We love you, Bernie, but this is the right thing to do. We will have another chance to pull the U.S. into the modern world politically, but we won’t escape massive damage to our democracy, our environment, and everything else …
Category: Renewables – Politics
New Zealand Isn’t Just Flattening the COVID-19 Curve. It’s Squashing It.
That’s the headline from an article in today’s Washington Post. It appears that, since New Zealand’s coronavirus lockdown on all nonessential activities, it took only 10 days for signs that the approach here is working. They’re targeting “elimination” rather than …
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In Terms of Information, Some People Live in a Different Universe
I wanted to publish the meme here, from “Media Right” and “MAGA Media,” to remind us of the news environment in which a significant part of the United States lives. There is a large, well-established, Fox News-oriented media universe that …
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Our Healthcare System Is Broken, And Emotions Are Running High
It’s a time when emotions run in extremes. Expressions of fabulous warmth and generosity bring us joy. Callous indifference to others’ suffering makes us sad. Greedy profiteering in emergency conditions makes us angry. At least that’s how this doctor reacted, …
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Lawsuit Alleges Fox News ‘Willfully and Maliciously Deceived the Public’ about the Dangers of the Coronavirus
From this article: Fox News Channel and its owner, Rupert Murdoch, are being sued by a Washington State nonprofit which says it aired false information about the coronavirus allowing it to spread widely in the United States. A 10-page complaint …
Kushner In Charge of Coronavirus–Is That “Madness?”
“Madness” is a harsh word. Can’t we soften it a bit? After all, about 40% of Americans believe that Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kusher, with no qualifications in science, medicine, project management, government, or diplomacy, is competently bringing peace to the …
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America Takes the Plunge
People all over the world are shaking their heads in disbelief at how far the United States has fallen in such a short period of time. Perhaps the meme here says it best.
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Staggering Incompetence
The photo here looks like a recipe for an embarrassing situation, doesn’t it? More to the point, of course, it’s indicative of gross incompetence. In fact, it speaks to a level of incompetence that is rivaled only by Georgia Gov. …
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Stephen King Says Trump’s Handling of Coronavirus Is ‘Almost Impossible To Comprehend’
Stephen King is one of the most intelligent and astute observers of our culture and its flaws, and I agree with 99% of what he says about Donald Trump’s sociopathic nature, and the grave danger he represents to our country …
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Trump’s Fate: Unknown
2GreenEnergy supporter and public intellectual Stephen Lacey writes, This is the defining moment of our hyperpartisanship. If Trump can convince Americans that 100,000 deaths is a triumph (it’s very possible), I have absolutely no hope that the tribalist rot in …
