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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Business

Obviously, the racist and xenophobic rants of people like Tucker Carlson and alleged child sex trafficker Matt Gaetz are aimed at a less intelligent audience than the American people as a whole, but really, how stupid do you have to be to believe some of this?

Popular today is “replacement theory,” the idea that American workers are being replaced by the hoards of migrants coming across the southern border.  If they are lucky enough to get here, these folks running for their lives become our nannies, gardeners, restaurant dishwashers, strawberry pickers, and chicken processors.  They’re the reason strawberries don’t cost $30 per pound, and there are virtually zero Americans who hold these positions.

And btw, does anyone think Carlson is stupid enough to believe this crap himself?  That’s perhaps the most disgusting aspect of all this; it’s showmanship.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

A reader sent this to me, apparently as an example of how oppressive various secret governments and private organizations are.

There is not a “frequency of music.” On a standard 88-key piano, for instance, there are frequencies (called “pitches“) that range from 21.5 to 4186 Hz.

From Wikipedia:  Johann Heinrich Scheibler recommended 440 Hz as a standard for the A above middle C (A440 ) in 1834 after inventing the “tonometer” to measure pitch, and it was approved by the Society of German Natural Scientists and Physicians the same year. 

I publish this to illustrate that people who are completely ignorant in a certain subject can come to believe the most preposterous bull**** imaginable and use it to frighten and confuse others.

Note also what a horrible condemnation this is on our society.  50 years ago we still taught music in our schools, and this level of ignorance did not exist.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

Here’s yet one more example of cooperation in nature.

From the BBC: Ants communicate using signals with their legs and use their antennae to sense different chemicals that other ants lay on the ground called pheromones.

How they do a certain thing, however, is less important than why they do it.

One thing for sure: in the ant world, there is no such thing as greed.  If a bunch of people were trying to accomplish something like this (on a human-sized scale), we’d experience all types of problems associated with certain people wanting more than their share.

If the response to COVID has shown us anything, it’s that greed and selfishness dominate the American society.  You and I live among pigs, and there has never been a moment in history in which this was more apparent.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Here’s an article that discusses Trump’s abhorrence of people stupid enough to follow his lead and keep him relevant in U.S. politics.  From the piece:

The best example is his detached, irresponsible and inept handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hundreds of thousands of Americans died on his watch. He relied on conspiracy theories, magical thinking, blatant lies and distractions to fool the American public. Trump followers in red states have died in huge numbers because they erroneously and foolishly believed he was the benevolent master of their fate. Nothing could be further from the truth. He was, in fact, an accessory to murder. His supporters’ lives meant nothing to him.

Another example, the author claims, is the insurrection of January 6th.  Trump had incited the riot in a desperate attempt to overturn our democratic  process, then did nothing to quell it for hours, but watched it on TV from the White House.

An alarming new low here in the U.S.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

So good to see this.  Think of all the charging cords you’ve been forced to buy over the years, and all the materials that were extracted from the Earth to manufacture them.

Great move in the direction of sustainable electronics, not to mention consumer rights.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Business

I have to admit that I’ve endured a spate of total bull*** from submissions from my reader base lately.  The meme here is a good example.

Answers:

a) The two have nothing to do with one another. Here’s Ronald Reagan on the subject.

b) Social security isn’t running out of money.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

An acquaintance sent me the meme here.

It IS true that vaccinated people, the majority of Americans, are angry with the conspiracy theorists/QAnoners who are, because of their ignorance, perpetuating this disease.

Have you ever spoken with a doctor on this matter? Or are you thinking that 1.01 million U.S. doctors, who busted their asses though pre-med, medical school, an internship and residency, and then spent their lives treating illness, are now in on a vast conspiracy to kill people?

It’s just so sad.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Climate Change

In a recent post on our children’s reactions to climate change, I noted that young people are either angry/worried, or completely oblivious.  I believe that, in the main, where this lands is a function of the kid’s family, i.e., what the discussion at home is like.

I remember tutoring a high school senior in science, preparing her for a test on two different areas.  I arrived for our first meeting, hoping, of course, that the event would go well, and that I’d be hired on a continuing basis.  The girl’s mother greeted me at the door, and, to my surprise, seemed a bit unfriendly and suspicious.  I presumed that she was concerned for here daughter’s safety, which is understandable, a belief I confirmed when she sat down in the room with her daughter and me (a first for me, out of many dozens of such engagements).  (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Climate Change

From this piece on climate change and our children’s reaction to it:

For a forthcoming study, researchers with the U.K.’s University of Bath and other schools spoke to 10,000 people in 10 countries, all of whom were between the ages of 16 and 25, to gauge how they feel about climate change. The prevailing response could be summed up in two words: incredibly worried.  And the respondents say governments aren’t doing enough to combat climate change. (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability
Here’s a conversation I’m having with a friend surrounding the meme here.
Me:  What should it be called in the other 205 sovereign nations around the world, all dealing with the same disease?
Other friend: By “do your research” do you mean look for the most outlandish speculation and conspiracy theory you can accept?

Me: I’m sure I can find a website that proves that Al Gore or Dustin Hoffman is behind this. That’s how asinine all this is.  Please see this piece on misinformation.

 

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