I wrote a post recently on Bill Gates, and how the QAnon people believe that his mission is to enslave the world’s population by forcing everyone to become microchipped.

This made me think of George Soros, another QAnon boogieman, perhaps even more notorious than Gates himself.  In turn, that made me realize how little I know about him, which sent me on a short project to learn a bit.  As it turns out, his main goal actually is a vast restructuring of human civilization.

But in what direction?  This gets complicated.  Fast. (more…)

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At left is a good example of what happens when honest people want something good for their society.  The Dutch want to minimize teen pregnancies and unwanted children; please check out how they’ve addressed the issue.

This may sound odd to us Americans, but they don’t want to create misery for its own sake, nor do they have media-driven contention between two diametrically opposed belief systems just so that rich people can get even richer.

Any reasonable person can see that their undertaking towards teen sex makes 1000 times more sense than the total bulls*** we have here.

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Unless you’re a QAnoner and you believe Bill Gates is trying to enslave the world’s population, you regard him as one of Earth’s most effective philanthropists, primarily for his work in infectious diseases.

His current focus is helping our civilization avoid the next pandemic, and he has an idea on the subject, expressed in the video below, that has real merit, IMO.

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One would like to believe this is true.  How many American women support an across-the-board ban on abortion?  No abortion in cases of rape, incest, or the near-certain death of the baby and/or mother?  What percentage can this possibly be? Five?

I get that the Supreme Court does not operate on the basis of public opinion.  But do you know what does?  Elections. (more…)

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This seems correct, but in the context of current-day U.S. politics, what exactly does it mean?  Well, either the right or the left is about to prevail, but which one? (more…)

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From this:

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday announced a new office at the Justice Department that will focus exclusively on environmental justice.

The office, which will prioritize low-income communities that have been hit hard by pollution and contamination, was launched in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency. (more…)

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A Radiolab podcast that I happened across a few weeks ago presented the work of certain scientists to the effect that there are probably no overriding principles of order to the universe, and that, in general, “chaos reigns,” as they say. (more…)

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Borowitz adds:  The jurist said that, after work last Friday, he dropped into a bar near the Supreme Court “to have a few pops,” and inadvertently forgot to take his briefcase when he left.

Here again, everyone on Earth has access to the two basic facts that conspire to make this hilarious: (more…)

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Below is another amazing video from the “Veritasium” series, this one focusing on the science behind the vast damage to human health and environmental quality done by one man. Fascinating stuff.

Of particular interest to me is the role that the quote here from Benjamin Franklin plays, i.e., society generally takes a very long time to identify and remove sources of harm.

If that was true 200+ years ago, before corporate greed stepped into the picture, one can only imagine what all the wealth and power mean in today’s world, where ridiculous amount of cash is poured into litigation designed to delay the removal of threats ad infinitum.

Ponder for a moment what the fossil fuel industry around the world is doing to protect its earnings stream at the expense of the quality of life for all of us, especially our children and their children.

 

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Of course we do, and at many levels.

Those who followed the orders they received from then-U.S. president Donald Trump to overthrow the U.S. government are guilty of crimes, but still, IMO, pitiable in the extreme.

Decent people need to feel sorry for everyone whose mind is consumed by irrational hate and is bereft of the capacity to think on his own, whether through congenital mental impairment or some sort of tragedy in their lives.

OK, but does this excuse them from their crimes?  No, but it presents mitigating circumstances, IMO.

It would be impossible for me to hear a case like this and not develop a profound sense of anger at the true architects of the insurrection. We all need to hope justice is done.

 

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