Listening to Eisenhower speak at the end of his presidency and watching the election returns in 1960 with my parents were the first political events I can remember. Thus it is with particular disgust that I present the meme here. …
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Words that Scare Us: “Boo!” and “Socialism!”
With Halloween right around the corner, maybe it’s a good time to talk about things that scare us. And those things aren’t necessarily ghosts, chain saws, and meat-cleavers. Some of them are just words. Socialism, for example. Please read through the …
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Desperation Time for Trump
It’s impossible to know what to expect in the two weeks leading up to the election. Obviously we’re going to see various “revelations” about Hunter/Joe Biden, coming from the least likely, most far-fetched sources imaginable, and God only knows what …
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Need a Reason To Smile?
Not smiling as much as you used to? Wannabe dictators got you down? Need a reason to appreciate the unity of humankind? Why not try a little Stairway to Heaven on for size?
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Global Food System: An Exercise in Energy Waste
Represented at left is a big part of what’s wrong with our international food system. I don’t want to eat pears that have travelled 20,000 miles to get to my grocery store. Btw, I love Trader Joes, though I seldom …
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Video on Transportation Offers Physics Quiz
Here’s a video that’s been circulating on social media. Eventually, Bill Moore of EVWorld.com fame, asked, “Okay, someone explain the physics here. Newton’s 3rd law of action/reaction. Air being forced into an umbrella is dispersed into a wider surface area …
Flooding Hot Spots: Why Seas Are Rising Faster on the U.S. East Coast
Sea-level rise is of great concern to climate scientists and, of course, to those who live in flood-prone regions. What’s interesting, though, is that certain coastlines are far more affected by this phenomenon than others. Why? Well, it’s explained in full …
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Trump Officials Worry: ‘How Much Trump Stink Is On My Resume Right Now?’
I hate to sound unsympathetic, but perhaps this is a question they should have been asking themselves before they decided to work for a criminal sociopath. This is especially true of those who came along later in his term, when …
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Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
Vancouver became the first city to sign an initiative called the “Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty,” an effort along the lines of earlier global agreements that the world put into place to prevent nuclear war and the destruction of Earth’s ozone …
John Kelly’s Assessment of Trump’s Character Isn’t Too High, But Does It Matter?
From this: John Francis Kelly is a retired U.S. Marine Corps general who served as the White House Chief of Staff for President Donald Trump from July 31, 2017, to January 2, 2019. He had previously served as Secretary of Homeland Security in the Trump administration.
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