Perhaps I finally understand Ron DeSantis’ brilliance. He is going to permit Florida’s department of Transportation to study the feasibility of using phosphogypsum as a paving material for Florida roads. Phosphogypsum is a byproduct of producing one type of fertilizer. As phosphogymsum decays, it produces radon, a radioactive gas that causes cancer. https://www.npr.org/2023/05/09/1174789570/florida-roads-radioactive-paving-phosphogypsum. Although thisContinue reading “Genius!”
Category Archives: Class Conflict
Sorry, Folks
Please, for the love of all that is good, stop trying to cobble this idiot situation into a romantic narrative. Stockton Rush was not an “explorer” or an “Unalloyed Villain.” He was just a Darwin Awards winner with a lot of money. The fact that there have been countless articles about this foolish incident whenContinue reading “Sorry, Folks”
Freedom Caucus loses its only copy of Cliffs Notes for 7th Grade Civics (Again)
The bar for petty, juvenile behavior has once again been lowered by House extremist Republicans who joined with Democrats to block a bill intended to protect gas stoves. This was a reaction to the debt ceiling deal, which despite all the evidence to the contrary was merely a deal to pay off the country’s debtsContinue reading “Freedom Caucus loses its only copy of Cliffs Notes for 7th Grade Civics (Again)”
Attention: “We do not have a climate change problem. We have a how else can the fossil fuel industry make $1.5 Trillion per year problem.”
–Simon Brice Connor, Cambridge University
The Dollar
This is certainly not the first time this subject has been internationally broached, but it’s the first time that I’ve seen it build traction in the world.The Hegemony of the U.S. Dollar. There is little doubt that the days of the U.S. Dollar’s exclusive predominance are finite. Given the decisions made in the past, IContinue reading “The Dollar”
Why the U.S. is Becoming Unlivable
A) Women’s rights are drying up more quickly than Lake Meade. This process has been catalyzed with Republican support for the kind of misogynistic myths that would warm the heart of Phylis Schlafly. Examples include “women should remain in violent marriages,” and “A rapist should have access to children born from his attack.” Margaret AtwoodContinue reading “Why the U.S. is Becoming Unlivable”
This Will Get More Comic Before it Gets Pitiful
https://nypost.com/2022/12/13/sam-bankman-fried-tells-court-he-plans-to-fight-extradition/ Sam was denied cash bail after broaching the subjects of is vegan diet and his ADD diagnosis to the Bahamian Magistrate. Bad news, pal of mine: this ain’t your Montessori kindergarten. There are no cruelty-free graham crackers or any fair-trade apple juice coming your way. Just for the record: The Post mentioned that heContinue reading “This Will Get More Comic Before it Gets Pitiful”
Our Doom: Just An Academic Subject Now
This is not meant as a satyrical piece. I just think that the backgrounds from Doom did an admirable job at illustrating the landscape of post apocalyptic Earth. For starters, I looked at the wiki for “Motor Vehicles,” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle#Comparison_by_regions). It indicates that there were 1,083,528,000 car registrations world wide. Of these registrations, about 16. millionContinue reading “Our Doom: Just An Academic Subject Now”
Not Exactly Shocked Over Here
For the 1000th time: Economic theory is just that. It is theory. As my macroeconomics professor once intoned, economists usually conceive people as little economic beings, maximizing their utility and doing little else. “Reality,” as another prof said, is a “special case.” Globalization was a terrific theory. If it’s cheaper to manufacture in China, forContinue reading “Not Exactly Shocked Over Here”
Me? I live in the United States of Oceania
With a rightist billionaire taking over CNN, and Florida and Texas trying to get rid of investment funds that don’t buy fossil fuel stock (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-25/esg-pros-say-republican-anti-woke-bashing-hurts-regular-savers ), western U.S. states crossing their arms like there is no water crisis, and red-state neighbors thinking they have a right to know why someone visited an abortion-legal state, it’sContinue reading “Me? I live in the United States of Oceania”
Bittersweet Abattoir 