It's so ironic that windmills literally built this nation. (There's a Windmill Museum in Indiana that showcases 42 of them). These engineering marvels of the day helped to develop the Plains States, driving the Westward Ho migration and cultivating what we now call the flyover states. herr trump is not a free natural resourse kind of guy, as we well know, and he's in deep with coal and oil execs, so no huge surprise that he'd use any pretense to shut down an energy source that could compete with his buddies' companies. Such a tool.
Yes, it’s the deranged, uncritical allegiance to a president who is himself deranged. People who resort to TDS as a means of normalizing the insanity of this administration - thereby projecting their own insanity - are themselves victims of the most dangerous malady this world could possibly have right now.
Please clip and save my definition, people. And never be intimidated or silenced by those deranged accusations.
It has been a long time since I went to the ocean, thank you.
I love watching the egrets. There are a lot of them (not right now) that hang out by the rice fields. Sometimes there are 5 or 6 with both adults and juveniles.
One time, in Sacramento, I saw a bunch of white birds in a tree. Being curious I stopped to look closer and was amazed to see that the birds were egrets.
For about 2 weeks a young egret hung out at my house. I have no idea what it was after as there are only orchards surrounding me. Periodically there will be Herons too. I have only seen them a few times and always only one.
Sometimes there are sea gulls. Sad to say one day, a few months ago, I found one dead in front of my house. There was a bad storm and he probably flew into or was pushed into a vehicle. Once in a while there would be 5 or 6 flying around in town (10 miles away from me).
Periodically we even see Pelicans lounging around in the rice fields. After harvest many rice farmers leave the fields flooded so that the migrating ducks, geese, swans, etc., have a place to light down.
I hope that your state can get the funding to complete the project. This man doesn't care about humans so I find it hard to believe he cares about birds and whales. In fact, in April, he signed a bill/resolution opening up fishing in areas previously protected. He is so two-faced.
"Offshore wind developer Orsted won shareholder approval on Friday for a $9.4 billion emergency rights issue to help fund U.S. projects thrown into uncertainty by President Donald Trump's opposition to the renewable energy source."
"Since Orsted is a Danish state-controlled firm and since trump wants Greenland, I would bet that somehow trump will try to finagle some type of "deal". I didn't see that in print anywhere; just my thoughts.
A beautiful piece, Rabbi. So interesting, the words in the Torah. Down here in Delaware, we're battling the orange blob and his corrupt administration as he's killing a wind project off the coast of the Delmarva Peninsula. We're only about half a year into his regime and it's already impossible to list, much less assess, all the damage he's done.
Agree it is a lovely essay. We have a lot of white great egrets down here in Southeast Alabama during the winter. They roost in the trees around our municipal lake. They click and chatter up in the trees. We’ll have one or two great blue herons, but they are very solitary. I read this morning, by HCR, that it’s been 51 years today that Nixon resigned. I was living and working in a small law office not far from the White House and our clerk and I walked down to Lafayette Square to absorb the moment. There were a couple hundred folks milling around and lots of mounted Park Police but very quiet and very peaceful. We didn’t see a thing but just felt the moment. We were so young, just in our mid-20’s. We should be so lucky now to get rid of him so easily. Sigh.
Nature is so healing. But that man, not stable and clearly no genius, is trying to destroy it as he is destroying so much else. The Torah also tells us to safeguard our health. That is also becoming difficult with an arrogant know-nothing destroying the CDC. As someone else has said, may djt get his own health advice from rfk jr.
Thanks, Jerry. We do share a lot, and we share it with many, many other people. Interesting project in LA - and an example of the best that Israel can offer.
It's so ironic that windmills literally built this nation. (There's a Windmill Museum in Indiana that showcases 42 of them). These engineering marvels of the day helped to develop the Plains States, driving the Westward Ho migration and cultivating what we now call the flyover states. herr trump is not a free natural resourse kind of guy, as we well know, and he's in deep with coal and oil execs, so no huge surprise that he'd use any pretense to shut down an energy source that could compete with his buddies' companies. Such a tool.
Thanks, Malerie.
Have you ever heard of « Trump Derangement
Syndrome »?
