I’m sure most readers agree with the author of the meme here. There are two other major ingredients that I would add to what we can expect to experiece: Arrogance, i.e., an unfounded confidence in the correctness of Trump’s observations. …
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Corporate Arrogance and Greed Doesn’t Always Pay Off
As the story of Brian Thompson, the late CEO of United Health, ripples into and ultimately out of our news cycle, the subject of corporate greed resurfaces once again. It’s clear that this guy’s organization, known for its exuberance in …
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Greta!
When we see video clips of Greta Thunberg speaking to large audiences during international conferences, she is normally mad as hell. And given the truth shown in the meme here, is there any reason why she shouldn’t be?
“Classes” May Not Be So Bad After All
I’ll grant that the Albert Einsteins of the world are actually harmed by schooling. Of course they’re bored, but perhaps worse, their capacity to employ their creative genius is thwarted by the authority of the academic status quo. It’s worth …
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Want Some Ridiculous Thinking To Help You Through Your Day?
The author of the meme here suggests: “We’ll revisit this post (about the price of a dozen eggs) in four years.” Sure we will. We have the attention span of hamsters. On top of that, we have propaganda machines that …
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Both Sides?
I was on a Zoom call the other day with a guy who was defending Fox News on the basis that it’s “for people who want both sides of the story.” The cartoon at left speaks to this. If you’re …
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American Stupidity Knows No Bounds
If you think there is a single kid in our schools who’s being taught to hate his country, you are a true moron. Yes, it’s part of America’s present-day ultra-right-wing agenda to do its best to prevent us from thinking …
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A Christmas Gift the Whole Family Can Enjoy? Not Sure
Pictured here, it’s an indoor open flame, a fire outside of the fireplace if you will, the perfect present for a family with little kids. Some ads show five-year-olds preparing smores next to the Christmas tree, captioned, “bringing the whole …
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Tagged with: how greedy and stupid we've become in just 40 years
Biofuels Investment?
I’ll bet anyone $100 against his $10 (10:1) that no investor in this biofuels scheme sees a single dollar return in the next five years. That may seem like a long time to wait for $10, but, if you have …
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What These “Kids’ Guides” Really Offer Your Children
Perhaps you’ve seen earlier versions of the ultra-right-wing “Kids’ Guide,” which present Donald Trump as an honest effective servant of the American people, and expose the “radical left” nature of mainstream media. They lay out the “evil” of certain social …
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Tagged with: America's participation in environmental responsibility, climate change mitigation, consolidation of power in the executive branch, empowerment of Vladimir Putin and other world tyrants, journalists with views that dissent from Trump's are squashed, looting the U.S. treasury to make a few billionaires even richer, smashing of Social Security, two-tiered justice system where the rich and powerful can commit crimes with impunity
