Obviously, I urge the civilized world not to adopt Kaitlyn’s idea here, but it did make me smile.
It’s understandable to want to know how much damage to human civilization will be done by Donald Trump and his supporters, and the pendulum starts to to swing back toward sanity and responsibility. One hopes the devastation won’t be irremediable, but there no real guarantee.
There are literally hundreds, probably thousands, of robotic solutions, a few of which will eventually replace human labor and save money for fast-food franchisees.
Is this one the best?
Do you think that must be true because they advertise on social media?
If so, jump right on in.
Upon reading the words at left, our first thoughts should be: OK, but watch out for the difference between causation and correlation. Yes, Americans have low life expectancies, and we’re also the only developed country that doesn’t offer universal healthcare. But mightn’t there be other causative factors that are killing us?
What about:
• Lousy education leading to low-paying, highly stressful jobs with short/no paid vacation?
• Rising costs of living driven largely by greedy corporations?
• The poisons in our diets and poor nutrition overall?
• Institutional racism and hate, things that are antipathetic to a calm and harmonious life?
• The knowledge that our country’s government is doing everything in its power to destroy the natural environment?
We lead complete arrays of toxic lifestyles. What precisely do we expect?
Here’s a disgusting reminder of how far we’ve fallen in the past few decades. Just 40 years ago, America was a completely different place than it is now.
The duty of journalism, as expressly protected in the U.S. Constitution, is to provide a check against authoritarianism.
Needless to say, we at 2GreenEnergy support Bernie Sanders’ position here.
At left: An overflow crowd has arrived at the Santa Barbara (805 area code) Board of Supervisors meeting. The recent immigration raids and follow up service needs will be discussed. The District Attorney and Sheriff are expected to speak along with numerous members of the public.
I wonder what these people will be saying about ICE activities in Santa Barbara, one of America’s best educated and liberal cities.
Just kidding.
They’re going to say: Get. The. F***. Out.
Apparently, a whopping 12,000 homes are currently for sale in this Florida town, though I can’t determine exactly which one is under discussion.
But does it matter? Who exactly finds Florida appealing, in general?
One has to be an anti-woke climate denier with a weird penchant for sky-high flood insurance rates, Christian fanaticism, insects, sink-holes, and extreme right-wing politics.
There are various ways to describe the activities of ICE in today’s America, but I don’t think “chaos” is a good one.
I’d go with “institutionalized lawlessness and cruelty,” which has turned the United States into a fascist, rogue nation.
To the reader who sent me this:
By “reach the stars,” I presume you have some sort of metaphorical meaning in mind, e.g., “accomplish great things.”
In any case, I’ll be both pleased and impressed if humankind still has some sort of organized and quasi-civil form to it 50 years hence. This too will require cooperation, if only in our quest to stave off environmental collapse by decarbonizing our transportation and energy sectors, and stop destroying our rainforests.
We’re impressed with good people’s bravery when they resign from their career positions in protest of things that are clearly wrong. But we’re saddened to realize that this means that the concentration of cowards who remain just increased.
