There is no waste in nature. The output of every biological process is the input for another, and this is true whether we are talking about leaves falling, animals eliminating, skins being shed from snakes, feathers molting from birds, or …
Category: Sustainability
Trump Continues His Quest to Kill NPR, PBS
Here’s a stunner. A would-be dictator objects to the presence of high-quality, well-respected news organizations that may be critical of him and his activities.
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Free Press Died First, Now It’s the Justice System
Ex-secretary of Labor Robert Reich says it better than I could: Corrupting the legal system is how dictatorships are built. He’s referring, of course, to U.S. Attorney General William Barr’s dropping the criminal charges against confessed felon Michael Flynn, close …
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Technology: The Only Good Thing About Today’s World
Here’s a fascinating graphic that shows the adoption of consumer technology in the typical American home over the last 120 years. If one were to add business and especially medical technology onto this, one would have a complete picture of …
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Your Food Chain
The graphic here provides the reason that responsible people source their food as close to their backyards as possible. There are over 700 Certified Farmers’ Markets in California alone. It’s a great industry to support, and the people (both the vendors and the customers) …
Coal Giant Southern Company Finds Loophole in Lobbying Disclosures
From the Energy and Policy Institute: Southern Company faces another challenge to improve its limited lobbying disclosures at the company’s upcoming Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 27, according to a filing by Majority Action. Southern’s current lobbying disclosure policy allowed for secret …
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Why Does Trump Encourage Rioters, and What Effect Is It Having on Public Health?
On my recent post: Protests in Michigan Could Have Erupted in Gun Violence Frequent commenter Gary Tulie writes from his home near London: Surely even in states where open carry is permitted, using firearms to threaten and intimidate the elected …
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Meme On Trump Supporters: Cute, But Incorrect
This may be cute, but not all Trump supporters are morons. Strangely enough, there are some highly intelligent racists; no one thinks Stephen Miller or Steve Bannon are idiots; they’re despicable people, but they’re not idiots.
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Understanding the Coronavirus Mortality Rate
Foolishly, I got involved with a whole bunch of people who believe passionately that the economy should be reopened immediately, and consider the restrictions to be some mixture of slavery, false imprisonment, and violations of their constitutional rights to assemble. …
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Canada Bans Assault Rifles
Imagine living in a country whose law-making process isn’t completely controlled by moneyed interests. What would it be like if our legislative bodies here in the United States functioned so as to protect our people’s health and safety, educate our …
