Here’s another thing of beauty from Ken Burns, a man with an unsurpassed understanding of world history. Doesn’t the banning of books scare the hell out of anyone who might have read Fahrenheit 451 or 1984? If left to its …
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Removing Anti-vaxxers
It’s no secret that anti-vaxxers are putting everyone else at risk, and here’s someone who’s taking this quite seriously. Good for him. This type of pressure is the only mechanism that can possibly motivate those who reject science to comply with …
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Congressional Republicans Aren’t Stupid, But Their Voters Sure Are
As we’ve discussed previously, this is representative of how completely stupid almost half this nation is, and how corrupt these congresspeople are. If you’re wondering why there is massive resistance to vaccinations, climate change mitigation, etc., look no further.
Rand Paul Wants Another Term to Promote the Ignorance Movement
Rand Paul wants campaign donations, writing: I’m officially announcing my campaign for reelection to serve the people of Kentucky – and the whole liberty movement – in the Senate for another term. What a joke. I guess this hateful, ignorant …
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We Don’t Seem To Be Too Alarmed About the Climate Crisis
This is excellent. Obviously, it could apply to a great number of phenomena in our current world, but the imperative to mitigate climate change comes immediately to mind.
Trump Supporters and Evidence
This may be funny, but it’s an imperfect analogy at best. The first two characters are actually damaged by those threats. The third refuses to believe the threat exists.
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Accepting the Truth of American History
What Ken Burns says here is spot on. Accepting the fact that the United States has committed atrocities and continues to perpetuate injustice is something we should all confront and do our best to correct. I was lucky enough to …
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Is “Canada First” Really a Thing?
This is kind of funny, but seriously, it’s hard to imagine that this is “a thing” in Canada. We Americans think of Canadians as urbane and genteel folks. What’s next? Denmark First?
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Republican Agenda of Hate and Suppression
Here’s a meme that, IMO, accurately depicts the GOP platform. The beauty here, is that if you can keep ’em poor, sick and stupid, you can do whatever else you might like, e.g., repeal regulations that protect the environment. Stressed …
Can Traitors Run for State Governorship, As Long As They Haven’t Yet Been Convicted?
Of course. Take the case of Ryan Kelley, pictured on right, who organized militias and stormed the Capitol. Now he’s running for governor of Michigan. I was about to write a post to the effect that domestic terrorists don’t make good …
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