Nobody’s saying you can’t process avocado pits into a replacement for plastic to be used in single-use cutlery, whose market size was $10.58 billion in 2022, and building at 4.8% CAGR. But I would be stunned to learn that this …
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How Democrats Are Describing Trump
When you read this statement by Jill Biden, don’t you wonder about choice words at the end? “Chaos?” To be sure, chaos isn’t a good thing, but it’s the very best thing you can say about Trump’s effect on our …
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Trump’s Niece Calls a Spade a Spade
Guesstimate as to Americans’ reactions to Mary Trump’s statement here: 50% agree completely. 5% agree generally, but regard this as something of an exaggeration. After all, he’s a genius at communicating to hateful morons, and, so far, manipulating the U.S. …
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Trump in November
The observation made here by one of the Capitol Police is not shared by damn near every American, and that’s a mystery to me.
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Iconic Film Moments
Those unfamiliar with the 1994 Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction can skip this post. For everybody else, the flick was so popular in its day that many readers will recognize the photo here, in which the character Winston Wolf, played …
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Impacts of the Abortion Ban
One might think that the Republicans’ abuse of women would be a death knell to their candidacy in 2024, given that (slightly) more than half of registered voters are female. Yes, there are a few fanatical Christians who think that …
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Is This for Real?
I clicked on this ad from “Modern Fuels,” in the hopes of learning about some breakthrough in our planet’s use of energy, but I was disappointed to see that it concerned pencils. When was the last time you sent a …
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Question on Teachers’ Unions
No one can possibly disagree with the statement here. But there’s more to this issue. When these unions make it difficult or impossible to fire our very worst teachers, all decent people draw a line.
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Earth as the Insane Asylum of the Universe
In truth, we know essentially nothing about life beyond Earth, but Goethe’s point is a good one nonetheless. The United States may re-elect Donald Trump, unmitigated climate change is on track to destroy our only home, and we’re destroying our …
Deceptive Advertising for Kitchen Composter
Apparently, these kitchen composter appliances are selling fairly well. My only issue is this: The process of using substantial amounts of electricity (~200 Watts times 6 hours per day) from the grid to dry out food scraps is most definitely …
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