed up to receive a daily e-newsletter called 1440 whose ad reads: Overwhelmed By Opinion Disguised As Fact, And Relentless Clickbait? 1440 provides an impartial view of what’s happening in the world so our readers can form their own …
This Guy Says Liberals Are Better Informed
Whoever created this meme got it right–in the main. The reason we had four years of Donald Trump isn’t our 614 billionaires; it’s our 74 million people, many of whom are undereducated, who are easy marks for a talented conman, …
It’s a 3800 Km Cable, and That’s No Fable
Here’s news on an ambitious plan to transmit 10.5 gigawatts of electrical power 3800 kilometers undersea from a huge solar and wind farm in Morocco to the UK. Even at the high voltages contemplated, the company building the link estimates …
CleanTech and the Job Market
From this piece on jobs and the environment: President Biden announced a goal to cut carbon emissions in half by 2030 – and the Biden administration says its $2.25 trillion American Jobs Plan will help the country achieve Biden’s climate …
Attempting To Overthrow the U.S. Government Doesn’t Make You a Chick Magnet
If you’re one of the Proud Boys who stormed the Capitol on January 6th in an act of insurrection, there is no doubt that there are other right-wing extremists who think you’re pretty cool for what you did. But that …
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CO2 Removal
Here’s an article in The New Yorker on the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, a subject which, some argue, is 100% vital to the continuation of the human civilization. As we all know, the concentration of CO2 hasn’t …
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Terminating Friendships
On the surface, the meme here makes sense. Who wants to terminate a friendship based on a difference of opinion? Well, it depends on what we mean by “opinion.” If we disagree with matters of taste, e.g., art, music, and …
Be Very Afraid: The Green New Deal Would Destroy The American Energy Industry
Well isn’t that a goddamn shame? It was less than three months ago that Ted Cruz’s home state of Texas suffered a major power crisis, resulting in shortages of water, food, and heat. More than 4.5 million homes and businesses …
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