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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Science

Of the main monotheistic (Abrahamic) religions, Judaism is, IMO, the most benign, for the reason presented at left.  It’s certainly the least convoluted; there is no Holy Trinity, for instance.  It also requires the least acceptance of bizarre, and in some cases anti-humanistic tenets.  No one is going to burn in hell for eternity because he was accidentally born in the wrong part of the world.

Having said that, if you’re tracking with the Rabbi here, what actually separates the atheist from the Jew?  What precisely is the value in believing in God?

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Climate Change

Like so many other phenomena that govern the warming of our planet, the CO2 released into the atmosphere from arctic wildfires dried out the peat on the forest floor, increasing the probability and severity of future fires.

Great article from Science Magazine linked above.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

I’d like to believe that this is the way “news” outlets like Fox, OAN, and Newsmax will someday come to be regarded, but I doubt it.

Fox is constantly walking back its claims about the insurrection.  For a while, it was instigated by Antifa, but that evaporated into thin air when 800+ known Trump supporters were tried and convicted.  Was there a retraction?  Of course not.

Now, it’s billed more as a disturbance than an insurrection, Trump had no direct causation, and the entire topic is granted very little airtime.

The narrative here will constantly morph, but under no circumstance will Fox put itself in a position that it was clear that they supported a traitor.

By the time Trump’s criminality is fully resolved, there will be many other ultra-right-wing causes to support, and the former president will be left to fade out as a distant memory, just as an elderly eskimo is left to die on an ice floe.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Well, he has a 100% conviction rate in the cases he actually brings.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

In my post as editor of 2GreenEnergy, it’s my job to make sure that every word choice is perfidious.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

Do you know what newly appointed special prosecutor Jack Smith was doing before he was called upon to deal with Trump and his litany of crimes?  Prosecuting war crimes that occurred in Kosovo.  Yes, that’s Kosovo.  A genocide that occurred 30 effing years ago.

I think I speak for a lot of us when I say that I want justice in one hell of a shorter period that three complete decades.

In 2052, Trump will be 106.

Above is a picture of a kid who could very well be president then.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Uncategorized

Here’s a meme from another reader who makes the point that the dusting that Trump is receiving from the Republican party is based solely on his failure to rake in dollars. It has nothing to do with anything remotely connected to his attempt to overthrow the U.S. government or any of his other felonies he committed while in office and since he left.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

According to this piece, one key church member said, “He used us to win the White House. We had to close our mouths and eyes when he said things that horrified us,” he told the (Washington Post). “I cannot do that anymore.”

I’m skeptical.

Of course he used you; you’re just figuring this out now?

Also, you had to “close your mouths and eyes?”  Why?  What did you stand to lose by telling the truth, i.e., that Trump is a cold, calculating, godless criminal?

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Science

The concept in the meme here is an extremely popular one in modern-day American culture.  There’s a problem here, however, and it’s not that uneducated are deplorable human beings; it’s that they’re far more likely to accept utter bullshit as true.

Now, those who believe that the Earth is flat pose very little danger to the rest of us.  But unfortunately, not all BS is similarly benign.

People who believe that:

… The 2020 presidential election was stolen tend to storm Capitol buildings and vote for sociopaths to lead our country.

… Vaccinations are government plots to enslave us, extend pandemics and make them more deadly by spreading the disease and clogging our hospitals.

… Climate change is a hoax making it harder for policy-makers to mitigate it.

Moreover, there are reasons that have nothing to do with society and everything to do with the individual himself.  College creates people who are more likely to be readers and museum-goers.  Education fosters intellectual curiosity that most people find richly rewarding as they make their way through life.

College isn’t for everyone, but I think all young people should be encouraged to give it a go.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

In a world awash in bad news, the U.S. midterm elections contained a great number of bright spots, the most significant among them that every single candidate who ran on a platform of a stolen election lost.

Americans appear to understand that our elections are based on highly secure and reliable processes, and that those who claim otherwise are liars.

It’s possible that this horrible Big Lie phenomenon has come and gone, just like the Salem Witch Trials in 1692.

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