I’ll be the first to admit that most of what readers come across here is not my original thinking. That said, people who are loud, rich or popular don’t impress me. If I’m going to talk to you about wind, …
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“The End Game?” The End of What? Organized Society?
From “Mechanical Engineers Rock”: Mary Barra has consistently maintained that electric vehicles represent the long-term future of the automotive industry. Despite fluctuations in EV demand and market conditions, General Motors continues investing heavily in battery technology, vehicle platforms, charging networks, …
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Trump’s Damage to Our Planet and All Life Forms Is Boundless
Trump’s second term has shown us that he and his inner circle have limitless creativity when it comes to finding things to destroy and inflicting huge damage. Hey! We can put more pressure on endangered species, driving them ever closer …
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Send a Bible to a Starving Child
Here’s where you can donate to send a copy of the bible to the poorest of the poor African children. Let the word of God explain to these children why they are dying of sickness and starvation. Certainly, their parents …
The Nazi Playbook
Always blame your opposition for the crimes you committed. We baby boomers remember when the two dominant political parties were essentially indistinguishable. Eisenhower, a Republican, stood for strong Social Security, limited military, unemployment insurance, and a strong minimum wage. What …
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What It Means to be a Leftist
I just came across Sofo Archon, an incredibly interesting speaker and writer. My only response to what he says at left is that you are, in fact, a leftist, whether you accept that or not. Anyone who says that he …
Trump’s Obsession with Obama
The meme here raises an important point: Why are 30% of American voters still supporting a man who spends a great deal of time making ridiculous claims about an ex-president who left office 10 years ago? Doesn’t he have duties …
Democracy v. Constitutional Republic
I wish I had $100 for every time I heard some uneducated Trump supporter tell me this. A democracy is a system where governmental power is derived directly from the will of the majority. A constitutional republic is a specific …
Why Trump Is So Repugnant
My biggest beef with Trump isn’t the many individual points of failure, but the fact that they are all the product of the mind of a criminal sociopath whose only way of thinking is self-enrichment, normally at the expense of …
Scientific Illiteracy
Neil DeGrasse Tyson says that our problem isn’t that our children don’t understand science, but that our adults don’t. Three comments: 1) Wind is not a finite resource as long as the sun comes up every morning and disproportionately heats …
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