Friday, February 18, 2022

The Weekend Environmental, Social Justice, and Calm-Me-Down Wrangle from Far Left Texas


'Texas Republicans behaving badly' is again trending on my timeline, but as referenced previously, that is a) annoying and tiresome; and b) seemingly not moving the needle away from them electorally.  So without posting more of their BS, I'll hold a few of the most egregious for another day.  This Wrangle is for the other things that bother me, and a few things at the end that soothe.


The freeze from last year has been an over-reported item this week.  Beto isn't getting any traction from it, either.  Maybe time to move on.

Let me use one more as my segue.


A couple of young capitalists found a way to make money on flaring, which is good, but isn't really going to solve the crisis.


There's just no point in building the Ike Dike now.  It's too late in the game.  Seriously.  Don't bother. This kind of too-expensive, unfeasible mitigation would be a boondoggle akin to the F-35.  (Speaking of Lockheed Martin ...)


That's a good segue to the social justice tweets.  There's also some criminal justice and labor news following.


Just entirely too many instances of the cops behaving poorly as well.


Mattress Mack has had a bad week (for him).


That news could have just as easily gone into 'Repubs acting badly'.

More guns = more gun deaths.  Our children are paying the price, and hiring more cops isn't going to solve this.


Their stories in the thread.


Perhaps a lawsuit I can feel good about Ken Paxton winning.


And the other feel-goods.  First: my friend Charles is writing "Leaving Texas"; here's the first part.