Here’s a meme that takes the migration to electric vehicles about as far out of context as one could imagine.

People in developed countries need transportation, and, since the extent of mass transit is limited, automobiles will be a necessary part of our lives for the foreseeable future.  Making these vehicles as environmentally friendly as possible is imperative if we want to have an organized civilization in place here 50 – 75 years hence.

There are elements of damage associated with our cars that we can’t control, among which are materials mining, road building, tire dust, and lethal accidents.

There is one we can control, and any honest and reasonably intelligent person understands that it’s by far the most important.

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This is funny, but, believe it or not, it appears that one of Trump’s choices is actually acceptable to the Department of Justice.

Let’s move this along with all haste.

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The actual truth isn’t too distant from what we see depicted here.

Consider the thought process of the droves of people who sent money to (ostensibly) help Trump take his stolen election claims to court, or to finish the wall, or whatever.

 

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Doesn’t it seems that the Republicans are in a horrible position going into the midterms (outside of deep red states)?

Here, you have candidates who just won their primaries on the platform that the 2020 election was stolen who now, to win the general election, have to tell the exact same voters that Trump lost a free and fair election.

What type of moron is going to trust a candidate who flips 180 degrees on the issues of the integrity of U.S. elections and the basic honesty of Donald Trump?

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Yesterday, I spent a few hours with an old high school chum I hadn’t seen in 50 years.  I recalled him as a fairly uninspired student, and he’d be the first to admit I was right.

But we happened to have attended the oldest Quaker school in the world, one with a solid college placement record, so he was accepted at a good university.  He majored in history, then got a job as a writer/editor, a career he continues with to this day.

Here we were, walking on the beach, with my old buddy explaining what the 10th U.S. president, James Knox Polk, accomplished vis-à-vis expansion of the U.S. to the south and west, and how this led up to the shape of Mexico following its independence, and ultimately to the Mexican-American War.

I was astonished and very much pleased.

 

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Prager “University” is not a learning institution, but a conservative advocacy group.  The meme here makes a very typical, provocative claim.

An alternative viewpoint is that any aspect of life in a civilized society that is “killed” by empathy, compassion, and an honest concern for the well-being of others is better off dead.

“Wokeness” is indistinguishable from manners.  As Emily Post put it, “Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.”

 

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A riddle: What’s black and brown and looks good on an attorney?

Answer: A rottweiler.

The notion of a shady attorney is deeply rooted in U.S. culture, as is Americans’ disdain for these forms of low-life.

It’s interesting, however, to note the enormous number of these slimeballs who have worked for Trump.

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Maybe the civilized world can more easily distinguish ultra hateful morons from run-of-the-mill hateful morons by means of this hat, but what does that actually buy us?

Let’s be serious.

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We sometimes forget that some people spend their entire lives helping this planet  maintain its diverse ecosystems.

This guy takes care of endangered mountain gorillas. Good going.

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“Q” sign while waiting to see President Trump

From this:

A 53-year-old Michigan man who was consumed by “Stop the steal” and QAnon conspiracies allegedly shot his wife, daughter, and their dog at their suburban Detroit home early Sunday morning, killing his wife and the dog.

“My Qdad snapped and killed my family this morning,” Rebecca Lanis, 21, wrote on (a blog) Sunday, hours before the Detroit police and media first reported the details of the shooting. (more…)

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