We need to learn quickly to keep up with the massive change around us so we don't get run over. We need to outrun change.
Social media is a wonderful thing. You can create videos or blogs and spread your message far. The downside is your message can spread far.
Two recent examples of the upside and downside.
First, the upside…
11/14 – Wall Street Journal – This Rabbi Raps and Riffs – on Judaism – Ordained Hasidic rabbi Medny Pellin also does comedy and rap videos. You can check out his signature video, Talk Yiddish to Me.
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More on the economic, environmental, and ecological devastation caused by solar and wind.
Today let’s look at two articles on the economic damage from wind power: massive tax subsidies which look likely for another year and cost of wind-provided electricity rising.
11/30 – Tim Phillips in Wall Street Journal – Wind Power is Intermittent, But Subsidies Are Eternal – Check out the article for a brief overview of the massive corporate welfare found in wind power subsidies.
The Production Tax Credit provides slice-and-dice farms a 2.3 cent tax credit for each kilowatt-hour produced.
Jeff Haden surveys 7 Poisonous Beliefs That Make You Desperately Unhappy.
He suggests that if you are routinely unhappy, there might be some things inside you that are the cause. The good news is that you can change those drivers. If you recognize them and if you want to.
Here’s a few of his points I particularly enjoyed.
Continue reading “Great ways to make sure you are always unhappy”
Check out Exxon-Mobil’s commercial. Try to take a completely wild guess how many people are involved in getting one egg to your house and the number of people and millions of dollars of investment needed to get a bit of natural gas to the stove:
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Fun thing about reading widely on the ‘net is I get to look into worlds that I’ll never, ever visit on my own. Like the world of buying guns and dope online.
Worlds far away I’ll never visit
11/1 – Economist – The Amazons of the darknet – If you thought the days of buying dope and illegal guns on the ‘net ended when the feds took down Silk Road a year ago, think again. Continue reading “Another glimpse into a world I’ll never visit”