As you read the words to the left here, keep in mind that 40% of American voters believe that they are true and correct.
They believe that the man who spoke them represents the prospect of making America great again.
Crossroads, America; we either fix this, or we are so screwed.
Theoretically impossible? No. Totally unfeasible? Only if you object to paying $200,000 for a loaf of bread. (more…)
From CNN: “A global tipping point is a threshold when the planet’s systems go beyond the point of no return — such as the loss of the Amazon rainforest, accelerated melting of ice sheets, and thawing of permafrost — the authors of the commentary say. (more…)
“Either you manufacture things or you’re leaching off the people you do,” a kid I knew in college told me. “You mean the dentist who keeps my teeth from rotting out of my head is leaching off some guy who makes coat hangers or brake shoes?” I asked for clarification. “Yep,” he replied. “Well that’s totally asinine,” I pointed out, walking away in self-hate that I couldn’t have gotten into a better school than this moron. (more…)
While nobody knows precisely what the top people in the U.S. military are thinking and saying about Trump in their private conversations, anybody could guess the basic gist.
For a moment, let’s forgot all about the Ukraine, the nonstop torrent of lies, Mueller’s 10 points of obstruction of justice, the violations of the emoluments clause and campaign fiance laws associated with ripping off a charity to cover personal expenses–and concentrate only on the matter expressed to the left here. (more…)
The guy who commented “Karmic Asskicking!” to what happened here got 510 likes on Facebook, but, while I admit that this is a bon mot if there ever were one, I like to be a bit more scientific and see if there isn’t something here to learn.
What lies at the center of racial hatred? It seems that it’s mostly nurture. (more…)
There have been 17 “significant” pipeline incidents (defined in the article linked above) thus far in 2019.
I don’t have any empirical data to support this, but I’m guessing that arguments over Trump’s impending impeachment were actually fewer than expected. That’s because this whole thing is so completely out of hand at this point. (more…)
I couldn’t have told you that The Netherlands has both a prime minister and a king, but I could have predicted that bicycling would have somehow been involved in a meeting of the two.
Like good people all over the world, the Dutch are doing what they can to live lives of environmental stewardship.
Asia Times reports on China: A 600km/h maglev train prototype will be ready for trial runs in 2020. (more…)
