As we’ve discussed more than a few times here, rebuilding Earth’s trees is one of two things this civilization can do in its attempt to ensure its continued existence. Stopping deforestation in the Amazon sounds like an impossible task, but …
Author: craigshields
“Smart Water”
Something inside me recoils when I see people coming out of (enormous American retail chain) Costco with cases of bottled water.
Tagged with: bottled water, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards, plastic its way into our food system as microplastics, plastic killing marine life, plastic washing around with the ocean currents, plastic will be around of hundreds or perhaps thousands of years, quality of tap water in the United States is generally good
American Divisiveness
Yes, American society is polarized, and yes, that’s not ideal. But keep in mind that 100 randomly chosen U.S. voters could look at the meme here and almost half of them would say, “Sure I can imagine that. Anything Trump …
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Chilling, Yet Startlingly Beautiful Statement of Fact
I have very little to add here, as this statement speaks for itself. It comes from David Pressman who, per Wikipedia, was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs. He was nominated by President Obama, …
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Tagged with: Alexander Vindman
Meat Wars
As anyone could have predicted, the meat industry (through its innocuous-sounding front group “Center for Consumer Freedom”), spend $5 million on a Super Bowl ad in an attempt to dissuade viewers from trying The Impossible Burger or Beyond Meat. What …
Baffling Why Election Hacking Is Tolerated
All 17 U.S. intelligence agencies agree that Russia hacked the 2016 election in favor of Trump, and plan to do the same thing in 2020. Meanwhile congressional Republicans blocked legislation that would prevent this from January 2019 until criticism mounted …
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Think Before You Promote Your Ideas
Had I been in the Sunflower Bank conference room when this slogan was being considered, I would have point out that, while the slogan could be translated, “Spend money you have, not money you don’t,” and that’s a good thing: …
Tagged with: money doesn't buy happiness
The Truth Suffers
We need to consider the words of George Orwell when acts of petty vengeance are taken against people who obey subpoenas and tell the truth under oath. Yes, their words resulted in damage to the U.S. president, a man who …
Congressional Republicans Admit The Acted Out of Fear
We commonly come across opinions as to how Trump gained the U.S. presidency, many of which contain the now-cliched metaphor of “the perfect storm,” meaning, in this case, the confluence of ignorance, financial hardship, a disdain for liberals, a fierce …
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Tagged with: Trump abused his office
Climate Change Basics
Reader Mark Sudia asks, “Are you aware that CO2 is Carbon Dioxide, which when absorbed by the plants causes them to produce the Air we breathe? So what do you think would happen if most of the CO2 was (sic) removed …
Tagged with: Climate Change Basics
