Trump: Fraud
Of course, this is just the beginning; we haven’t gotten to the 91 felony counts stemming from the four indictments.
But it sure does raise the question: How much appetite do American voters have for re-electing a criminal president?
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Its “Good Neighbor Policy”
NPR reports: The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in an important environmental case today. It will consider whether to pause a federal rule obligating states to be “good neighbors.” At the heart of the dispute is a provision of the Clean Air Act that protects people and states subject to pollution that floats downwind from other states. These “downwind states” struggle to meet federal air quality standards, and their residents can face health complications due to pollution from afar.
I would think a better question is why individual states are at liberty to establish lesser standards than others in the first place. Can’t these mandates be made at a federal level? A coal-fired power plant in Colorado emits the same lethal array of greenhouse gases, heavy metals, and radioactive isotopes as one in Alabama.
Rush Limbaugh Died Three Years Ago Today
I post this not to ridicule Rush Limbaugh for his history of substance abuse, but to point out that his life’s work did nothing other than to enrich himself by making our society less intelligent, and more agitated and hate-filled.
When you die, do you want the world to say that we are all far better off because you’re gone?
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Russia and Trump Supporters: “Primitive People”
Senior energy analyst Robert Rapier writes: This is what sucking up to Putin and Russia gets you. First, Putin publicly humiliates Tucker Carlson, and now Russian media is laughing at Trump supporters.
It’s true that America is home to tens of millions of some pretty dim minds. We need to hope that a new day dawns and these people wake up to the realization that they’ve been conned.
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Ranking Trump Among the Presidents
Re: the meme here, a reader notes: Too many liberals on the poll taking organization. The same poll taken by a conservative polling group rated Trump higher, fifth from the bottom. I am willing to split the difference and agree that he is second worst.
So much hangs in the balance. Will Trump get convicted on one or more of the 91 felony counts against him and go to prison? If so, that should seal his position in last place.
Outside of Nixon, A. Johnson, and Harding, I’m surprised that most Americans could name another “bad” president.
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If You Have a Command of 6th Grade Math, You Have What It Takes To Be a Business Consultant
As could have been predicted, the dumbing down of America has provided opportunities for “business consultants” whose true value-add to their clients is tiny, if it exists at all.
Here’s a guy whose only guiding principle is advising his clients that their business’s profitability derives from high revenue-per-employee.
If you need to be told that, you’ll be far more successful (and happier) as a greeter at Walmart or vacuuming trunks and interiors at the local car wash.
Interpreting the Second Amendment
FWIW, I’ve always agreed with Burger on this point. It’s hard not to.
I know you’ll find gun-nuts who claim that words like “militia” and “well-regulated” have different meanings today than they did in the late 18th Century, but do you know who’s not buying that? Warren Earl Burger, American attorney and jurist who served as the 15th chief justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986.
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Trump Speaks Following Navalny’s Death
When my son was in grade school, I used to take him on three-day skiing trips during Christmas break. Two other fathers brought their kids as well, and we always had a terrific time.
Years later, one of the other fathers died, and his widow hosted a memorial service at their house that my son and I attended. As it happened, the “service” was a standard party with alcohol and music, and no one even mentioned the name of the deceased, let alone eulogized him.
On the drive home, I told my son, “When I die, I would appreciate a memorial service. But if you fail to mention my name, I’m going to rise from the grave, reassemble my body, and give you a good swift kick in the ass.”
We laughed, and my son admitted that he could scarcely believe that had happened.
There is a parallel news story here, where, several days after Navalny died at Putin’s hands, Trump finally spoke of Navalny, but without even mentioning Putin, and comparing the death to his own legal woes.
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More Senior Military Warn of the Danger of a Second Term for Trump
Here’s a note from General Wesley Clark. From his Wikipedia page:
Wesley Kanne Clark (born Wesley J. Kanne, December 23, 1944) is a retired United States Army officer. He graduated as valedictorian of the class of 1966 at West Point and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford, where he obtained a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He later graduated from the Command and General Staff College with a master’s degree in military science. He spent 34 years in the U.S. Army, receiving many military decorations, several honorary knighthoods, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Clark served as the Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO from 1997 to 2000, commanding Operation Allied Force during the Kosovo War.
It’s interesting, though not at all coincidental, that our nation’s most decorated leaders, seemingly to a person, have extremely low opinions of Donald Trump, and are doing everything they can to ensure that he does not return to power.
Glass Doesn’t Burn
Apparently, there are people who believe that the decorative heaters we see in our restaurants and higher-end homes burn glass (rather than propane).
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