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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

At left is an interesting thought someone had.  Trump, in addition to all the other effects his selfish greed and insanity has on people, is exhaustion.  Just being on the same planet with him is sapping our strength.

When was the last time our lives weren’t disrupted by lies, corruption, disease, stock market volatility, war, disrespecting an ally, coddling a dictator, torturing children, inciting violence, extortion, impeachment, destroying the environment, conflating centrist Democratic politics with socialism, denying science, white nationalism, or treason?

Who’s enjoying this s***?

Life used to be enjoyable.  Let’s make this go away.

 

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Science

Developing “herd immunity” to COVID-19 sounds like a reasonable idea, until we realize that it would mean approximately 180 million cases, which would result in about 9 million deaths.

Let’s look at another societal woe we face here in the United States: domestic white terrorists–you know, the kind who plot to kidnap a state governor and take over the government, so as to turn it into an Aryan country.  If we charge, convict and imprison enough of these ass****s, maybe we can accomplish something just like herd immunity: there won’t be enough left of them to cause us trouble.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Science

How are Trump supporters responding to this recommendation from the entire medical community?

They see doctors, don’t they?  Doesn’t it matter to them that the physicians they’re talking to think that the President of the United States is a danger to them–and to everyone else in the country?

It really hasn’t been a good couple of weeks for Trump; sure can’t wait for this to be over.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Business

From this:

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) commends JPMorgan Chase for announcing today that it will shape its core business to align with the Paris Agreement on climate change. JPMorgan Chase is one of the founding partners of RMI’s Center for Climate-Aligned Finance, established earlier this year to help major financial institutions implement the ambitious but challenging transition to full climate alignment of their portfolios. (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

What’s new in the Trump administration today?  What’s the latest outrage?

Hard to keep track of all this, isn’t it?  Indictments, corruption, rape allegations, positive tests for COVID, police killings, crashing poll numbers, stock market volatility following some abhorrent statement, white nationalism, obstruction in the justice department, presidential joyrides, super-spreader rallies, bald-faced lies in debates.  What’s next?

For those trying to keep track of the succession of Trump campaign managers, I provide the piece at left; this sums it up nicely for those who would otherwise struggle to keep all this straight.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

The meme here is a reminder that Antifa didn’t start with the BLM movement; it’s been around ever since a group of people first rose up against a tyrant.

My father, risking his life and acting in the spirit of Antifa,  didn’t storm the beaches at Normandy, but he sure did pilot a B-17 bomber that destroyed a few dozen Nazi oil refineries.

As suggested here, American journalist Chris Hedges is Antifa as well, fighting with ideas rather than weapons of war.  Perhaps this is indicative of the fact that all decent people have our own respective roles to play.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

The New England Journal of Medicine, which began publishing in 1812, took the unusual step of making a political comment.

From this:

In an unprecedented move, the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday published an editorial written by its editors condemning the Trump administration for its response to the Covid-19 pandemic — and calling for the current leadership in the United States to be voted out of office. (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Climate Change

Fully 85 percent of Venice was flooded by a near-record 74-inch high tide last November, leading to renewed calls for action on a flood protection system.   Here it is:  Venice’s long-awaited sea barrier system was deployed successfully for the first time on Saturday, holding back the tide and keeping the city flood-free.

Seawalls are an example of climate change adaptation (vs. mitigation).  Obviously, they won’t slow down global warming, but they will prevent humankind from experiencing the full brunt of the suffering it otherwise would have caused.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Uncategorized

Here’s a sign that’s painful to read.

Normally, presidential elections are about tax rates, public spending, environmental responsibility, civil rights issues, and the like.

This one’s about life and death.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

I thought I’d post this, since there seems to be so much conversation on the topic of wishing suffering on others.

This guy’s message is possibly more disturbing than most, insofar as it targets for punishment the 24%, 25%, and 35% Republicans in California, Oregon, and Washington State respectively.

The concept that people who want to improve the United States actually hate the country has been around at least since the days of the anarchists in the early 2oth Century, but it really came alive in the 1960s, when the first large groups of the population protested for civil rights and against the war in Vietnam.  As suggested by the young man with the pick-up truck, it’s not exactly a highbrow position to take.

 

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