Yes, it’s the deranged, uncritical allegiance to a president who is himself deranged. People who resort to TDS as a means of normalizing the insanity of this administration - thereby projecting their own insanity - are themselves victims of the most dangerous malady this world could possibly have right now.
Please clip and save my definition, people. And never be intimidated or silenced by those deranged accusations.
Windmills were responsible for the advance of Dutch industrialization by enabling faster shipbuilding that enabled Dutch colonialism
I think you have been taken in by the global climate fear mongers
Good morning Rabbi,
It has been a long time since I went to the ocean, thank you.
I love watching the egrets. There are a lot of them (not right now) that hang out by the rice fields. Sometimes there are 5 or 6 with both adults and juveniles.
One time, in Sacramento, I saw a bunch of white birds in a tree. Being curious I stopped to look closer and was amazed to see that the birds were egrets.
For about 2 weeks a young egret hung out at my house. I have no idea what it was after as there are only orchards surrounding me. Periodically there will be Herons too. I have only seen them a few times and always only one.
Sometimes there are sea gulls. Sad to say one day, a few months ago, I found one dead in front of my house. There was a bad storm and he probably flew into or was pushed into a vehicle. Once in a while there would be 5 or 6 flying around in town (10 miles away from me).
Periodically we even see Pelicans lounging around in the rice fields. After harvest many rice farmers leave the fields flooded so that the migrating ducks, geese, swans, etc., have a place to light down.
I hope that your state can get the funding to complete the project. This man doesn't care about humans so I find it hard to believe he cares about birds and whales. In fact, in April, he signed a bill/resolution opening up fishing in areas previously protected. He is so two-faced.
Thanks, Susan. I think the state is working on funding the project. For now, it’s in the courts. https://revolution-wind.com/news/2025/09/revolution-wind-to-file-preliminary-injunction-against-stop-work-order
"Offshore wind developer Orsted won shareholder approval on Friday for a $9.4 billion emergency rights issue to help fund U.S. projects thrown into uncertainty by President Donald Trump's opposition to the renewable energy source."
"Since Orsted is a Danish state-controlled firm and since trump wants Greenland, I would bet that somehow trump will try to finagle some type of "deal". I didn't see that in print anywhere; just my thoughts.
https://www.marinelink.com/news/orsted-gets-goahead-b-emergency-rights-529710
Maybe a sea gull will drop a "blessing" on trump's head or swoop down and grab his McDonald's burger. Well, one can wish lol
Beautiful words and video juxtaposed to another “evil” decision.
Thanks, Carol
A beautiful piece, Rabbi. So interesting, the words in the Torah. Down here in Delaware, we're battling the orange blob and his corrupt administration as he's killing a wind project off the coast of the Delmarva Peninsula. We're only about half a year into his regime and it's already impossible to list, much less assess, all the damage he's done.
Impossible, yes. But some have tried to list them: https://cohen.house.gov/TrumpAdminTracker
Wow! I'm surprised the regime hasn't taken his site down, as it's a ".gov" - thank you for this.
Agree it is a lovely essay. We have a lot of white great egrets down here in Southeast Alabama during the winter. They roost in the trees around our municipal lake. They click and chatter up in the trees. We’ll have one or two great blue herons, but they are very solitary. I read this morning, by HCR, that it’s been 51 years today that Nixon resigned. I was living and working in a small law office not far from the White House and our clerk and I walked down to Lafayette Square to absorb the moment. There were a couple hundred folks milling around and lots of mounted Park Police but very quiet and very peaceful. We didn’t see a thing but just felt the moment. We were so young, just in our mid-20’s. We should be so lucky now to get rid of him so easily. Sigh.
Nature is so healing. But that man, not stable and clearly no genius, is trying to destroy it as he is destroying so much else. The Torah also tells us to safeguard our health. That is also becoming difficult with an arrogant know-nothing destroying the CDC. As someone else has said, may djt get his own health advice from rfk jr.
Or from Ronald McDonald
He is plain and “simple” evil to his corrupt core 🇨🇦
Thanks, Sally. Go, Canada!
Excellent as always. Great comments as well.
Thanks, Jerry. We do share a lot, and we share it with many, many other people. Interesting project in LA - and an example of the best that Israel can offer.