Tesla Sales Plummet, as Drivers Refuse to Support Elon Musk
Was the damage that Elon Musk inflicted on Tesla worth it?
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The Legitimacy of Property Taxes
I remind the reader who sent me the meme here that the main use of property tax is the funding of public schools. Speaking for myself, this is a sacrifice I’ve always happily made, both before and after I had school-age children.
It’s true that Floridians have a different set of sensibilities than people in most states. Governor Ron Desantis signed a bill banning abortion after 6 weeks (before most women know they’re pregnant) and passed a “Don’t Say Gay” law. He says, “Florida is where woke goes to die.”
Having said all this, I doubt too many voters in the Sunshine State want to live around pure ignorance.
Yes, Rule of Law Is Eroding, But Can’t We Fix That?
I have to admit, Roberts’ statement here does seem stupid in the extreme.
Also, the idea that a sitting president can’t be charged with a crime is asinine; it’s antithetical to the idea of democracy.
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Democracies Are Fragile
What Frank Herbert says here is true.
It seems to be another way of saying what Plato did: “Only those who don’t want power are qualified to hold it.”
Perhaps this is the reason that democracies have a finite shelf life on this planet.
As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, Americans need to keep in mind that our failure to remove Donald Trump from our political scene threatens to put an end to what has been, by and large, quite a successful run.
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Conversation Between the Founding Fathers
Senior energy analyst Glen Doty remarks: This made me smile.
And a reader adds: “No felons” seemed pretty obvious. Didn’t know we had to write that one down.
The 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution contemplates the idea that voters may make a tragic error in judgement, or that some unforeseeable event re: a president’s mental or physical health may occur. Unfortunately, due solely to spinelessness, our congress isn’t in a position to invoke it.
Dear Governor Walz
Governor Walz: I like you, but:
1) While I hate quibbling over the nuances of words, I wouldn’t use the word “marred” here. Dining room tables are “marred” when someone drops a knife on them. Families are “torn apart” when they lose a little kid in a shooting.
2) As a governor of a state, I suppose you’re obligated to offer prayers, but the whole idea of appealing to a god whose plan for this family included a mass shooting sounds lame in the extreme. I would simply refuse to do it.
3) Please call for the United States to deal with this epidemic the way the rest of the world has and take weapons of war out of the hands of psychopaths.
Trump Not Needed or Wanted in Chicago
As shown at left, not everyone in the United States government is letting Trump order him around like a slave.
Of course, JB Pritzker is the governor of a progressive state and is speaking about Chicago, a large and extremely productive city where Trump wouldn’t be welcome even if he weren’t sending in his Gestapo. Thus, Pritzker can afford to raise his voice opposition to the would-be authoritarian.
Why So Little Climate Change Mitigation
Why is this planet doing so little to mitigate climate change? Yes, partly it’s due to the fact that people alive today, especially those in the second half of their lives, will be dead before the worst effects of global warming turn this planet into a wasteland.
I would say that a larger driver is the selfish greed that is part and parcel with unrestricted market capitalism. Simply put, we prioritize money over human life.
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Cracker Barrel Makes U-Turn on Rebranding Amidst “Uproar”
It’s amazing what gets Americans upset.
There are 1.5 billion people who can’t get a glass of clean drinking water on a planet that is slowly baking, losing its capacity to support life. A lawless authoritarian is aggressively attacking U.S. democracy.
And we somehow get our panties in a twist about how a third-rate restaurant markets itself?
Our Limited Reverence for the Wishes of the Founding Fathers
As shown at left, the United States has, in large measure, abandoned the idea that our government act in accord with the U.S. Constitution and the wishes of the men who came together to found this nation.
We’re all waiting for the congress and/or the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and halt this lawlessness, but they both seem to be nowhere in sight.
