September's temperatures were 1.8°C above preindustrial temperatures. For that month, the Earth reached a level of heat that implies almost certain disaster.

Because that level of heat isn't permanent yet, there is still hope of avoiding disaster. People are installing solar and wind generation very fast, but now we need to stop all new fossil fuel development (Hello, USA! Hello, China!) and speed up decarbonization as much as possible before 2030.

*Biden Ignores Public Interest In Push For Record Methane Gas Exports and Fracking.*

Of course, Republicans want to do worse — but that doesn't make this ok.

Stadiums that Greece built for the 2004 Olympic games are now unsafe due to lack of maintenance, which was caused by financial crisis imposed by the Euro-banks together with the rules of the Euro zone that condemn countries to disaster by limiting deficit spending even when that is the way to avoid disaster.

Greece under financial attack couldn't find the funds to save thousands of citizens from death, and certainly not for maintaining mere stadiums.

The US Supreme Court is recognized by most Americans as a problem for Americans' rights and democracy — a broken limb of our system of government.

Republican Extremist Gaetz seems to agree with progressive leader Ro Khanna about some reforms to Congress and the US government.

1. Ban money from lobbyists and political actions committees to congressional candidates
2. Ban members of Congress from trading stocks and from ever becoming lobbyists
3. Term limits for members of Congress
4. Term limits for Supreme Court justices
5. An ethics code for Supreme Court justices

I agree with the author that term limits for Congress are a foolish idea and that term limits for the Supreme Court require a constitutional amendment. I support the other three.

Is it wort while negotiating a deal like this with a sabotage-minded Republican? He may not stick to any good deal long enough to get it enacted and through9ugh the Senate. And it would be hard to cooperate with him on one issue while he demands to abolish other programs that poor Americans depend on for their survival.

However, if he can learn to tone himself down enough to cooperate successfully, it could be a good thing.

New Zealand's reaction to Covid-19, closing the border, seems to have reduced its death rate to just 20% of the US death rate in that period.