The Post-Partisan Emporium

 Thanks to Who D. Who for recommending this article... The "No Kings" Scam: The Oligarchs Are Funding Their Own "Resistance" The No Kings rallies this weekend will not frighten the oligarchy.   Dorothy Lennon The upcoming No Kings rallies, set to take place across America, will not spark fear within the oligarchy. It does not call for a  general strike.  It does not call for an end to the  Iran War . It does not call for an end to the  genocide  against the Palestinians in Gaza. It does not call to strengthen the  labor movement . It does not call to leave the Democratic and Republican Parties. Like the  “anti-war movement”  during the Bush administration or the  Women’s March  during the first term of Trump’s presidency, this will be an attempt to channel energy back into a decaying Democratic Party with leaders who have already  acquiesced  to President Trump’s demands. For if we are to break the oligarchy’s ne...

  They Want to Stop Lightning Now The real danger isn’t climate. It’s the belief we can control nature. There is a point where science stops asking questions and starts issuing commands. We are there. A  Canadian startup  now claims it can suppress lightning to prevent wildfires. The logic is simple and increasingly familiar. Lightning ignites fires. Fires release carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide contributes to climate change. Therefore, lightning itself has become a problem to solve. But that conclusion only makes sense if you accept a much deeper assumption. That natural systems are errors. And that we are capable of correcting them. The Real Shift No One Is Talking About This is not about lightning. It is about a fundamental shift in how nature is being framed. Natural processes are no longer something to understand. They are something to control. Fire is no longer an ecological process. It is an emissions source. Lightning is no longer atmospheric physics. It is a liabi...