Why Is Trump Still Living in the United States?
A reader points out: (Trump) will most likely leave the country to avoid prison.
One would certainly think.
Outside of a person facing execution, it’s hard to imagine a greater flight risk.
Forgetting about the Insurrection
In the last year, the percentage of Republicans who want to see a full accounting for the events of January 6, 2021 has fallen from 27% to 13%. The vast majority of the GOP simply wants to “let this go.”
It’s easy to understand that Republicans want to pretend that either a) this never happened, or b) it was essentially non-violent, but given the criminal charges
against the former president, it looks extremely unlikely that J6 will blow over, rather, that all Americans and people around the globe will be exposed to a torrent of evidence proving the guilt of Trump and his senior staff.
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Violations of the 1st and 2nd Laws of Thermodynamics
Here’s a guy selling a perpetual motion machine (see photo at left) that I’ve seen frequently on social media.
For the life of me, I can’t understand why this fraudster isn’t in prison.
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Inductive EV Charging
It was Nikola Tesla who first noticed that a current flowing in a wire would induce a current to flow in a nearby conductor. 130 years later, this is the way we charge our electric toothbrushes. But will this transfer to the arena of electric vehicles?
I doubt it.
The challenge that the proponents of inductive EV charging face is that the world is steadily replacing gas- and diesel-powered cars and trucks with EVs that are physically plugged in when not in use.
If I were betting, I would say that inductive charging is appropriate only to vehicles like shuttle buses that make stops at well-defined places.
U.S. Veterans Are Revolted by Trump
I happen to know a few veterans and active duty service people, and I don’t know a single one who isn’t sickened by Trump and his treasonous behavior following his election loss in 2020.
Mainstream media may wish to convince us otherwise, but it’s hard to imagine that he has a prayer of winning in 2024.
Big Money in Government
What FDR said here 75 years ago provides insight into where we are now, where we have a Supreme Court justice taking bribes and a climate change mitigation strategy that’s stuck in the mud, due to the fact that the fossil fuel industry owns our lawmaking process.
The GOPS’s Response to Nixon and Trump
Notice the marked difference between the Republicans’ responses to the crimes of Nixon and those of Trump. Nixon, who obstructed justice, was forced to resign in disgrace and, within a few years was simply a distant, unpleasant memory.
50 years later, Trump tried to overthrow the United States government, and is now the GOP’s run-away frontrunner in the upcoming primary. As shown here, one of his congressional supporters made plans to throw a party to celebrate the anniversary of the insurrection.
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Some of Us Adore the Second Amendment
But has the gentleman here with the eyebrows taken it too far?
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Trickle-Down Economics
What American author and journalist William Blum says here seems correct.
The reason trickle-down economics doesn’t work is that making rich people richer does not provide them with any incentive to hire additional people.
I had over 100 employees at one point in the 1990s, and the only thing that made me even consider hiring one more was that I knew that my delivery unit would be incapable of serving our clients adequately if I didn’t.
I’m not a miser, but in the absence of that pressure, I would have kept my money in my pocket.
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Progress on Gun Control
Considering where it’s located, Minnesota is quite progressive in its politics.
Check this out, from the state’s governor.
Gotta love his remark on “thoughts and prayers.”
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