What Ben Franklin says here makes sense. In particular: We don’t want to live among hateful morons, not only because they’re repulsive, but because such people, when given the right to vote, tend to elect demagogues, aka criminal sociopaths. If …
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Is This a Good Clean Energy Investment?
Well, first let’s answer a vitally important question: What is it? What exactly do these people do? To find the answer requires some work; it’s not revealed anywhere close to the top of their website. It it turns out, it’s …
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What Makes the U.S. SO Different than Mexico and Canada?
The answer to the question above seems to reside in the things that do and do not impress us. We’re not impressed with intelligence, intellectual accomplishment, science, truth or the maintenance of good relationships with our allies. We are impressed …
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President Trump To Order Truckers to Speak English as a Matter of Safety
If you’re look for examples of the pure stupidity of Americans to discuss with your friends, you may have hit pay-dirt here. Think for a moment about truck drivers in Europe, who travel across 44 countries and 24 languages. Are …
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Can’t Blame Everything on Trump
Well, let’s be fair and honest here. Yes, Trump and his vice president ranted about the Haitians’ eating Ohioans’ dogs and cats, but the reason they did wasn’t because they were insane; it was a) their understanding that truth is …
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Electricity from Rain? Can’t Believe It?
Well, it’s real. It’s call piezoelectricity. It’s the phenomenon where certain materials generate an electric charge when subjected to mechanical stress. Now, of course, the stress caused by falling raindrops is extremely small, so we’re talking about amounts of electrical …
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Absurdities in American Politics
My son noticed that our neighborhood has fewer Trump signs than it did a few months ago. I explained that it’s because the election is over, but that his supporters are just as hateful and ignorant as they were when …
The Balance of Powers as Set Forth in the U.S. Constitution
I’m trying to remember when, in elementary school, we learned about the three co-equal branches of the U.S. government, and I’m going to say it was somewhere around 5th grade.
Understanding High School Chemistry Can Help You Spot BS
The meme here is total BS. How do I know? CO2 is one of the products (stuff on the right side of the arrow) in CH4 + O2 -> CO2 + H2O + energy, the combustion of methane, which is …
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