No Kings
While I don’t encourage vandalism, it’s hard not to appreciate clever (and non-permanent) alterations of traffic signs, like the one here.
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Solar PV in Belgium
Utility-scale solar is a good thing, but a 20-MW array isn’t going to serve 40,000 homes. That’s 500 Watts/home, where the standard rooftop installation is 6 – 8 KWs.
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You Want to Host the World Cop WHERE?
This guy makes a good point. You’re hosting the world’s most anticipated athletic event, featuring stars from all corners of the Earth, and you choose the planet’s most aggressively xenophobic nation?
Ill-advised, to say the least.
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Yes, Dog-Killer, You ARE Going Away
Well, according to a federal judge, you are, in fact, going away. He has turned control of the National Guard back over to the State of California. Looks like he didn’t buy your crap about the socialists, etc.
He may have also taken into consideration that the idea California’s government is “burdensome” is preposterous. The Golden State is by far the most successful piece of the United States; if it were a country, it would be the fourth largest economy on Earth, just ahead of Japan.
Notes:
1) After I wrote this, a panel of appellate judges overturned the ruling mentioned above.
2) Their decision (in #1) is under appeal.
We’ll just have to see where this goes.
What Undocumented Workers Actually Do in the United States
To the (apparently undocumented) worker shown here, I grant that you do all these, and that the American economy would turn into a shambles if you and your peers were removed from our country.
The problem is that you do one more thing: you inspire hateful morons to elect and support a presidential administration that wants you gone, and is summoning vast resources to make that happen.
Fort Bragg Soldiers Screened for Allegiance
When I heard that the soldiers at Fort Bragg cheered so loudly for Trump, I wondered how this could possibly be. Maybe they don’t choose to follow the news. Perhaps they are content to take orders from a man who so clearly despises them and disrespects the Constitution on which this country (formerly) functioned.
It all came to an “aha moment” just now when I learned that the folks in the audience had been hand-picked.
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Our Top Military Leaders May Take Action
As Trump continues his quest to refashion the United States into an authoritarian state, several major possibilities loom large in front of us. Although I’ve not seen it discussed, one is that the nation’s top military has decided it’s seen enough, and orders its troop not to follow the grossly illegal and clearly unconstitutional directions of the president.
Unprecedented? To be sure. Improbable? Not sure.
It seems even more unlikely that the dozens of top military generals and admirals are going to stand around and watch this country descend into the darkness of totalitarianism.
Oh, To Be a Fly on the Wall on Capitol Hill
We can only imagine the conversations that are happening in the offices of many congressional Republicans. They must go something like this:
“Bob, I hope you understand that by enabling Trump, you’re helping doom American’s experiment with democracy. I know you like being on The Hill, but your grandchildren will remember you as one of the traitors who turned this nation into a totalitarian state. Please don’t tell me that you’re OK with that.”
Boycotting Chick-fil-A
Chick-fil-A’s attack on LGBTQ rights began in 2012, according to this article.
It would be interesting to know how the organization has survived, given the enormous boycott against it.
In addition to pressure from individuals, what about franchisees? Imagine that you had laid out somewhere between $585,500 to $3.33 million (depending on factors like location and specific setup expenses), only to have the folks in your region regard you as if you had leprosy.
They must make a damn good chicken sandwich. I wouldn’t know personally, since I don’t patronize hate groups.
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How Did This Possibly Happen?
“We could have imagined a fascist taking control of some historically poor banana republic, but we never thought this could happen to the United States.”
That’s what virtually every European I’ve met in the last decade has told me.
“We’re shocked. And we feel sorry for you.”
