One of the great mysteries of American politics is why the people who are in the greatest need of good jobs, quality education, and free healthcare vote for people who ensure that their constituents will continue to live miserable lives.
If there is anything we’ve learned from watching Trump in action over the eight years since he came on the American political scene, it’s that he always accuses his enemies of the precise set of crimes of which he himself is guilty.
Get a load of what he told a conservative audience the other day. From Ring of Fire: During his speech at this past weekend’s Turning Points conference in Florida, Donald Trump claimed that the United States had become a “third world hellhole” that is being run by “perverts” and “thugs.”
I guess there are people who are impressed with Bill Barr’s integrity, now that he’s starting to tell the truth about Trump.
During the years Barr was Trump’s attorney general, he looked the other way while his boss was desperately trying to overthrow the U.S. government, but now we’re getting some actual candor.
Personally, I’m not too taken by a man who tells the truth only when he has nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Kudos to cartoonist “Emmerson” whose work appears below.
We do indeed have a twisted sense of priorities.
Most Americans are aware of climate change and other elements of environmental collapse, but we’re a) stressed about near-term aspects of our lives, and b) largely apathetic, given that human civilization seems to be making such a pathetic amount of progress in decarbonizing its energy and transportation sectors.
In addition, we’re victims of propaganda coming from Big Oil, and, to a lesser degree, Big Meat.
Here’s a company that claims it enables its customer to reduce emissions associated with heating their homes by 90%. The concept is the operation of a heat pump with off-peak (cheap) electricity, and the distribution of that heat to the house as needed around the 24-hour cycle.
They apparently are counting on the fact that you don’t understand, as shown in these charts, that off-peak electricity is no cleaner that what’s available when demand is highest.
It’s never a good idea to dismiss something Mark Twain said out of hand.
Yet the majority of Americans are on the right side of most political issues. We want common sense gun laws, quality education, women’s rights, universal healthcare, and environmental responsibility.
We recognize Trump as a sociopathic criminal, and demand that he be held accountable for his attempt to overthrow the U.S. government.
Why don’t you call him a rapscallion or a rogue?
Trump’s a supremely talented criminal, who cheated his way to the very top. Many aspire; he achieved. He brought our country to its knees. Why doesn’t Christie call him a “cad?” That would hurt, wouldn’t it?
It would be such a relief to have a Republican indicate this most blatant truth. As if that’s going to happen.
From this:
Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo has withdrawn the state of Nevada from the U.S. Climate Alliance, the national coalition aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The alliance is made up of 25 governors across the country working to advance the goals set out by the Paris Agreement, an international treaty adopted by 196 countries.
In a letter sent by Lombardo on July 5, he describes the group as “ambitious and well-intentioned” though says that its goals “conflict with Nevada’s energy policy objectives.”
He also points to Executive Order 2023-07, which establishes the state’s “energy policy objectives.” These objectives include “developing and maintaining a diverse energy supply portfolio” while “utilizing a balanced approach to electric and natural gas energy supply and transportation fuels.”
Each of the 50 states has a unique political landscape, though Nevada’s is similar to others that feature huge rural expanses populated by undereducated people who tend to be Trump supporters, deeply resentful of all things “woke.”
Thus it comes as no surprise that Nevada’s governor is appealing to these people’s sensibilities, thumbing his nose at our extreme dire environmental issues.
We either find a way around spineless and greedy politicians, or we slowly bake our planet.
I would submit that the typical Fox News viewer is in a position far worse than cult membership.
I’m hardly an expert on the subject, but I don’t believe cult leaders ever admit that they lied.
A reader notes: Both STILL LYING about the election…
Yes. We all need to hope that this whole phenomenon is a short-term fad, and that a few years from now we’ll be able to scratch our heads and ask. “Do you remember when tens of millions of American voters were go gullible that they believed that when Republicans lost an election, that meant the process was rigged with massive fraud?”
