Actually, there is no way to answer that question with any real accuracy, though here is a data point: If confirmed by the senate, Doug “Drill Baby Drill” Burgum will be serving as the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, overseeing public and federal lands and their natural resources.  If his name is familiar, it’s because he’s a former governor of North Dakota and 2024 presidential candidate, who dropped out of the race to support Donald Trump.

As presented in this article by National Public Radio, Burgum is a big booster of oil and gas drilling, and the popular scam known as carbon capture and storage.

 

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We hear a great deal of speculation regarding the fundamental differences between Trump’s first and second terms, and the author of the meme here seems to have a good point.

When we elected Trump in 2016, we knew that he was a vulgar conman and a pathological liar, but we didn’t know that he would commit treason against his country.  Now we’re about to get what we so richly deserve.

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Here’s another meme that projects “doom and gloom” associated with the incoming Trump administration, this one specifically concerning an assault on the free press.

I’ll grant that times are scary.  Anytime you have an FBI Director like Kash Patel, who has sworn vengeance against Trump’s enemies, you know you’re in hot water.  Yet there is a limit.

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I have some very bad news for the author of the meme here.  Barring a miracle, Trump will spend the next four years trying to make himself an autocrat, along the lines of Putin, Xi, Jong Un, and the scores of other people whose names are unknown to most Americans, i.e., those that rule less internationally important countries like Somalia, Uzbekistan, or Myanmar.

The idea that Trump will  be out of our lives anytime soon is pure fancy.

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If you want to hear from someone who’s truly pessimistic about the next four years of life here in the United States, check out Michael MacKay at left.  Holy cats.

I join those who hold out hope that this isn’t going to be as bad as most of the world fears.

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The GOP, at least for the last century, has indeed consistently been about helping the rich get richer.

The only thing new is that they are now empowered to make this happen like no prior time in U.S. history.  Our country is led by a criminal sociopath who has the full support of both houses of congress.

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It’s hard to understand how the working class relates to Trump; they certainly aren’t doing well financially.

It’s a considerable mystery; they can’t afford eggs, but they seem to love getting stepped on by the U.S. federal government.

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Wait a ding-dong minute here.  Wasn’t the top priority lowering the price of gasoline and eggs?

Won’t the MAGA crowd feel ripped off when they learn that Trump and his appointees couldn’t care less about them?

Just kidding.  The answer is no.  There is exactly nothing that the incoming president could do, no crime or act of betrayal he could commit that would weaken the loyalty of the rank and file Trump supporter.

He hates ethnic/religious minorities, intellectuals, and woke liberals, and that’s all that matters.

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While what Bill Nye said here is true, here are a couple of points:

Obviously, there are parts of the globe that will be inhabitable far into the future, even as most of the globe is subject to extreme levels of heat, desertification, flooding, etc.  Here, I’m talking about land masses that are far above sea-level, and relatively cool, due to their latitudes.  For example, most of Canada will be in good shape far longer than India.

We keep talking about space migration, i.e., exporting humankind to another planet.  That means finding a new home for all our greed, stupidity, and tribalism.  Doesn’t sound appealing to me.

 

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I had the opportunity to meet a fellow from Norway the other day who confirmed the unbelievable scale of EV adoption in his country.

Out of curiosity, I asked where in the country he lives.  He named the town, but it was unfamiliar to me.  “Near Oslo?” I asked.  “Not really,” he replied. “About 800 miles north of Oslo; 300 miles above the Arctic Circle.  67 days of darkness every winter.”

Yes, that’s different.

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