The life expectancy of Japanese people exceeds that of Americans by seven full years (84 vs. 77). Seven months would have been statistically significant, but seven years? How is this even remotely possible? We don’t know, and in truth, we …
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Comment on Trump’s VP Selection
Re: the photo here, a reader notes, “Personally I’d prefer JD Clampett over JD Vance.” Every day of the week. Wooooo doggies!
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Trump’s VP Choice Surprises No One
The phrase “doubling down” might be cliché, but it certainly applies to what the Republicans are doing with respect to their extreme right-wing political positions. While some political advisors have been suggesting that Trump soften his hardline stance on the …
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What Makes Trumpers?
Young readers may not recognize this scene from 1975’s “Blazing Saddles,” where the black dude has been appointed the new sheriff of a town on the western frontier. The bigoted white folks are extremely resentful, and here, the amiable town …
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Untrustworthy Information
I almost clicked on this, then suddenly noticed that it’s sponsored by Chevron. Oh sure. I trust the international criminal organization, convicted of dumping carcinogenic waste into the rivers of Ecuador, deliberately poisoning the indigenous people, for an honest report …
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Facebook and RFK, Jr.
I highly doubt that Facebook gives a rat’s ass about your campaign, just like the vast majority of other Americans.
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Adding Solar PV to Your EV
Here’s a new concept in electric transportation that I don’t expect to catch on. Imagine you park your car somewhere on a sunny day, you unlock a roof-mounted container, and pull out an array of solar PV that you then …
Trump on the Golf Course
Why on Earth would anyone have expected anything else? Concern for others is so far off-brand for Trump, it would be like McDonalds serving fresh-squeezed turmeric juice and wheat germ.
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Trying in Vain to Understand Trumpism
Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Trumpism is that the top people who worked for the former president during his term in the White House refuse to support him for re-election, including our top military officers, but that the typical …
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What Is “Doggie Consciousness?”
Humankind domesticated the dog approximately 20K years ago, and since that time, most of us “dog people” have struggled with the issue: What is it like to be a dog? At what level do they think? Obviously, they’re beholden to …
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