Dennis Keim

Trump Removes Sanctions on Russia to Help Oil Flow Amid Iran Conflict

Another lifeline tossed to the Kremlin.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/u...

The nice price thanks to wind energy here in the middle part of the country. Spp.org

With all the wind today, I thought I'd see how much it was providing this afternoon on the Southwest Power Pool. Spp.org

Not bad. 65%.

‘This cannot be sustainable’: The U.S. borrowed $50 billion a week for the past five months, the CBO says "We need policymakers to come together, agree to reduce deficits ... and put our national debt on a downward sustainable path as a share of the economy."

"Between October 2025 (when the 2026 fiscal year started) and February, the Treasury spent an additional $31 billion on net interest on public debt, compared to the prior year."

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Exclusive: U.S. dismissed Ukraine deal for anti-Iran drone tech last year Snubbing Ukraine's offer ranks as one of the U.S.'s biggest tactical miscalculations before the war, officials say.

"Iran's inexpensive Shahed drones have been linked to the deaths of seven U.S. service members, and have cost the U.S. and its friends in the region millions of dollars to intercept."

www.axios.com/2026/03/10/u...

Opinion | We Are Being Governed by Unserious People

Gift.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/o...

Country Joe & the Fish - VietNam Song - Live Woodstock 1969 - Full HD Video YouTube video by Dima T

RIP Country Joe McDonald.

“History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.”

- Mark Twain

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U.S. judge voids 2025 actions taken by Kari Lake as Voice of America CEO, including job cuts The judge ruled that Lake was ineligible to be acting CEO because she wasn’t employed by the U.S. Agency for Global Media when the former CEO resigned in January 2025.

"Voice of America, which had broadcast in 49 languages to 420 million people across more than 100 countries, was limited to four languages under the administration’s efforts to dismantle the agency."

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"For a rural utility today we might say their assets are being stranded at both ends."

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Patients say measles 'worse than expected' as Utah hits 350+ infections, doctors say Health officials plead with residents to vaccinate against measles as Utah hits 358 infections.

But I was told....

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Repurposing Scotland’s industrial past into a sustainable future Fifty years on from its early pioneering role in manufacturing platforms for the oil industry, Kishorn Port, on Scotland’s Atlantic coast, is expanding to build the vast structures needed for wind pow...

"'Renewable floating structures [such as wind turbines] are huge, so Kishorn is really coming back on to the map,' says Ferguson."

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RFK Jr. Says He Wants Dunkin' and Starbucks to Prove Their Drinks Are Safe "Show us the safety data that show that it’s okay for a teenage girl to drink an iced coffee with 115 grams of sugar in it," Kennedy said at a recent event

I'm still waiting for Mr. Natural to ban Roundup.

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Rebecca Solnit Says the Left’s Next Hero Is Already Here

Rebecca Solnit. Gift.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/m...

Pete Hegseth Treats Fallen American Soldiers as a PR Problem His use of the Iran-war dead to attack the media was disgraceful.

Gift article.

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Brittle Power by Lovins and Lovins. 1983. PDF.

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Energy systems seen as vulnerable; Brittle Power, by Amory B. Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins. Andover, Mass.: Brick House. 486 pp. $17.95. The basic message of ''Brittle Power'' is compellingly simple: Don't put all your eggs in one basket. The ''eggs

No wars have ever been fought over the wind and sun.

Their prices don't vary based on something going on halfway around the world.

We knew all this back in 1983.

But we sadly keep paying the price, financial and human, of not minding these facts.

www.csmonitor.com/1983/0105/01...

How Trump Decided to Go to War

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

No hero search here. Maybe the lesser of evils.

I haven't looked into it that much but I've found ChatGPT and Gemini occasionally useful. I don't use them often because they are resource hogs.

Thanks for the reference.

I find it useful for language studies and health care queries. It's always advisable to be cautious with any results of course.

How Talks Between Anthropic and the Defense Dept. Fell Apart

I just added the Claude app to my phone today. Not sure if I will use it yet. Had been using ChatGPT when I needed AI help. Gift article.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/t...

How “Power Couples” Can Help the United States Win the Global AI Race - RMI Building data centers alongside wind, solar, and batteries can fast-track electricity needed for AI — without forcing families and businesses to foot the bill.

Energy note.

"RMI analysis shows that building data centers alongside wind, solar, and batteries near existing grid connection sites can fast-track electricity needed for AI — without forcing families and businesses to foot the bill."

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Renewable Energy Defies Trump’s Attacks, Reaching a New Record Wind, solar and other green sources generated more than a quarter of all US energy last year.

Consumers still want the cheapest electricity they can get. And that's wind and solar right now. Gift link.

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I made this point in class the other day. Until Congress changes the name, it's the Department of Defense. It's not hard.

Pete Hegseth can call it whatever he wants. Uncle Drunky's Funtown or the He-Man Warfighters Secret Clubhouse or whatever. No one else should feel the need to follow him.

BARTIROMO: Patriotism is spreading. You announced your Pledge America Campaign, encouraging broadcasters to air more pro-America content, such as starting each day with the Pledge of Allegiance

CARR: We're in the midst of a great revival. President Trump is truly the political colossus of our time

Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

Turning the USA media into Russia's. One merger or buyout at a time. Gift article.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/b...

Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries.

www.wsj.com/us-news/amer...

Whenever I see Hillary- smart, witty, sensible I remember what a tragedy that Americans hate women so that they picked Trump over her. This is why we can’t have nice things.

Secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules are made public The Energy Department made the rules public a month after NPR reported about their existence. The rules slash requirements for security and environmental protections.

What could possibly go wrong?

"The Department of Energy has made public a set of new rules that slash environmental and security requirements for experimental nuclear reactors."

www.npr.org/2026/02/26/n...

The Looming Taiwan Chip Disaster That Silicon Valley Has Long Ignored

"If China invades Taiwan and cuts off its chip exports to American companies, the tech industry and the U.S. economy would be crippled."

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/t...

Opinion | John Roberts Is Losing Patience With Trump

Linda Greenhouse's opinion.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/o...