Article History
Trump Didn’t Ruin the Church—He Revealed It
Via: Bob Nelson • Religion & Ethics • 16 Comments • 4 Likes • last year
I don't belong to any organized congregation. If I did, I would want it to distance itself - vehemently - from the Golden Calf worshippers. Is there any kind of crime or immorality that Donald Trump has not cozied up to? Sex... including with underage girls... Fraud - fake university and...
Innocence, identity, and blood libel (cont’d.)
Via: Bob Nelson • Religion & Ethics • 1 Comments • last year
“So let’s talk about what QAnon and the “child trafficking” fantasists of MAGA evangelicalism get right. They’re not 100% wrong about everything,...”
MAGA mentality fascinates me. It's incredible that these people can lie to themselves so constantly and effectively. They seem to know that reality would be insupportable for them, so they create a faux universe in which whatever they like is true. Small children are more realist and honest...
Trump is Getting Desperate
Via: Bob Nelson • Op/Ed • 1 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“We're in an extremely dangerous moment”
The republic is dying, and half of NewsTalkers is rejoicing. That's pretty much the story of the whole country. No one, on NewsTalkers or elsewhere, will say publicly that they want the end of democracy in America, but they're lying. And not even really trying very hard any more. They're...
The Economics of Smoot-Hawley 2.0, Part I
Via: Bob Nelson • Stock Market & Investments • 2 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“Tariffs will be very high as far as the eye can see. What does that mean?”
Economics is not a "hard science". It's "laws" are not yet fully understood, and are therefore open to discussion. Economists (real ones, as opposed to the many self-promoted hacks, like Peter Navarro) sometimes disagree. But when the real economists agree on where the country is headed......
EV update
Via: Bob Nelson • Alternative Energy • 20 Comments • last year
“A few days ago, someone seeded an utterly fake news article about EVs.EVs, and alternative energy in general, are doing fne, despite Big Oil's...”
"Autoblog is for gearheads of all stripes. ICE or EV. "Transport Evolved News" is a weekly "what's happening in the world of alternative energy, and EVs". If you want to keep up, watch it. If you prefer to remain ignorant... don't watch it. MG was the first Chinese manufacturer to enter...
One hardly knows where to start recounting this past week
Via: Bob Nelson • Stock Market & Investments • 3 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
“Trump's Bad Policy Is Now In the DataSo He's Trying to Block the Data ”
Lemme see... Are there any aspects of a banana republic dictatorship that have not yet been engaged in Trump's America? Secret police? Check. Using law enforcement to intimidate political adversaries? Check. Abuse of the legal system? Check. Crappy (kleptocratic) economic policy? Check....
Our Chaos-Monkey, Dementia-Suffering, Cognitively-Addled President, & the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Via: Bob Nelson • Stock Market & Investments • 1 Comments • last year
“The day the economic-statistics numbers died: dementia-addled chaos-monkey Trump’s assault on statistical independence. A political purge of...”
I'm ashamed. For decades, I've felt a tranquil superiority over "those silly comic-opera Latin American dictatorships", flailing about, battling against the unbeatable onslaught of economic reality. So FOOLISH!! Are you ashamed, too?
Caracas on the Potomac
Via: Bob Nelson • Stock Market & Investments • 3 Comments • last year
“Goodbye, reliable economic data”
C'mon, Paul!! This was really much too easy. Yes, you predicted that Trump would cook the books when his mad-king economic policies brought havoc. Yes, you were right. But c'mon... predicting that Trump will lie about his performance is like predicting the the sun will rise in the east.
Scientists made a mind-blowing discovery more than 30,000 feet under the Pacific Ocean
Via: Bob Nelson • Health, Science & Technology • 3 Comments • 1 Like • last year
“The communities of sea creatures push the boundaries of what we know about life”
It's easy to get fixated on our mad-king's destruction of our republic... but there are other things happening. Not for long, perhaps, as our mad-king closes down science in America... Let's rejoice in scientific discovery... while we can...