Trump and the Declaration of Independence
Those who stand in opposition to the president have dozens of different reasons for their feelings. One, as is on display here, is that he’s an ignoramus.
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Could Obama Pass a Cognitive Test?
Not sure about this.
A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School might struggle to identify a bear. Could be.
This is representative of the intelligence level of the American electorate today.
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Social Justice and Despotism?
This guy is quite effective in talking to uneducated, conservative Americans, most of whom have never traveled to, or even read anything about the happiest countries on Earth.
If I were going to make a statement about the relationship between social justice and despotism, I would at least consider the lives of the people in places that consider social justice to be something of importance, and compare/contrast this to the list of the countries that are perennially at the top of the World Happiness Rankings.
What makes the people in New Zealand, Iceland, Costa Rica, Northern Europe, etc., so happy? Why do these nations suffer exactly zero despotism?
I would be completely ashamed of myself if I were to forward a political theory that had precisely no basis in fact.
Big Win for Those Incapable of Elementary School Math
The Chinese ownership of American farmland is less than 0.00036, or 0.036%. To put this into perspective, if the entirety of U.S. farmland were reduced to one acre, the Chinese government and business interests would own less than 15 square feet, about half the size of a small broom closet.
Yet, true to form, this is a huge issue for the MAGA base.
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Humans Are Unique, and That’s Not Necessarily a Good Thing
Perhaps a biologist would be better qualified to answer the question at left, but I would say that none would rule. I.e., humankind is the only species that imposes its dominance over others.
Predators kill to eat, but they don’t kill for fun. They don’t wipe out the habitats of weaker species. They don’t try to enrich themselves by ruining the planet. They don’t go to war to fight over money and land. They don’t hear voices from God that say, for instance, that the Supreme Being favors the wolverines quest to destroy or enslave the badgers.
It’s hard not to think of Walt Whitman:
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Biggest Threat
I’m going with morons, or, more specifically, hateful morons.
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Solar Thermal
When 2GreeenEnergy was launched in 2009, solar thermal with molten salt energy storage appeared to be a great solution.
Yet it fizzled out when the cost of energy from wind and solar PV fell like a stone. California’s Ivanpah facility is in the process of shutting down.
Having said that, it looks like some folks in Spain are still working on it.
Prosecuting James Comey for “8647”
Living in the United States today, we’re surrounded by stupidity, but it comes in levels. At the very top of the heap is the notion that a prosecutor could get a conviction on the charge of threatening a POTUS with an arrangement of seashells that reads: 8647
Using the justice system to punish enemies with malicious prosecution is itself a crime.
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Capitalism
“Serving your fellow man?” Seriously?
I was ready for something like “getting rich by paying congresspeople to write laws that favor your endeavors.” I would have accepted that.
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God and Debt
God will help you get out of debt…..but only if you send us your money (which you’re currently using to stave off starvation).
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