Removing Big Money from politics is a challenge that seems to be growing year by year.  In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in “Citizens United” that unlimited campaign donations from corporations were protected under the First Amendment as free speech.  When Antonin Scalia died, it appeared that the high court may overturn that decision, and now, the nomination of Amy Barrett, a devotee of Scalia’s, it appears that this opportunity has, at least for the foreseeable future, passed us by.

Most corruption on the part of billionaires and politicians is difficult to track.  In the case of Sheldon Adelson, however, it’s right there in plain view.

 

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Barack Obama delivers a statement to the media

I was speaking with an old friend I hadn’t seen in….too long.  She’s voting for Biden, but she’s concerned about his position on the environment.

I explained that I have to assume that Biden will be a carbon copy of Obama vis-à-vis the environment, and, from what I wrote here, I gave him (Obama) high marks. (more…)

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2GreenEnergy super-supporter Gary Tulie writes:

Hi Craig,  Re something like this, I have to ask what’s the point?  The hydrogen energy store is 3 times the price of a Tesla Power wall to store 3 times the energy, so about the same price per kWh of capacity.  (more…)

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Hospitals, clinics, diagnostic laboratories, and other healthcare institutions produce specialized kinds of medical wastes that need to be treated and managed correctly. The increase in the volume of medical waste has become a growing concern as more healthcare institutions are established; more people seek healthcare services; and more medical devices, materials, and technologies are used to diagnose and treat ailments. (more…)

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Whoever posted this video asks, “How would you have handled this situation?”

Maybe a better question is: How did we create an environment in which a grossly underpaid teacher was forced to handle this situation?

We’re one election away from a point at which the normalization of situations like this pushes this formerly civilized country into a place from which it will never completely return.

My heart is broken.

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Whoever created the meme here nailed it.  Shouldn’t that be enough?

Sure, we can talk about all the lies, the cruelty, the environmental irresponsibility, obstruction, extortion, the dictators, our allies, tax fraud, bank fraud, campaign finance violations, and negligent homicide.

But, when we simply reread the meme here, don’t we have enough to understand that he’s totally unfit to be president?

 

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The judicial and legislative branches have had a tough time reining in Trump, and certainly that’s partially because he has been so effective in stacking the courts and terrorizing the Republican-led Senate.  Yet every once in a while, someone stands up and blocks something he desperately wanted to do.

In this case, that something is denying supplemental nutrition from 700,000 people who are out of work due to the pandemic. What good is impoverishment if you can’t inflict hunger on top of it? (more…)

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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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