Governor Walz: I like you, but: 1) While I hate quibbling over the nuances of words, I wouldn’t use the word “marred” here. Dining room tables are “marred” when someone drops a knife on them. Families are “torn apart” when …
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Trump Not Needed or Wanted in Chicago
As shown at left, not everyone in the United States government is letting Trump order him around like a slave. Of course, JB Pritzker is the governor of a progressive state and is speaking about Chicago, a large and extremely …
Why So Little Climate Change Mitigation
Why is this planet doing so little to mitigate climate change? Yes, partly it’s due to the fact that people alive today, especially those in the second half of their lives, will be dead before the worst effects of global …
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Cracker Barrel Makes U-Turn on Rebranding Amidst “Uproar”
It’s amazing what gets Americans upset. There are 1.5 billion people who can’t get a glass of clean drinking water on a planet that is slowly baking, losing its capacity to support life. A lawless authoritarian is aggressively attacking U.S. …
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Our Limited Reverence for the Wishes of the Founding Fathers
As shown at left, the United States has, in large measure, abandoned the idea that our government act in accord with the U.S. Constitution and the wishes of the men who came together to found this nation. We’re all waiting …
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Why Trump Is Mobilizing the U.S. Military in Washington D.C.
Given that the crime rate is so much higher in the red states, what’s the fascination with punishing cities that are controlled by democrats?
Trump Certainly Has “Owned the Libs”
By exerting the absolute power that Trump believes comes along with the U.S. presidency, he has most definitely thrown most Americans into a snit. Strangely, we preferred the representative democracy we had before.
What You Call What’s Happening in the United States if it Were Going on Elsewhere?
Good question. It depends on what country. Sure, we wouldn’t want to see this anywhere in the developed world. In the developing world, we would probably say, “It’s just one more step towards world fascism, but in some country of …
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Flat Earthers
This reminds me of someone I met who believes the Earth is hollow, and that there is a hole at the North Pole that leads down to an underground world. When he told me that he wants to lead an …
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What’s Happening in the World
When my wife asked me just now what is happening in the world, I told her that it’s just an extension of what we’ve been seeing. In the United States, for instance, Trump and his loyalists are using whatever tactics …
