There must be dozens of online references to people’s claiming that their studies have qualified them to have an opinion on a subject that differs from those of trained experts in the field. It’s sickening to hear a Trump supporter …
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How To Vote in November: Hmmmmm.
This isn’t the only joke we encounter about the mental state of the undecided voter in the coming U.S. presidential election. From American humorist David Sedaris:
Prejudgement
Prejudice. Judging before the fact. A preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience. I find myself doing that nowadays, and it doesn’t make me proud of myself. The photo here depicts a woman at a political …
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Trump Supporter–the Perfect Package
I have to give this guy credit; he’s the total package, with the gun, the beard, the paint peeling from the porch railing, and the Confederate flag. He actually would have won a prize even without the pig, but the …
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Good News from America’s Heartland
Most people are good, and do the right thing whenever possible. The kind people of Iowa voted out nine-term Republican racist-from-hell Steve King in the GOP primary. Yes, this good news is tempered by the fact that a) he lost …
%^&* Liberals!
This speaks to a bitter irony: the average Trump supporter would be far better served with Bernie Sanders’ platform than that of their fearless leader.
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Trump and Science
It’s said that “good laws need good science.” Thus the cause for alarm that the “Trump administration is breaking with 75 years of precedent by attempting to interfere in how science is practiced by the U.S. government, according to three …
From the Washington Post–In North Carolina, Hurricanes Did What Scientists Could Not: Convince Republicans that Climate Change Is Real
Here’s a story about a few climate change deniers who became converts as a result of Hurricane Florence that tore through North Carolina and vicinity last month, causing massive flood damage and dumping coal ash, animal waste and raw sewage …
Climate Science: Whom Should We Believe?
I had to laugh when I came across this just now. It reminds me of a Facebook friend whose entire life, it seems, is arguing with climate change deniers.
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It’s Come To This
I had a sad realization when I woke up this morning, summed up in the following little story: About 40 years ago, I played poker with a friend’s relatives, who were relatively poor and uneducated but laudably honest, hard-working, good-willed …
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