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Climate Change Progress

Governments are finally acceding to warnings from climate scientists concerning climate change due to the rapidly increasing number of extreme weather events. U.S. goals, while fairly ambitious, remain potentially achievable with the major obstacles being political rather than technological. Continue reading

Posted in anthropogenic, Automotive, Biden, Build Back Better, Cairo, Carbon, Carbon Dioxide, carbon emissions, Cars, Climate, Climate Change, Climate Change Conference, CO2 emissions, Competition, Conference of the Parties, COP, COP 26, COP27, Egypt, Electrical Power, Emissions, Environment, Environment, environmental change, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Fossil Fuel, Fossil Fuel, Fossil Fuels, Free Trade, Glasgow, Global Warming, green energy, Greenhouse Gas, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Greenpeace, offshore power, Paris Agreement, Paris Agreement, passenger vehicle, Pollution, protectionism, Roads, Roads, Russia, Scotland, shipbuilding, Solar, Solar, Solar Cells, solar energy, Solar Power, Transportation, Transportation, Transportation, Ukraine, Vehicles, wind farms, Wind Power, wind turbines | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Send Me A Letter

It seems to me…. “As a result of the digital age and the decline of first-class mail, there is no question that the Postal Service must change and develop a new business model.” ~ Bernie Sanders[1]. A mail or courier … Continue reading

Posted in Amazon, Benjamin Franklin, China, Communications, Courier, Egypt, FedEx, India, Internet, Mail, Parcel Select, Persia, Pharaohs, Postage Stamp, PTT, Rome, U.S. Postal Service, Universal Postal Union, UPS, USPS | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

The Need To Increase Immigration

It seems to me…. “It would be unwise for the modern Republican Party to come across as hostile to immigration. That has been the losing position in American history for 200 years.” ~ Grover Norquist[1]. There frequently is a stronger … Continue reading

Posted in Agriculture, Agriculture, agriculture, Algonkin, Asia, Cairo, Caribbean, Christian, DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Diversity, EB-1, Economy, Education, Education, Egypt, El Salvador, Employment, Employment, employment, Farming, Goebbels, Google, Gospel, Guatemala, H-1B, Healthcare, Healthcare, Heliopolis, Honduras, Illegal, Illegals, Immigrant, Immigration, India, Innovation, Intel, Iroquois, Jesus, Jobs, Jobs, LinkedIn, Low-Skill, Luke, Mark, Matariya, Matthew, Mexico, Mexico, Mgration, Middle East, Military, Native America, Nazi, Nofascist, Pequot, Race, Racism, Stripe, Taiwan, Taxes, Tesla, Trump, World War II | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Middle-East Conundrum

It seems to me…. “If we’ve learned anything from 15 years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, it’s that local people and nations have to secure their own communities. We can help them, and we should, but we cannot substitute … Continue reading

Posted in Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, Aleppo, Arab, Assad, Bagdad, Bahrain, Bashar al-Assad, Bekaa Valley, Bush, Change, Climate, Climate Change, Crops, Daesh, Donald Trump, Drought, Drought, Education, Egypt, Egypt, Europe, Farming, Farms, François Georges-Picot, George W. Bush, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Islam, Israel, Jihad, Kurds, Lebanon, Levant, Middle-East, Migration, Military, Muslim, Obama, Ottoman Empire, Palestine, Protest, Raqqa, Refugee, Sadam Hussein, Saudi Arabia, Shi’ite, Sir Mark Sykes, Sisi, Suez Canal, Sunni, Sykes, Syria, Taliban, Trump, Wahhabi, Wahhabi Salafism, Weather | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

2017 – It Was A Year

It seems to me…. “And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke[1]. Another year – 2017 – has now passed. When young, New Year’s was an excuse to party but … Continue reading

Posted in AI, AI, Alexa, Amazon, Apple, Apple, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous, autonomous vehicles, Bush, Canada, Cassini-Huygens, Change, Clean, Climate, Climate Change, Cortana, Cortana, Crime, Donald Trump, Driverless, Education, Egypt, Energy, England, Environment, Fossil Fuel, France, France, Google, Healthcare, Home, Huygens, Immigration, Inequality, Infrastructure, Iran, ISIS, Istanbul, Las Vegas, Manchester, Mexico, Mexico, Microsoft, Microsoft, Mogadishu, Myanmar, Nevada, North Korea, Opioids, Photovoltaic, Power, Renewable, Rohingya, Russia, Saturn, Sinai, Siri, Siri, Solar, Solar, Somalia, Speech Recognition, Syria, Technology, Terrorism, The Onion, TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Trump, Turkey, UNESCO, Vehicle, War | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Un-American Refugee Policy

It seems to me…. “We live in the age of the refugee, the age of the exile.” ~ Ariel Dorfman[1]. The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a bill, with backing from both political parties, mandating increased security screenings for … Continue reading

Posted in Affordable Care Act, Andrea Merkel, Assad, Central African Republic, children, Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007, Department of Veterans Affairs, Displaced Persons Act, Egypt, Europe, FBI, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Germany, Healthcare, Homeland Security, Immigrant, Immigration, Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, Iran, Iraq, Japanese-Americans, Jordan, Lebanon, Medicaid, Montana, Muslim, National Intelligence Agency, NIA, President Bashar, Refugee, Security, South Sudan, Soviet Union, Statue of Liberty, Syria, Terrorism, Texas, United Nations, Veterans, World War II | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

An Appropriate Response

It seems to me… “Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric.  If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.”  ~ Theodore Roosevelt. It … Continue reading

Posted in Allawite, Arab Spring, Crimea, Egypt, EU, Europe, European Union, G-20, G-8, George W. Bush, Georgia, Hosni Mubarrak, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Libya, Moammar Gaddafi, Muslim, Obama, President Bashar, President Vladimir Putin, Russia, Sanctions, Shi’ite, South Ossetia, Sunni, Syria, Ukraine | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Events of 2013

It seems to me…     “History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.”  ~ Ambrose Bierce. While there was much in 2013 that was memorable, … Continue reading

Posted in ACA, Affordable Care Act, Africa, Bomb, Boston, Change, China, Climate, Coup, Cyclone, Disaster, Egypt, Extremists, Funding, Government, Haiyan, Health, Healthcare, Hosni Mubarak, Insurance, Insurance, Iran, Iran, Marathon, Massachusetts, Mohamed Morsi, Moon, Nelson Mandel, NSA, Nuclear, Obamacare, Pope, Pope Francis, Prism, Response, Shut Down, South Africa, Space, Surveillance, Typhoon, United States | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments