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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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***.
As readers may have noticed, I like to post cartoons that provide insight into Trump’s popularity.
Sadly, I don’t know whom to accredit for this gem.
In a recent post, China Lies at the Crux of the Effort to Mitigate Climate Change, I mentioned the primary impediment to our efforts to mitigate climate change, i.e., that our political and economic world is divided into 200+ sovereign nations, each of which is essentially on its own to prioritize, fund, and implement what strategies it sees fit–if any.
Until I came across the quote here from the late Carl Sagan, I was unaware that he shared this viewpoint.
Aristotle brings up a most interesting point here.
A college friend of mine used to go off alone into the mountains for weeks at a time during vacations, which fulfilled him greatly.
I tried it once shortly after we graduated, for a few days, rather than weeks. Like my buddy, I took a few books and a bit of weed. I wasn’t miserable, but it wasn’t an experience that I wish to repeat.
Apparently, I’m neither a “wild beast” nor “a god.” Something, perhaps, I should have known going in.
The quote here comes from Galileo Galilei.
I envy his capacity to suspend judgment; I have to admit that I don’t possess it myself.
Maybe it’s this level of open-mindedness that enabled him to set aside what everyone thought they knew about the cosmos 500 years ago, opening the door to true progress in astronomy and physics more generally.
