From “Reason Magazine“: A judge on Wednesday threw out a criminal charge against an Arizona mother who was arrested at a city council meeting for criticizing a public official, calling her arrest “objectively outrageous.” Maricopa County Judge Gerald Williams dismissed with …
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The U.S. Isn’t Leading the World on Climate Change Mitigation, and That’s Not Likely to Shift
From Bloomberg: The House Judiciary Committee said it’s found “substantial evidence of collusion and anticompetitive behavior” by the financial industry to “impose radical ESG goals” on U.S. companies. An interim report published by the Republican-led committee said “a cartel” of …
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Is America “Back?”
It looks like the majority of Americans are thrilled to see the ushering in of an administration that features an alcoholic Fox News host running the Pentagon, an anti-vaxxer crackpot supervising our health, a statutory rapist sitting atop U.S. law …
Life in Sweden Bears Little Resemblance to What We Have Here in America
There is a reason that the United States doesn’t resemble Sweden, and that is it’s harder for billionaires to become multi-billionaires. Life in America is deeply rooted in corruption, in which rich people buy favorable legislation from Congress. This type …
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Telling People What They Want to Hear
From his Wikipedia page: Thomas Sowell is an American economist, social philosopher and political commentator. He is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. With widely published commentary and books—and as a guest on TV and radio—he is a well-known …
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Trump Supporters Don’t Care That He Lies
In my recent post: Trump Voters Got Fleeced, But It’s No Big Deal, I pointed out that the MAGA crowd has no interest in calling Trump out on his BS. This is fundamentally how he won the 2024 election: he has …
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Trump Voters Got Fleeced, But It’s No Big Deal
Yes, Trump lied to the MAGA crowd, but hearing the truth from their hero isn’t a big deal; it never was, and it never will be. Where the price of eggs will be 12 months from now really doesn’t matter. …
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Trump’s Tariffs May Have a Reverse Impact
Which U.S. state will be most profoundly affected if Ontario cuts off power transmission in retaliation of the imposition of tariffs? A quick look at a map answers that immediately. The answer is the swing-state of Michigan. which went for …
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Pessimistic Philosophy
At left is a quote from 19th Century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. With all this pessimism, I think I would call him more “disturbed” than “insightful.” Long-time readers know that 2GreenEnergy tries to maintain a certain level of optimism (even …
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Thou Shalt Not Kill
If you tried to list all the elements of hypocrisy associated with the commandment “Thou shalt not kill,” you’d be busy for a very long time. War, the death penalty, genocide via bombs or starving out entire populations, refusing women …
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