Originally published at: Mark Robinson Comes Clean (Sort Of) and Tries to Sell Some Content
Epically scandal-plagued former North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has shown us a blueprint for an apology tour in the MAGA influencer era. It apparently involves visiting a very friendly podcast, admitting you lied, not really apologizing for it, and monetizing the whole thing. You may remember Robinson from the series of wildly controversial statements…
“Fully decarbonized power sector” is not a term commonly used in US media, but Sweden has achieved that with nuclear, wind and hydro and some solar and low-enthalpy ground heating. The country has even decarbonized steel production. Finland is also up there, with a high degree of electrification of its economy. Now we see countries such as the UK caught on the back foot due to their ongoing reliance on fossil fuels, particularly gas. Trump continues to talk about US hydrocarbon dominance, but it highlights how badly the US has missed the boat. In Norway, 96% of new car registrations were full electrics. US, 8%. Rubio and Vance are kind of amusing when they attack Europe as it is hard for the Europeans to understand what they are talking about (and probably most Americans with backgrounds in science and technology).
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He’s charging $0.99 a month to allow people to subscribe to his Facebook page.
Between this putz and Mark Sanford, the Carolinas are truly cursed. “Run the government like a business!” shout the clowns who couldn’t find employment in any other field.
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“… monetizing the whole thing.”
There you go, that is the crux of the whole thing, esp if you are a Republican.
Anyone remember when “conservatives” railed against anyone who might “ignore the truth for the sake of expediency”?
OK, I guess not.
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Robinson has been described before :::
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” — Upton Sinclair
“Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.” — John Stuart Mill
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” — Bertrand Russell
“Most of the trouble in this world is caused by people wanting to be important.” — T.S. Eliot
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