There are already fabulous examples of this in the real world, e.g., Nestles’ assertion that water is not a basic human right, but rather a commodity like gold or soybeans that can be offered for sale to people whose rivers and lakes are drying up.
As global temperatures increase and resources become scarcer, look for bold new ideas emerging from the corporate world, so as to exploit the suffering of the poor.
This made me smile.
Looks like someone took this gun nut up on his challenge.
Most people view this is as irresponsible and morally reprehensible, but it’s actually closer to manslaughter than just one more outrageously misogynistic statement from just one more Republican idiot.
There are women who are alive today, will be dead a year from now because they followed the advice of this ass****.
He actually did say this, but to an audience of Christians in Florida who may be more receptive to this sort of bullshit than the average American.
When he gets on the campaign trail for the 2024 presidency, he may soften his rhetoric so it appears to a somewhat wider group of idiots.
Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy (shown here) says, “We don’t want to be known as the Trump Channel.”
I have a friend who has prostate cancer, and so I’ve become familiar with how the disease normally progresses, how it’s treated, and how well people tolerate various treatment options.
What I’ve concluded thus far is that all this is individualized, almost to the point that it’s impossible to predict how a certain person is going to react to something like the surgical or chemical removal of their testosterone, the profound depression that often accompanies massive hormonal shifts, as well as life changing events like the end of their sex careers and the (usually slow) metastasis of the cancer throughout their bodies, as they hope to die of something else. (more…)
The points being made here are all valid. But here’s some advice on top of that: don’t shop in stores that have them.
Most Americans have had the pleasant experience of shopping at Trader Joe’s. It’s uplifting and fun, precisely because your fellow customers, and most definitely the staff, are happy, intelligent, kind people who are genuinely interested in helping you in any way possible. They are not automata. They smile. They communicate.
Try to find anything resembling that in a CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Kroger, or Albertsons.
In addition to this reasoning, we have the issue of good citizenship. Obviously, the Walton family would be thrilled if they could run their business without a single employee. Their interest in the welfare of the common American is exactly zero. Using self-checkout only makes it easier for greedy bastards to cut employees’ hours, lay them off, and crush those who remain into the pavement.
Most people are pointing out the sharp contrasts between Watergate and the coup attempt. Select Committee member Jamie Raskin said that the insurrection “made Watergate look like a Cub Scout meeting.”
Having said that, there actually are certain similarities.
As shown at left, one of the president’s tactics was his attempt to stack the deck in the Justice Department.
What Nixon tried to do in this regard was a bit more complicated, and it ultimately resulted in his leaving office. Here’s the Wikipedia page covering the Saturday Night Massacre.
Those of us who understand that humankind finds itself in a climate emergency caused by greenhouse gas emissions are almost forced to be proponents of nuclear energy, as the scaling of renewables, though impressive, is not on course to arrest the concentration of atmospheric CO2 in time to avert catastrophe. (more…)
The video below on building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) reminded me that this subject really hasn’t come into its own, for reasons I don’t claim to understand. (more…)
