What we’ve done to our teachers, in terms of underpaying them, putting them in harm’s way, and cutting off their means to discipline our children, is deplorable. We get precisely the next generation of idiots and juvenile delinquents we so richly deserve.

It’s almost as if certain of our politicians gain from our ignorance. But that couldn’t be, could it?  We couldn’t be electing people who appeal to, and profit from the diminution in our capacity to think critically and rationally.  Could we?

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Here’s a meme of global warming from a reader whose screen name is “climate change is crap.”

FWIW, it’s true that higher concentrations of CO2 promote plant growth, all others things being equal, but this effect is negligible in comparison to the higher temperatures caused by the greenhouse effect. 

The article on the subject linked above is from Scientific American.

This is fact, and here’s an opinion: People who deliberately spread disinformation are despicable.

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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.

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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.

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What Kennedy said here was wonderful, yet how far from today’s political discourse it is.

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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.

 

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Another clever reference to the ultimate disposition of Donald Trump.

As readers know, I’m with Snoopy on this one.

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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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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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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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