“There is a grain of truth in every joke.” “A joke is truth wrapped in a smile.” The Onion has nailed this one.
Category: Sustainability
Protecting Our Oceans
We see pictures of dead whales with hundreds of pounds of trash in their bellies; I’ve chosen not to post one, as we all have enough sadness in our days without my adding to it. At the same time, we …
Clever Cartoon on Robo-Consumerism
Love this cartoon! My wife’s birthday is today, and, as soon as I finish this post, I’m going to make her a card. “Make?” you ask. Don’t you mean “buy?”
Cuts in Food Stamps
….the majority of which are children and the elderly. Every day it’s a new exercise in cruelty. Merry Christmas.
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Trump: Perhaps at Loggerheads with Military Brass?
While nobody knows precisely what the top people in the U.S. military are thinking and saying about Trump in their private conversations, anybody could guess the basic gist. For a moment, let’s forgot all about the Ukraine, the nonstop torrent …
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Tagged with: clandestine and sinister forces within the U.S. intelligence apparatus “Deep State”, Mueller's 10 points of obstruction of justice, nonstop torrent of lies, the violations of the emoluments clause and campaign fiance laws associated with ripping off a charity to cover personal expense, what the top people in the U.S. military are thinking and saying about Trump
Bad People Do Bad Things
The guy who commented “Karmic Asskicking!” to what happened here got 510 likes on Facebook, but, while I admit that this is a bon mot if there ever were one, I like to be a bit more scientific and see …
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Not Sure This Is Making America Great Again
There have been 17 “significant” pipeline incidents (defined in the article linked above) thus far in 2019. Now we learn that, a week after another rollback in safety measures, an explosion at a chemical plant in Texas, noted for its …
The Zero Waste Movement
Here’s an idea that I loved the moment I heard about it: community libraries that lend hundreds of different items that are typically used only periodically, and therefore need not be owned.
Exercising Tolerance in U.S. Politics
In the post I wrote yesterday, Not Everyone Can Raise His Voice, I pondered the good fortunate I had to have lived through the “corporate” period of my life without the criminal insanity of today’s U.S. federal government. Would I …
Not Everyone Can Raise His Voice
“If people all over the world would do this….” Therein lies the rub. The people who are actually going to speak up are those lucky enough not to be caught up in any of the following: • First and most …
