Saying Good Bye to Fossil Fuels
Here’s a cool pic of a defunct gas station.
Perhaps it’s also a visual metaphor for our civilization’s phasing out of fossil fuels in favor of renewable energy.
Faith and Reason
Throughout the millennia, most religious texts have attempted to blend faith and reason. Thomas Aquinas, for example, set out to prove the existence of God using only the laws of logic that had been propounded by Aristotle roughly 1400 years earlier. Descartes, perhaps 300 years later, was on a similar mission.
As shown above, however, faith and reason aren’t always best of friends. Some of today’s churches are run by those who want us to choose between the two.
A cynical mind may suspect that these folks want us to remain as stupid as possible.
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“If Trump Wins, I Will Move” – Barbra Streisand
Ms. Streisand may be the wealthiest American headed for a sane and decent place to live if Trump is re-elected, but she certainly won’t be the only one.
There are large ex-pat populations all around the globe, whose numbers will swell impressively if the United States is no longer a democracy. Costa Rica, New Zealand, Iceland, not to mention Western Europe and Scandinavia all jump to mind.
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Corporate Greed
I’m sure the actual reason that today’s air travel is so uncomfortable is complex, but it strikes me that there was a limit to corporate greed 50 years ago that is altogether absent from our lives today.
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Plato on Empathy
In a world in which empathy seems to be on the run, it’s good to be reminded of what the world’s great thinkers have had to say on the subject.
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Earth’s Resiliency
Primatologist Jane Goodall says that one of the key reasons she remains optimistic about the future of Earth’s environment is its resiliency. I.e., the moment we stop inflicting harm to the planet, it begins the slow process of healing itself.
Here’s a fabulous and mesmerizing illustration of precisely this.
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Note To Walmart About its Abuse
I appreciate the content of the letter at the left, but here’s an even better idea for Walmart shoppers: Stay out.
Walmart, in and of itself, isn’t abusive enough? Shopping there is a degrading experience, and doing so is supporting the punishment that one of the world’s wealthiest families inflicts upon both its customers and its employees.
Even if this weren’t the case, how much low-quality crap do you want in your life in the first place? Do you really want a pair of gloves that will keep your hands warm for a single season, but has been engineered to fall apart soon thereafter? How much Coca Cola and Doritos do you really want in your diet?
Get out of there and stay out.
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Wind Catcher
The people from Wind Catcher say their product is “perfect for camping, RVing, and off-grid living. It’s lightweight, easy to install, and produces enough energy to power your devices and appliances for days.”
Of course, “easy to install” is a relative term, but, with all those stays and anchors, it doesn’t look at all easy to me.
And, considering this sells for $1849, I’ll stick with a portable solar PV array.
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Should Trump Be Detained Pending Trial?
Here’s a video in which former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner discusses the incendiary language that Donald Trump is using on his social media platform and at his rallies, e.g., referring to special prosecutor Jack Smith as a “deranged lunatic.”
The judge in the insurrection case has already said. “If Trump were any other U.S. citizen, he’d be detained pending trial,” on the basis that his language is clearly intended to incite violence.
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