This Navy vet joined the protest in Portland because of the inherent danger associated with federal agents with combat fatigues with no insignia hauling people off the streets into unmarked vans. I.e., if they can do it, so can anyone: just buy a used uniform and go for it.

I don’t own a gun, and I certainly don’t carry one, but if I did and such a person grabbed me, I have to think, if I were physically able to unholster it, I would instinctively put a bullet in his chest, and let him bleed on the sidewalk while I called 911 to report the incident.

This is one of the reasons that the local police are a much better choice to contain any criminality that may be connected with the protests.

Also, the police of any city in America would far rather handle this themselves, which I happen to know for a fact via my connections to the Philadelphia Police Department.

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As an advocate organization for green vehicles, we applaud the intent behind the parking restrictions here.

Apparently, it wasn’t completely understood by the guy with the truck here, but yet it would be hard to give him a ticket.

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From this article:

Donald Trump first attempted to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in September 2017, a move that would’ve stripped its beneficiaries of work permits and subjected them to deportation. But his administration continually cut corners, failing to explain the basis for its decision and refusing to consider the impact of DACA repeal on immigrants, their communities, and their employers (including the U.S. Army). This June, the Supreme Court ruled that the administration’s actions were “arbitrary and capricious” under federal law and therefore “set aside” DACA repeal. (more…)

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Here’s an article that discusses the UK’s massive plans to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy and storage.  All well and good, until the author heads in the direction of vehicle to grid (V2G), the two-way flow of electrical energy from the grid to electric vehicles.

The costs of this aggregated battery would also be much easier to bear as individual vehicle owners would purchase the cars and batteries, instead of government and private investors having to spend millions on big projects.  (more…)

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A reader suggests that this is “poor judgement.”  No.  Wearing white shoes after Labor Day and marrying an alcoholic you think you can reform are examples of poor judgement.

This is something else entirely.  It’s called treason–the deliberate betrayal of the United States of America.

 

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There is a beauty to the piece of art here that pierces straight to our hearts.

The sad part of it, however, is that essentially regardless of your religion, or lack thereof, you really don’t believe that such a thing exists.  Most believers in God say that He gave us free will, and thus we’re on own to get through the conditions we’ve created for ourselves: the trend toward world fascism, the uneven response to dread diseases, and the destruction of the environment.  There is no-body and no-thing that’s going to do it for us.

Yet in a strange way, that’s an uplifting thought.  It reminds me of the idea: “I used to see the world’s most horrific events and wonder why somebody doesn’t do something.  Then I realized: I’m somebody.”

 

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Here’s an observation that American author Fran Lebowitz made recently about the support for Trump.

This, btw, is my response to the huge number of people who say, “I can’t understand why any woman would vote for Trump.”

It’s simple.  Their hatred of people of color outweighs their self respect.

It’s terrifying, contemptible and horribly sad–all at the same time.

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From the New York Times:

Noting that Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert, and Dr. Deborah L. Birx, his administration’s top coronavirus coordinator, have high approval ratings even as his own have sagged, Mr. Trump added, “And yet, they’re highly thought of — but nobody likes me.  It can only be my personality,” he concluded. (more…)

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I’m old enough to remember when being the butt of ridicule by all American voters whose IQ is over 80 was a bad thing for a presidential candidate.

But is that the case today?

I suppose we’ll see.

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Pictured here is a cemetery in northwestern Canada whose grave markers were anchored in ice thought at the time to be permanent, now melting rapidly.

From The Guardian: (more…)

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