Trump Supporters in the Saddle
I wouldn’t say that I’m offended, per se. In fact, I’m more amused.
In either case, rodeos don’t do it for me.
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Billionaires Making Huge Donations to Trump
As anyone could have predicted, the nation’s wealthiest individuals are opening up their checkbooks in an effort to get Donald Trump back in the White House, doing exactly what he promised: lowering their taxes.
The irony here, of course, is that the vast majority of the Trump base does far worse under Trump, insofar as they have been left behind economically.
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Biden’s Effectiveness in Working for the American People
When mainstream media covers Biden, its purpose is often to show that he’s a senile old man. But wouldn’t a bit of fairness and honesty be nice?
As Robert Reich presents here, Biden is putting pressure on Corporate America to do right by U.S. citizens, and this is causing a considerable kerfuffle in court rooms across the country.
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Educational Standards in U.S. Southern States Are Terrible, Possibly Because Their Priorities Lie Elsewhere
Those living outside the U.S. may not know that the states in the southern region of the country have always placed at the very bottom in terms of test scores in English, math, and science. This has been part of our nation’s reality since compulsory schooling was put into place in the 19th Century.
Now, if you or I were in charge of the public education system in a place that was failing, like Louisiana, we’d place calls to the folks in states that place at the very top and ask for advice. But no, helping kids get ahead, and live more productive and affluent lives doesn’t mean a thing in the Deep South.
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Repeating Some of the Most Horrific Elements of U.S. History
As loathsome as these people are, they aren’t interested in reinstating slavery. Yet what the MAGA crowd would like to see is a return to the mid-20th Century in terms of race relations.
A friend from prep school told me, “I have no problem with blacks as long as they know their place.” A friend from college, “The only things that nig***s are good for is bringing you your lunch and putting another sprig of mint in your julep.”
What the Trump base wants is essentially apartheid, or de facto segregation at the very least.
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Standing Up Against Injustice
Here’s a short but powerful video that has a great deal to teach us all.
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False Knowledge
If you’re looking for an explanation of Trumpism/MAGA, you need search no further than what George Bernard Shaw told us here.
This, of course, is the double-edged sword of social media. It connects us to one another, and to true learning, but it’s also very good at proliferating pure garbage.
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Where Would Jesus Get His Nails Done?
Quite a conundrum. I consider myself a helpful guy, but I have no answers here.
I do know that Trump polls very well within this demographic.
Fortunately for our nation, however, it’s not large enough to put him back in the White House.
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Yes, 97% of Human History Has Been Lost, But How Catastrophic Is That?
What went through the minds of our distant ancestors? How much have we lost as a civilization due to the fact that they were unable to write down their thoughts?
Interesting questions, to be sure. The meme here suggests that these two men, sitting around a campfire, were talking about things like virtue, mathematics, and the proper role of government, tens of thousands of years before Socrates and Plato.
I doubt it, especially considering that very few of us today spend even a few minutes each year grappling with these ideas.
Proud To Be a Menace to Society
Let’s not forget uneducated, uncivilized, and, unwelcome (outside of the orbit of hateful idiots).
We live in a pathetic society. What went so wrong?
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