We Need Some Nuanced Thinking Re: Law Enforcement
The meme here came from a reader who seems not to understand that everyone supports law enforcement as long as its actions are legal and fair.
Trump’s Niece Weighs in on the Importance of the 2024 Election
What Mary Trump says here is something you either understand or you don’t.
Fortunately, that means huge voter turnout, which is never good for Republicans.
A Thought That Has Little Meaning Today
What Kennedy said here was wonderful, yet how far from today’s political discourse it is.
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Creating a Wealthy Society Requires an Understanding of Economics and History
The meme here from a reader.
These really are five excellent sentences–for people who have no understanding of how the developed world became developed, and how the United States became the world’s super-power following the close of the Second World War.
High marginal tax rates on the wealthiest Americans and the corporations they control created a huge, well-educated, extremely productive and prosperous middle class.
Most of that is gone now. 40+ years of trickle-down economics has left the billionaire class with unprecedented wealth, and most common Americans living paycheck to paycheck.
This disease is almost entirely absent in the rest of the First World. It has virtually no bearing on how people live in Europe, Scandinavia, Japan, Oceana, and the other most affluent countries dotted around the remainder of the globe.
Blending Thanksgiving with U.S. Politics
Another clever reference to the ultimate disposition of Donald Trump.
As readers know, I’m with Snoopy on this one.
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Joe Biden and Gas Prices
A couple of points to be made in response to the meme:
The major component of gas prices is the cost of crude on the world commodity markets, and U.S. presidents have a negligible effect on that.
The people who blame Joe Biden for inflation do so by virtue of the propaganda they receive from their “news” sources. If you think Fox News is going to say anything whatsoever good about Biden, you’ve obviously never tuned into this garbage. It may be worthwhile, if only to provide you first-hand experience.
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Did Fauci Set Up His Criminal Enterprise in the 1970s?
Yes, the right-wing narrative on Anthony Fauci does seem a bit odd, but these folks are not backing down.
Fox News points out that Fauci has made a great deal of money over the years he’s been an advisor on COVID-19. Is it true? Even if it is, does that make him a criminal? Regardless, they and their followers demand to see him in prison.
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Profiting from Catastrophe
The cartoon here reminds me of a similar one, in which a senior corporate executive is looking out a conference room window and sees flames everywhere. He tells the others at the meeting, “We have to monetize this. And soon.”
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From the Los Angeles Times: U.S. Revises ‘Plant Hardiness’ Map for Gardeners to Keep Pace with Climate Change
The Here’s another reminder of the fact that not all the effects of global warming are harmful, and longer growing seasons in higher latitudes is among them.
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Wind Harvest
If you’ve ever wondered how the physicists who have been studying how to extract the most energy out of the wind for the last three hundred years, whose work has been greatly accelerated in the last few decades, these people claim to have a shocking answer.
Of course, you have to believe that all previous and present-day scientists are total fools.
If that’s your take, by all means, jump on in!
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