The Beef Industry
This is funny, I admit, but I don’t think most people have a problem with hunters who eat what they kill.
This is not morally equivalent to factory meat farming, and the clearing of our rainforests to support the beef industry.
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Our Country’s Best
The dude is NRA-endorsed in the great state of Missouri.
Does anything else really matter? Understanding of complex economic problems? Compassion for the needy? Social justice?
No, it looks like the only real priority is the proliferation of weapons.
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What’s Truly Radical?
We’ve all seen evidence of the current trend to label everything we don’t like politically as extreme or radical. The pro-lifers talk about Biden’s “extreme position on abortion.” The NRA talks about Biden’s “radical position on gun control.”
The meme at left came from a reader, who, IMO, makes an excellent point.
Some People Don’t Want to Talk about Politics
Here’s a comedian with a frighteningly accurate description of life in America. His bit, “some people don’t want to talk about politics,” gets at the heart of lots of folks’ reasoning: we’re not personally affected, so why should we care?
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Certainty v. Doubt
Spot on. Who hasn’t observed this in his own life?
I’m not sure whose idea this was originally, but it certainly predates Bukowski; I’m going with Bertrand Russell.
This whole concept goes back to “Socratic wisdom,” i.e., the idea that the only thing he knows is that his knowledge is limited.
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Bleach as Cure for Disease
Earlier this week, a Florida man and his three adult sons were convicted in a Florida court of selling industrial bleach as a cure for COVID-19 through their online “church.”
This is reminiscent of the criminal proceedings against the 1000+ January 6th insurrectionists, in that a defense case can be made that the then-president of the United States authorized their actions. Yet the judge hearing the case saw no mitigating circumstances. Sentencing is set for October.
Trump, His Co-Conspirators in His Attempt to Overthrow the U.S. Government–Including the Fake Electors–All Need to Receive Fair Trials
As explained here, it appears that the 16 alleged “fake electors” in Michigan are prison-bound, and it’s hard to imagine that there aren’t many dozens, if not hundreds, in essentially identical positions in other swing states who may be on their way to the Big House. (At left we see 11 from Arizona.)
That’s good news.
But here’s something that I find objectionable, from the same notification as the video linked above: “To call for Donald Trump to be convicted, sign here.”
What honest people want is that Trump will receive fair trials in each of the criminal cases against him, that, we believe, are very likely to result in his conviction. No one who understands and respects the law believes there is any merit to Trump’s being tried according to public opinion.
It may sound like a trifling difference, but it’s not.
Don’t Expect that Trump’s Name Will Be Forgotten
I understand how the author of the meme here feels, but two points if I may:
1) Even if you live to see your 200th birthday, unless you go live in a cave, you’re going to be hearing Trump’s name, because the former president made a far more horrific impact on the United States than any other single person in its history.
2) I wouldn’t say that hearing his name is a bad thing, as we must never forget how close we came to becoming a banana republic. Nor should we forget that we’re living among tens of millions of hateful morons. Forewarned is forearmed.
Re: John Wesley’s Manifesto: “That Dog Don’t Hunt”
This from 18th Century theologian and founder of Methodism John Wesley.
To put it simply, we’ve replaced all these ideas with our love of money. Anything that doesn’t make rich people richer is a non-starter in 21st Century America.
A Citizen Describes Trump in Two Words
I had to laugh when I saw this.
Of course, being a “vulgar pig” is not a crime, so I suppose the assertion here is actually fairly mild.
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