Comment on Trump’s VP Selection
Re: the photo here, a reader notes, “Personally I’d prefer JD Clampett over JD Vance.”
Every day of the week.
Wooooo doggies!
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Trump’s VP Choice Surprises No One
The phrase “doubling down” might be cliché, but it certainly applies to what the Republicans are doing with respect to their extreme right-wing political positions.
While some political advisors have been suggesting that Trump soften his hardline stance on the oppression of women, given that he’s a convicted sex criminal and that more than 50% of the population is female, the former president is having none of that.
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What Makes Trumpers?
Young readers may not recognize this scene from 1975’s “Blazing Saddles,” where the black dude has been appointed the new sheriff of a town on the western frontier. The bigoted white folks are extremely resentful, and here, the amiable town drunk is consoling him:
What did you expect? “Welcome, sonny?” “Make yourself at home?” “Marry my daughter?” You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know… morons.
Coincidentally, an old friend asked me recently what I believe makes up the Trump base. I replied that a Trumper needs to be in one (or both) of two groups:
a) The extremely unintelligent, and/or
b) Those whose brains are wired, either via genetics or lived experience, to be indifferent to the needs of other people.
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Untrustworthy Information
I almost clicked on this, then suddenly noticed that it’s sponsored by Chevron.
Oh sure. I trust the international criminal organization, convicted of dumping carcinogenic waste into the rivers of Ecuador, deliberately poisoning the indigenous people, for an honest report on what causes fluctuations in retail gas prices–or anything else.
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Facebook and RFK, Jr.
I highly doubt that Facebook gives a rat’s ass about your campaign, just like the vast majority of other Americans.
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Adding Solar PV to Your EV
Here’s a new concept in electric transportation that I don’t expect to catch on. Imagine you park your car somewhere on a sunny day, you unlock a roof-mounted container, and pull out an array of solar PV that you then unfold and drape over your car. You plug the array into your car’s charge port. When you’re ready to leave, you reverse the process.
While the car is parked, you get a maximum of 1200 Watts, meaning that you’ll need about 30 hours of sunshine to charge your base-model Tesla Series 3 from 20% SoC to 80%.
Aside from the issues of cost, added weight, wind-resistance, theft, and vandalism, how long will it take the average driver to conclude that this is a royal pain in the ass?
Trump on the Golf Course
Why on Earth would anyone have expected anything else? Concern for others is so far off-brand for Trump, it would be like McDonalds serving fresh-squeezed turmeric juice and wheat germ.
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Trying in Vain to Understand Trumpism
Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Trumpism is that the top people who worked for the former president during his term in the White House refuse to support him for re-election, including our top military officers, but that the typical Republican voter does not seem to care a whit.
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What Is “Doggie Consciousness?”
Humankind domesticated the dog approximately 20K years ago, and since that time, most of us “dog people” have struggled with the issue: What is it like to be a dog? At what level do they think?
Obviously, they’re beholden to us, but beyond that, it sure would be interesting to have some insight here, wouldn’t it?
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Trump and Biden: The Reasons for Their Candidacies
Alexander Vindman entered the American consciousness when he blew the whistle on Trump for extorting Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskye; Trump sought to offer military assistance in fighting the Russian invaders in exchange for Zelenskye’s willingness to dig up dirt on Hunter Biden.
At left we see Vindman’s summary of the difference between the two U.S. presidential candidates.
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