Let’s Not Forget that Trump Controls Our Nation’s Nukes
Electing a criminal nut-job to the White House comes at a cost.
OK, but how big a cost?
Let’s hope we never find out.
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Methinks Thou Dost Protest Too Much
… as Hamlet told his mother.
Apparently, this boob thinks he can stop the wheels of justice with this type of blathering.
Wrong.
Arby’s Leaves Eight States and Cans 1400 Workers
Readers outside the U.S. are unlikely to know the name of Arby’s, the fast-food restaurant founded in the 1970s known for its roast beef sandwiches.
Looks like they’re finally failing after a good run.
I interviewed their top marketing executive a few weeks ago, who told me that cost pressures had finally caught up with them. He continued to explain that they were experiencing decreasing demand for the flesh of murdered cows.
Just kidding. He didn’t express it quite that way.
His point was that the trend toward veganism, plant-based meat, etc., was a huge contributing factor.
Are America’s Political Parties Identical?
For those too young to remember, there was a time in U.S. history when many people believed that there was essentially no difference between the two main U.S. political parties.
Very few see it that way today.
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Don’t Argue with Crazy People
At left are the words of 20th Century philosopher of science Karl Popper. He looks a bit tired, doesn’t he? No wonder.
This is the reason that I generally make no appeals to Trump supporters that to the effect that:
Their man is a criminal sociopath.
The United States requires that all its people, rich and poor alike, obey the law.
We all have an obligation to make sure we leave an inhabitable planet to our descendants.
We educate our children.
We make science the basis of public policy.
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Accepting God into One’s Life
Needless to say, when it comes to the acceptance or rejection of God, people around the world vary wildly.
Even those who believe that God created the universe may have a tough time accepting that God has a plan for them, and that everything, including a tragedy like losing a child in a school shooting, is part of that plan.
What lies behind this incredible variance in terms of neurology? It’s probably some combination of genetics and the way our parents raised us.
And let’s not minimize the latter. Being born in the Americas, Europe, Oceana, or the Middle East normally means having a significant indoctrination into theism. Those born in the rest of the world have close to zero chance of that.
I’ve always had a tough time believing that virtually all Japanese people (somewhere between 98 and 99%) are going to burn in hell. If that idea works for you, fine, but it makes me angry.
Hate Is Here to Stay
To the reader who sent me this: It’s not possible to eliminate hate groups, as much as I wish otherwise.
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Where Is this Presidency Going?
…..”Concerns about where this presidency is going…”
Let me ask you this: “Where the f*** do you think it’s going?”
We’re talking about a president who, after his failed attempt to overthrow the U.S. federal government, is consistently ignoring court orders and violating domestic and international laws all around the globe.
A Cruel Irony
To paraphrase the words of Aldous Huxley: There is a cost to denying reality, and the longer it’s denied, the higher the cost.
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Stupidity and Hate
The only thing that me mad about the meme at left (actually, more sad than mad) is that it illustrates the level of stupidity and hate of tens of millions of Americans.
We’re going backwards, and that’s depressing.
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