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Plastic Recycling

I’ve written a series of evolving posts about Plastic Straws. Here are links to all of them in sequential order. Starting with my first post ten years ago. Straws in Water Straws… Finally Straw Math Where did the Turtle get the Plastic Straw How Heather improves the Environment Plastic for the Poor The Ice Bucket Challenge for Straws Let me know what you think.

Kale Explains Everything

Republicans don’t like Kale. They’d like to ban it and penalize those who secretly consume it.

Democrats think kale is a very good thing. They want everyone to eat some everyday. And would like to pass legislation to subsidize kale farmers and pay for a massive advertising campaign promoting kale.
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Why Trump Might Win

I am not a Donald Trump supporter. I never have been but I do understand why many people support him. And here is an example:

The people who run Los Angeles County think that voting in multiple languages is a good thing as this sticker shows. Many ordinary people feel that if we are going to have a successful country we all need to be speaking the same language. Trump speaks for them.Read More »Why Trump Might Win

Volkswagen Lies

It is pretty remarkable that top management at VW convinced themselves that it was okay to deceive electronically a US Government agency. They must have thought that they could get away with it. Perhaps they thought that they were in good company since everyone was doing it. Or they they had been led to believe that it is okay to lie to governments and the public if your intentions are pure. How did they start to believe this? Well there are lots of cases of… Read More »Volkswagen Lies

Ineptocracy

A useful new word. Ineptocracy A system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers. Buy the shirt.

Drought Killer

It is ironic that one part of the government is spending money giving people incentives to rip out their lawns while another part of the government is spending a lot of money on an TV ad campaign encouraging people to go to parks. Yesterday morning I witnessed the installation of an artificial lawn in the front yard of a house in East Pasadena.  Like many artificial things it is skin crawlingly ugly. Yes it will save water in the short run and it will forever… Read More »Drought Killer