Claiming that voters should re-elect you because your opponent will “listen to the scientists” might sound outlandish; it certainly would have been a laughable error anytime prior to the year 2020 and the vast ocean of ignorance that surrounds it.

Now, however, the voice of science is at odds with the entire presidential administration on a number of important issues, especially the pandemic.  Trump supporters may reject a scientific perspective on things like global warming and the environment,  but they go positively insane about the idea of a rational, coordinated attack on COVID-19.

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There are few news stories getting more attention than the devastating wildfire year that the Western United States is experiencing, with more than 4.1 million acres already scorched in California alone, more than doubling the previous record (2 million acres, 2019)

From NBC News: (more…)

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As we make our way through the most pathetic few years in U.S. history, let me offer you the meme to the left.  The person who posted this saw no irony, even though I wonder whom he would name as someone who actually did talk about his accomplishments?

Consider for a moment the following people: Johannes Gutenberg, Julius Caesar, Gautama Buddha, George Washington, Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, Socrates, MLK, William Shakespeare, Charles Darwin, Alexander the Great, Galileo, Muhammad, Aristotle, Leonardo Da Vinci, Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, and Jesus Christ.

All reasonably accomplished people, I would argue.  Now, does anyone, in their wildest dreams, believe that a single one of them went around talking about his achievements?

 

 

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Switching to an organic lifestyle is a significant change, but it’s one that promises positive outcomes for your health and wellness. While going organic comes with many benefits in itself, choosing the right organic food delivery service will make your life so much easier. After all, what’s better than receiving fresh fruits and vegetables at your doorstep? (more…)

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If you haven’t seen this yet, it’s extremely worthwhile. All Americans should understand just how corrupt the justice department is.

It’s sad reading, but, again, extremely important.

 

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Here’s a conservative young female voter, imploring the Republican Party to get on board with climate change mitigation.  She cites Republicans’ interest in conservation (though she doesn’t seem to realize that this is a thing of the distant past).

Ma’am, here’s your problem–dealing with climate change requires several things that are anathema to the GOP: (more…)

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No one knows how long it will take the dozens of different types of damage Trump has inflicted on the United States over the last four years to be corrected.  A good example is the meme here. If you’re white and really don’t care about other people, perhaps you don’t have a problem with lifetime appointments of white supremacists to federal judgeships. Literally everyone else considers events like these tragedies, exacerbated by the fact that they will take generations to repair.

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Here’s a story about how the vast amount of bicycle miles driven in Amsterdam can be converted into a source of renewable energy.

It’s a proposal that’s based on Amsterdam’s love for cycling; 68% commute to and from work or school done via bicycle, cranking out a total of 1.25 million miles. What if that kinetic energy (19.5 million watt-hours) could be stored in batteries and then introduced to the grid at the end of each day?

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Listening to Eisenhower speak at the end of his presidency and watching the election returns in 1960 with my parents were the first political events I can remember.  Thus it is with particular disgust that I present the meme here.

At a time when Jacinda Ardern is winning a landslide re-election in New Zealand, based on her skilled handling of the pandemic and her intelligent and compassionate leadership, the United States is dominated by disease, job loss, lies, white supremacy, poor education, obstruction of justice, and wide-spread corruption.

 

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With Halloween right around the corner, maybe it’s a good time to talk about things that scare us.  And those things aren’t necessarily ghosts, chain saws, and meat-cleavers.  Some of them are just words.  Socialism, for example.

Please read through the list here, and ask yourself the question at the bottom: Which of these socialist programs scare you?

Among the many things we’ve lost here in America is the capacity to think rationally and not be scared by people who deliberately misuse emotive words to hammer us into the position they’ve chosen for us.

 

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