I have not posted anything in about fifteen days and no one has noticed or complained. I am back at work, however, because doing this beats doing some of the other things I should be doing. It is also the case, I am sure, that hundreds have been waiting at the door of my blog for something new, if only to avoid having to read anything more about the Royal Couple.
You probably noticed that Mr. Gates has published another book: How To Avoid A Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need. It is a good thing that a person of his wealth and prominence has called attention to the fact that we may have a problem. We should have listened to him back in 2015 when he made this statement: "If anything kills over 10 million people over the next few decades, it is likely to be a highly infectious virus rather than war."
Land Nerd
You probably did not notice what I am about to present; that is why this blog is so valuable to you. When Bill Gates wasn't writing he was out shopping:
"Bill Gates, the fourth richest person in the world and a self-described nerd who is known for his early programming skills rather than his love of the outdoors, has been quietly snatching up 242,000 acres of farmland across the U.S. — enough to make him the top private farmland owner in America....
While it may be surprising that a tech billionaire would also be the biggest farmland owner in the country, this is not Gates’ only foray into agriculture. In 2008, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced $306 million in grants to promote high-yield, sustainable agriculture among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The foundation has further invested in the development and proliferation of “super crops” resistant to climate change and higher-yield dairy cows. Last year, the organization announced Gates Ag One, a nonprofit to advance those efforts."
That seems like a rather generous gesture and in his new book he points out that the world's poorest people are likely to be harmed most by the changing climate. Once again, you may not know that some people think that Bill Gates is more evil than George Soros. They argue that he is really trying to kill-off the African people and "One outlandish belief is that he is using the pandemic to push a vaccine with a microchip that would control people's minds or track their location." Given my general glibness you may assume that I am joking and making this up. I am not. Nor do I think that Gates and Soros are evil.
"Bill Gates' Daughter Jennifer Jokes About Conspiracy Theory After Getting COVID-19 Vaccine," Eric Levenson, CNN, Feb. 15, 2021. (the source for the "outlandish belief.")
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