Could You Be Paid to Sow Disinformation into Our Society?
99% of this is totally incorrect.
But hey, who cares, right? There’s a huge market for disinformation, and I’m sure the author of the meme here was handsomely paid.
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The Value of Solar and Wind Energy in Today’s World
In addition to the point made at left, human bodies aren’t being blown to bits in our fighting over energy that is available to us all, at no cost, from that big fusion reactor 93 million miles away from us.
Insulting U.S. Allies
The point made at left is an interesting one, but it raises the question: Would our NATO allies have participated in a useless and illegal war even if Trump hadn’t insulted, bullied, and threatened them with military invasion?
I doubt it.
How Exactly DO Canadians View the U.S.?
At left we see an extremely generous viewpoint on the United States as we Americans are seen from Canada.
I have to think that a more honest statement on the topic would be, “You have a tumor, but you voted it into office. We never would have thought you were so stupid and mean.”
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The “Flat Earth” Theory
This issue was solved long before our journeys into space began 65 years ago. Yes, the spherical shape of the Earth was proved 2000+ years ago by the ancient Greeks, but understanding that requires some fluency with high school math, which many Americans lack.
I’m referring to telephony, that spread around the globe in the late 19th Century. Someone in say, South Carolina, can call a friend who lives on the West Coast and ask about the sun’s position in the sky. Try to explain the discrepancy if you believe the Earth is flat.
Why would we need 24 different time zones, each 15 degrees apart?
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More on: Are Muslims the Enemy?
It’s incorrect to say that “liberals are furious” on this matter. We’re deeply disappointed that about one-third of our population is a blend of greedy pigs and hateful idiots.
I was on a Zoom call this morning with some people who were weighing in on this question: Is the damage caused by the Trump administration in terms of losing our claim to be a moral, democratic leader on this planet permanent, or can it be repaired over time?
We were unable to reach a consensus. Some said that the nation in the modern era is swinging as if on a pendulum. We had a gentleman and an extremely accomplished intellectual in the person of Obama, followed by a despicable thug (Trump); the pendulum can swing back once more.
Are Muslims the Enemy?
In today’s world, a significant number of Americans hate everyone but straight white Christian males.
Hatred of other people has replaced baseball as our national pastime. Ignorance is what we’ve become known for around the globe.
Iran’s Nuclear Program and the Lies that Surround It
In the last two days, I’ve met two people from Portland, Oregon, both of whom I told the same story about my reaction to the Trump administration’s claim that they brought in federal troops into the city to stop the “rioting” and “domestic terrorism” of the “No Kings” protestors.
As I put it:
Bullshit. If I had to name the most peace-loving city in the United States, it would be Portland.
Not one but both of them squealed with delight. They both pointed out that many of the protestors were dressed as frogs, in the way of pure whimsy that dominates the state’s largest and most highly educated city.
In the case of the fellow at left, yes it’s true that, sadly, there are tens of millions of Americans who don’t have the intelligence to know that a) Iran’s nuclear program had been shut down in the Obama administration, with every major nation of Earth and its nuclear physicists signing off on the landmark agreement, and b) that (even if that weren’t the case) it had been “obliterated” by Trump far more recently.
This guy’s career is built around lying to idiots. I don’t envy him.
The Value of Wind Energy
Wind contributes about 12% of the U.S. grid mix, though it’s over 70% in some of the plains states.
As one reader pointed out, “It’s great for the common American. Sorry it doesn’t work for billionaires.”
“No War Required”
The shot at left was taken in 2006, during another war in the Middle East.
We often talk about the “externalities” of fossil fuels, normally referring to things like lung disease, climate change, ocean acidification, and so forth. But we sometimes forget about people with their bodies blown to bits.
