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The Madman Theory Plays Itself Out
Via: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 7 Comments • last year
“My thoughts on Trump's trade climbdown”
Keep the craziness coming! Don't let the poor fools catch their breath. Break everything you can, and steal the rest. If we keep churning the crap, no one will be able to follow what we're actually doing and actually not doing.
Lessons From the Newark Debacle
Via: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 1 Comments • last year
“Maybe government does something useful”
I spent a couple decades in the consultant business. My previous career had allowed me to learn about lots of different industrial activities, from purchasing through production to quality management. I think I helped the businesses I worked with. I saw lots of bureaucracies. Private...
America has become a laughingstock
Via: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 13 Comments • 4 Likes • last year
“This is no longer a serious country”
It's a well-known phenomenon that a human will come to accept as "normal" anything that happens constantly. That's what is happening to America today. We're being overwhelmed by headlines about cruelty and stupidity every day, several times every day... It's useful to step back once in a...
Trump wants to weaken protections against forever chemicals in drinking water
Via: Bob Nelson • Environment/Climate • 15 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
“The Environmental Protection Agency is rolling back rules limiting forever chemicals in drinking water”
I seeded an excellent video about "forever chemicals" - how and why they were created, why they are so dangerous, what is being done by the EPA to limit the damage. So today... we have Trump's EPA eliminating those new safeguards before they ever go into effect. Die, you suckers!!
Why Have Birds Never Gotten as Big as T. Rex?
Via: Bob Nelson • Pets & Animals • 16 Comments • 5 Likes • last year
“Even the most massive birds have never reached the sizes of their dinosaur relatives”
The next time a seagull annoys you, think about it calling in a cousin from a few years back... These birds were not all carnivores. There were some gargantuan herbivores, too.
The Biggest Chemical Cover-up in History
Via: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 2 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
“The science and history behind Teflon and the toxic legacy of “forever chemicals”.”
This is long - over fifty minutes. But if you're interested in your own health.... You'll also learn why an effective EPA is a good thing.
Is This the Year We Doom Civilization?
Via: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 21 Comments • 2 Likes • last year
“We may be losing our last, best chance to limit climate change”
Remember those videos of yahoos rolling coal just to vex Prius drivers? Idiots who thought being filthy was cool? Those idiots now rule the country. President Xi is laughing uncontrollably.
The rise of the regretful Trump voter
Via: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 20 Comments • 4 Likes • last year
“Trump is squandering one of his biggest 2024 electoral accomplishments”
I see quite a few articles about buyers' remorse among MAGA voters. People waking up. (Does that make them "woke" now? ) We've yet to see a single NT MAGA awaken.
Wanted fugitive sighted in the area!
Via: Bob Nelson • News & Politics • 2 Comments • last year
“That takes priority.”
Law Enforcement Officers swear to uphold the Constitution. I doubt that many of them have any idea of its content. "Due process"? Whazzat?? LEOs are often far more concerned with "order" than with law. They see themselves as guardians of "order", not of law.