Category Archives: Current Affairs
Florida is in HOT Water: Boiling Its Corals
AP News: Water at tip of Florida hits hot tub level, may have set world record for warmest seawater BY SETH BORENSTEIN — July 26. 2023 The water temperature on the tip of Florida hit hot tub levels, exceeding 100 degrees (37.8 degrees Celsius) two days in a row. And meteorologists say that could potentially … Continue reading Florida is in HOT Water: Boiling Its Corals
Indictments, Schmindictments: Trump’s Still a Hero to “Christian” Supporters
AP News: Some critics see Trump’s behavior as un-Christian. His conservative Christian backers see a hero BY DAVID CRARY — July 22, 2023 For eight years, Donald Trump has managed to secure the support of many evangelical and conservative Christians despite behavior that often seemed at odds with teachings espoused by Christ in the Gospels. … Continue reading Indictments, Schmindictments: Trump’s Still a Hero to “Christian” Supporters
Dyer-Spain, the far Right, The burning sun, the future . . .
GWYNNE DYER: Spanish election — Franco’s ghost? July 20, 2023 Spain has been a democracy since 1975, but right-wing Vox leader may dream of filling former dictator’s shoes Spain’s far right Vox party leader Santiago Abascal says he is open to forming national and regional governing coalitions with the mainstream conservative People’s Party after the … Continue reading Dyer-Spain, the far Right, The burning sun, the future . . .
Gwynne Dyer: Two Long-Range Weather Reports
Gwynne Dyer — July 12, 2023 Boing! Just like that! The Anthropocene officially started on July 11, we’re not in the Holocene anymore. That golden age of warm, stable climate in which humans started farming, grew their population a thousandfold, and created high-energy, hi-tech civilizations is at an end. “I was there when the Anthropocene … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: Two Long-Range Weather Reports