An investigation by the House of Representatives found that the idea of natural gas as a temporary "bridge fuel" was an intentional deception: Big Oil's real goal was always to make it a permanent choice.

The article points out a number of ways in which extracting transporting and burning gas are dangerous. But Big Oil's propaganda still tries to convince people that gas is safe.

An internal investigation by the DHS published a report that *describes attempts by top officials to link protesters to an imaginary terrorist plot in an apparent effort to boost Trump's reelection odds, raising concerns now about the ability of a sitting president to co-opt billions of dollars' worth of domestic intelligence assets for their own political gain.*

A US Forest Service crew head carried out a prescribed burn to reduce the danger of wildfires. Things went wrong and it started a big wildfire. But is that a reason to arrest him?

Perhaps the Forest Service needs to change some aspects of its practices. I am not an expert on prescribed burns, and I don't want to become one, so I have no opinion on that.

But what is absolutely clear is that arresting the employees who carry them out is absurd trumpery.

A campaign to give all US personnel stationed at bases in the UK training in driving on the left side of the road.

The US needs mask mandates to stop the spread of flu, RSC and Covid-19.

This one measure is effective against all pathogens that spread through the air.

When someone sits near me in a train or plane and isn't wearing a mask, I ask per to wear one. If perse says perse doeesn't have one, I offer per an unused N95 mask, still in its unbroken plastic wrapper.

Often perse responds that it is not obligatory. I'm going to try out this response: "Legally it is not obligatory. Morally it is obligatory."