William Is Happy to have Gold as a Hedge Against Inflation
It’s funny. My gardener, Gonzalo, says the precise same thing.
I’m glad he’s happy, but that doesn’t make investment in gold a good idea.
Removing Trump Because He Falls Asleep??
Speaking strictly for myself, I will be saddened if Trump is removed from office because he falls asleep at important meetings, or due to any other physical or mental failing associated with aging. The majority of Americans and virtually the entirety of the rest of the developed world believe, correctly, that Trump is among the vilest human beings who’s ever walked the Earth, and it will be a tragedy if this planet isn’t permitted to see some form of resolution here in terms of justice and reason.
Yes, the people of the United States re-elected a convicted felon, a rapist, and an unabashed conman. This has torn our country, and a great deal of the rest of the world, to shreds. We deeply regret this.
Let’s hope that we get the opportunity to do the right thing, i.e., to expel Trump not for getting old, but for being the man who, quite deliberately, nearly brought this entire planet to its knees.
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Do We Respect and Admire Smart People?
What this guy said has probably always been true, but the age of Trump has brought it into crystal clarity.
Human society has always had its intellectuals, but for every one of them, there have been thousands of people who had no aspiration for learning any more than was absolutely required to grow corn or unclog toilets.
Have the intellectuals or progressives of the day ever been admired, or elected as leaders?
This may not have been a huge deal in the days of the ancient Greeks, but now, of course, it’s turned into a river of s***. We love our Hitlers, Mussolinis, Obans, Putins, and Trumps.
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Who Believes This?
We live among idiots. There’s little more to be said.
On Atheism
What neuroscientist and public intellectual Sam Harris says about the thought expressed at left is, “There is no reason for us to have the word ‘atheist’ in our language. Is there a word that means ‘the group of people who don’t believe that Zeus is the king of the gods?'”
America’s War on Science
“Failure to conduct an oversight hearing on Secretary Kennedy’s actions would be an abdication of our responsibility—both from a moral perspective and as a matter of sound public health policy,” argues Sen. Bernie Sanders and HELP Committee Democrats.
One of the most pathetic aspects of the dwindling spiral of American civilization is its rejection of science. We clearly don’t care how many men, women, and children die of preventable diseases, and we certainly don’t worry about the capacity to support life now, and into the future.
Plato on Injustice
IMO, what Plato said here is true in some cases, but certainly not all.
Lots of people, me included, make a big deal out of standing up against injustice, even though we’re extremely unlikely to be personally victimized by it.
I’m an older, financially secure, straight white guy. It’s going to be very difficult for anyone or anything to commit an injustice against me and get away with it. In fact, protecting people like me is one of the few things this country is still proficient at.
What Trump Is and Is Not
I like the idea expressed here, and I would include:
Honesty, trustworthiness, warmth, humor, mercy, charity, integrity, kindness, helpfulness, fairness, curiosity, and empathy.
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What We’ve Become: Trump Calls Somalis “Garbage”
What can the rest of the world possibly think about a country whose leader makes a disgusting generality about the people of another nation?
Why in hell can’t we remove him?
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Are We Really Wasting Our Lives Squabbling about This?
We all know that many corners of the globe are afire on account of religious differences. Israel and Palestine are two entirely different religions, so it makes sense that one’s trying to exterminate the other. But how far apart are Shiites and the Sunnis?
In the United States, it’s even more indefensible to have enmity, potentially violent, between religions.
