Category Archives: Doomsday scenarios

“All-Electric Future Comes At A Huge Cost”

Tempering some of the enthuiasm for “all-electric” schemes.

The Coming School Opening Covid Train Wreck

Covid warning for the fall: assume the brace position.

Notes on the ‘Loss’ of Afghanistan

Cleaning up some misperceptions about the US operation in Afghanistan, including the idea that it was a country.

50th Anniversary of Powell Memorandum: Neoliberalism Has Wrecked Its Hosts

Commemorating a desructive anniversary, that of the Powell memo that set forth how big business would wage war against ordinary citizens.

Amazon: Regrowing Forests Have Offset Less Than 10% of Carbon Emissions from Deforestation

Unless drastic changes are made to halt deforestation and encourage forests to regrow, the Amazon cannot fulfil its potential to mitigate climate change.

School or ‘Russian Roulette’? Amid Delta Variant and Lax Mask Rules, Some Parents See No Difference

A discussion of parents worried about sending their kids back to school curiously contains only red state/nonurban examples.

Afghanistan: Another Reminder for Withering Britain

Afghanistan as an echo of the end of imperial Britain.

“Are vaccines becoming less effective at preventing Covid infection?”

As more data about the Covid vaccines comes out, it is becoming acceptable to step away from cheerleading and make factual judgments.

Why Did the Taliban Take Over Afghanistan So Fast?

How the Taliban outfoxed the US.

The War Nerd: Was There a Plan in Afghanistan?

Trying to make sense of Afghanistan.

Is Western U.S. Experiencing a ‘Megadrought’?

The U.S. West may be in a climate-fueled megadrought, but willingness to admit that, let alone address it, is awfully slow in coming.

Climate Activists Target Banks’ Greenwashing in Nationwide #DefundLine3 Protests

Banks fund new oil pipelines that will generate climate pollution for decades. They are greenswahing their loans as ‘sustainability’ measures

Biden Follows Trump On Foreign Policy

Biden’s hawkishness has resulted in his preserving many of Trump’s foreign policy positions, or worse, upping the ante on them.

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: The Threat of War (Nuclear) With China

Lawrence Wilkerson looks at the overly-casual talk in the US about nuclear war with China and does not like what he sees.