I had to laugh when I saw this, and how illustrative it is of the conditions of abject stupidity in which this country lives right now.
Sure, all presidential campaigns seek to make the differences between a candidate and his opponent as clear as possible, even if that means exaggeration.
But seriously? He won’t be a dictator?
Is someone suggesting that there should be some factual accuracy in what Trump says?
If he’s proven anything since his arrival on the U.S. political scene, it’s that lies are just as good as the truth in the minds of his supporters.
It sure will be good to get through this ghastly period in our nation’s history.
America could never warm up to Hillary, though this never made sense to most of us. “What exactly don’t you like about her?” we’d ask.
I spend a decent amount of time trying to improve my understanding of particle physics and quantum mechanics. The subject is difficult, but it’s important in our world today, and therefore I believe it’s worth some of my resources.
By contrast, the subject of climate science is a piece of cake. The reason that Venus has a higher surface temperature than Mercury, even though the former is farther from the sun, is that it has an atmosphere that traps in heat that would otherwise be reradiated back into space.
Here on Earth, rising concentrations of greenhouse gases, especially CO2, are causing our planet’s temperature to increase. Sure there are feedback loops that complicate all this to some degree, but the basic theory of anthropogenic global warming is something I could explain to an average 10-year-old.
Yet millions of people believe that our so-called “scientists” are driven by politics to create and defend theories that are not corroborated by actual evidence.
It just seem so unlikely to me that a few thousand people who have been studying Earth’s climate all their adult lives, and live at the very top of their field, are conspiring to fabricate lies.
Unless a U.S. president dies in office and is replaced by the VP, the role of vice president is normally a small one indeed. That may be even more the case with milquetoast Mike Pence, though his actions on January 6, 2021 will enshrine him in history as he certified the 2020 vote, and then escaped Trump’s vigilantes who were threatening to hang him outside the Capitol building.
In any case, we need to ask ourselves how important it may be to the outcome of the 2024 election that Pence will not endorse his former boss. Does the typical Trump supporter care? If you truly believe that restoring Trump to the White House is what this country needs, does it matter what Pence or anyone else believes?
The thought expressed here was very definitely part of the American zeitgeist at the time (mid-20th Century), but it has largely fallen out of favor since then.
As a friend told me probably 30 years ago, the motto of the Republican party might as well be: “I’ve got mine. Go to hell.”
The meme here is powerful, but there is no evidence that such a moment will actually arrive.
Of course, it’s possible that humankind will find itself on the precipice of some sort of collapse, perhaps, via environmental decay, and there will be a massive movement uniting all the peoples of Earth.
Uncountable works of science fiction have been based on this premise. Could happen.
Energy/economy guru Robert Rapier writes: That’s a guy terrified of losing the election and being held accountable in court. I have no doubt he’d cause that bloodbath if he thought it would save his skin.
Considering that Trump incited an insurrection last time he lost, can we expect anything different in November? Also, as Robert pointed out, the difference here is increased incentive: he’s bound for prison if he loses.
Bezos, worth just shy of $200 billion, has realized that union-busting is of critical importance, and is suing to dismantle the National Labor Relations Board.
Huzzah.
When George Bernard Shaw wrote these words, “false knowledge,” hadn’t yet become an entire industry.
Now, there are “news” organizations that have convinced their viewers that the 2020 election was rigged, that COVID-19 was a government plot to cripple the American economy, and that the radical left has weaponized the justice system against one of the best presidents the U.S. has ever had.
