Nobel Laureates Call for Peace Dividend
How would the world change if 2% of what it now spends on the military were shifted to addressing problems like poverty, climate change, and pandemics? Well, if a group of 50 Nobel laureates gets what it’s requesting, we’re about to find out.
Although 2% may not sound like a lot, that’s about $15 billion annually from the U.S. alone. And will the world be a more dangerous place with a tad fewer fighter planes and surface-to-air missiles? Hardly.
It’s interesting that highly intelligent people tend to concern themselves with the well-being of others. I hasten to add that this is not uniformly the case; there are some very bright Trump supporters and other people who could be described as “morally challenged.” But again, there is a significant correlation here.
Pictured above: “More than $1.2 billion worth of Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor fighter jets fly in formation above Indiana. (Photo: Col. Hiram Gates/USAF)”
Going through life lying and cheating must not be pleasant, and especially when you get caught with the whole world looking on.
The past five years have seen progressives rooting for the ex-director of the FBI, the ex-CEO of ExxonMobil, and now this extremely conservative senator from Wyoming.
This bold and completely true statement comes from former Republican strategist Steve Schmidt.
Most of us understand that during the Trump years, Fox News was essentially a state-run media. Yet few if any of us had any clear evidence to that effect, until now.
American democracy is not out of the woods, but those who attempted to usurp power via overturning the 2020 election have faced serious setbacks, namely, getting caught red-handed.
So true.
Growing up and losing one’s innocence certainly does come at a cost.
In a frantic text message to the former president’s chief of staff, Don Jr. wrote, “He (my father) has to lead now.”
Let’s face it, anytime you have 155 million votes cast in a heated election battle, there is bound to be some level of fraud.
