Has Trump Lost His Mind?
Lots of people seem to be concerned that Trump is senile. At left is a good, solid data point supporting this concept.
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Americans Still Scratching Their Heads at Oklahoma’s High School U.S. History Textbooks
Sure, the Oklahoma school board’s decision to teach students that Trump was cheated out of the 2020 U.S. presidency by massive voter fraud was controversial, especially considering that 60+ courts throughout the nation found that there was no evidence to support the claim.
But one might have thought that people would eventually get tired of this topic and move on. After all, we are talking about a state that ranks #49 in education. Is all this really that conversation-worthy?
Apparently so. It doesn’t seem to be going away, at least on social media.
Trump Actually IS Doing What Most of His Voters Wanted Him to Do
A reader sent me this.
It’s true that the majority of his supporters are still completely thrilled with him. They love the criminality/corruption, the destruction of public education, the devastation of the environment, the end of friendly relationships with American allies that have been in place for hundreds of years, the turmoil in the financial world, the white supremacy, and especially the raw cruelty to everyone but the billionaires. It’s what our nation has become, and the country’s morons are celebrating.
Yes, he got precisely what he voted for. But will a criminal president succeed ultimately? I doubt it.
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Converting Moonlight into Electrical Energy
There are no laws of science that you can’t convert moonlight into electrical energy, though there is a set of laws (called physics) that will render this incredibly unproductive. The moon produces a very small amount of power per square meter, around 0.0034 watts. This is approximately 300,00 times less than sunlight, which can reach 1,000 watts per square meter.
I think the average 10-year-old child, and probably 99% of high school students understand this intuitively. If I were interviewing a young person and trying to coax them along, I might proceed as follows:
Craig: When you go the the beach, what do you rub on your exposed skin?
Kid: Sun screen.
Craig: Why?
Kid: Otherwise you’ll get a sunburn.
Craig: Right. Do you know why?
Kid: The sun’s energy somehow “cooks” our skin.
Craig: Exactly. Now, what about the moon? If you were playing on the beach at night, would you be worried about getting a “moonburn?”
Kid: I don’t think so.
Craig: Why not?
Kid: The moon is just a piece of rock that reflects a tiny bit of the sun’s light.
Craig: That’s great! You can think! Be grateful. Many Americans have lost their ability to use their minds. You haven’t. That’s terrific.
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Drivers Want to Know: Is Electricity Cheaper per Mile Than Gas?
Obviously, this is largely a function of where you live. But here’s a factor to consider: Many people charge their EV with the solar PV arrays on their rooves, and thus all their fuel is free.
I have a friend who has not put a molecule of gas in his car, or a single electron from the grid, in over 20 years of driving.
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How Many Ways Can Trump Destroy the United States?
It’s impossible to answer that question with any real accuracy, because the president keeps surprising us with his creativity.
Could anyone have predicted a “brain drain” out of our top universities, where our brightest young folks are getting welcomed by our fiercest competitor?
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Farmers Hit Hard By Trump’s Policies
“We didn’t think they’d come for the people who help us milk cows.”
Why not? Inflicting pain is what these people do.
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The Denial of Legally Committed Food to the Starving from the Planet’s Wealthiest Country Is Evil
Some commentary of the photo here:
Reader #1: More blatant Suppression from the Project 2025 regime. I wonder how many lives could have been saved with this food? This is pure Evil. Speak up. Raise your voice. Scream loudly!
Reader #2: So sad. I can’t even express how evil this is.
Reader #1: Its completely unnecessary, it’s cruel, it’s heartless. Faux news (Fox News) would never report this, or if they did, sugarcoat it with all the “great” and “wonderful” things he is doing. That’s the alternate reality. Only the very gullible would gloss (over) this travesty, this abomination of God, this pitchfork Evil.
Cutting to the chase, if at this point you think this administration is formed around anything other than evil, I really don’t know what to tell you.
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Of the Threats that Face Us, Which Will Get Us First?
At left is a good topic for a lively discussion. Two comments:
1) One presumes we’re talking about Americans here, even though our population is about 4% of the Earth’s total. At this point in the U.S. decline into some form of oligarchy, the rest of the world has little to lose if Trump ultimately succeeds in turning the United States into something like Russia: a couple hundred million people, living in a country with a handful of billionaires, most of the rest of whom are unhealthy, ignorant, poor, and hopeless.
2) Climate change, by contrast, doesn’t go out of its way to target Americans. Like the dominion of Trump, however, it does inflict its pain disproportionately on the poor. Rich people in each of the 200+ sovereign countries on the planet will continue to experience minimal harm due to the effects of global warming. As bad as things are likely to get on this planet for the many, there will always be good things available to those who can afford them: Ivy League educations, fancy cars, fabulous real estate in what remains of the world’s habitable regions, the planet’s most attractive sex partners, and fine steak dinners.
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I understand that there are people who think that apostrophes are used to form plurals, but the creator of the sign here takes the assault one step further.
