It would be interesting to know exactly why this is so. Speculation: • They’re a culture that values environmentalism and compassion for others — today and into the future. • Great renewable energy resources make EVs even better for the …
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Norway “Killin’ It” in EV Sales
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What Freedom and Democracy Look Like
Here’s my response to the reader who sent me the words at left: What exactly is the “fullest extent of the law” for exercising our freedom of expression? The United States isn’t Russia, China, or any of the other 50+ …
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ICE Eradicating Muslims
Sure! Religious persecution is a long-standing way of life here in America! It’s fundamental to who we are as meanspirited racist morons, antisemites, etc.
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On the Passing of Grateful Dead Co-founder Bob Weir
A reader notes: I’d like to think virtually no musician has lived a better life than Bob Weir. More than 60 years touring and doing what he loved. We should all strive for that much joy in our lives. This …
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Parallels Between Nazi Germany and American Life Today
Below are the words of world-renowned poet Kalen Dion on what the typical German was thinking when Hitler came to power in the early 1930s. I know it’s impertinent to compare the United States under Trump to the Third Reich, …
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Social Security Fraud
To the reader who sent me this meme, here’s an AI summary: Social Security fraud is a small fraction of total payments, with the SSA reporting over 99% payment accuracy, meaning less than 1% are improper, and a tiny portion of …
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The Illusion of Free Choice
What journalist Chris Hedges says here about American democracy was true even before Trump came along. We have the illusion of free choice without any real substance. George Carlin was saying this 30 years ago. Now, of course, all this …
Even More Speculation on the ICE Shooting in Minnesota
We’ll just have to see how all these arguments work for him at his trial for second degree murder, or perhaps voluntary manslaughter. I’d put the “over and under” on this at 15 years in state prison. More broadly, we’ll …
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We Didn’t Listen
Humankind’s great minds, starting with the ancient Greek philosophers, and leading all the way up to our modern-day thinkers, have been warning us of the consequences we’d face for our ignorance and hate.
Where Is All This Meat Coming From?
Are you serious? Why do you think we’re destroying the Amazon rainforest, other than to make more room for beef cattle? We’re wrecking our planet to make McDonald’s rich beyond belief. The only larger contributor to environmental collapse is the …
