Here in the United States, we try to hold our public officials liable for acts of gross negligence and reckless disregard for human life, and former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirshner (pictured at left) speculated in an April 2 interview that Trump could be prosecuted for involuntary manslaughter once he exits the presidency. (more…)
Here’s yet another cool video on beavers, and the salubrious effect on any environment they inhabit.
The dams that beavers build contribute to the health of long grasses, and fungi that grows on their roots that are incredibly effective in sequestering atmospheric carbon dioxide into the earth beneath us.
Periodically I mention the extremely popular online vocabulary challenge A.Word.A.Day, written by American author and speaker Anu Garg. Today:
The English language has lots of words. More than half a million by one count. (more…)
The right-wing Wall Street Journal has been pumping out deeply conservative content for 140 years, and now it’s “fake news?” What’s next? The National Review? Sean Hannity? Rush Limbaugh?
The most powerful man in the world, obsessed with his ratings at a time of international crisis, is mentally ill. I can’t be alone in my belief that this is dangerous.
The 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides a remedy for precisely this situation. Can’t we invoke that remedy before it’s too late?
Here’s a story of the Spanish power behemoth Iberdrola and how they intend to “turbocharge” the world economy with a skyrocketing growth curve in renewable energy, after the core of the coronavirus is behind us.
We’d all love to see this happen. It’s a beautiful thing to imagine the world’s people working hard to improve the quality of life on this planet.
I’m not sure that the fundamental issue inhibiting the growth of cleantech (greed) will go away with the disease, but it’s possible.
IMO, understanding the full impact and severity of the coronavirus is not an exact science. Here’s how I regard this, given the stats in the U.S. as shown here (as of 1 PM PST, April 10, 2020:
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Cases
492,995
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Recovered
27,660
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Deaths
18,248
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Here’s a great article with an extremely meaningful graphic, analyzing each of our sources of energy in terms of where and how it’s used and how much of it is wasted along the way.
Fossil fuels, of course, are inherently inefficient, since it’s impossible not to waste significant amounts of the energy in each unit of coal, natural gas and oil in the process of combustion. (more…)
Joe, uh, no you don’t. In fact, you can’t. You don’t reflect our values, and we’d prefer that you not pretend otherwise.
But almost every one of us will vote for you, for the precise reason that (American humorist) David Sedaris outlines here.
The meme here comes from former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich. What does it mean?
Well, at a minimum, it shows that the stock market and the financial well-being of the common American have absolutely no bearing on one another. What’s good for the top 1% has essentially nothing to do with the quality of life for the working class. (more…)
This seems like a bizarre assertion, even from William Barr, a man with no more allegiance to the truth than his boss.
Let’s look at the charts below and ask ourselves: Do the people of the Deep South (living in poverty and ignorance) have a freer society than those of New England (living in affluence and higher education)? Do the Africans (living with disease, malnutrition and tyranny), the Middle Easterners (living in theocratic regimes) and Central/South Americans (living with violent crime and poverty) have freer societies than the Australians, Canadians, and Europeans (living with free education and healthcare, and generous vacation schedules)?
A related question: How much longer do we have to have liars and fools running our country?
