When it was a question of being able to turn away gay couples in the
Masterpiece Cake Shop case, Republicans went to the mat to defend the freedom to be a bigot. But when it comes reopening businesses safely, it’s imperative that the state step in and ensure that all comers are served. Hence the governors of Texas and Florida, two states heavily dependent on tourism, are going to war with the cruise industry over vaccine mandates on ships. Because whoever heard of a floating superspreader event, amirite?
In April, when fewer than one-third of Americans had received their first shot, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sued the CDC over its refusal to allow cruise ships to pack the lido deck with drunken revelers. And last month he signed a law banning “vaccine passports” and threatening to fine businesses $5,000 for every unvaccinated patron excluded, effectively making it illegal for cruises to demand proof of vaccination at Florida ports.
climate scare we created over the last 30 years.
On the opposite side of the spectrum are Democrats who have been calling out fossil fuel emissions, including some like VP Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders, who have called for an immediate ban on fracking.
It s an old story, and one that will probably continue for many years to come.
The renewables conundrum
Source: Brooking.edu
Yet, environmentalists who call for an abrupt end to fossil fuels and a sudden adoption of renewable energy fail to recognize the obvious illogic of this. It is not possible in this particular reality to simply ditch fossil fuels for renewable energy. That s why it s called an energy transition a word that seems to elude the masses and the mass media despite its glaring simplicity. Alas, transitions don t sell headlines. Absolutes do.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said Quintin Jones was pronounced dead at 6:40 p.m. EDT Wednesday, 12 minutes after he was injected with a lethal dose of pentobarbital.
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