Hi Craig,
I think this news is exciting as finally geothermal power and heat can potentially be produced anywhere – with closed loop systems which do not need fracking or large volumes of water – and I would say no real risk of triggering earthquakes as there is no fracking to trigger movement. True, for the moment, cost will probably be a little high, but that can change, and probably will if adopted at scale. (more…)
We hear a great deal about the supposed liberal bias in American colleges and universities, yet whoever wrote the thoughts at the left here poses an interesting idea: suppose reality is closer aligned to what we think of today as left-wing values.
We need to keep in mind that a great deal of what we think of as political opinions really aren’t opinions at all. They are hard, cold facts that either are understood or they are not.
Trickle-down economics doesn’t work, the death penalty does not deter violent crime, torture is an inferior method of extracting the truth, there is a positive correlation between gun ownership and gun deaths, vaccinations are generally safe and effective, there are few if any white supremacists who are well-read and well-traveled, human beings tend to be happy according to the degree to which their communities take care of one another, the evidence supporting human-caused global warming is overwhelming, policies that ignore scientific evidence generally fail, and there is no evidence of substantial voter fraud in the U.S. 2020 presidential election.
Yes, we’ve built a political spectrum out of these concepts, but in reality, these are just facts.
The Latin “De mortuis nil nisi bene dicendum” translates into English as “Of the dead, let nothing but good be said,” and it’s a generally recognized social protocol.
But not so much when incendiary right-wing radio personality Rush Limbaugh passed away earlier today.
Here’s a clip from social media that puts it kindly: “If you don’t want people to speak ill of you when you die, then live decently.” 
Most, however, hold back very little, e.g., “Good riddance, you f***er! May God and the Devil tear your ugly corpse into shreds for eternity.”
Yowza.
Indeed, there is extreme polarization in the United States right now when it comes to all things political, yet we’re fortunate that the “Kindness Movement” is a significant part of the American ethos.
Of course, not everyone gets this, and Tim Boyd may be one of our nation’s best examples. He’s the mayor of a small city called Colorado, Texas, about 150 miles west of Dallas, in a rural part of the state that has been so badly devastated by the cold snap and the resultant power outages. (more…)
The wheel was invented about 5500 years ago, and travel baggage is several centuries old, so we ponder: why did it take so long for someone to invent wheeled luggage?
At left is another idea that should have come along far earlier: sending unarmed social workers, instead of armed policemen, on calls involving essentially harmless people: school kids acting out, naked lunatics running through the streets, potential suicides standing on ledges, and the like.
Denver batted 1,000 last year, though that should not be expected, especially when large numbers are involved. A certain number of such cases will escalate, which is when police are brought in. But the overall good is obvious: no shots fired, and de-escalation in almost every case.
From this article on Biden and environmental responsibility:
President Biden dubbed Jan. 27, exactly one week after he took office, “climate day.” On this day, the president followed up on his day one climate order to rejoin the Paris Agreement and revoke Keystone XL pipeline with another bigger, broader order pushing the federal government closer toward confronting the climate crisis. (more…)
In the soon-to-be-12 years of 2GreenEnergy’s work in the environmental sustainability space, we’ve seen hundreds of submissions in which an ostensible inventor wants to raise investment capital for some completely inane (and sometimes fraudulent) idea. I’ve often been in a position where I’m forced to tell someone, “Anyone with that kind of money is smart enough to know that this idea simply won’t work.” (more…)
I say no. Sure, he told his people to go to the Capitol and “fight like hell,” or they “wouldn’t have a country anymore.” He then watched the spreading destruction for hours before telling these people that he loved them, but that they should go home.
He might get convicted, but he may not. (more…)
The conservative reader I wrote about here responded to my earlier post: The Democrats are destroying presenting two sides in academia, by banning conservative speakers.
Well, first, as I mentioned, there is a difference between “conservative” opinions and language that is intended to incite sedition and violence, and fan the flames of racial hatred. But in the case of academia, it’s even more cut and dried. Let me create an example: (more…)
A conservative reader sent me the meme here, to which I responded:
I think what you’re missing here is that there is a difference between “conservative” opinions and language that is intended to incite sedition and violence, and fan the flames of racial hatred.
I had 110 employees at a certain point, and I certainly fired quite a few, but not one for this reason. Of course, this was before people became this stupid.
