There is a distinct irony about celebrating the Fourth of July right now, insofar as the United States came into existence purely as a rejection of a king with absolute power over the people. Energy Analyst Robert Rapier makes essentially …
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Trump Supporter Demographics
I had to laugh at the ad here, as it speaks to our nation’s division between those who support and oppose the president. Yes, there is an entire range of voters who correctly regard Trump as a sociopathic criminal: doctors, …
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Climate Change and Future Generations
The meme here speaks to many Americans’ thinking and behavior with respect to climate change mitigation. We simply tend not to embrace the needs of other human beings. There must be a reason that our approach to this subject is …
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Small Wind
These people advertise: Energy from wind, generated right where you need it – that’s our SkyWind NG. The first independently tested micro wind turbine is efficient, quiet and Made in Germany. If you don’t care how much you pay for …
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Can Technology Save Us?
While there’s no clear answer here, the preponderance of scientific minds through the ages have been and continue to be pessimistic, for the precise reason that Newton asserted at left. It’s entirely possible that humankind, with its blend of greed, …
Evil Ages Its Owner
I’ve noticed this all my life: mean people tend to have physical issues that make them appear older that their actual ages. It’s as if their meanness exerts a contorting force on their bodies, faces, hairlines, etc.
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A Few Thought-Provoking Words
At left are the words of Italian Marxist philosopher, linguist, journalist, writer, and politician Antonio Francesco Gramsci. Without doubt, there has never been a time, at least since the 1930s, that featured a more horrific set of world leaders. Whether …
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Trump’s Personality Is Different from Most People’s
Imagine you constantly made embarrassing mistakes like the one at left. Wouldn’t you want to dig a hole and crawl into it? Trump doesn’t function that way.
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Is This the End?
As much respect as I have for Supreme Court Justice Jackson, I seriously doubt that we’re watching the end of the United States as a constitutional republic. Yes, this is what Trump is trying to engineer, and it’s clearly the …
MAGA “Freaks Out?”
I’m not sure “MAGA freaks out” is accurate. The MAGA folks are completely used to the “radical left” hating on Trump. Normally, surveys like this one are composed of the opinions of hundreds of historians, and guess what? The Horror! …
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