Below is a video from an ultra-right-wing fellow who favors Trump in 2024, based on the concept that Trump loves America, and all who oppose him hate our country. This is the type of infantile thinking that must prevail in …
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Trump, Trees, and American Stupidity in 2024
It could be said that what America is engaging in now is a giant test for what could be called our “boob appetite.” How much stupidity is too much when it comes to a presidential candidate? Is there, in fact, …
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Glacier Calving
The video below shows the largest “calving event” (a piece of a glacier breaking off and becoming an iceberg) ever recorded. It’s the size of Manhattan, but 2 – 3 times taller than the actual New York City buildings. The …
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Understanding the Media’s Coverage of Trump and Biden
At left is essentially what I believe about the media coverage of the presidential election campaign. When you think about it, the money associated with making this look like a tight contest is so large as to be virtually uncountable, …
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Wildlife Crossings
Wildlife crossings like the one shown here are common in many parts of the world. Here in California, we’re just about to get one on the 101 Freeway a bit north of Los Angeles. Better late than never, of course, …
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Trusting Scientists Re: Climate Change
The answer to the question at left is that there is an entire industry that has formed over the last half century whose purpose is to sew doubt into the public mind regarding the validity of anthropogenic global warming. In …
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The Banana Republic That Is the United States
A reader notes: Trump is responsible for a ‘bloody insurrection’ (per John Boehner). The Republican former Speaker of the House blames Trump and his lies about election fraud for the January 6th riot at the Capitol, writing that the former President …
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Ad Targets the Large and Growing Demographic of Morons
Here’s an ad that got my attention: Fireproof your home with Neroshield’s anti-fire coating (which will) keep treated components of your home from contributing as a fuel source for a fire, and it is effective on wood, drywall, textiles, steel, …
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American Values
It wouldn’t be hard to look at the photo below and conclude that all Americans are swine. Fortunately, as Trump and his supporters are about to find out in November, these hogs do not represent anywhere near the majority of …
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Words from Late-Night Comedian Steven Colbert
It’s been almost 30 years since O.J. Simpson went on trial for murder in one of the highest profile criminal cases in U.S. history. What’s about to happen here and now with the 91 felony counts against Donald Trump, however, …
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