Here’s a short video on a concept I found interesting. Is there a future for autonomous farming vehicles? Obviously. In the earliest days of human civilization, the power that we put into farming came from our own bodies and the chemical …
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Trump: So Petty and Cruel
There has to be a limit to our country’s appetite for Trump’s small, narrow-minded, and mean-spirited nature.
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“Universal and Supreme Happiness”
At left we see what the German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz thought about the ideal society. On this planet, we have three principal types of government: Authoritarian dictatorships and oligarchies, e.g., most of Asia and Africa. Under Putin, …
Why Not Sustainability?
To the reader who sent me the meme here: It depends on whom you mean by “we.” Most of us would love to have the “sustainable version of human activity” you mention. But there is a small group of extremely …
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Trump and Young Girls
The man pictured here is repulsive as a human being can be, but he represents something that all Americans have to deal with: there is a limit beneath which Trump’s approval rating cannot fall. This guy and probably a few …
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Third or Fourth Grade Geology
I like it! We didn’t have enough stupidity, but now the inner core is outside of the core!
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Cold Fusion
Cold fusion. As an extremely senior scientist once told me: “It’s more related to seances than sciences.” I thought that was pretty clever.
Gifts
Are the best gifts made of bison leather? No, and I’m not talking about veganism. I’ve had the same belt for my entire adult life. I don’t need another. Trust me, your dad or husband feels the same way. Write …
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Truth in Advertising
Do you ever wonder if the photos that you see in advertisements may have been altered? Astute Americans have been concerned about this for at least a century. Did that guy really lose all that weight? Have all this lady’s …
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Charlatan Wants to Sell You Gold
Would anyone trust this guy to walk his dog, let alone provide financial advice? When you listen to the mega-wealthy ultra-conservative talk show hosts like Larry Elder, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, or Charlie Kirk, or the even richer televangelists like …
