Here’s a story of the Spanish power behemoth Iberdrola and how they intend to “turbocharge” the world economy with a skyrocketing growth curve in renewable energy, after the core of the coronavirus is behind us. We’d all love to see …
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Analyzing the Coronavirus
IMO, understanding the full impact and severity of the coronavirus is not an exact science. Here’s how I regard this, given the stats in the U.S. as shown here (as of 1 PM PST, April 10, 2020: Cases 492,995 Recovered …
Our Energy Inputs and Outputs
Here’s a great article with an extremely meaningful graphic, analyzing each of our sources of energy in terms of where and how it’s used and how much of it is wasted along the way. Fossil fuels, of course, are inherently …
Joe Biden To Bernie Sanders Supporters: “I Know I Have To Earn Your Vote.”
Joe, uh, no you don’t. In fact, you can’t. You don’t reflect our values, and we’d prefer that you not pretend otherwise. But almost every one of us will vote for you, for the precise reason that (American humorist) David …
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The Economy Is Not the Stock Market
The meme here comes from former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich. What does it mean? Well, at a minimum, it shows that the stock market and the financial well-being of the common American have absolutely no bearing on one another. …
“A Free Society Depends on a Vibrant Religious Life Among the People?”
This seems like a bizarre assertion, even from William Barr, a man with no more allegiance to the truth than his boss. Let’s look at the charts below and ask ourselves: Do the people of the Deep South (living in …
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Off-Topic, But Necessary to Keep It Light in Bad Times, Here’s “There Will Be COVID”
Those who remember the 2007 film “There Will Be Blood” will get a charge out of this parody, made by my extremely talented friend, actor, impressionist, artist and comedian Jim Meskimen. I’m guessing that he wrote this and tweaked it …
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The New Yorker’s Andy Borowitz: Amazing
Borowitz wields an amazing level of talent. We all have access to the same current events, but only one guy was able to weave these two together. So brilliant.
News Flash: Trump Doesn’t Like Oversight
Here’s a conversation about Trump’s firing the Inspector General overseeing the new Pandemic Response Accountability Committee. Jeff is a friend from my school days. Jeff: President Trump fired another Inspector General today.
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Bernie Pulls Out of Presidential Race
We love you, Bernie, but this is the right thing to do. We will have another chance to pull the U.S. into the modern world politically, but we won’t escape massive damage to our democracy, our environment, and everything else …
