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A Middle Class Rebellion Against Progressives Is Gaining Steam

A Middle Class Rebellion Against Progressives Is Gaining Steam

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  30 Comments  •  5 years ago

There is a growing disconnect between public perception of problems and public acceptance of political solutions.  The public is being force fed a litany of threats, wrongs, injustices, and...
United Airlines Orders Up To 50 Boom Supersonic Aircraft

United Airlines Orders Up To 50 Boom Supersonic Aircraft

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  9 Comments  •  5 years ago

Supersonic passenger aircraft are a throwback to the 1960s.  The technology approach adopted by Virgin Galactic will likely pave the way for much faster long-distance travel.  An electric lifting...
My trip to Europe is about America rallying the world’s democracies

My trip to Europe is about America rallying the world’s democracies

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  21 Comments  •  5 years ago

Joe Biden delivers an opinion heavily laden in jingoism and a rehash of neo-liberal rivalries from last century.  What does it say about democracy when the President's opinion is trapped behind a...
An enormous missing contribution to global warming may have been right under our feet

An enormous missing contribution to global warming may have been right under our feet

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  1 Comments  •  5 years ago

Carbon, carbon, everywhere.  Too bad we can't eat silicon sand. The recent media attention given to the impact of farming on climate change obviously serves some sort of political agenda.  The...
France Is Becoming More Like America. It's Terrible.

France Is Becoming More Like America. It's Terrible.

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  1 Comments  •  5 years ago

The existential question confronting human civilization doesn't concern democracy.  The emerging question that cannot be ignored much longer is whether or not national sovereignty will survive....
Tasked to Fight Climate Change, a Secretive U.N. Agency Does the Opposite

Tasked to Fight Climate Change, a Secretive U.N. Agency Does the Opposite

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  1 Comments  •  5 years ago

NIMBY, NIMBY, who gets the blame?  The article is a bit technocratic but reveals the nuts & bolts of how climate negotiations really work behind closed doors.  We shouldn't delude ourselves...
The world's forgotten greenhouse gas

The world's forgotten greenhouse gas

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  1 Comments  •  5 years ago

Time to rely on science for moving the goalposts.  The pandemic provided real, tangible lessons for how to address the impact of human activities on climate.  But let's ignore those lessons to...
Is America's Democracy Slipping Away?

Is America's Democracy Slipping Away?

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  2 Comments  •  5 years ago

In a word, yes, democracy is slipping away.  As it should.  Democracy threatens our republic. The author defends the tenuous exaltation of democracy with this statement of deeply flawed prose:...
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