Here’s something from a Trumper that I thought I’d share.  A reader notes:  Hard to believe such a thing is even necessary but thank you. Some sanity. 

This, of course, is in reaction to Trump’s claim that there are cases in which “a little boy goes to school and comes home a girl.”

The truth is that our schools cannot so much as dispense an aspirin to a kid without the expressed permission of a parent or legal guardian.

Whatever.  It just goes to show how many Trump supporters will believe anything the president says, regardless of how ludicrous.

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Even my lifelong Republican mom admires Bernie Sanders, certainly not for his political philosophy, but for his sincerity and tenacity.

I would add to the mix a certain sense of humor.  As if Trump has the vaguest interest in the well-being of the common American.

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It’s hard to know what emotion to feel when we go through our news feeds and find stuff like this.

Anger?

Probably more a deep, pounding sadness, now that our nation is simply a moral cesspool.

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No, the mining of lithium and cobalt is definitely not “good,” but the mining/combustion of coal, with its greenhouse gases, heavy metals, and radioactive isotopes, is horrific for the health of the planet and everything living on it.

Of course, a more direct comparison would be to oil, which is what we put in our gas tanks. Similarly, however, there are huge side-effects here, both environmental and social (a little thing called war).

I little bit of honesty would be greatly appreciated.

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But what if you really don’t care about any of that, and your only desire is to take over the U.S. federal government immediately?

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Paul Dirac was one of human history’s most influential mathematicians and physicists, and apparently did deliver the quote at left.  It’s unclear, however, if he didn’t mean it as a joke.

Voltaire said (something like), “God gave us noses so as to hold up our spectacles.”  Might this remark be in the same vein?

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This is an interesting thought, though it’s unclear why rejecting something one knows nothing about is any more ignorant than asserting something on a subject that one knows nothing about. Maybe both are equally harmful.

I’m constantly running into people trying to tell me what they “believe” about climate change, or some other issue within the domain of environmental sustainability.  Fortunately for the human race, most of us trust the scientific method, and rely on the products that derive therefrom.

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Maybe the appointment of Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense doesn’t scare you.  You may think: Hey, we have 625 four-star generals who are more than capable of keeping our military on track.  Let’s hope you’re right.

But can we tolerate Kash Patel at the top of the FBI?  One of the most powerful law enforcement positions, filled by a man who has sworn to get revenge against Trump’s enemies?

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Here we are, about 150 years after Marx made this statement, and we can now see that he was wrong.

Humankind has and will continue to embrace capitalism until organized life on this planet is gone, via some combination of war, environmental collapse, and world fascism.

 

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At left is what the great C.S. Lewis advised a “schoolgirl in America” on the subject of writing.

I was particularly taken by his point #3: “Write with the ear.”  In my constructing my sentences and paragraphs, I try to make my writing indistinguishable from my speaking.

When my kids were little, I noticed that, even though they were good readers, they struggled with writing.  I’d say, “Tell me what you’re thinking about this subject,” which they could normally do perfectly.  Then I’d say, “Great!  Write that down.”

I was also gratified to see his point #4: “Write about what interests you … and nothing else.”  Unless I have a specific writing assignment from a client, readers can count on hearing about what interests me today.

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