I wonder if the jackass who sent me the meme here is “for real,” because I can’t imagine that anyone is so ignorant that he doesn’t know that: 1) Displacing fossil fuels is a huge boon to the environment, especially …
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What Took Decades to Build Required only a Few Months to Destroy
As we frequently discuss here, Trump benefits from a population of profoundly ignorant Americans. Ruining things is our core strength at this point.
Put That Gun on Your Hip
I’d no more “put that gun on my hip” and attack people, almost none of whom have criminal records, than I’d chop off my right arm, you son of a bitch.
Should Kids Learn About Science?
Controversial though it may be, exposing school kids to science has my approval. In 1971, one of our teachers took us down to the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia as part of a course we took called “Man and His Environment.” …
Was the United States Founded as a Christian Nation?
It really doesn’t matter if you or I agree. What matters is what the Founding Fathers said, which appears below. Obviously, there are evangelical Trump supporters who couldn’t care less about the values that formed this nation. But I’ll take …
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Do Higher CO2 Concentrations Help Grow Plants?
No. Higher CO2 concentrations don’t increase crop yields, just like higher O2 concentrations don’t grow stronger or healthier animals. We take the chemicals out of the atmosphere that we need for our metabolism.
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“10 – 15 Blue Cities”
If acres of farmland and desert could vote, the author of the meme here would have a point. But fortunately for us all, that’s not the case. To a large degree, the nation’s electorate is composed of well educated, affluent …
The Democratic Party’s Main Constituents
How about a little honesty here? What about all the school teachers, college professors, physicians, EMT specialists, scientists, intellectuals, voracious readers, authors, poets, economists, historians, followers of Jesus, rabbis, Buddhists, social workers, therapists, community organizers, wellness professionals, book publishers, artists, …
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How Trump Spends His Time
What does the president do when he’s not inventing new ways to divide the American people and committing atrocities around the world? I honestly don’t know.
Aspects of American Life Under Trump
At left is a great example of something affecting all our lives here in the United States. In this case, it’s that the U.S. military functioned fairly well for 250 years before an alcoholic Fox News commentator took over our …
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