This woman, a real estate agent in Northern Texas, has a story to tell that has all kinds of interesting legal, philosophical, and political implications. A three-minute video from local news:
Category: Sustainability
A Few Random, Perhaps Interesting Ideas
I was flattered to be asked to participate in another Zoom call (this our eighth) with about 12 members of my high school class of 1973. A few take-aways I thought I’d share. For the first time since the end …
Tagged with: 77% of Republicans believe Trump actually won the election, Carbon Fee and Dividend, lethal insurrections, long-term environmental damage, Parler was the site of huge swarms of of people planning armed and sedition attacks, pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, private enterprises throw off externalities, prognosis for recovering some of its former sanity mutual respect and peaceful coexistence, proper role of government in a modern democracy, social media's attempts to take down apps like Parler are the equivalent of Orwell's "Ministry of Truth" in 1984, U.S. national debt exceeds its GDP (~$22 trillion vs. ~$20 trillion), we spend more than three-quarters of a trillion dollars on our military each year
What Does the Last Half-Century in Northern Ireland Portend for the Next Stop in U.S. History?
Gary Tulie writes something I thought I’d share, with a few brief words of my own at the bottom: Hi Craig. I am concerned about what might happen during or in the immediate aftermath of Joe Biden’s inauguration. A warning …
Tagged with: election was stolen
Extreme Right-Wing Views Are Surprisingly Coherent
In Western philosophy we have something called “truth theory,” of which there are essentially three: Correspondence: For everything in the universe that is true, there is a corresponding statement to that effect. Since Santa Barbara is in California, the statement, …
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Tagged with: American exceptionalism, coherence theory of truth, die-hard Trump supporters, Facebook and Twitter banned Parler because it's being used to plan violent acts of sedition, hardline right-wing folks, the path towards socialism, the stolen election, the superiority of the white race, ultra-right-wing social media platform Parler
Most of the World Progressing Towards Civility
While the United States continues its dive into mayhem, with its armed insurrections, traffickers in voter fraud theories, QAnoners, anti-vaxxers, climate deniers, and children in cages policies, most of the rest of the world continues to make some level of …
Tagged with: Progressing Towards Civility
GOP Calls for Unity–Why This Is Problematic
I’m not normally pessimistic, at least in what I write here, but the Republicans’ call for national unity is a big part of the reason that this whole deal with the “fraudulent election,” armed insurrections, etc. is so hard to …
What’s Next?
Well, the obvious first answer is criminally prosecuting Trump. But then, how about promoting: Climate change mitigation Preservation of biodiversity Protecting the rainforests Social justice Reduction in wealth inequality Medicare for all Science in policy-making Quality public education World peace …
Keep the Trees
This amazing drawing by Italian impressionist Maurizio Rega reminded me that someone wrote recently, “Ignorance is mocking vegetarians while at the same time crying over vanishing rainforests.” First of all, the only people who ridicule vegetarians are ass****s, but it’s …
Quandary in West Virginia
Shown here: Derrick Evans resigns W.Va. House after entering U.S. Capitol with mob The good people of West Virginia, bless their hearts, must be asking themselves which is worse: being led by a criminal traitor, or by someone dumb enough …
Was It Karma That Got The Better Of Lindsey Graham?
Obviously, Donald Trump is at the top of the list of the world’s most reviled people, but if there were a contest for the #2 position, Lindsey Graham would have an excellent shot. A man with no personal integrity whatsoever, …
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