Or Maybe Not: Shell and the Arctic

G+: Or Maybe Not: Shell and the Arctic

I may choose to buy gas at Shell despite my sympathies with the Seattle "kayaktivists" but ride my bike for shorter errands, as an act of political defiance. I already have very low weekly mileage as a result of working from home; I only drive myself for grocery errands, church, and such. Hm.



It’s getting harder for oil companies to make money. Here’s why.
Shell has pulled out of the Arctic. That’s just the latest sign that Big Oil is in big trouble.

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Maybe I need to switch to Shell. #ExxonKnew

G+: Maybe I need to switch to Shell. #ExxonKnew

I've continued to use Mobil (ExxonMobil) as my preferred gas station, but after reading a couple of recent articles like this, maybe I need to switch my allegiance to Shell, since they at least have supported solar in the past and see it as a core energy source in the future.



Green really is the new black as Big Oil gets a taste for renewables | Business | The Guardian

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Global trumpism: India's Modi manufactures reality with push polls

G+: Global trumpism: India's Modi manufactures reality with push polls

What do we call ourselves? What do we call the forces of "global trumpism" with a small t? How about The Resistance versus The Empire?



Global trumpism: how India’s brutal leader manufactures reality with trumped-up “polls”
Global trumpism: how India’s brutal leader manufactures reality with trumped-up “polls”

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Nigel Farage is willing to serve Trump 'formally or informally'

G+: Nigel Farage is willing to serve Trump 'formally or informally'

The Donnie and Nige Show is going to be yuge. It'll be big league. I'm starting to feel very sorry for Angela Merkel in Germany, as France and Italy are lurching rightward, too. Be afraid.



Nigel Farage is willing to serve Trump ‘formally or informally’ | US news | The Guardian

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They Are Not Coming For Your Guns. They Are Gunning For Your Uterus

G+: They Are Not Coming For Your Guns. They Are Gunning For Your Uterus

Utah Rep. Mia Love wants to keep investigating Planned Parenthood for selling fetal tissue. She thinks women need their uteri to be protected from their owners' choices.



The House’s Pointless Fetal Tissue Witch Hunt Is Determined to Seem Relevant
The “baby parts” committee is telling Texas to investigate a Planned Parenthood on charges that have already been disproved.

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