Of course, some people say that it’s not a problem at all. What’s the value of the lives of a few thousand little children compared to the absolute right of a mentally ill person to buy a weapon designed purely …
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Gun Violence Is a Uniquely American Problem
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Trump: Don’t Worry, Not Even Your Base Expects Anything of Substance from You
If I were Trump, I wouldn’t be too worried about the meme here. In particular, his voters expect exactly zero from him in terms of things like healthcare, education, job growth, pandemic response, or any other government program that might …
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China-Phobia Appeals to the Ill-Informed
The meme here is clearly targeted to the MAGA base, in an effort to make these folks angry about an issue that has no basis in fact and certainly poses no threat to our country. There are thousands of pages …
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The Main Issue with Trump
The issue isn’t IQ; he’s probably of moderate intelligence. It’s mental illness.
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Decarbonizing Our Energy Resources
The meme here came from an ill-informed reader. One could say that the 20th Century was defined by the fossil fuel industry. Virtually all of the huge advancements that humankind came to enjoy in the 1900s were rooted in an …
Flying EVs?
From Alef Aeronautics: (Our company has) introduced the Alef Model A, a futuristic flying car priced at $300,000, promising production by 2025. Despite skepticism from many, the company has made significant strides, securing a manufacturing deal to bring this vision …
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The Small Group of Nut-Jobs that Form the EV Counter Revolution
A few points: Gasoline prices have been falling for more than two years. Electric transportation is making steady progress around the world, where some countries are passing laws prohibiting the sale of new gas- and diesel-powered cars and light-duty trucks …
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Why the News Media Normalizes Trump
The answer to the question posed here hasn’t changed since the president of one of the major news networks commented on Donald Trump shortly after the future president came onto the American political scene in 2015: “I know he’s terrible …
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Who or What Is Kamala Harris?
The people with the banner here remind me of something Socrates said 2300 years ago:
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Science
Insofar as science is a description of “what works, and how,” it makes sense to say, as physicist Michio Kaku does here, that “science is the engine of prosperity.” Whether we’re talking about transportation, medicine, nutrition, architecture, or IT and …
