Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Internal ExxonMobil documents show that the company’s scientists predicted in 1982 that by 2020, parts per million of carbon dioxide in earth’s atmosphere would reach 410-420 ppm. For the first time this spring ppm of CO2 exceeded 415. The memo says in part, ““Considerable uncertainty also surrounds the possible impact […]
9 Easy Propaganda steps to War with Iran
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Trump administration is now in full disinformation mode, using all the classical techniques of propaganda to put the gullible US public on a war footing with Iran. Here is how it is done. 1. Iran warmongers like National Security Adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pretend […]
Top Ten differences between the Iraq War and Trump’s Proposed Iran War
1. Iraq is 168,754 mi² and Iran is 636,400 mi²; that is, Iran is geographically 3.77 times bigger than Iraq, almost 4 times as big. 2. Iraq’s population when invaded was 26 million. Iran’s population today is 81 million. 3. General Eric Shinseki testified before Congress prior to Bush’s invasion that based on the US […]
Rashida Tlaib’s Palestinian Theology of Good Samaritanism and Redemption
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) gave an interview to Yahoo News Sunday. It is a wideranging interview, discussing her hopes that Trump is impeached (though she says she has toned that down because House majority leader Nancy Pelosi told her to concentrate on representing her district; she says she doesn’t want […]
It will be Very Hot and very Wet–We’ve exceeded 415ppm of Carbon Dioxide for the first Time since the Pliocene
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration measures atmospheric carbon dioxide at its Moana Loa observatory. You can see that on May 11 we were just about at 415 parts per million of CO2. A couple of days this week, we’ve gone over 415. When I say that, you should run […]
Pace Pompeo: What if the US is “Sowing Chaos” in Mideast & Iran is a Status Quo Power?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told NBC that Iran is an active threat to US interests and “sowing chaos” in the Middle East. It strikes me that exactly the opposite is true. The Islamic Republic of Iran has in recent years, despite its heritage in the 1979 revolution, acted as […]
Love, Peace, Forgiveness and Light dominate the Qur’an
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Outside observers often have the incorrect impression that the Qur’an, the holy book of Muslims, is bleak, or harsh, or even violent. Philip Jenkins has found that the Bible is far more violent than the Qur’an, and the violence in the latter is about self-defense from attacking militant pagans. Jenkins […]
US hits milestone of 2 Million Home Solar Installations, to double by 2023
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) just released a report showing that there are 2 million solar home installations in the United States. That is enough to power 12 million homes. (There are 127 million households in the US, and about 64% of Americans […]
Trump, hostage to Bolton and Pompeo, Pleads with Iran to call and Rescue Him
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Julian Borger at The Guardian reports that Trump gave an impromptu news conference on Thursday in which he urged Iran to call him, as though he was being held hostage by John Bolton and Mike Pompeo and was signalling that Iran should rescue him. I happened to see the bizarre […]
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