When we think of Brazil nowadays, we tend to think of the oppressive regime of authoritarian, Trump-wanna-be Jair Bolsonaro, and his quest to ruin the Amazon rainforests. Yet Brazil continues to implement a great number of innovative strategies aimed at ameliorating environmental damage. (more…)
Re: the meme here, a friend writes: I totally agree!!! I kept getting all these notices that this is going to happen my Internet and I kept writing back please don’t do this it’s thousands of dollars per hour per plane, please use the money for helping combat the virus protect people feed people house people; not the glorifying warfare.
I agree as well, FWIW.
As I’ve mentioned, one of my best friends from college, Beam Furr, now sports 90% less hair than he did in the mid-1970s, but still has a keen mind and warmhearted manner. (more…)
From Axios:
Eric Trump suggested on Fox News Saturday that Democrats are “milking” coronavirus lockdowns in order to “deprive” his father President Trump of campaign rallies and hurt him in November’s election. (more…)
Yes, “the world is watching.”
In pity, in loathing, in disgust.
Watching a formerly great country imploding like a carved pumpkin a few days after Halloween. Once the core is removed, the rot takes hold in a surprisingly short period of time.
If it hurts to watch this from a safe distance, imagine what it’s like to live here.
Sweden’s vegan oat milk product “Oatly” comes from a company totally devoted to sustainability. From a spokesperson: “Electrical transportation is a key part of our supply chain strategy globally and on these routes, we will be reducing our carbon footprint by 87%.”
One runs into plenty of people who are talking about expatriating if Trump gets four more years to ruin this nation, and Sweden really wouldn’t be a bad choice. Beautiful country with kind and enlightened people. Every school kid from age 7 – 19 gets two English classes per week, so there is no language barrier unless you’re in extremely remote locations, which are too cold anyway.
The European Union is a complicated place in terms of climate change mitigation and other environmental issues, largely because it contains countries like Poland that are heavily dependent on coal.
Having said that, there is some really good news from the Continent as to how to rebuild the economy in a post-pandemic world. From this article in CEENERGY NEWS:
Choosing the pathway to growth (more…)
The gentleman who co-wrote Trump’s “The Art of the Deal” has never been a fan of the president, but his precise viewpoint has changed since he witnessed the response to COVID-19. This video, less than two minutes in length, is actually hard to watch, as we see a man quite credibly explaining why Trump has done so little to curtail the virus.
This is like watching a movie such as “The Bad Seed,” or “The Jagged Edge,” or any of the films about Ted Bundy, in which there is a horrible moment in which we realize that the killer is devoid of all conscience.
The author of the meme here brings up an excellent point.
I happen to know some extremely well-educated Republicans; in fact, my mother is one. (more…)
