Not everybody feels sorry for Dr. Birx, but I do.
Fox News interviewed her yesterday and asked her to comment on President Trump’s statements on disinfectants. She put it like this: “He gets new information, he likes to talk that through out loud and really have that dialogue.” (more…)
The New York Times reports, “A cascade of ominous public and private polling have Republicans increasingly nervous they are at risk of losing the presidency and the Senate if Mr. Trump does not put the nation on a radically improved course.” (more…)
From this article, sent to my by 2GreenEnergy super-supporter Gay Tulie
Lithium batteries will soon power electric vehicles traveling 2,000 km (1,242 miles) on a single charge, say the team at (Australia’s) Brighsun New Energy. The company is preparing for industrial trials later in the year for a range of lithium-sulfur (Li-S) batteries that can power a cell phone for over a week and can theoretically travel close to 2,000 km on a single charge. (more…)
It’s not news that there are life-long Republicans who refuse to vote for Trump. In June of 2016, ultra-conservative columnist George Will exited the Republican party, and he’s been joined by many other public intellectuals on the right-wing since then. (more…)
I’m trying to lead a healthier life, getting more exercise, eliminating dairy, and cutting back on drinking. I put a shot of Lysol in my coffee just now as a replacement for milk, and this evening it will be a martini with a new recipe I found online: (more…)
Walking the dog with my wife this morning, I confessed to her that I’m a bit sad–“just sad for the world, I guess.”
Indian author Suzanna Arundhati Roy sure doesn’t see it that way, and what a bold voice of inspiration she is. (more…)
Here’s Carolyn Goodman, the mayor of Las Vegas, population 645,000, and temporary home to 42 million visitors annually, explaining to U.S. television journalist Anderson Cooper why she favors reopening the city’s hotels, casinos, restaurants, and other retail establishments to tourists. (more…)
Sorry, Dr. Cotlar, but I wouldn’t call it “nuts.” We live in a country in which more than 40% of our electorate is either overtly racist or tolerant of blatant racism. These are people who believe what the president said about the protest/counter-protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, i.e., “There were fine people on both sides.” (See photo below.) (more…)
This shot from the surface of Mars may serve as a reminder that we are a speck of dust in an icy-cold universe, indifferent to our well-being. If we are to survive crises like the current one, it is up to us to put forward our best thinking and greatest levels of compassion.
Plant-based meats have made incredible advancements over recent years, largely as a result of biochemists having isolated the protein “heme” (rhymes with “beam”), which, though found in plants, plays several important roles in animal tissue. Heme lies at the core of what makes products like Beyond Meat and the Impossible Burger virtually indistinguishable from beef. (more…)
