The Revolting Lauren Boebert
One of the most sickening symptoms of the decline of the U.S. educational system is the quality of the people we elect to make the laws that govern our lives.
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What We Teach Our Children in America
Here’s Tom Hanks on U.S. history and the editorial decisions we make as to what we teach our children.
Of course, we live in country in which any progress we’ve made recently in terms of fairness and objectivity, may soon be erased by the Ron DeSantises of the world.
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A Government that Works for Its People Is Not an Impossibility
I was speaking with a woman yesterday who has spent a lot of time in the Netherlands and says she still can’t believe how a country’s people and its government can work together so harmoniously and productively. The distinction between the Dutch and the Americans, she says, is particularly pronounced when it comes to transportation; all European nations are well on their way to expelling fossil fuels from their society.
Yet EVs (and bicycles) are just one example of how governments and the populations they serve can work hand-in-hand.
As we see in the meme here, Finland cares for its children–even after they’re born, if you can imagine that.
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Could We Be Wrong?
Newsflash: Those who believe they have destroyed entire foundations of science that have been put into place over the millennia by doing “their own research online” are a million miles away from admitting any possibility that they could be wrong.
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The Ever-Controversial Elon Musk
I just met some of the people who built the transponder that SpaceX will launch into orbit around the Earth tomorrow morning, enabling, for the first time, the tracking of all aircraft around the world, even over water. Readers may recall that we still don’t know what happened to international passenger flight Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that disappeared somewhere into the Southern India Ocean in 2014.
I asked these people their impressions of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, which may have been indelicate, but I felt I had nothing to lose. As I expected, they had great things to say about his business contributions, Tesla in particular, but were unwilling to comment on his character.
I told them my opinion, that a) There is no question that what he’s done to promote the cause of electric transportation has been great, b) It’s a shame that someone with $150 billion can’t use some of it to solve the mega-problems we all face, and c) It’s deplorable that he’s empowering Donald Trump to spread his messages to the world’s people.
From EcoWatch: Montana Governor Signs Bill Banning State Agencies From Analyzing Climate Impacts
As anyone could have predicted, Republicans are lining up behind the fight to ensure that the world suffers the most severe effects of climate change. The reasoning is simple: Democrats accept the findings of science, and therefore, the GOP must reject them.
Here’s an article explaining how Montana’s governor has prohibited his state’s government agencies from analyzing the impacts of climate change.
A reader notes: The Montana voters voted for these ballistically stupid people so they may just deserve them. The problem there is that the effects of the Montana voters’ stupidity become part of the warming climate for the entire planet.
Godliness in America
This guy has a legitimate point. When, precisely, had humankind’s conviction to God brought us better times?
Obviously, the existence of the United States is just the blink of an eye in comparison to the history of our belief in God, but that doesn’t change too much. Would we have preferred the Spanish Inquisition? The Catholic Church’s demand to have the scientists of the day tortured to death?
How much have we learned from Thor, Zeus, or Isis that has benefitted our lives?
How Do We “Make Man Better?”
Maybe Chekhov is right.
Maybe Americans are in the process of becoming better people as result of being shown, over the past few years, how incredibly terrible we are.
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Pre-schooler “Found Unsecured Pistol at Home,” Shot One Year Old Brother
This article from a reader, who notes: Unintentionally? Why the f*** would a preschooler have a gun in his hand anyway? Sooner or later, one of your children will die, and you will change the laws.
Sorry, but lawmakers in Texas could no easier ban hand guns than they could outlaw the death penalty or get rid of references to Christianity in the state’s public school system.
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The Conman of the Century Is Meeting the End of His Career
The reason we won’t see any of the hats shown here is that we all have a deep repugnance for admitting that we’ve been conned.
Having said that, let’s try to project what might happen to Trump over the coming years and predict how this may affect his support base. What if he is indicted on the major crimes for which he’s currently under investigation? What if he’s convicted of stealing classified documents, seditious conspiracy, and election tampering? What if he’s held in custody to prevent his fleeing the country, then sent to prison for what is essentially a life sentence?
Are there people who will continue to claim that he is the victim of political persecution and a weaponized justice system?
Of course, but it’s clear that these events will force many people to realize what the rest of us Americans (and the vast majority of others around the world) knew the first time we heard him speak: Trump’s life has been one enormous con job. His career as a criminal finally caught up with him.
Republicans think Democrats live for this day. And guess what? They’re right.
