As suggested here, humans aren’t the only ones who suffer the senseless loss of loved ones. At blame are the cowardly lawmakers who won’t stand up to the gun lobby.
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Assault Rifles Are Easy to Come Across
This fellow makes a good point. The problem is that the American people have exactly zero control of their lawmaking processes, at least in cases where large amounts of money are at stake.
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Interpreting the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
If you want an honest answer to the question posed at left, you’ll need to ask the National Rifle Association. How, precisely, did they buy our lawmaking processes? I’m sure it’s an interesting story.
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New House Speaker Not Strong on Rule of Law, Human Rights
Unless you’re a seditionist and/or hard-core religious zealot, these are not good times for America.
U.S. Energy Policy Loves ExxonMobil
From my colleague Joe Spease: For anyone believing the republican and Fox lies about Biden killing the oil and gas companies here is news from today: Exxon Mobil Corporation today announced third-quarter 2023 earnings of $9.1 billion, or $2.25 per …
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Is This Wind Turbine a Scam? Let’s Do Some Math.
Assume the turbine presented here is 1.5 meters tall, as shown, and let’s say 0.5 meters wide, meaning that its swept area is 0.75 square meters if it were refashioned into a standard bladed turbine, spinning in a circle, with …
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Michael Cohen on Trump
All this is fine, but we need specifics that juries can use to send this traitor to prison for life.
The New Yorker Comic Andy Borowitz on House Speaker Mike Johnson
One of the problems with living in today’s insane society is that it’s hard to know the difference between comedy and real journalism. It was only when I saw Borowitz’ name here that I realized that this wasn’t a serious …
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Thomas Paine’s Thoughts Are Wonderful, But …
U.S. founding father Thomas Paine’s thought here is a noble one indeed. Sorry to say, however, but the odds against a period of peace in our children’s days seem to be very long indeed. I say that because: • War …
Justice for Trump
The author of the meme here isn’t the only one with this dream, or at least a variation on its theme. However, as I’ve written before, I caution that exorcizing this career criminal from the consciousness of the U.S. will …
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