NASCAR was essentially forced to sanction one of its drivers for mocking the torture-death of George Floyd at the hands of four members of the Minneapolis police department. Those living outside the U.S. might find it befuddling, but here’s the …
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Somehow, Celebrating the Torture-Murder of a Black Man at the Hands of Police Doesn’t Fly with the Car Racing Industry
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Why It Will Be So Hard to Leave Trump Behind Us
Why are our minds so full of cognitive biases, those nasty systematic deviations from rationality, “subjective realities” that supersede our capacity for reason? Mark Twain certainly made his own contribution, as seen here. Astronomer Carl Sagan said essentially the same …
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Further Discussion on “Ben Carson — ‘Can I Count on You to Help Unite Our Divided Nation?'”
In a recent post I pointed out that Ben Carson will cause only a small number of Americans to: “Pledge (Their) Servant Leadership (whatever that means) to One Nation, Under God,” on the basis that “Much of our country has …
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Who Indicted Trump?
We’ve all encountered the myth that Trump’s indictments have come from Biden’s Department of Justice, implying that the president is “weaponizing the DoJ” against his political opponent. The meme here may go a long way to dispelling that. Another point …
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Trump Is a Terrible Human Being, But That’s Not What Took Him Down
Being a disgusting pig is not a crime. However, attempting to overthrow the United States government actually is a crime, and that’s what’s taking the former president down.
Fox News and Fair Taxation
Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has proposed legislation that would prohibit Fox News from writing off any portion of the $787 million defamation settlement that the company recently agreed to, in damages paid to Dominion Voting Systems. This sounds good on …
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“Can I Count on You to Help Unite Our Divided Nation?” – Ben Carson
In a word, No. This from Ben Carson: Pledge Your Servant Leadership to One Nation, Under God By signing your name below, you are joining a community of servant leaders committed to preserving American freedom. (I promise to….) Lead by …
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In Days of Old, American Politics Featured the “Moderate Republican”
Here’s a talk by Mitt Romney in 2016, leading up to the presidential election, when he was a member of the now-extinct species known as the moderate Republican. Yes, there was a time when the platform of an entire American …
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America at a Crossroads
It would be impossible to list all the forms of damage that the re-election of Donald Trump would inflict on the United States. At a minimum, it would confirm the world’s belief that the U.S. is just as defective morally …
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Ooops–Got that One Wrong
I laughed when I saw this because I have many times asserted that Trump’s opponents don’t carry on with lavish public displays about their political belief like the former president’s supporters.
