Warren Buffett still buys oil and gas companies. His rationale, as he explains here by means of a comparison, is that he owns positions in Walmart, even though they sell cigarettes. In other words, he laughs off the moral aspect …
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Returning to Normalcy after Trump
Maybe it’s too early to start thinking about reestablishing a society of respect for human decency after we get past our bout with Trumpism. As suggested in the photo here, it would be foolish to think that the journey will …
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Is Mike Lindell Broke?
FWIW, I don’t believe for a moment that Mike Lindell, the MyPillow guy, is anywhere near broke. Keep in mind that he is a professional liar, one who claimed he had ironclad evidence that the 2020 presidential election was stolen …
Bill Gates on Synthetic Meat
Over the past few decades, billionaire Bill Gates has invested heavily into various technologies associated with climate change mitigation. Here are his thoughts on reducing the emissions from the meat industry, presented in an article in which he points out, …
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Is Trump Innocent?
Honest people do not have “opinions” on Trump’s guilt or innocence. In the U.S., we have a legal system that will determine this, in four different criminal courts, where he’ll be tried on (at least) 91 felony counts. The results …
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Zero Labs Calls for Investing in EV Conversions
A company called Zero Labs is looking for investment dollars, claiming to be the world’s first platform for the scalable electrification of existing vehicles, aka EV conversions. They write: We’re on a mission to electrify millions of existing combustion engine …
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Getting Young People to the Polls
We can only hope this young man represents the viewpoints of a very large number of his peers.
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After Trump Is Gone
“Cowardice” applies to Congressional Republicans, not to voters. Trump supporters at the polls are largely people filled with ignorance and hate. Republican congresspeople who are scared of losing their jobs in the primaries, and so pretend to stand behind the …
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Worst-Case Scenarios for Humankind
Planting a vegetable garden is a wonderful thing to do, but why the silly hyperbole? The “barter system” dates back 6000 years; it’s by far the oldest form of economic transaction. I give you corn and you cut my hair …
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Electing a Leader Who’s Under Criminal Indictment
This is interesting, but the argument that “A leader under indictment cannot attend to the national interests” applies only marginally to Trump. That’s because he never attended to national interests (only his own) even before he was indicted.
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