Every element of American society seems so contentious, but for what real reason? On social media, we learn that vegans, regardless of the rationale that lies at the core of their eating habits, are under attack from meat-eaters. Why? What’s …
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Gun Violence Isn’t Unique to the U.S. Though We Certainly DO Excel in this Category
Below is the front page of a Florida newspaper from a couple of weeks ago. You will try in vain to find anything remotely like this stupidity, greed, and cruelty anywhere else on this planet.
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New Exercise in Solar PV Fraud
Here’s an exciting development (not) in solar PV, which claims (falsely) that it delivers 18 times more power from sunlight than traditional technologies. Let’s do some quick math, to see just how important (fraudulent) this breakthrough (scam) is. Say today’s …
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Qatar Plans to Violate the Laws of Physics
Where will the energy come from that will make this building spin? Strangely, they don’t say.
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Fox Pulls Plug on MyPillow Guy, Hasn’t Paid His Advertising Bills
Per this article, Fox News has discontinued the ad campaign of Mike Lindell (the MyPillow Guy) on the basis that he, as he admits, has become financially insolvent. One wonders how he faltered, given that he had amassed such a …
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Simply Giving Voters What They Crave
Here’s an article I won’t be reading, because the answer to the question is so obvious: her voting base loves her racism. It’s the chicken-and-the-egg principle at work in politics. MTG can hardly be called the cause of the ignorance …
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How Did Trump Happen?
Assuming that Trump is ultimately unsuccessful in overthrowing the U.S. federal government, there will be an ongoing conversation about the content of the meme here. We will never stop wondering how it was possible that a man who was roundly …
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Citizen of the World
Here, Socrates reminds us of the problems associated with being what is essentially a tribal species. We tend to look for differences between us, rather than similarities. Then we use these perceived differences as motivation for hatred and, often, violence. …
How Far We’ve Fallen
As I told my mom on the phone last night: I’m ashamed and embarrassed to call myself an American. This didn’t need to happen. When I was a small boy, Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower was president. He was a principled …
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What You Cannot Do
In response to the meme here, an appropriate response might be: says who? This is what the Christian right, i.e., the followers of the Republican Jesus, does every day of the week.
