New Zealand and the United States: A Stark Comparison
There are many important differences, many of which are interrelated, between New Zealand and the United States. First, where the U.S. has rampant corruption that seems to be getting worse by the day, the Kiwis can proudly claim that their country ranks along with places like Denmark and Finland, as the most honest and transparent, least corrupt nations on the planet.
Another distinction to be made is that their system of governance enables science to play a superior role to that of the government itself. (more…)
South Korea (pop. 51.2 million) and the U.S. (pop. 328 million) had their first confirmed cases on the same day. Five months later:
Sure, COVID-19 is scary as hell, both the disease itself and Americans’ truly pathetic response to it.
Energy storage has the ironic virtue of helping out so many consumers of electrical power that it makes it hard to figure out how to integrate it into the market.
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The Trump administration’s decision to rescind student visas from those whose courses are going to be held entirely online have most Americans shaking their heads, in shame and bewilderment
From: Goya Foods’ Wikipedia page:
This meme, featuring the governor of Florida, is really clever, IMO.
Question: The building shown here is (was) in Siberia, but it’s falling down. Why?
Quick conversation on this meme:
