Federal Emergency Management Agency
It’s unclear how/if the sign here is actually helping matters, but that’s not the point.
“Natural” disasters like massive floods are increasingly common and severe, and emergency management for events of this scale are impossible to implement effectively at the state level. This is why Trump’s plan to dismantle FEMA can only increase Americans’ level of suffering.
It’s almost as if Trump is deliberately making it tougher to live in the United States than it’s ever been before. It’s true that people who are miserable are desperate for a forcible solution. They’re increasingly likely to find ridiculous statements credible, like, “I alone can fix it.”
Could this be part of his plan?
Trusting any politician to tell the truth about his/her true motives is a foolish venture. In reality, why is Joni Ernst hanging it up?
Yesterday I met one of the creators of the modern “Superman” movie series, and he asked me if I was going to see his latest piece of work. I explained, “No, I don’t avail myself of this entire genre. I do, however, remember with great fondness the early television show featuring George Reeves, and its intro theme that included the line:
Tristan Snell is a lawyer and legal commentator featured on MSNBC and NPR, and in the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.
Maybe I’m just cynical, but I’m uncompelled by start-ups’ claims that early investors are positioned to disrupt some huge industry. Take the people at left, “Miso Robotics,” for instance.
Iceland is to be applauded for the direction they’ve taken vis-a-vis energy; they boast a citizenry that genuinely cares for the quality of the environment. Yet we need to keep in mind that they:
There are two main answers to Mia Farrows’s question here:
Interesting concept here.
I dispute that scientifically illiterate adults are a problem, rather that the issue is scientifically illiterate adults in positions of power.
Wonderful little graphic here.
