From this: When it comes to dangerous misinformation about the pandemic, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is among the most ridiculous politicians in the country. It was just last week when the editorial board of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel was pushed over the edge by Johnson’s hostility …
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Here’s one of those kitchen appliances that turns table scraps into compost. Anyone who thinks there is a net environmental benefit to plugging in a heating element and running it for 4 – 20 hours is a moron. Here are …
No wonder Trump supporters are pulling their hair out when they see the progress the Biden administration is making. Scarcely a day passes without something good happening for the American people–anything from controlling the pandemic, to reducing cruelty to children, …
I wrote yesterday in my post Applying Logic To Politics that someone had just sent me a meme he’s published to the effect Biden is killing the economy, as evidenced by the rising unemployment numbers. But all unemployment numbers fell …
Apparently, almost no Republicans are concerned about their party’s abrupt shift from conservatism to delusion. A friend and I talked about this the other day, during which discussion she said that progressives don’t have a lock on truth. This, of …
Here’s a Facebook post of an old friend. I guess that means she’s an anti-vaxxer. And probably believes the pandemic is a hoax? So sad. Even worse that she advertises it. It’s bad to be ignorant; it’s worse to be …
A Brilliant College Student (shown below) Builds a Device To Rid The World of Mosquitoes. I like the claim here: “ridding the world of mosquitoes.” And I love how all these wonderful new devices are coming out of brilliant young …
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The rejection of science is a phenomenon that lies at the core of many of the most challenging issues in our world today. Anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers are impeding our efforts to control the pandemic. Congressional climate deniers are hampering our …
Carl Sagan died in 1996. Maybe it’s good that he couldn’t see what the United States looks like now. We don’t dabble in stupidity. We bathe in it. We elect it president. We have a cult of 74 million voters …
Life in the United States changed radically over the past few years. In particular, many Americans’ respect for science has been replaced with the conviction that scientists are corrupt, and have been cajoled into conspiring with the government to eliminate …
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