It’s pretty clear that the only thing preventing senate Republicans from making their revulsion of Trump public is their well-founded fear that, via severe reprisals by the former president, they’ll lose their seats. These people may be (OK, are) scum, …
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Astronauts Have Epiphanies About Earth’s Insignificance, Humankind’s Folly
Here’s a short video worth checking out. The speaker notes that there is a universal phenomenon that occurs to people who leave the Earth and have the opportunity to see our home from space. To a person, they report wondering …
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Not All Protesters Are Youngin’s
One thing to notice about protest marches is the number of participants over 60 years old. It’s impolite to get too precise in estimating a woman’s age, but let’s just say the one carrying the sign at left has been …
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Trump May Have Admitted His Actions Illegal–But Does That Matter?
I’m not a lawyer, but it’s hard for me to imagine any circumstances in which a criminal defendant’s understanding of the legal nature of the crimes he’s alleged to have committed has any bearing on his guilt or innocence. If …
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This Week in Science
If you want to subscribe to the “This Week in Science” podcast, as I do, the link is above. The graphic here is from this week’s show. I remain hopeful that an entry in the near future will read: “Scientists …
The Hate and Violence That Is Texas
From former U.S. Representative Beto O’Rourke: It might be hard to believe, but the governor of the state of Texas (Greg Abbott) just said he’d shoot migrants and asylum seekers if it weren’t for the fact that he’d be charged …
Americans Attack One Another Wherever Remotely Possible
Here’s someone who believes that those who show kindness to intelligent animals like pigs are morons. Speaking strictly for myself, that’s not the type of person I aspire to be.
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How Much Credit Biden Merits for the Economy
Re: the meme here, a reader opines: Brandon has nothing to do with it. No politician had anything to do with it. I agree that, generally, U.S. presidents tend to get too much credit when things go right, and too …
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Trump v. Truth
As suggested at left, of all the damage Trump has inflicted on American society, it’s possible that the greatest harm has been his bizarre, inexplicable ability to turn truth on its head. Here’s an exercise: think back to any close …
Shopping Mall in Sweden Has a Unique Characteristic
Here’s a short video about a mall near Stockholm in which every item is second-hand. Yes, that can mean simply “used,” as in thrift stores that offer previously owned sweaters or dinner plates. In this case however, what it normally …
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