I would sure love to know why there is so much ignorance and misinformation in this country.
Students can read the Bible in public schools during non-instructional time, as long as it is done privately and does not disrupt the school environment.
It just takes a few seconds to look this up. And it’s something all Americans should know anyway.
The nation is still wondering about the thought process behind the selection of certain of Trump’s cabinet members.
The common wisdom, of course, is that the normal issue of qualifications as seen on the person’s resume’ is far less important than his unwavering loyalty to the president.
But does that explain RFK, Jr. or Pete Hegseth? I’m fairly certain that you could find loyal Trumpers who aren’t complete crackpots to head Health and Human Services. If you check the coverage on health and disease on Fox News or Newsmax, you’ll find plenty of people with “MD” after their names who aren’t batshit crazy like Kennedy.
Perhaps part of Trump’s thinking is that he wants to communicate to the American people that he is already a dictator, and as such, that he can do anything he wants, regardless of how destructive and apparently insane.
The United States needs to come to terms with the fact that there is an entire class of people, young and old, whose personalities are deeply rooted in the ultra-right-wing: Trump, white-supremacy, the rejection of science, Fox News, the dismantling of the federal government, and so forth.
The young Oklahoman at left is certainly nowhere near changing his political philosophy, and that’s just fine.
On a post of this subject, a reader notes: There is nothing clean about wind turbines.
Wow. Didn’t know that.
To keep this simple, I would simply say:
A) wind energy is about 9% of the total grid-mix in the U.S., and
B) in the main, it displaces coal, with its CO2 and methane, heavy metals (cadmium, selenium, arsenic and mercury), and a huge array of highly toxic radioactive isotopes. All this makes coal by far the most devastating source of energy in terms of environmental and human health.
Of course, if you have additional information on the subject that I have missed, please let me know.
You might call Trump a laughingstock, but only if you’re in a position in which he’s unable to harm you. And that doesn’t cover too many people.
There’s nothing funny about Trump if you’re:
• Poor or working class, and vulnerable to rising costs of consumer products and healthcare
• A person of color, an LGBTQ, or a Muslim
• A woman of childbearing years
• An asylum seeker hoping for compassionate treatment that complies with domestic and international law
• A military personnel (of any rank) being humiliated by a commander-in-chief who has utter disrespect for you
• Trying to get a good education in a country with rapidly declining standards
• A patriot who values the Constitution and rule of law
• An American-based business that will sooner or later be eaten alive by tariffs
• A parent who’s finding it difficult to teach his kids about honor, truth, and personal integrity in a country with a president utterly devoid of these
• An erstwhile ally of the United States in Europe
We Americans, and those around the world, deeply wish that Trump were a laughing matter. But that’s very rarely the case.
If he can be deposed and incarcerated, that will be another matter.