Category Archives: climate change

‘Retiring’ dirty energy is easier said than done

Posted on February 25, 2022 by oddmanout215

I was telling Swamp Rabbit about The Uninhabitable Earth, the 2019 nonfiction bestseller by David Wallace-Wells that explains how climate change will turn the future into an ongoing catastrophe if we don’t drastically reduce carbon emissions. The author noted that … Continue reading →

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The suburban Philly gods bring you — fire!

Posted on December 22, 2021 by oddmanout215

We lingered last weekend at the 18th Firebird Festival in Phoenixville, PA, where a giant wooden figure shaped like a phoenix had been set ablaze for hundreds of fire worshippers. “This is my kind of celebration,” I told Swamp Rabbit. … Continue reading →

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An Xmas stocking stuffer from Manchin to Democrats

Posted on December 20, 2021 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit said it best back in April: Joe Manchin is a DINO — a Democrat in name only. He likes the filibuster rule and thinks raising taxes on the rich is radical. At the time, Joe Biden seemed confidant … Continue reading →

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Save the planet in three easy steps

Posted on November 19, 2021 by oddmanout215

We were discussing the recently completed COP26. Too bad we couldn’t afford to be there, I told Swamp Rabbit. In the news reports, the Glasgow natives seemed more serious about fighting climate change than your typical gas-guzzling American, maybe because … Continue reading →

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Manchin again (the video version)

Posted on October 21, 2021 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit was hungover and tired of my blogging choices. “How come you gotta do two posts in a row about Manchin? What about all them other creeps in the U.S. Senate?” So I told him for the tenth time: … Continue reading →

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Moral midgets like Manchin hold sway

Posted on October 19, 2021 by oddmanout215

“Lighten up, Odd Man,” Swamp Rabbit said as he stepped into my shack with a bottle of Wild Turkey. “You can’t call Joe Manchin a moral midget. What’s moral to him might not be moral to you, and vicey-versey.” “No … Continue reading →

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Vegans, anti-vaxxers and the automatic smile

Posted on September 27, 2021 by oddmanout215

Covid-19 was surging again but Swamp Rabbit and I were back on the road, selling environmentally friendly products upstate at a vegan fest. Most of the vegans were polite and receptive, but it was my misfortune to cross paths with … Continue reading →

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The past is never past, the news hardly ever new

Posted on September 8, 2021 by oddmanout215

We were still trying to clean up after Hurricane Ida knocked down power lines and flooded our shacks last week as it swept through the Tinicum swamp. Meanwhile, Covid-19 raged on and random bad news dominated a high-pressure zone that … Continue reading →

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Wishful thinking, a.k.a. bipartisanship

Posted on August 4, 2021 by oddmanout215

I told Swamp Rabbit that the country is in a one-step-forward, two-steps-back historical loop, and there’s no reason to believe things will get better anytime soon. He didn’t want to believe this, so I summarized some news stories for him … Continue reading →

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Grilling tips from the Ugly American

Posted on May 4, 2021 by oddmanout215

“Here, read this column,” Swamp Rabbit said. “Some peeps ain’t content to just mess up the planet, they gotta brag about it too.” It was a piece by a Washington Post columnist who is peeved because the food website Epicurious, … Continue reading →

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