Category: Renewables – Politics

To the jackass who sent me the meme here: What about the 5 million Americans who moved to Canada? What about the steady flow of Americans expatriating to Costa Rica, New Zealand, Australia, Iceland and Northern Europe? My wife and …

Emigrating to a Social Democracy Read More »

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Trump’s first term didn’t make him any friends with U.S. generals and admirals.   He followed up his referring to our soldiers as “suckers” and “losers” with pardoning someone who had been convicted in military court of a war-crime. Yet it …

The Top People in the U.S. Military Oppose Trump on All Major Issues Read More »

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The reason that the MAGA base supports Trump never was rooted in personal gain, whether that meant income, healthcare, or God knows, education.  Yes, they got shafted by the rising cost of living, but they never suffered anything like what’s …

American Farmers Are Singing a Different Tune Read More »

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As the U.S. midterm elections grow nearer, the two political parties are desperate to find their central narrative.  Coming down to the wire, it looks like this: The Republicans still claim that life in the U.S. is becoming more affordable, …

Is the U.S. More Terrified about the Specter of Communism or Fascism? Read More »

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Re: the meme here that a reader sent me, I’m not sure this is fair. What social democrats are proposing is exactly what most of the governments of Western Europe, and many other countries around the globe offer their citizens. …

Do Social Democracies Commit Genocide on Their People? Read More »

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Trump appeals to two groups of constituents: a) a small group of billionaires who lavish him with campaign contributions in exchange for huge financial favors, and b) a large number of poorly educated white people who call themselves Christians–the so-called …

Why Trump Works So Hard to Divide Us Read More »

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To the author of the meme here, I say: It’s safe to say that most folks in Trump’s MAGA base are stupid, though one needs more than a low IQ to fit into this segment. In particular, we mustn’t omit …

Trump Supporters Stupid? Read More »

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How Trump has any credibility with Americans–or the other citizens of our planet–is a mystery that is impossible to unravel.  

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It’s good to hear Bernie Sanders say what he did here, but it’s sad that it needs to be said at all. Are we really interested in lowering grocery prices if we’re living in a dictatorship?        

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Absolutely! We need to rewrite every word of the U.S. Constitution to support all the hate and ignorance of modern-day America. With a little work, we can be one big Alabama: uneducated, dirt poor, diseased, inbred, and White supremacists. Let’s …

Foreign-Born Judges Read More »

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