What’s Causing All This Divisiveness?
I’ve heard this argument, and I’m sure there is some truth to it. After all, more than 90% of the news we receive comes from one of only six different corporate entities, and making money with news means sensationalized journalism.
But look at it this way: 70,000 children, many under four years old, either are or are not in cages. The Russians either have or have not put bounties on the heads of U.S. troops. Climate change either is or is not destroying the quality of our planet. The U.S. president either did or did not lie about what we knew about the pandemic.
Now, as it turns out all of these four things are true; there is no credible evidence that suggests that any of these is false.
OK, how upset should we be? What actions should we take to remedy these situations? 
That part may be controversial, but the facts themselves are not in doubt.
We can get rid of the news, but that doesn’t get rid of the problem. Or, as Aldous Huxley said…..
Occasionally I like to apply some mathematics to claims that are made about renewable energy technology.
A failing educational system, a television “news” channel based on falsity and twisted half-truths, denial of science, a voracious appetite for presidential lies.
Prejudice. Judging before the fact. A preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience. I find myself doing that nowadays, and it doesn’t make me proud of myself.
Here’s a chart showing the number of acres consumed by wildfires in California since 1990. Keep in mind that, at 2.2 million acres, we’re only part way through the fire season; that’s because of the hot, dry, Santa Ana and Diablo winds that start blowing as we move into the fall.
Since the United States has ~4% of the world’s population and ~24% of COVID-19 fatalities, it’s pretty clear to anyone that Trump’s claim is just one more of his endless stream of lies.
In the absence of human intervention, nature tends to fix things.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern promises to achieve 100% renewables by 2030 if her party wins re-election in October. The plan calls for an accelerated schedule and the use of pumped hydro energy storage to make clean energy universally available.
This woman has made the study of pathological liars her life’s work. I haven’t, and you probably haven’t either. But doesn’t this ring true?
I have to give this guy credit; he’s the total package, with the gun, the beard, the paint peeling from the porch railing, and the Confederate flag.
