Here are seven warning signs of a potentially unsafe group or leader. I leave it to the reader to determine what, if any, relationship it has with Trump and his supporters. • Absolute authoritarianism without meaningful accountability. • No tolerance …
Category: Sustainability
Dealing with COVID-19: Making It Tough
Over 2,000 people without masks at a huge sand bar bash at Lake Butte des Morts (translates to “Hill of the Dead”) in Oshkosh, Wisconsin yesterday. Given that we live in a country of selfish morons, getting a handle on …
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Americans Totally Baffled by Police Behavior
There’s a lot of content in this one little photograph. The eye goes initially to the thin women, gazing peacefully forward, holding the “love” sign, but then soon moves to the gloved hand of the thug who’s constricting the neck …
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The Upside To White Supremacy
One of the few good things that’s coming out of the white supremacist movement is our ability to improve our understanding of the laws in various states that address assault and battery. Check this out.
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Litigation Ultimately Saves Lives
I used to play softball with a guy who litigated large-scale torts, like airplane crashes due to negligence. At a party one night, I suggested that jury awards were way out of proportion, and that this was driving up costs …
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Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Environmental Toxicity and Flooding
Question: What do these elements have in common: Arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, manganese, mercury, nickel, selenium, zinc. Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: In a new report released today, A Toxic Relationship: Extreme Coastal Flooding & Superfund …
Journalists and “Moral Clarity”
Here’s an article that begins: Objectivity in journalism has come to mean presenting both sides of an argument from a position of neutrality. But not every argument has two sides: some have more, and some statements should not be the …
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Vindman’s Honesty Ended His Career, But He’s OK with That
There really are going to be quite a few heroes made before we get Trump behind us. The ironic part is that they’ve come places that progressives never could have possibly imagined: ExxonMobil, the FBI, and a slew of admirals …
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In Many Ways, It’s Good Versus Evil
As I’ve mentioned, my mom is a life-long conservative Republican, and now in her elder years, unfortunately, a Fox News devotee. Nonetheless, we have extremely civil and mutually respectful discussions on politics. One of her observations of me, is that, …
Federal Troops Leave, Portland Turns Peaceful
Well, that’s an interesting coincidence. No incitement to violence reduces the level of violence to zero. As they say in song, who woulda thunk it?
