So many things in the U.S. are up in the air at this point. If Trump gets his way, there will be no limits on his power, and this country will be an authoritarian state like Russia and China. Obviously, …
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Many Americans Have Lost Their Capacity to Think
This guy doesn’t seem to remember that: Trump was the U.S. president for the first year of the COVID pandemic, and The United States is one of 206 sovereign nations on Earth, each of which had its own response. He …
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Trump’s Motives for Crashing the Market
It is true that Donald Trump said in 2012: “I find that I do better in bad markets. I buy things in bad markets.” Thus, Robert Reich’s speculation here makes sense. As someone on social media put it: I was in …
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What to Make of Slavery
At left is a reminder that: It’s a good idea to have a federal government that is strong enough to override the states when it comes to certain matters, and just because something’s not explicitly written into the original Constitution …
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Does a Clean Energy Giant Rise Power Beneath the Waves?
These people say: A groundbreaking study from Florida Atlantic University reveals that ocean currents can generate 2.5 times more power than wind farms, offering an untapped, constant energy source. Unlike wind and solar, which depend on unpredictable weather, ocean currents …
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There Have Always Been Constitutional Originalists–Some Smarter Than Others
A Trump supporter whom I’ve known for decades sent me this, and notes, “This is what I’m talking about.” Though there is emotional language here like “federal “meddling” and “arrogant judges,” overall, what Ron Paul wrote here is true. Yet …
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Charles Koch Lines Up Against Trump
From the Speak Up Boldly Group, “In a twist that wouldn’t be believed in the worst TV movie, the surviving Koch Brother and Supreme Court shadow boss Leonard Leo are moving to crush Trump and his tariffs.” A reader notes: …
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Corporate Greed
At left is a reminder that we Boomers are glad we made our money in the 20th and very early 21st Centuries, before the bulk of the corporate greed and corruption set in.
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Trump’s Just Getting Started
When it comes to destroying the wealth of the common American, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
Ancient Humans
Re: the meme here, I’m taken by something art historian Sister Wendy Beckett said about the cave paintings that we found ~40,000 years ago: “They show us that the people of the day worked hard, loved their spouses and children, …
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