Is Bullying a Bad Thing? Not if We Want a Society of Brutality
Does this guy have a solid point?
Is war a bad thing? What about rape and torture?
Do they point to weaknesses that must be strengthened?
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What Makes a President a King?
Maybe the protestors are less concerned about length of time in office, and more with criminal authoritarianism.
Blaise Pascal, Renaissance Man–Literally
I have such respect for Pascal that I considered naming our son after him. (I thought “Pascal Shields” had a nice ring to it, but my wife wasn’t having it. Maybe if we lived in France?)
Pascal made important contributions to both math and physics but he’s perhaps best known for his theological “wager,” that it makes sense to believe in God, since if He exists, you’ll be very glad you did, and if He doesn’t, you haven’t lost anything. I counter that this is not how we accept or reject religious tenets.
How Civilized Societies Behave
There is a blend of reasons why people don’t get vaccinated: largely ignorance and indifference to the wellbeing of other people.
Here’s a reminder that the kiwis are intelligent and empathetic people.
Howard Stern Has No Respect for Trump Supporters
“Republican Patriots” writes: Howard Stern once again reveals the contempt so many in the entertainment elite hold for everyday Americans. He claims not to hate President Trump himself, but openly declares his hatred for those who support him, calling them stupid and saying he has no respect for them. This kind of arrogant dismissal shows how out of touch these Hollywood types have become with the hardworking people who built this country.
I’ve got news: contempt for Trump supporters is hardly limited to “these Hollywood types.” The vast majority of Americans–especially at this point–are neither greedy pigs nor hateful morons. We respect human rights and rule of law.
Trump Doesn’t Own the World
Can’t something be done to stop this lunatic?
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The Failure of U.S. Voting Systems Had Strange Timing
It’s so weird that massive voter fraud didn’t exist until Trump lost the 2020 election.
It’s even more bizarre that no evidence of significant voter fraud was ever found by people other than Mike Lindell, Rudy Guiliani, and of course, Trump himself.
Capitalism Is Great, But Does It Have Drawbacks?
Re: the meme here, there are a couple of caveats:
• Billionaires pay their employees slave wages, forcing them to have 2 – 3 jobs, sometimes meaning that they are on food stamps and living in their cars.
• People, often war veterans, can’t afford health insurance and die agonizing deaths from treatable diseases.
• White supremacy dominates huge swaths of the United States.
• Teachers are paid so poorly that they’re leaving their professions, and our population is becoming more ignorant every year.
• Our planet is baking because the billionaires in the fossil fuel industry couldn’t care less about the wellbeing of anyone but themselves.
• The wars caused by greed and nationalism are killing our children.
Outside of this, capitalism is wonderful.
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Maybe Trump Is Achieving His Purpose
At left we see a theory that may explain why the Trump administration is doing such a terrible job at running the government, i.e., that the wellbeing of the country means nothing to them.
The Thought Process Surrounding Poverty in America
As shown at left, there is a huge correlation between poverty (and lousy education) and support for Donald Trump.
Which raises the question: why don’t the people who live in, say, Mississippi want to elect someone who will make their lives less miserable?
My belief is that the folks in these dirt-poor states don’t aspire to have more money. All they really want is white nationalism, which Trump delivers to them in great abundance.
