From Labor411.org: Exxon announced that it will lay off 15% of its workforce over the next year, which means pink slips for about 14,000 employees worldwide. With oil prices in decline and fossil fuels in the crosshairs as global climate concerns grow stronger, Exxon has found itself in a major slump. (more…)
An emotionally overwrought Stephen Colbert reacts to Trump’s claims of a fraudulent election.
I fully expected Trump to make baseless claims about the election if he lost, but I didn’t predict seeing Colbert on the verge of tears.
My only hope is that, between now and the time Trump leaves office, there aren’t incidents that make the entire country cry.
Here’s an article describing how China is moving into the lead in EV production, despite the success of Tesla.
I’m not sure how insightful this is. China has slow but sure growth in the manufacture of almost anything you can name. They also understand that cleantech is to become the defining industry of the 21st Century and, unlike the U.S., are investing heavily in it.
In addition, BYD is a huge concern that’s been in electric transportation from the very start. Interestingly, they’re completely vertically integrated, meaning that they have a unit that manufactures literally everything that goes into an EV, from the batteries to the tires.
A reader says: “I respect Trump for what he’s accomplished. I like to look only at the statistics.”
Yes, but which ones? Environmental damage? Children living in poverty? Human health? Education? Racial violence? Police killings? Associates imprisoned? Dictators coddled? Allies alienated? Children in cages? Heads of states extorted? American heroes insulted? War criminals and cronies pardoned? Nepotism? Sham universities? Fraudulent charities? Profit made from the office? Neo-nazis encourages? White supremacists condoned? Pussies grabbed and rape allegations? Cases of obstruction? Witnesses intimidated? Demonstrable lies told? Porn stars paid off? Baseless claims of voter fraud? U.S. tire companies boycotted? U.S. farmers bankrupted? White House staff fired?
Donald Trump speaks to supporters
It’s clear that Trump has lost the 2020 presidential election, to the joy of essentially every human being on Earth, minus his remaining supporters here in America. People around the world are celebrating that the United States has rejected its would-by dictator and restored some level of dignity and decency to the presidency. (more…)
“Scrutiny?” Is he kidding? A deluge of criminal indictments, some of which have already been prepared, are going to rain down on Trump the moment he’s no longer the U.S. president.
Take your pick: the 2016 Russian election attack, the Trump Tower Moscow project, Russia-Trump Campaign contacts, obstruction of justice, campaign finance violations, Trump Organization finances, witness intimidation, inauguration funding, SuperPAC funding, foreign lobbying violations, Turkish influence, tax evasion/fraud, Trump Foundation fraud, violations of the emoluments clause, and treason.
More recently, we’ve been talking about hundreds of thousands of cases of negligent homicide.
The Irish Daily Mirror is admittedly left of center, but holy cats do they hate Trump.
The cover here is one of dozens of extremely vitriolic pieces they’ve run over the years.
The rest of the world will be almost as relieved as we are here to have Trump’s political career at an end.
He needs to hope that his legal defense against the myriad felony charges that are coming at him is a great deal better than his tenure as U.S. president.
A reader offers the graphic at left.
I know there are QAnons out there, and other idiots with completely baseless, unsupported claims, but this type of bullshit is really dangerous. The problem is that there are plenty of people stupid enough to believe that the election is rigged in favor of Biden, that dead people and unregistered voters are casting ballots, that there were 3 – 5 million fraudulent votes in the 2016 election (all for Clinton), etc.–and most of those people have assault rifles.
If you want to have ridiculous beliefs, that’s your problem. To spread them at this point, thus inciting violence, is just inexcusable.
Shell Oil asks: “What are you willing to change to help reduce emissions?” and offers the following choices:
💨 Offset emissions, 23.1%
I’ll never forget the conversation I had with my mom when Donald Trump arrived on the political scene in 2015. “This is so weird,” I said. “Until now, a serious candidate for U.S. president needed to be a good, honest and intelligent person. Did this somehow change when I wasn’t paying attention?” (more…)
