Category: Renewables – Politics

Thanks to New Yorker cartoonist Furn for this gem. We certainly do have plenty to dread.

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Here’s an interesting analogy.  Its author is comparing: a) an authoritarian dictator’s brutal attempt to take over a neighboring democracy with ~180,000 troops (not 10K), tanks, bombs, and a variety of other military tools, indiscriminately murdering, raping, and torturing large …

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Sadly, many Americans are motivated by xenophobia and the false notion that immigrants are the reason that they’re failing to get ahead financially.  But can these folks possibly represent anywhere near a majority? Aren’t there a ton of constituencies that …

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Those outside the U.S. may not get the joke here.  It’s a reference to the senate race in Pennsylvania, it which the state’s current lieutenant governor, a perfectly decent human being, may lose to a conman who has made a …

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Here’s a combination of self-deprecating humility and raw truth. In particular, these folks are surrounded by cowards.  What other description applies to people who know goddamn well that the 2020 election wasn’t stolen, but don’t have the guts to say …

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Right. Republicans are absolutely fine on terrorism committed by white people. School shootings?  An insurrection?  No big deal.

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We’ve all seen clever memes that attempt to explain Fox News in a few simple words. Perhaps my favorite: “Fox News–Making People Mean and Stupid Since 1996.”

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Obama is 100% correct here.  As few as 10 years ago, Republicans stood for conservative principles that offered, at least purportedly, real value for those who shared these political philosophies. But if you happen to flick on Fox News right …

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America is a country peering into a future in which the gap between the haves and have-nots can only be expected to widen as time passes. The demise of public education represents a significant aspect of this decline. What a …

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We’re often reminded of how nonsensical our world is. Until recently, the U.S. electorate would not stand for complete gibberish emanating from a president’s mouth.  In 2016,  however, that standard went as far out of mainstream American life as chrome …

Logic No Longer Applies Read More »

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