While there is still time, before speaking or writing a statement critical of the U.S. president becomes illegal, I hope readers will check out the video below, in which former prosecutor Glenn Kirschner lays out six articles of impeachment that Congress should bring against Attorney General Bill Barr. (more…)
How many Americans who cast their ballots for Hillary Clinton in 2016 are going to vote for Trump in 2020? 11?
What about those who go the opposite direction, i.e., Trump supporters in 2016 who defect to Biden in 2020? Here’s a two-minute video that explains how it’s possible that these people could number 10+ million.
As shown here, both the Yankees and the Nationals took a knee on Major League Baseball’s opening day. A reader sent me this pic, and commented:
Perhaps it’s time to reassess what this knee business is all about. Taking a knee is a respectful way of acknowledging a fallen comrade. Anyone who has actually served is painfully aware of this gesture of deep respect. It is NOT disrespecting our flag. (more…)
I know I’m not alone in expecting that Trump would try to start a war with another country, as a ploy to gain re-election by making intense and unadulterated chaos rain down on the world. But did it ever occur to anyone that he’d invade our own cities? (more…)
The Hawai‘i State Senate passed a bill that would prohibit the Public Utilities Commission from extending or renewing any contracts to generate energy from coal and phase out the use of coal in Hawai‘i by the end of 2022.
Despite the setbacks associated with the current presidential administration, the U.S. continues to do a fairly decent job in cleaning up its electricity grids, and removing coal is central to the cause.
This decision ensures that Hawai’i will stay on course toward its goal of 100% clean energy at a certain point in the future, accelerated by the fact that the islands enjoy abundant renewable resources.
Lawrence Tribe has nailed it here.
Trump’s use of the U.S. military against American citizens, functioning with no transparency and directed only by the president himself, is the same form of government that the world saw under Franco, Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini. It’s the polar opposite of a democratic republic, i.e., what the United States was before Trump’s ascension to a position of unchallenged and apparently absolute power.
If we haven’t already fallen into the abyss, we’re certainly teetering on the edge.
In Pennsylvania, misdemeanor simple assault involves intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly inflicting bodily injury on another, attempting to do so, or putting someone in fear of imminent bodily injury. More serious assaults, known as aggravated assaults, are charged as felonies. (more…)
As shown here, as time passes, global warming means successively less sea ice in the Arctic.
Since this ice is (was) floating, its melting makes no change in the sea level, unlike when even a far tinier amount melts off of a land mass like Greenland or the Antarctic. So what’s the big deal? Consider the following six items: (more…)
The comment at left is typical of those I’ve gotten frequently over the past few years from people outside the U.S. Sure, it expresses disdain, but it’s actually more about pity than it is about contempt.
IMO, this guy nailed it perfectly: it’s 100% appropriate to feel sorry for educated Americans who live in a country with tens of millions of selfish morons, and to have to put up with all the harm they produce on a daily basis. (more…)
What are we to infer from the photo here? Do bankruptcy and divorce lead to drinking, or does drinking lead to bankruptcy and divorce?
These are important questions because of their connection with the current-day political s***-show in American politics, where we’re wondering if Trump is the cause of our social malaise or simply a symptom.
We live among tens of millions of hateful, selfish morons, but:
Have Trump’s horrific values encouraged them to be visible and to expand in number, or
Did something else cause them to grow in number, and Trump came along at precisely the right time to be the beneficiary of their votes?
