What Pope Francis points out here is almost definitely true; he’s spot-on as usual. Like so many other challenges our civilization faces, overcoming the pandemic will not be possible if we continue to ignore the needs of the least fortunate …
Category: Sustainability
U.S. Supreme Court: Pipeline Can Cross Appalachian Trail
Ruling against environmentalists, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday decided that the federal government has the authority to allow a proposed $7.5 billion natural gas pipeline to cross under the popular Appalachian Trail in rural Virginia. Bernie Sanders notes: The Supreme …
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Why Trump Will Fail: Too Much Basic Human Goodness
Some guys never cry, but I’m not one of them. I would find it impossible to get through this minute-long video without tears welling up in my eyes. I especially love the guy with the bullhorn: “This is America.” This …
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Trump Addresses U.S. Cadets, Those Who “Will Not Lie, Cheat or Steal, or Tolerate Those Who Do.”
Such a sad day. Is there any aspect of our moral lives that Trump hasn’t reduced to rubble? As a pacifist, I wish young people weren’t doing this with their lives, but I have to say that I feel very …
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Trump and Mayhem
Did you know that there really are Americans who love the violence and racial hatred that have come to define current times in Trump’s presidency? When Trump says that venues at which police tear-gassed protesters were “beautiful scenes,” you have …
Second Degree Murder?
This may sound like a peculiar thing to say, and I’m essentially kidding, but all this police homicide gives us an opportunity to brush up on the differences between various types of murder and manslaughter.
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With Self-Serving Lies, Trump Sends Americans To Their Deaths
Re: the meme here, a reader notes, “Delusional.” I would call it more “criminal” than “delusional.” Thousands of people will die as a result of this malicious bull****.
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Police Murderers
I have two questions about the case here: Given that he said, “I’m going to choke you out,” and then proceeded immediately to asphyxiate his victim as he promised, why isn’t this murder 1? He’s charged with an accidental homicide …
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“Tell Trump’s EPA Administrator to Protect Everyone’s Health”
This is one of the “would be funny if it weren’t so tragic” memes. I signed the petition, but give me a break. EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler, career lobbyist for the coal industry, couldn’t give a damn what the American …
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Battery (the Crime)
In this video, we see the commission of battery, a criminal offense involving unlawful physical contact. Someone noted, “This video makes me angry, but I’m open enough to know that no matter how flat you make a pancake, there are two sides.”
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