I totally agree with this guy, and I have to think the vast majority of people do as well.
If I were a restaurant proprietor I would no more allow people to come in with guns than I would with alligators or rattlesnakes.
Occasionally we hear people make the claim that the Earth is so massive that it’s impossible for humankind to have any significant effect on it.
If we had heard this 100 years ago, I think most people would have agreed. But now, that assertion is so idiotic that it sounds like it must have come from the climate deniers in the senate, like James Inhofe (R-OK) who introduced a snowball as evidence that it’s cold outside and that global warming must be a hoax. (more…)
Robert Rapier, who works in the energy industry and writes and speaks about issues involving energy and the environment, was one of my first contacts in the renewable energy field. He writes about the graph below:
It’s possible that, given the Republicans have lost control of the White House and both houses of Congress, the U.S. federal government could produce some common-sense gun laws in the next year or two.
It won’t come in time for any of the people and their families listed at left, but it certainly will be a welcome change.
From The Hill:
Re: the story here, Thomas James Miller notes: This seems to me like a case of not being able to put the bullet back in the gun. She fed the narrative that fueled a movement, then later wants it walked back. Lady! You’re a GD lawyer! You should have a fiduciary duty to uphold justice and NOT LIE. The bare minimum she should be presented with is an immediate loss of her ability to practice law, followed by a permanent ban by the Bar. She is still liable for the claims Dominion has made.
I’m not sure the world today is qualitatively different than it was when I was a child in the early 1960s, at least in any way that would make me a different parent than my parents were for me.
The values instilled in me were those I tried to instill into my kids. Get a good education. Be honest and kind. Work hard. Be alert to the fact that, although there are many good and intelligent people in the world, there is also plenty of stupidity, oppression, and dishonesty. My grandfather added this one on top: make this world a better place than it was when you came into it.
The only real change is a quantitative one: the world today features more convenience and better health, but it’s far more ignorant and immoral. Can you imagine how far Donald Trump would have gotten in a presidential race, as recently as 10 years ago?
Regardless, none of this stuff, at least in my eyes, militates towards a different approach to parenting.
From this:
Robert Swan (1956) is a British historian, explorer and activist, best known for being the first person to walk to both Poles. In 1986 he arrived to the South Pole and three years later, in 1989, he set up a new and successful expedition to reach the North Pole.
Swan is also known for his advocacy of renewable energy and his fight for the environment, especially of Antarctica. In fact, he is the founder of 2041, a company dedicated to the protection of this continent. In his numerous speeches, Swan warns of the dangers the Earth faces, like in this famous quote: “The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.”
Apparently this sentiment was shared by Dr. Seuss, whose book The Lorax has touched off a firestorm of controversy due to its green messaging.
There are several separate dynamics that are exerting pressure on the Republican Party in the United States right now, one of which is represented by the fellow shown here: the party has pushed itself so far to the right that an increasing number of people of decency and intelligence are deeply offended by it, ashamed to remain associated with it, and simply going away.
Obviously not all Republicans are racist goons, committing insurrection and killing Blacks and Asians. The GOP’s problem is that all racist goons, committing insurrection and killing Blacks and Asians are Republicans. (more…)
It looks like a significant number of these hateful morons are going down for sedition, and perhaps murder.
Although there was at least one phone call between the insurrectionists and the White House the day before the riot, the current evidence (at least that’s publicly available) doesn’t prove that Trump had any more involvement in fomenting the violence than we already knew from his speeches. He’s in huge legal jeopardy, but at this point it doesn’t look like this will be among the crimes with which he’s charged.
Oops! This just in.
