Some Advice on Self-Checkout Machines
The points being made here are all valid. But here’s some advice on top of that: don’t shop in stores that have them.
Most Americans have had the pleasant experience of shopping at Trader Joe’s. It’s uplifting and fun, precisely because your fellow customers, and most definitely the staff, are happy, intelligent, kind people who are genuinely interested in helping you in any way possible. They are not automata. They smile. They communicate.
Try to find anything resembling that in a CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Kroger, or Albertsons.
In addition to this reasoning, we have the issue of good citizenship. Obviously, the Walton family would be thrilled if they could run their business without a single employee. Their interest in the welfare of the common American is exactly zero. Using self-checkout only makes it easier for greedy bastards to cut employees’ hours, lay them off, and crush those who remain into the pavement.
Most people are pointing out the sharp contrasts between Watergate and the coup attempt. Select Committee member Jamie Raskin said that the insurrection “made Watergate look like a Cub Scout meeting.”
Those of us who understand that humankind finds itself in a climate emergency caused by greenhouse gas emissions are almost forced to be proponents of nuclear energy, as the scaling of renewables, though impressive, is not on course to arrest the concentration of atmospheric CO2 in time to avert catastrophe. 
The video below on building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) reminded me that this subject really hasn’t come into its own, for reasons I don’t claim to understand. 
This photo taken approximately 100 years ago demonstrates that American nationalism didn’t just spontaneously come into being with the 45th president and his tens of millions of supporters.
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Actor/activist George Takei asks a good question. Considering the rate of change in our world, how long must we hang onto the precise ideas that folks from the 1780s had about how government should conduct itself?
As suggested in the meme here, patience and trust are elements of good character. We’d all love to believe our nation is right around the corner from seeing justice rain down on Team Trump.
