I wouldn’t say Sarah Palin is crazy. Inept, to be sure, but she doesn’t seem mentally ill. What we have now with the Republicans, however, is indeed a brand of criminal insanity. If you doubt this, consider for a moment …
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“Inside the Movement” Remains Optimistic on Global Warming Mitigation
Morgan, at “Inside the Movement,” writes: This year’s COP Conference has been hard to watch. Between the record number of oil lobbyists attending and the COP President (an oil CEO) who doesn’t believe phasing out fossil fuels will reduce global heating, …
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Facts Don’t Matter, and That Has Consequences
The meme here speaks to what has become a defining element of American society, i.e., facts have ceased to matter. Here we have a scenario in which essentially every metric surrounding the economy is extremely positive; inflation, job growth, real …
Fox News Doesn’t Play Well in Dallas, But What Exactly Does that Mean?
I’m happy to hear this, but I would make this prediction: Go 40 miles in any direction from downtown Dallas and repeat the experiment. Don’t be surprised if the bartender is cheered. This is the same phenomenon that we see …
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Trump Stands Alone
Yes, the meme here represents a profound contrast between the character of two different U.S. presidents, separated by 50 years. But let’s keep this in mind: being a vulgar slob, even the greatest among the 46 U.S. presidents, is not …
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Somehow Global Warming Is Still Controversial
Reader Charlie Heller notes: Hydrocarbons are not nearly the problem climate change hysteria peddlers claim. They are making money off of fear mongering. I had no idea. Please provide some evidence in support of the claim you make here. I’d …
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U.S. Education Is Slipping, to Put it Kindly
Below is a performance of Frederik Chopin’s waltz in G flat. I bring it up because a dear old friend who grew up in the Netherlands used to play it, and when I asked him how he could get through …
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Nikki Haley’s Role in the 2024 Presidential Race
Re: the meme here, a reader notes: If you don’t think Nikki Haley and Joe Biden would split the non-MAGA vote, you’re not paying attention. Personally I think it would be more likely that Nikki Haley and Trump would split …
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Get Used to the Word “Insurrection”
Michael Fanone worked for the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia from 2001 until his retirement following the storming of the U.S. Capitol in 2021. What he says here I find interesting. Two points: MAGA congresspeople appear to …
From Democracy Now: Planet for Sale? Record 2,500 Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Descend on COP28 U.N. Climate Summit in Dubai
The Democracy Now! article begins: This year, there are at least 2,456 lobbyists at COP28, the U.N. climate summit in Dubai — nearly four times as many as last year — from companies like Shell, Total and ExxonMobil. The lobbyists …
