Given all the political dissonance in today’s culture, not to mention cognitive dissonance, I thought I’d throw a change-up, and offer a different look at the subject. Here’s a short video featuring American conductor, pianist and composer Michael Tilson Thomas.
Category: Sustainability
Trump: Not Too Sure About a Peaceful Transfer of Power
I have a confession to make. Sure, I want Trump removed as soon as possible, so as to minimize the damage to our planet, to our social structures, and to the billions of people who are suffering as a result …
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Tagged with: minimize the damage to our planet
Antifa’s Proud History
It’s probable that fascism, in which a strongman takes control over a country and its people, has been around in one form another since the beginnings of organized society +/- 10,000 years ago. Given the imperfect nature of the human …
Tagged with: "Trumpism" can best be described as a would-be-fascist power grab, Trump created prisons (on the southern border) where torture takes place, Trump discredited the free press, Trump identified terrifying internal (socialists) and external (immigrants) enemies, Trump purged anyone potentially disloyal to him, Trump subverted the rule of law
Belief in God Is Not a Choice
I find it very hard to believe that Camus (author of the profoundly existential and nihilistic short novel “The Stranger”) said this. It is, of course, reminiscent of Pascal, four centuries earlier, known for his “wager,” i.e., that a rational …
Will Trump and His Top Officials Face Prosecution from the International Criminal Court
When the Trump administration is viewed in the cold light of history, which one(s) of its atrocities will be best remembered? Because of its import to the nation and its democracy as a whole, it’s a good bet that the …
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Is Our Demagogue-in-Chief Nearing the End of His Career?
The venerable 20th Century journalist and cultural critic H.L. Mencken left us with this: ‘The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.’
Damage from Environmental Rollbacks: Uncertain
Here at 2GreenEnergy we’ve been trying to make readers aware of the “100” rollbacks in environmental protection that the Trump administration is inflicting on our planet. Well, the correct number is 99, and linked above is the status of each. …
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Trump and the Pandemic
A reader notes: I want to stress the relative success that we have had compared to other first world countries. Here are the stats from John’s (sic) Hopkins updated today. The first chart shows deaths per 100,000 in population by …
Tagged with: Trump blaming the pandemic on a variety of others and his "I take no responsibility" statements, Trump calling for various states to be "liberated", Trump challenging Dr. Fauchi on the facts of epidemiology, Trump delaying testing, Trump dismantling the pandemic response team, Trump holding superspreader rallies with no masks and social distancing, Trump leading a "lock her up" chant against the governor of Michigan, Trump lying about the severity of the disease, Trump making assertions about the ingestion of disinfectants the use of light in the patient's lungs, Trump making ridiculous claims about the end of the pandemic ("Like a miracle it will all be gone."), Trump supporting the governor of Florida in his opening up the state in the midst of spiking COVID cases
Poor, Rich People Very Different in Nature
I think almost everyone has observed this. All you have to do is deliver pizzas to a few mansions and others to a few trailer parks, and see where your tips come from. You’ll see this principal in action immediately. …
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True Christianity
In our ongoing quest here at 2GreenEnergy to find the most clever statement pointing out the difference between true Christianity from the GOP/evangelic sort, we offer this guy’s shirt. If you want to argue about the validity of endless wars …
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