How Big Is Our Country?
Is our country bigger than one man?
For almost 250 years, it would have occurred to precisely no one to even ask that question. Now, it’s front and center.
Love the illustration here.
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“New Rule” on Presidential Qualifications
I’m afraid I have bad news. If there is a legal mechanism by which we can arrive at the “new rule” discussed here, it will have to pass muster with the supporters of Donald Trump, the world’s most famous convicted felon, and that doesn’t sound too likely.
What seems to have bitten us in the butt here is it never entered into the minds of the framers of the Constitution that Americans would someday be enthusiastic about putting a felon in the White House; otherwise they would have written it into Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5, along with “the President must be at least 35 years of age, be a natural born citizen, and must have lived in the United States for at least 14 years.”
Or maybe it did enter their minds, but they thought, “If future Americans are that ignorant and demented, they’ll get exactly what they deserve.”
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The Republican Party: Then and Now
At left is what I find so amazing (and disgusting) about what the Republican party has become since Trump came to power. There is not even the vaguest attempt to accomplish something that is “right” and “moral.”
It’s about tax cuts for the wealthiest and most powerful individuals and corporations, kicking millions of people off healthcare, killing women’s rights, and removing environmental regulations so that the fossil fuel industry can bake the planet.
Check out the contrast here to when Ike was president.
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Campbell’s Soup and Gay Pride
I can’t guarantee this is real, but it’s funny, that’s for sure.
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Why Trump Largely Gets a Pass from the Media
This guy makes an excellent point: Why is the media so quiet about Trump’s failings, be they moral, fiscal, mental, or emotional?
My guess is that it goes back to what the president of CBS said shorty after Trump came on the U.S. political scene and immediately gained in popularity, “I know he’s terrible for America, but he’s great for CBS.”
It’s about money. This is just one more way that Big Money ruins everything it touches.
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Trump and Biden: A Comparison of Opposites
When one looks at this piece on Biden’s handling of Memorial Day, it’s hard not to think of Trump and how diametrically opposed the two are in their manner of addressing our nation.
One thing you can say about Trump is that, often, he actually does “tell it like it is” at least in terms of his incredibly selfish way of thinking. He doesn’t have any respect for our military personnel, and he doesn’t pretend to. He doesn’t see any reason to keep up relations with our national allies, so suggesting that we drop out of NATO seems like a perfectly reasonable thing to do. And Lord knows he believes that huge portions of the world media and U.S. justice system are conspiring to ensure he never regains the U.S. presidency.
In addition, Trump knows that his base will readily agree with most of what he tells them, regardless of how obviously absurd it may be, so why be coy?
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Former Defense Secretary on Trump
It would be interesting to know how many Republican congresspeople agree with Gates, but won’t say so because of their desire to remain in power. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s over 90%.
Certainly, when Trump is permanently removed from government, there will be a deafening chorus from people (insincerely) claiming they never supported him.
More Science in our Future
This is a point I make frequently, that our understanding of the universe is a one-way street, away from religion and in the direction of science.
Neil deGrasse Tyson was once asked, “So we only understand a small fraction of the universe. Isn’t it possible that the rest of this is God?”
His reply, “If that’s the way you want to play it, sure. Just keep in mind that you’re standing on an island that’s getting smaller with each passing year.”
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Solar PV in the Desert
Nobody, at least me, is saying that this is a practical solution, given sandstorms and the challenge of distributing the energy to points of load around the globe.
I post it simply to remind us of the enormous amount of power we receive from the sun–6000 times more that all 8 billion of us are using.
Supposed Billionaire Needs Working Class Americans to Pay His Legal Bills
Right, Never Surrender.
Keep those checks and credit card payments rolling in.
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