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.
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…)
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.
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…)
It’s easy to see how a fracas likes this starts (see video below). A woman is being roughed up by a cop, and a guy, infuriated beyond his control, body-checks the cop into the next zip code.
When my son was about 10, he got into a fight at school, for which I grounded him….until one of the teachers called me that evening and said, “I understand you’re punishing Jake (my son), and I would never question your judgement. I just wanted you to know the circumstances. The other kid pushed a girl to the ground, and within a fraction of a second he had Jake’s fist in his teeth.” (more…)
For anyone who thinks Trump is being taken down by Fake News outlets or the Deep State, here’s a shocking video featuring a South Carolina college student, very much involved in Republican politics since he was 14 years old, who explains in very clear and compelling language why he can’t vote for Trump.
This is precisely the anchor that Trump finds around his neck that is dragging him to the bottom of the sea. It’s obvious at this point to both liberals and conservatives that Trump is neither; his only concern is for himself, and he has no regard for Americans or American values whatsoever.
It’s clear to everyone now. It may have taken us a while, but we appear to have arrived.
When Lincoln was shot in 1865, it took two weeks before the people in London and Paris learned what had happened.
When Krakatoa erupted just 18 years later, people all over the world knew about it within minutes.
The difference, of course, was telephony, and in particular, the laying of the trans-Atlantic cable. It served an important purpose.
Now, here’s something new that will be crossing the Atlantic. It’s an unmanned boat that will make use of solar PV and artificial intelligence.
But here’s something to think about: What’s the point? Unlike the trans-Atlantic cable, it has no purpose. This is like laying the cable but forgetting to put copper in it so it can transmit electrical signals, or launching a rocket into space for no reason whatsoever.
Outside of that, I’m bananas about the idea.
Things started heating up on the streets of Portland a few days ago, where heavily armed and unidentified federal troops clashed with protesters in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, much to the chagrin of essentially everyone concerned. Of course the protesters, almost all peaceful, resented being tear-gassed, beaten with batons, and hauled off in unmarked vehicles. Other people who objected to the paramilitary assault included the state’s governor and the city’s mayor, whose police forces were familiar to the community and were more than adequate to address any vandalism associated with the marches. (more…)
One of President Obama’s signature accomplishments was forcing automakers to boost the CAFE (corporate average fuel emission) standards to 54.5 MPG by model year 2025. Not surprisingly, the Trump administration took immediate aim on this triumph and successfully rolled it back, along with more than 100 other important pieces of environmental regulation.
Now, along comes the EPA Inspector General who is conducting an investigation to the legitimacy of the rollback, claiming that it had come almost exclusively from the Department of Transportation, and that the EPA itself was virtually shut out of the decision-making process. (more…)
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