Prosecuting Ex-Presidents
This isn’t really a tradition. The only time it became a live issue was Obama’s declining to go after GW Bush and Dick Cheney for war crimes in Iraq. e.g., pursuing an aggressive war, torture, etc. (more…)
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Has Trump Done Permanent Damage to American Democracy
Here’s an excellent, albeit terribly pessimistic article presenting the case that American democracy may be terminal at this point.
Though this may sound like a strange conclusion to draw, we need to admit that all the main points are true. Trump continues his shameless abuse of his power, desperately trying to jam the electoral system and its courts with baseless accusations, sham lawsuits, and pressuring elected officials to violate the oaths they took to uphold the U.S. Constitution. (more…)
The Whole World Knows Trump Cares Only About Himself, Except American Conservatives
Blistering editorial from the National Review, from which comes this excerpt: “It’s also important for Republican senators to speak out against this effort and make it clear that they won’t stand for it when it comes time for Congress to consider electors. Finally, it’d be best of all if the president reconsidered going down this route. He’s turning a narrow election defeat into a bid for infamy.” (more…)
Buzzards and Their Significance
2GreenEnergy “headquarters” is in a rural part of Santa Barbara County, about 30 miles inland from the city itself, which is located on California’s central coast.
Insofar as this area is sparsely populated, we have what one might expect in terms of domesticated cows, horses, sheep, pigs, and, of course, family pets. Living among us are the abundant squirrels, gophers and rabbits, which function as snack food for the birds of prey like owls and hawks. Surrounding all this is a considerable wild animal ecosystem: rattlesnakes, coyotes, raccoons, mountain lions, bobcats, deer, foxes, and an occasional bear. (more…)
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Status of Trump’s Attempted Coup
Reader A submitted the assertion to the left, and Reader B commented, “Yes it was. It just wasn’t set up for that person to be supported by sycophantic power hungry assholes to let him have his way. That’s where the problem lies.” (more…)
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Romney: “Hard To Imagine a Worse, More Undemocratic Action By a Sitting President”
Glad you feel that way, Mitt. But if you find it hard to imagine now, just wait a couple of weeks, and this particular effort to subvert the election will look tame in comparison.
Trump’s going to play this as aggressively as possible, until it’s clear that his next action will result in his being hauled off in handcuffs. Then it’s off to the fatherland.
Yes, the land of vodskies, stroganoff, and borscht. The nation that gave us Tchaikovsky, the Ballet Russe, and Dostoevsky. The land of money laundering and corruption that makes the U.S. appear honest by comparison.
Charging Remote Devices
Here’s a small turbine that can be immersed into a stream or mounted on land to catch the wind, whose promoters claim is good for powering remote devices.
No one says this is impossible, but at $269, isn’t it extremely impractical, given that alternatives include a $23 piece of solar PV or a $40 hand crank generator?
I note that they’re taking “pre-orders,” meaning that the product hasn’t even been built yet. Hmmmm.
Moving To a Living Wage for All Americans
From Bernie Sanders: The Walton family is worth $238 billion. Yet they pay wages so low, 14,541 of their workers in 9 states are forced to rely on food stamps to feed their families. I say to the Walton family: Get off welfare. Pay your workers a living wage—at least $15 an hour.
It truly is outrageous that you and I are paying for the Medicaid services and food stamps that go to minimum wage workers who would die/starve without them, when these people are working for people worth a quarter trillion dollars. (more…)
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Trump Administration Rushes To Sell Oil Rights In Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
He’s going, but not without doing as much damage as possible.
From National Public Radio: Starting Tuesday, oil and gas companies can pick which parts of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge they’re interested in drilling. It’s the latest push by the Trump administration to auction off development rights in the pristine landscape before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. (more…)
Good Luck All the Way Around
The “surfer girl” here was bitten by a shark, a shark that, for reasons we’ll never know, changed its mind almost instantaneously, and simply swam away. That’s good luck.
And speaking of good luck, it appears that the United States has once again rejected attempts by a U.S. president to overturn rule of law for his own betterment. Trump still has the backing of over 70 million voters, but he’ll be leaving office on or before January 20th, 2021.
