The numbers at left re-enforce my belief that Lincoln should have accepted the secession of the Confederacy in 1861, telling them: So long. Sorry your slaves will have to suffer, but it won’t be long until you, a pariah nation, …
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Warning from Dan Rather re: Trump
Retired news journalist Dan Rather notes: Momentum appears to have moved in the direction of Biden/Harris. But with the election still months away, we need to remind ourselves that everyone who cares about the country needs to pay attention and …
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Biden Won’t Be a Dictator: Good to Know
I had to laugh when I saw this, and how illustrative it is of the conditions of abject stupidity in which this country lives right now. Sure, all presidential campaigns seek to make the differences between a candidate and his …
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Trump Lies, But No One Cares
Is someone suggesting that there should be some factual accuracy in what Trump says? If he’s proven anything since his arrival on the U.S. political scene, it’s that lies are just as good as the truth in the minds of …
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America Really Didn’t Like Hillary Clinton
America could never warm up to Hillary, though this never made sense to most of us. “What exactly don’t you like about her?” we’d ask. A reader notes: What a loss for America when we lost her as POTUS. And …
Climate Science Is Easy, Doing Something About It Isn’t
I spend a decent amount of time trying to improve my understanding of particle physics and quantum mechanics. The subject is difficult, but it’s important in our world today, and therefore I believe it’s worth some of my resources. By …
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Endorsing Trump
Unless a U.S. president dies in office and is replaced by the VP, the role of vice president is normally a small one indeed. That may be even more the case with milquetoast Mike Pence, though his actions on January …
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An Economic Platform of Fairness
The thought expressed here was very definitely part of the American zeitgeist at the time (mid-20th Century), but it has largely fallen out of favor since then. As a friend told me probably 30 years ago, the motto of the …
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What Matters Most
The meme here is powerful, but there is no evidence that such a moment will actually arrive. Of course, it’s possible that humankind will find itself on the precipice of some sort of collapse, perhaps, via environmental decay, and there …
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Trump: “If I Don’t Get Elected, It’s Going to be a Bloodbath”
Energy/economy guru Robert Rapier writes: That’s a guy terrified of losing the election and being held accountable in court. I have no doubt he’d cause that bloodbath if he thought it would save his skin. Considering that Trump incited an …
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