Re: the meme here, it’s not hard for me to understand at all.

Trump mirrors the inner feelings of tens of millions of largely uneducated Americans: their racism, sexism, indifference to the suffering of others, hyper-nationalism, and disbelief in science. Their attitudes in these areas as so strong that they barely notice (or don’t care) that Trump is among the worse people in human history.

And the fact Trump actually couldn’t care less about them goes completely over their heads.

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Let’s concede that bikers have a natural affiliation with Trump, and thus Biden’s team should spend zero resources trying to convert this crowd.

That said, I don’t think you’re going to find too many flags that read, “Doctors for Trump.”  Or school teachers / college professors, classical musicians, scientists, social workers, artists, filmmakers, writers, ballet dancers, therapists, or attorneys.

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Climeworks builds facilities that remove CO2 from the atmosphere.  They claim that the one pictured here, called Mammoth, which resides in Hellisheiði, Iceland, will filter 36,000 tons of carbon dioxide out of the air per year.

Questions:

Where does the energy come from that is required to build and run the facility?  What’s its carbon footprint?

Since the consumption of fossil fuels contributed 36 billion tons of CO2 per year, we’ll need exactly one million of these facilities to offset our use of oil, gas, and coal.  Does this seem like a feasible solution?

 

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One has to wonder what the rest of the world is thinking about the upcoming U.S. presidential election , but it must go something like this:

The Americans are choosing between three candidates to lead their nation. 

One tried to overthrow their government when he lost the last election and is currently facing 88 felony charges across four indictments brought by randomly chosen citizens. 

Another is missing part of his brain due to the activity of a malicious worm. 

The population of the U.S. is 330 million.  Is this the best they can do?  

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Here’s a man with a dead worm in his brain making ridiculous promises about what he’ll do if elected U.S. president.

Now, in order to understand whether RFK Jr.’s presence is stealing more votes from Trump or Biden, we need to understand the demographics to which he appeals.

I would say it’s those who admire total crackpots, and that, to me, sounds a lot more like Trump supporters than traditional Democrats.

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The statement at left is interesting, isn’t it?

Even the best, most liberal-minded private K – 12 institutions have required courses that ensure that graduates have a certain level of proficiency in reading, writing, math, history, and the sciences regardless of the pupil’s interest in those subjects.

There are kids graduating from our local high school who can’t tell you where Wisconsin is or what language they speak there.  I don’t think anyone is OK with that.

On the other hand, a kid whose interests are origami or auto repair need to be supported as well.  It’s not a black and white issue.

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If you accept the claim here, you believe that these people raised enough money from investors to go into production with their low-speed EV (LSEV — top speed in the U.S. 25 MPH).
Perfect for people who don’t leave their driveways, or, if they’re very patient folks with lots of time on their hands, their neighborhoods.
When I came into this field in 2008, the transportation world (for some reason) had high hopes for LSEVs.  But 16 years and dozens of market failures later, those hopes have long since been dashed.
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I’d like to believe the meme at left, but there is no reason to expect some wild swing in 2024.

From Pew Research:

(In the 2020 election, in comparison with 2016) Biden made gains with men, while Trump improved among women, narrowing the gender gap. The gender gap in the 2020 election was narrower than it had been in 2016, both because of gains that Biden made among men and because of gains Trump made among women. In 2020, men were almost evenly divided between Trump and Biden, unlike in 2016 when Trump won men by 11 points. Trump won a slightly larger share of women’s votes in 2020 than in 2016 (44% vs. 39%), while Biden’s share among women was nearly identical to Clinton’s (55% vs. 54%).

How any self-respecting woman can vote for a sex criminal and women’s rights opponent is unclear to me, but this is certainly not a cut and dried issue.

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Obviously, there are biker bars, ammo shops and the like that cater to Trump supporters, but this looks like a resort.

Just where is it?  I sure want to vacation with intellectuals like these two.

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FWIW, I don’t believe that the people making a big deal about Critical Race Theory intend to bring slavery back to the United States.  My position is that CRT is simply a device that is effective in making stupid people angry.  And guess what?  No anger equals huge losses for the Republicans.

Show me a Trump supporter who isn’t angry about (pick one–or all): the border/immigration, abortion, wokeism, government handouts, Biden’s position (on anything), the “weaponing of the justice system” against Trump, the stolen election, the “liberal media,” Hunter’s laptop and the Biden crime family, etc.

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