Scottish philosopher David Hume said, “We always disbelieve the greater miracle.”
In the case of making sense of Donald Trump, we can believe that either:
a) Most of the United States and the rest of the world has some bizarre, neurotic hatred of the man, perhaps “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” that causes the press to fabricate unflattering numbers and other bits of information.
or
b) Trump is a pathological liar, a lifelong criminal, and complete failure as U.S. president.
In Russia, writing material that is critical of Putin gets you imprisoned or exiled.
Trump greatly admires Putin, and is envious of the power he wields over his people. Exactly how far Trump can go in that direction here in the U.S. remains to be seen, but clearly the freedom of the press is under a great deal of pressure at this point.
In the early days of the automobile, it was common for families to “take rides” together, perhaps on Sundays. for no other purpose than to see the countryside. Now that the novelty of the car is far behind us, and especially with the price of gasoline, few people people do this today.
Hot-air ballooning, however, is another concept. I just met a guy who has given rides over 100,000 people over a 35-year period. He finished 18th in a national competition for landing accuracy out of 650 contestants.
The fuel: propane–and not too much of it. Almost all of the movement of the balloon is created by the wind.
As we all know, a great deal of what we see on social media is simply made up, but the meme here is spot on, as I know from personal experience.
I needed to rid our ranch of ground squirrels, because their holes represent a danger to the horses. I built and installed a couple of owl boxes as an adjunct to a few other steps, and within the few weeks, the problem had vanished.
A great many local farmers around here (central California) have gone in this direction as well.
One might think that this level of idiocy and incompetence would detract from the appeal of the GOP, but Trump supporters don’t seem to mind.
At left we see the cause of Trump’s imminent demise.
We’re OK on the lies and crimes, but we’re not OK on high prices, and though we’re dumb, we’re not dumb enough to believe that prices were higher under Biden.
Btw, people commonly refer to this as “Obama’s deal,” but several other countries were party to it.
It’s a tragedy that this didn’t happen in 2015 when Trump entered the political scene.
This is exactly correct. As the CEO of one of the major television networks said back in 2015, “Trump is terrible for the nation, but he’s great for us.”
I guess the takeaway is simply this: We’ll do anything for money.
If you want a steady stream of information about the supposed value that ExxonMobil is bringing to the world, you may want to sign up for this.
These people are playing for keeps, btw. They’re destroying a little piece more of this planet every day, and they understand that completely.
But there is money at stake. Lots of it.
Well, if I had the IQ of a squirrel and believed that Fauci colluded with hundreds of other top scientists around the world to enslave the planet’s population, I would jump right on board.
Doesn’t work for me, though.
Today, however, belief in science and reason makes me a communist.
