From The New York Times: For more than a week, a plain-spoken former federal prosecutor named Sidney Powell made the rounds on right-wing talk radio and cable news, facing little pushback as she laid out a conspiracy theory that Venezuela, …
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The Gutting of Environmental Regulations in Trump’s Last Two Months
If there is any certainty about what will happen in the White House over the next two months, it’s the destruction of any remaining protections for our environment and park lands. Here, we learn that Trump has withdrawn a major …
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Explaining Our Sad Lack of Curiosity
Most people reading what Carl Sagan wrote here will blame our educational system, claiming, not completely without merit, that it stultifies the mind with rote learning required for good test scores, and that it cranks out conformists incapable of critical …
Prosecuting Ex-Presidents
This isn’t really a tradition. The only time it became a live issue was Obama’s declining to go after GW Bush and Dick Cheney for war crimes in Iraq. e.g., pursuing an aggressive war, torture, etc.
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Has Trump Done Permanent Damage to American Democracy
Here’s an excellent, albeit terribly pessimistic article presenting the case that American democracy may be terminal at this point. Though this may sound like a strange conclusion to draw, we need to admit that all the main points are true. …
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The Whole World Knows Trump Cares Only About Himself, Except American Conservatives
Blistering editorial from the National Review, from which comes this excerpt: “It’s also important for Republican senators to speak out against this effort and make it clear that they won’t stand for it when it comes time for Congress to …
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Buzzards and Their Significance
2GreenEnergy “headquarters” is in a rural part of Santa Barbara County, about 30 miles inland from the city itself, which is located on California’s central coast. Insofar as this area is sparsely populated, we have what one might expect in …
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Status of Trump’s Attempted Coup
Reader A submitted the assertion to the left, and Reader B commented, “Yes it was. It just wasn’t set up for that person to be supported by sycophantic power hungry assholes to let him have his way. That’s where the …
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Romney: “Hard To Imagine a Worse, More Undemocratic Action By a Sitting President”
Glad you feel that way, Mitt. But if you find it hard to imagine now, just wait a couple of weeks, and this particular effort to subvert the election will look tame in comparison. Trump’s going to play this as …
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Charging Remote Devices
Here’s a small turbine that can be immersed into a stream or mounted on land to catch the wind, whose promoters claim is good for powering remote devices. No one says this is impossible, but at $269, isn’t it extremely …
