Common Sense Gun Laws
Here’s a reminder that we can have both a working Second Amendment and a ban on weapons of war.
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A Lesson from Marcus Aurelius
Obviously, there are reasons that we’re still talking about Marcus Aurelius 2000 years after his death–and here’s one of them.
He seems to have possessed an ability to think rationally and without prejudice. He would have made a very bad acolyte of modern-day right-wing “news,” which depends so heavily on its viewers’ unflagging loyalty to certain tenets, e.g., that progressives are always bad or wrong.
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Putting Trump in a Home
Here’s David Letterman’s suggestion to this effect.
I would simply add that the “home” needs to have bars on its windows and doors.
Struggling to Understand Trump’s Popularity
One would think that the list of demographics that would refuse to vote for Trump is so large that the former president would be hard-put to get more than about 30% of the popular vote in the general election.
Think not only of the veterans and active-duty military personnel, but also of people of color, LGBTQ, the well-read and well-educated, women and the advocates of their rights, young voters concerned about planet-wrecking climate change, and everyone else who believes that Trump needs to face justice in the four jurisdictions in which he’s facing 91 felony counts.
Here’s a Store with Principle
Where do you break the chain of single-use plastic? The manufacturer? The distributor? The retailer? The consumer?
There is no correct (or incorrect) answer, but, as shown in the photo, there is no good reason that it can’t be the retailer.
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But he’s sane, competent, and decent.
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Understanding History Wouldn’t Have Helped Here
In addition to what Spinoza said here, we have Hegel’s clever remark that “the only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.”
Regardless, what we’re running into here and now in the United States is unprecedented in American history, which means that even a robust understanding of history would be of no help whatsoever. Since the country was established in 1776, there have been exactly zero attempts to overthrow the federal government–until now, of course.
Here we have a former president inventing lies about the validity of an election in an illegal attempt to remain in power. We might think that effort failed, but it may be too early to make that claim.
Not All 2GreenEnergy Readers Understand This
Reader Marv Werlinger writes: I like reliable power. Coal and nuclear. Hydro-electric, very good. Limit wind and solar because they are reliably unreliable when you need them most. Keep oil and gas. We can’t afford not to keep our energy cost’s (sic) down especially for transportation. I don’t want to hear from tree huggers and will not respond!
Well Marv, thanks for your input. Fortunately for all life forms on Earth, all scientifically literate people on the planet recognize the need to transition towards renewables. Sorry to know that you’re not one of us.
Perhaps studying up on the subject wouldn’t hurt.
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Understanding the U.S. Consumer Economy
If you’d like some insight into what’s happening in the airline industry and how it affects its customers, I recommend the video linked here.
Please note that the trends that former labor secretary Robert Reich identifies here cross over into other consumer-facing sectors of our economy, e.g., food and paper goods.
Brilliant work.
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Respecting Those Who Protect Us
In response to the meme here, Eddy Oriente Balzola writes: Not when they act like thugs. Otherwise, respect indeed.Exactly, Eddy. All good people respect soldiers and police personnel, but, at the same time, hold them accountable for abiding by the law.
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