la-1537491503-fhjy8ju0fa-snap-imageFrom this article: In the wake of a near-political annihilation in California that has left even longtime conservative stronghold Orange County bereft of a single Republican in the House of Representatives, a growing chorus of GOP loyalists here say there’s only one hope for reviving the flatlining party: Blow it up and start again from scratch.  (more…)

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180321-gestation-crates-top2-1200x800True to form, one of our frequent commenters cherry-picks a few aspects of plant-based meat that are sub-optimum for health.  In fact, here’s one he missed: Both the Impossible Burger and the Beyond Burger have more than five times as much sodium as an unseasoned beef patty. (more…)

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beyondburger.0.02GreenEnergy super-support Gary Tulie writes from England: Edible insects have slowly been gaining acceptance in Europe as a more sustainable alternative to main stream meats. Now Sainsburys, one of the biggest supermarket chains in the UK has begun to stock insects such as roast crickets. (more…)

amazon-deforestation01Question: What is the Alliance of World Scientists?  How many scientists from how many countries participate?  What are they beseeching us to do?

 

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downloadIt’s hard to understand how Trump’s approval rating is hanging steady, since entire constituencies keep getting bad news.  Say you’re a Kentucky coal miner, and you liked Trump because of his promise to put more coal miners back to work.  You know, “Trump Digs Coal.”  But now you see people losing their jobs, and you wonder if you’re next, as the number of jobs in this space has actually decreased.

 

 

John-Schindler_2952342bJohn Schindler (pictured) is a security expert and former National Security Agency analyst and counterintelligence officer. A specialist in espionage and terrorism, he’s also been a Navy officer and a War College professor. (more…)

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46392860_2174322799294563_703517812043284480_nThis is funny, but I often think how glad I am that our planet is (probably) not being visited by an advanced civilization.  I can’t think of how embarrassed I’d be to take an intelligent alien to my “leader.”

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calthorpe-autonomous1From my colleague Jon LeSage:

Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo division is preparing to launch the first-ever commercial autonomous vehicle service in early December,  according to a source familiar with the plans. (more…)

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tesla-autopilotHere, Fritz Maffry offers these observations of a few of the tech giants:
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880x495_cmsv2_ab2f22c6-8645-5a75-a88b-176cab4b1ea5-3218456The marketing services company I ran for more than 30 years occasionally partnered with ad agencies whose clients needed the specialized form of demand generation we delivered.  It was for that reason that I found myself in the lobby of Ogilvy and Mather in New York City one afternoon, waiting to go into a meeting.  (more…)

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