This cartoon from “Bloper” presents humankind’s response to climate change thus far.

Virtually every educated and intelligent person on Earth, including our scientists and our political leaders, understands that the temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans is rising, and that we have very little time to avert the catastrophe that comes along with it.

We are, however, also living with a small number of extremely wealthy and powerful people whose greed defies description, who are quite happy to inflict untold misery upon all our planet’s life forms if ignoring climate change enriches them even further.

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Outside of the fact that Liz Cheney and I both recognize that Donald Trump is a criminal sociopath, I would be surprised to learn that she and I have anything in common in our political and philosophical reckoning.

Still, when I see memes like the one here, it makes me think how good it would be for our nation if she could gain traction in the Republican Party.

I’m afraid, however, that this is a pipedream.  Until a) Trump is removed from the scene and b) enough time passes for the trauma he created to dissipate, there is no mechanism for a voice of reason to make any real headway in restoring sanity to the GOP.

Now, as a progressive, maybe that’s a good thing.  As an American and citizen of the world however, it’s hard to watch an entire political party with tens of millions of adherents wallow in the cesspool they made.

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Here’s a great article on the moral imperative to address climate change.  Its point: “To be complacent about climate is … to endorse future human suffering on an almost inconceivable scale.”

As we look back on 2023, the hottest year on record (by far), we see the number of deaths from storms, landslides, wildfires, and heatwaves going through the roof. Simultaneously, we see world leaders doing essentially nothing to prevent global catastrophe.

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This made me laugh.

Why on Earth would Fox put someone on the air who would make the Republicans come off  as so cowardly and treasonous?

Don’t ask someone a question unless a) you know roughly what the answer will be and b) you’re OK with that.

 

 

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Quoting the bible in an effort to expose Trump for the conman he is may not be effective, if only because there is no proof that excerpts, like this one from Romans, actually apply to the former president.

Having said that, this passage certainly works for me.

Most religions have similar texts, warning their followers about evil and deceitful people who speak falsely in the name of God for their own aggrandizement.

 

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From Thies Beckers, aka the “Atomic Jedi”:

Lately in the Netherlands the anti-nukes have been using the “nuclear waste-heat causes climate change” canard.

I wanted to know how much this was compared to the influence of carbon dioxide on the whole deal. And turns out, waste-heat is insignificant on a global scale. There are some local effects which should be considered, but generally, the benefits of having zero-carbon power vastly outweighs the negatives.

If you’re curious about this issue, check out my video below!

Thanks, Thies.  I had not heard this argument, but it doesn’t surprise me to run across garbage like this.

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I’m sure most 2GreenEnergy readers use reusable bags when they shop for groceries and avoid over-packaging.

It’s hard to lower our eco-footprint beyond a certain point, but everyone should take the quick and easy steps.

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Though the meme may sound like good news for those of us who prefer democracy to authoritarianism, keep in mind that Trump supporters don’t seem to have the same concern about incoherent bullcrap as the rest of us.

If Trump’s lies and insane rants haven’t bothered his base yet, that’s unlikely to change in the future, regardless of what comes out of his mouth.

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I agree with the content of the meme here, but what makes it worth mentioning is how bizarre all this is.  The Republicans have backed themselves into a corner, armed only with lies, hate, abortion bans, criminality, while offering nothing of value to voters other than white nationalism and acting as a wrecking ball against any and all progress.

I don’t like anything about these people, but, as an American, I’m actually hoping to see behavior that’s a little closer to truth, sanity, and justice.

It’s not the United States I grew up in, where pretty-much everybody had reason to be proud of his country.

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It looks like Reagan appointee Judge Royce Lamberth is pushing back on our “post-truth” world.

Apparently, he’s old-school, from a time when facts mattered and we didn’t have entire “news” networks spreading utter hogs***.

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