Apparently, the content of the meme here is true, but the rationale remains unclear. Reports have cited that the measure was taken to protect Italy’s live (soon-to-be-slaughtered) beef industry. I wonder why it’s the province of government to tell us …
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In Praise of Biden
I’m with what Bernie Sanders said here 100%; Biden’s done a fantastic job in many different respects. I would only add the proviso that I’ll go with whatever choice Democratic leadership makes in order to assure that Trump is defeated. …
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Identifying Oneself Politically
I completely sympathize with this young person; I wouldn’t like my fellow drivers to think I’m a hard-core, anti-union Trumper.
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Prophets Are Always Progressive
The meme here is spot on, but let’s be honest: Do you think the typical Republican evangelical is likely to come across this? Even if he did, would he care?
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Gun Laws
Here’s a discussion between two people from my boyhood, whom I won’t identify by name, and whose comments I did not edit. Old acquaintance 1: Guns, aren’t the problem, cars, alcohol, drugs, kill way many more people. Let’s talk the …
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Rejecting Science as “Pagan Faith”
This from right-wing TV anchor Candace Owens: ‘Listen. I’m not a flat-earther. I’m not a round-earther.’ Actually, what I am is, I am somebody who has left the cult of science. I have left the megachurch of science because what …
I Come Not to Bury Trump
The reason that I’m happy that Trump survived the assassination attempt is that America cannot and will not survive this period of darkness and shame if Trump is for whatever reason buried and, by a huge number of hateful and …
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What Republican Politicians Tell Their Flock
As shown at left, Republicans generally believe that their country either is failing, or has already failed, in many essential ways. This may have begun with the Big Lie, i.e., the groundless assertion that the 2020 presidential election was rigged …
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Republicans Offer “Liberty and Freedom”
What do we get with Trump as our president? Liberty and freedom? That’s what these people believe, as unsupportable as it may appear to you and me. I would say we get leadership by a man who tried to overthrow …
An Astute Observation on Trump and Biden
This gentleman makes a great point about the relative unimportance of Biden’s debate skills. An astonishingly large number of Americans fail to realize how close we are to the collapse of everything this country once stood for.
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