How Oil Execs Sleep at Night
I’m sure some of these excuses are extremely common in the minds of those making huge profits by destroying our planet.
Wow. Watch Out for that Logic!
At left is the type of logic that can appeal only to a MAGA Trump supporter.
Ukraine is fighting …. for its life after having been invaded by a powerful war criminal.
Trump is fighting …. to stay out of prison after having attempted to overthrow the U.S. federal government and raping children.
Republican Operatives Are Tenacious at Messaging–And Truth Has No Bearing on It
Consider the meme here, and then remember that the nine of the ten poorest states in the U.S. (Mississippi, Louisiana, West Virgina, Kentucky, Arkansas, Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and South Carolina) are all bright red.
How do they get away with stupidity like this?
Well, here’s the bottom of the state rankings for education:
- 46. Mississippi
- 47. Kentucky
- 48. Louisiana
- 49. Arkansas
- 50. West Virginia
Looks like there’s a correlation.
Discussions on Religion
Good question here at left.
To me, it depends.
If the person seems intelligent enough to be able to hold a thought in his head that opposes his current beliefs, I’d actively encourage the discussion. Otherwise, I’m out. No need to raising someone’s temper for no reason or gain.
Emigrating to a Social Democracy
To the jackass who sent me the meme here: What about the 5 million Americans who moved to Canada? What about the steady flow of Americans expatriating to Costa Rica, New Zealand, Australia, Iceland and Northern Europe?
My wife and I have two kids and a grandchild in the States, and we have a gaggle of medicos to address the various health conditions associated with aging. If that weren’t the case, I’d be writing this from Stockholm or Aukland.
I wouldn’t be looking for a “utopia,” just an escape from the frustration, anger, and sadness that I feel every day, as I watch the country I love deteriorate into authoritarianism.
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Moral Failure
It really is amazing that the wealthiest people on the planet are so indifferent to others’ well-being.
Instead of being remembered as the guy who eliminated world hunger, or stemmed global warming, you chose to make another $100 billion?
Why?
Trump Derangement Syndrome
To be fair, the average Trump supporter is not proud of the fact that his hero is a convicted felon. But somebody has to lie at the bottom of the barrel, and it might as well be the guy pictured at left.
It strikes me that the typical MAGA voter believes:
Trump was railroaded on charges that wouldn’t have been brought if he were less outspoken and honest in his quest to save America.
Even if charges were to be brought, they should have been misdemeanors.
Trump’s criminal record is not a strength per se, but Christ was perfect, and even He was convicted and crucified.
Trump’s crimes are irrelevant against the backdrop of the alternatives: a bunch of radical leftwing gay, black-loving communists.
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Banning Sharia Law in the U.S.
The MAGA base is on fire about Trump’s quest to ban Sharia law. It would take any of them about 15 seconds, if they wished to look into this, to learn that Sharia law has no official legal status or authority in the United States, because the U.S. Constitution and secular laws always come first. - No Authority: American courts do not follow or enforce Sharia law.
- Religious Freedom: Muslims in the U.S. follow Sharia as a personal and moral guide for daily worship and life, just as people of other faiths follow their own religious rules.
- Constitutional Limits: Religious practices cannot break federal or state laws.
For a moment, think about an American judge’s sentencing a thief to have his hand amputated, or having an adulteress stoned to death. Then, think about how stupid you’d need to be excited about the idea of having Trump ban Sharia law.
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The Top People in the U.S. Military Oppose Trump on All Major Issues
Trump’s first term didn’t make him any friends with U.S. generals and admirals. He followed up his referring to our soldiers as “suckers” and “losers” with pardoning someone who had been convicted in military court of a war-crime.
Yet it is his second term that has really propelled him into infamy. Here we have:
Iran, Venezuela, deployments of National Guard troops in Democratic-led cities, destroying America’s confidence in democracy by repeating the lie that the 2020 election was rigged, renaming the Department of Defense and appointing an alcoholic Fox News host to run it, threatening to invade Greenland and Canada, the destruction of relations with our historic allies, his usurpation of power delegation to the Constitution to congress, appointing his personal attorney to the Department of Justice, ignoring the national security implications that accompany climate change, damaging America’s business interests with huge tariffs, and buddying up to world tyrants like Putin and Kim Jong Un.
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American Farmers Are Singing a Different Tune
The reason that the MAGA base supports Trump never was rooted in personal gain, whether that meant income, healthcare, or God knows, education. Yes, they got shafted by the rising cost of living, but they never suffered anything like what’s happening to the American farmer.
From AI:
Financial Losses and Debt
- Deepening Deficits: The American Farm Bureau Federation projects that crop farmers will lose roughly $31 billion and face another $32 billion in losses.
- Negative Returns: Major row crops like corn, soybeans, wheat, and cotton are operating well below breakeven.
- Rising Debt: Total farm debt has climbed to record highs near $560 billion, straining producers who also face high interest rates and inflation for seeds, fuel, and fertilizer.
Trade Wars and Tariffs
- Export Disruptions: Retaliatory tariffs from trading partners like China have severely cut into U.S. soybean and corn exports.
- Beef and Rancher Backlash: Administration moves to temporarily lift tariffs on foreign beef imports to lower grocery store prices have angered domestic ranchers and farm bureaus who fear being undercut during a historic low in cattle inventory.
Capping all this off is Trump’s allowing hundreds of millions of pounds of ground beef to be imported with zero tariffs.
