How much damage will Trump do to the United States before he leaves office? Of that, how much will be irreparable?
While no one knows, one thing is certain: this wrecking ball is meeting some considerable opposition in our judiciary.
A neighbor writes: Anyone else upset that there are no American Flags in our little town for Memorial Day?? How about a little patriotism???
I can see the dilemma. Unfortunately, the American flag has been co-opted by the MAGA Trump supporters and what most of them seem to stand for: white nationalism, cruelty, the rejection of science, the destruction of our educational system, etc.
The town’s government is, rightly, I believe, attuned to cultivating tourists and the dollars they bring in, and that means being careful not to offend people.
When 2GreenEnergy was launched almost 16 years ago, the idea of collecting waste tires and subjecting them to high temperatures in the absence of oxygen (“pyrolysis”) to convert them into valuable commodities was very attractive. The idea was especially appealing in that the feedstock is a bit noxious; tires in landfills gradually decompose and emit unwanted gasses.
Over a period of a few years, I worked on several different business plans that sought to make this happen at scale, but not one of my clients was able to get the funding to move their idea forward, and, at this point, one hears very little about the subject. As is so often the case, the economics of all this just failed to pan out.
If the price of gasoline or jet fuel had risen considerably, waste tire would have had a happier story to tell. Equally effective would have been large dumping fees associated with landfills; as a culture, we don’t force polluters to pay for what they’re doing to our environment.
The American described at left could be any of about half of U.S. voters who are appalled at how our country has embraced dishonesty, cruelty, and ignorance.
I join this fellow in expressing my sorrow to the people of Canada.
The concept expressed by Rachel Carson here is not a new one; it’s a part of all non-theistic religions since the dawn of humankind.
It does have a special pertinence now, however, as the world’s consumption of resources has brought us to the point of profound and long-term environmental damage.
My wife returned to California from the East Coast yesterday and remarked that the plane was about half full; she and many other passengers had whole rows to themselves. This, of course, is precisely what the transportation sector hates most: lost revenue opportunities.
It seems there are two main reasons:
1) Americans are terrified to spend money on things like summer vacations, given their fear of a deep recession driven by Trump’s tariffs and other forms of gross stupidity re: the economy.
2) Europeans would rather vacation in North Korea or South Sudan than set foot in the United States. It’s hard to blame honest and intelligent people for wanting to avoid the United States as if it were on fire.
It’s a complete tragedy, and we have 3.5 more years to live through it.
Anyone stupid enough to work for this woman deserves exactly what he/she gets.
Despite what viewers of Fox News are told, over the last few years, there have been fewer than 100 proven cases of fraud out of more than a billion votes cast.
The reason for this seems obvious: the penalties are significant, and the benefit to the individual is essentially zero.
Do you want to vote for Biden (or Trump, or Eugene V. Debs) more than once, under both your real name and a few aliases? Be my guest. If you think it’s worth risking a felony conviction, you have a screw loose.
If you think election workers or the vendors of election machines are cheating en masse, ask yourself why litigation against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems forced Fox to write a check for $787 million in a defamation suit. It was proven in court that Fox routinely and systemically lied, and it cost them the better part of $1 billion.
Here, Obama lays out the truth about life here and now in the United States.
You can be disgusted, but if you’re silent and apathetic, you’re serving Trump.
This concept goes back to the 60s: You’re either part of the solution or you’re part of the problem.
Like the guy whose story is told at left, I too take great pleasure in complimenting people for making anti-Trump statements, whether those statements are on apparel, bumper stickers, or anything else.
For those who may not be too familiar with Pennsylvania, “Deep Red PA” means the center of the state. Those who live in and around the state’s two biggest cities, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, are generally well educated, and Trump supporters are hard to find. Move 40 miles from these population centers, and you’re surrounded by people with the same political sensibilities as the folks in Alabama and Mississippi.
