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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Creating Incentive for Electric Vehicles
David Radzieta notes: My LEAF turned 12 years old this month. The battery was replaced 8.5 years ago under warranty with a 24kwh Lizard battery. Still running at 85% battery capacity. If your family has multiple cars and you can …
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Ocean Plastic Waste
The American Energy Society reports: Almost all ocean plastic pollution (80%) enters via 1,000 rivers worldwide. For example, see this time lapsed video of Rio Dulce in Guatemala, which feeds into the Caribbean. This corroborates the idea that fishing this form of pollution out …
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