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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

At left is a good example of what happens when honest people want something good for their society.  The Dutch want to minimize teen pregnancies and unwanted children; please check out how they’ve addressed the issue.

This may sound odd to us Americans, but they don’t want to create misery for its own sake, nor do they have media-driven contention between two diametrically opposed belief systems just so that rich people can get even richer.

Any reasonable person can see that their undertaking towards teen sex makes 1000 times more sense than the total bulls*** we have here.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Science

Unless you’re a QAnoner and you believe Bill Gates is trying to enslave the world’s population, you regard him as one of Earth’s most effective philanthropists, primarily for his work in infectious diseases.

His current focus is helping our civilization avoid the next pandemic, and he has an idea on the subject, expressed in the video below, that has real merit, IMO.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

One would like to believe this is true.  How many American women support an across-the-board ban on abortion?  No abortion in cases of rape, incest, or the near-certain death of the baby and/or mother?  What percentage can this possibly be? Five?

I get that the Supreme Court does not operate on the basis of public opinion.  But do you know what does?  Elections. (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Business

This seems correct, but in the context of current-day U.S. politics, what exactly does it mean?  Well, either the right or the left is about to prevail, but which one? (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Climate Change

From this:

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday announced a new office at the Justice Department that will focus exclusively on environmental justice.

The office, which will prioritize low-income communities that have been hit hard by pollution and contamination, was launched in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency. (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Science

A Radiolab podcast that I happened across a few weeks ago presented the work of certain scientists to the effect that there are probably no overriding principles of order to the universe, and that, in general, “chaos reigns,” as they say. (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Borowitz adds:  The jurist said that, after work last Friday, he dropped into a bar near the Supreme Court “to have a few pops,” and inadvertently forgot to take his briefcase when he left.

Here again, everyone on Earth has access to the two basic facts that conspire to make this hilarious: (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

Below is another amazing video from the “Veritasium” series, this one focusing on the science behind the vast damage to human health and environmental quality done by one man. Fascinating stuff.

Of particular interest to me is the role that the quote here from Benjamin Franklin plays, i.e., society generally takes a very long time to identify and remove sources of harm.

If that was true 200+ years ago, before corporate greed stepped into the picture, one can only imagine what all the wealth and power mean in today’s world, where ridiculous amount of cash is poured into litigation designed to delay the removal of threats ad infinitum.

Ponder for a moment what the fossil fuel industry around the world is doing to protect its earnings stream at the expense of the quality of life for all of us, especially our children and their children.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Of course we do, and at many levels.

Those who followed the orders they received from then-U.S. president Donald Trump to overthrow the U.S. government are guilty of crimes, but still, IMO, pitiable in the extreme.

Decent people need to feel sorry for everyone whose mind is consumed by irrational hate and is bereft of the capacity to think on his own, whether through congenital mental impairment or some sort of tragedy in their lives.

OK, but does this excuse them from their crimes?  No, but it presents mitigating circumstances, IMO.

It would be impossible for me to hear a case like this and not develop a profound sense of anger at the true architects of the insurrection. We all need to hope justice is done.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics
A friend writes:
I just arrived in Colorado last night, drove out from Hollywood, and I’d give anything to have known about this museum opening on May 10 (The Bob Dylan Center, 116 E Reconciliation Way, Tulsa, OK 74103). It’s 10 hours farther, but I would have done it, had I known sooner.
The following conversation ensues:
Craig: It’s in effing Oklahoma?? Why?
Friend: Because it’s being added to the Woody Guthrie Museum. Bob idolized Woody and was one of the last people to visit Woody on his deathbed, to share how much he loved, admired, and was influenced by him.  Woody was from OK.
Craig: That makes sense. I was just thinking what the average Sooner thinks about “It’s a Hard Rain’s a Gonna Fall” or any of the 100+ Dylan songs that are anti-war, anti-capitalist, and anti-racist.
Another friend: Sad too. No liberal Dylan-loving woman in her right mind would ever set foot in Oklahoma. Ever.
Friend: It may be that nobody else could benefit more from having a Woody and Bob museum than the people of Oklahoma.
Craig: That’s a very enlightened attitude, my friend.
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