There are grown-up people on this planet who believe that more energy can be pulled out of a system than we put into the system. This supposed hydrogen-powered Norwegian ship at left ostensibly: 1) Starts with seawater 2) Uses electricity …
The First and Second Law of Thermodynamics Say a Great Big NO Here Read More »
The words at left are 100% correct. Yet, Trump has one capability that’s rarely if ever seen: He can invent stories that have no basis in fact–and convince tens of millions of Americans that they’re true.
Re: the meme at left, I would draw a different conclusion: it’s possible that the United States has lost its appetite for lies, cruelty, and stupidity. Trumpism just may be on its way out.
Thank you, Bill. Well, there are two good reasons for this: Big cities have lots of people living in them; rural areas are sparsely populated. It might be worth looking up “city” and “rural.” The people living in cities tend …
Poor choice. Cincinnati has lots of affluent, well-educated people. Other parts of Ohio would have elected Vance’s brother as king.
To the reader who sent me this: no one’s offended. We know we live among racists, and being offended by a racist doesn’t help anything. Perhaps the very greatest thing about being an American is what’s etched at the base …
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Mikki Willis writes the following, the first few sentences of a much longer piece: I’ve been studying all sides of the climate change debate for many years — starting back when it was called global warming. Why the rebrand? Because …
A Few Words from a Climate Skeptic — And a Few of My Own Read More »
The use of the U.S. military against American citizens has been illegal since the Posse Comitatus Act was passed almost 150 years ago. Wouldn’t the Trump administration be well-advised to avoid situations like the one described at left that aggressively …
There are a couple of remarkable aspects to what our president has written here: 1) As shown in the graph below, the number of SNAP recipients did not increase during Biden’s administration. This year, it’s 41.1 million people, right in …
The lady who sent me this writes: Like so many others, I’m not sure how to look back on Dick Cheney … I truly felt that he was a war criminal, and serving the fossil fuel interests made him an …
