Texas governor Greg Abbott gets an F in Responsible Governing Class…
Thanks to Nick Anderson.
In honor of the gun fetishists…
Thanks to Kevin KAL Kallaugher.
Please, if you care about gun violence in America and want to cut through the irrational rhetoric on all sides, and hear thoughtful deliberation, please listen to this podcast…
It's outside of the usual paywall. Some takeaways: "assault weapons" (or whatever you want to call them) bans have limited impact, there is a place...
A “good guy with a gun” is only good if he actually does something besides cower…
Thanks to Rick McKee.
Montana is not only sunny, and a great place for solar energy production, we’re also windy. With more wind farms popping up it’s a good time to review the things that kill far more birds than wind turbines…
From electrek: https://electrek.co/2020/10/29/birds-wind-turbines-trump/
Inflation is a world-wide problem, made worse by Putin’s murderous war. Fortunately, food prices have not gone up as much in the U.S. as they have in the rest of the world. Here are some ideas for saving on food costs (and eating healthier)…
From Zero-Waste Chef: https://zerowastechef.com/2022/05/25/6-ways-to-save-money-as-food-prices-rise/
From our Books, movies and music section: Under the Flag of the Rising Sun (1972), a powerful anti-war film from director Kinji Fukasaku, about a woman’s travails in seeking the truth about her Japanese soldier husband years after WWII has ended…
Well worth a watch. From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Flag_of_the_Rising_Sun
Killing schoolkids is definitely not a beautiful thing…
Thanks to Nick Anderson.
Good news: hybrid wind farm, incorporating large-scale power storage capability with our almost ever-present wind, to be built in neighboring Stillwater County…
Of course, rooftop solar with a battery array is a viable option for a decentralized power source. What could be more decentralized and reliable for...
Sad but true…
Thanks to Nick Anderson.