What a brilliant man, and a true humanitarian. Whether it’s borrowing or actually buying banned books, there is an abundance of evidence that what Stephen King recommends here is actually happening. Sales of these items are going through the roof.
Category: Sustainability
How Self-Reliant Do I Really Need To Be?
I love the ads for survival guides that claim: “They don’t teach this in our schools because they don’t want us to be self-reliant.” Really? Who’s “they?” Does anyone really want to prevent you from starting a fire without a …
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Don’t Join the Book Burners
The banning of “controversial” books from our schools’ curricula is a horrific development in American education–as if we needed yet one more. As suggested here, intelligent and honest people don’t believe there is gain to be made from keeping big, …
Tagged with: banning of "controversial" books from our schools' curricula, generation of people who are incapable of critical thinking, keeping big perhaps unsettling ideas away from young people, Make American Great Again, Nazis were banning books, Putting blinders on our children is a huge step backwards
The Banning of Books Is Terrifying
Here’s another thing of beauty from Ken Burns, a man with an unsurpassed understanding of world history. Doesn’t the banning of books scare the hell out of anyone who might have read Fahrenheit 451 or 1984? If left to its …
Republican Agenda of Hate and Suppression
Here’s a meme that, IMO, accurately depicts the GOP platform. The beauty here, is that if you can keep ’em poor, sick and stupid, you can do whatever else you might like, e.g., repeal regulations that protect the environment. Stressed …
Incredibly, Active Shooter Drills Are Our Most Potent Weapon Against Gun Violence
I’m glad people like Rep. Pramila Jayapal haven’t given up on gun reform. FWIW, I have to admit that I have. American lawmakers are terrified of the gun lobby. The pressure it exerts on these slimy cowards is sufficient to …
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New Product Enables You to Fire First, Think Later
Here’s a portable holster, enabling the user nearly instantaneous access to his loaded handgun. As shown, this comes in especially handy in the car, mounted beneath the steering wheel. What this does principally is reduces the amount of time that …
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Tagged with: gun deaths in road rage
Parent: Want Your Kid To Be Just As Hateful and Ignorant As You Are Yourself?
The text accompanying the ad reads: Public schools are brainwashing our kids about the “benefits” of socialism! We’re setting the record straight with our FREE Kids Guide to Fighting Socialism. Order this free kids (sic) guide today and get 2 …
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Obama, Stewart, and Bezos
Obviously, I have no way of knowing if this actually happened, but let’s set that aside. Bezos’ viewpoint of the future seems strange: “Service workers performing tasks?” Regardless of how one defines “tasks,” they require less and less human participation …
Small Acts of Kindness and Love
I’m not sure what lesson we’re learning here in today’s America. Clearly, most people are good, and act kindly and respectfully toward others; incidents of racial hate or violence associated with COVID restrictions are rare, though, since they’re sensation, they …
