Trump and Musk on EVs, Climate
If you were tasked with identifying a trend in human civilization that extended from the Dark Ages into the 21st Century, you might choose the development and implementation of science. Solutions in everything from medicine to mechanization to information technology have made our lives longer, healthier, and more productive. One could have drawn a straight line, or perhaps an exponential curve, through our progress over the past 1500 years.
Until the advent of Donald Trump, that is. Now an entire political party is defining itself as anti-science in a number of arenas–certainly insofar as the climate is concerned.
Having said that, it now appears that Trump, formerly distinctly anti-EV, has softened his position here. Why? Perhaps because Elon Musk has agreed to fund the former president’s campaign to the tune of $45 million per month.
Isn’t this illegal, given election finance laws? No. This is what’s called a “super-PAC”; it’s how billionaires bypass our legal system.
As suggested here, a disappointingly large percentage of Americans fail to understand that each U.S. citizen receives a huge array of benefits from our federal and state governments (see list below).
Here’s another gem from cartoonist Dan Piraro, and, as usual, he offers a piece of biting insight into the American culture.
Although there is no doubt that religion has been the tool of the con man (and the tyrant) since the early days of humankind, I doubt that Mark Twain meant this as a serious statement.
The handsome pilot here with the winning smile writes on social media: Hi all! I joined to be part of a great group of people!
Tom Cepel writes: I went to a job fair at my alma mater. A lady at registration gave me this name tag. I told her I couldn’t wear it because there’s only one of me.
A piece of cartoonist Dan Piraro’s work is shown here; the man’s a genius.
Thanks for the clarification, but no one with any sense gives a damn about what your husband thinks about people’s right to choose how many (including zero) kids they want to bring into this world.
It appears possible that Trumpism is waning here in the U.S. and progressive forces are beginning to take hold.
The meme here reminds me of an interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson in which he was asked, “Given that we understand less than 10% of what the universe is composed of, with all this dark energy and dark matter, couldn’t that be God?”
