Cicero’s “Good Citizen”
Right here and now, Cicero’s “good citizen” seems to have gone into hiding.
Most Republicans will be voting for Trump, a man who has consistently thumbed his nose at our laws.
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Ignorance Abounds
I know there are right-wing voters all around the developed world, e.g., the Lepin followers in France.
But consider the photo here. Can anyone imagine the equivalence of this anywhere else than the U.S.? We somehow seem to have cornered the market on the true right-wing idiot.
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Gun Violence Is a Uniquely American Problem
Of course, some people say that it’s not a problem at all.
What’s the value of the lives of a few thousand little children compared to the absolute right of a mentally ill person to buy a weapon designed purely and only to kill hundreds of enemy soldiers on a battlefield?
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Trump: Don’t Worry, Not Even Your Base Expects Anything of Substance from You
If I were Trump, I wouldn’t be too worried about the meme here. In particular, his voters expect exactly zero from him in terms of things like healthcare, education, job growth, pandemic response, or any other government program that might improve the wellbeing of the American people.
Consider Trump’s claim that he’s going to have law enforcement and/or military personnel driving around through every U.S. city and town, rounding up illegal aliens for mass deportation. Do even the very dullest and most hateful of his supporters think that’s ever going to happen?
The only thing of importance on the campaign trail is keeping up the empty rhetoric and bald-faced lies about the crime rate and the economy. It connects to people of such little intellectual horsepower that they will believe anything you say, regardless of how obviously false.
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China-Phobia Appeals to the Ill-Informed
The meme here is clearly targeted to the MAGA base, in an effort to make these folks angry about an issue that has no basis in fact and certainly poses no threat to our country.
There are thousands of pages of laws that govern the circumstances under which China, its government, corporations, and individuals can own real estate in the United States and vice versa.
Currently, of all the land in the United States that is owned by foreign entities, China ranks #17, at 0.9% See below.
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The Main Issue with Trump
The issue isn’t IQ; he’s probably of moderate intelligence.
It’s mental illness.
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Decarbonizing Our Energy Resources
The meme here came from an ill-informed reader.
One could say that the 20th Century was defined by the fossil fuel industry. Virtually all of the huge advancements that humankind came to enjoy in the 1900s were rooted in an abundance of cheap energy, and that was brought to us almost exclusively in the form of oil, natural gas, and petroleum.
The 21st Century, on the other hand, will be defined by the transition to low-carbon sources of energy, primarily solar, wind, and nuclear.
Flying EVs?
From Alef Aeronautics: (Our company has) introduced the Alef Model A, a futuristic flying car priced at $300,000, promising production by 2025.Despite skepticism from many, the company has made significant strides, securing a manufacturing deal to bring this vision to life.
Skepticism? Why would anyone doubt that the skies will soon be packed with these mini-planes, flown by unlicensed pilots, and that the FAA will have no problem with that?
Have 3200 idiots really pre-ordered? Sure!
Also, 2025 begins a little over three months from today. That production date shouldn’t be a problem. Should it?
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The Small Group of Nut-Jobs that Form the EV Counter Revolution
A few points:
Gasoline prices have been falling for more than two years.
Electric transportation is making steady progress around the world, where some countries are passing laws prohibiting the sale of new gas- and diesel-powered cars and light-duty trucks after a certain date.
No one cares what anti-science crackpots think and what crap guides their behavior.
Why the News Media Normalizes Trump
The answer to the question posed here hasn’t changed since the president of one of the major news networks commented on Donald Trump shortly after the future president came onto the American political scene in 2015: “I know he’s terrible for the United States, but, given our ratings and profits, he’s terrific for us!”
If the mainstream news were non-profit, it would report on Trump the same way organizations like “Democracy Now” do, and he would have been laughed off the stage immediately. But that would have come at an unacceptable cost: no spectacle, few viewers, no extreme profits.
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