Reaching Out to People Gently and Kindly
I had to laugh when I saw this, if only because, and read this carefully, people don’t like to be called “fools.”
That should have been clear after Hillary Clinton called Trump supporters “deplorables.”
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Trump and DEI
As suggested at left, trying to make sense of Trump’s actions is a complete waste of time.
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Educating Women
What Brigham Young said here is undeniable; it’s the reason that philanthropic efforts in the developing world often focus on educating girls and women.
The Turimiquire Foundation, the non-profit I frequently mention here, has a similar approach in helping to create a sustainable culture in northeastern Venezuela, combining education with women’s reproductive services.
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Trump Executive Order Focuses on the Non-Existent
Here’s something from a Trumper that I thought I’d share. A reader notes: Hard to believe such a thing is even necessary but thank you. Some sanity.
This, of course, is in reaction to Trump’s claim that there are cases in which “a little boy goes to school and comes home a girl.”
The truth is that our schools cannot so much as dispense an aspirin to a kid without the expressed permission of a parent or legal guardian.
Whatever. It just goes to show how many Trump supporters will believe anything the president says, regardless of how ludicrous.
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A Suggestion from Bernie Sanders
Even my lifelong Republican mom admires Bernie Sanders, certainly not for his political philosophy, but for his sincerity and tenacity.
I would add to the mix a certain sense of humor. As if Trump has the vaguest interest in the well-being of the common American.
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A Heartbreaking Note
It’s hard to know what emotion to feel when we go through our news feeds and find stuff like this.
Anger?
Probably more a deep, pounding sadness, now that our nation is simply a moral cesspool.
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The EV Industry
No, the mining of lithium and cobalt is definitely not “good,” but the mining/combustion of coal, with its greenhouse gases, heavy metals, and radioactive isotopes, is horrific for the health of the planet and everything living on it.
Of course, a more direct comparison would be to oil, which is what we put in our gas tanks. Similarly, however, there are huge side-effects here, both environmental and social (a little thing called war).
I little bit of honesty would be greatly appreciated.
Confucius Says ….
But what if you really don’t care about any of that, and your only desire is to take over the U.S. federal government immediately?
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God as the Ultimate Mathematician
Paul Dirac was one of human history’s most influential mathematicians and physicists, and apparently did deliver the quote at left. It’s unclear, however, if he didn’t mean it as a joke.
Voltaire said (something like), “God gave us noses so as to hold up our spectacles.” Might this remark be in the same vein?
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The Forms of Ignorance
This is an interesting thought, though it’s unclear why rejecting something one knows nothing about is any more ignorant than asserting something on a subject that one knows nothing about. Maybe both are equally harmful.
I’m constantly running into people trying to tell me what they “believe” about climate change, or some other issue within the domain of environmental sustainability. Fortunately for the human race, most of us trust the scientific method, and rely on the products that derive therefrom.
