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The Paradox of Pandemic Partisanship
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 1 Comments • 5 years ago
“Many Republicans consider Biden illegitimate — and support his plans”
It's not too hard to see why Democrats and independents like the plan. What I'm trying to understand is something that seems like a political paradox. Namely, how is it possible that so many Republicans approve of the plan?
Chinese £3,200 budget electric car takes on Tesla
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 2 Comments • 1 Like • 5 years ago
“The mini electric vehicle being made by China's biggest carmaker is now outselling Tesla two to one”
IMNAAHO, this thing would sell like hotcakes in the US, as a runabout second car, even if the necessary safety mods added several thousand to the price. As for a hypothetical Latvian partner... nope.
It's Time to Embrace the Singular 'They'
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 73 Comments • 3 Likes • 5 years ago
“Grammar snobs may shudder in disgust at this idea, but it's time to normalize the use of they/them as singular pronouns. It's 2021; no more of this...”
I don't like to be called a "grammar Nazi". Grudgingly, I'll accept "grammar ayatollah". Truth be told, I've been using the singular "they" for a while, already, to avoid the gender mess.
Don't Go Down the Rabbit Hole
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 1 Comments • 2 Likes • 5 years ago
“Critical thinking, as we're taught to do it, isn't helping in the fight against misinformation”
How to "think" (to analyze, theorize, test, ...) is perhaps the most important topic on the table these days, precisely because we see so many millions of Americans who simply do not think. Including a bunch here on NT...
Why Texas Republicans Fear the Green New Deal
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 3 Comments • 5 years ago
“Small government is no match for a crisis born of the state's twin addictions to market fixes and fossil fuels”
The Republican Party has long been a puppet for the ultra-rich, bleeding the federal treasury for their own benefit. Now a not-historic storm has shown us that Texas Republicans are bleeding their citizens locally, as well. Gosh what a surprise...
Why a Tiny Island Created the Biggest Marine Sanctuary in the South Atlantic
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 2 Comments • 5 years ago
“Tristan da Cunha was first inhabited to keep an eye on Napoleon; now residents are looking out for lobsters”
Atlas Obscura is a webzine about out-of -the-way places to visit... or not...
People with extremist views less able to do complex mental tasks, research suggests
Via: Bob Nelson • The Beacon • 9 Comments • 2 Likes • 5 years ago
“Cambridge University team say their findings could be used to spot people at risk from radicalisation”
Thoughtful conservatives have nowhere to go. The Republican Party has not produced any ideas for social advancement in decades. The last one may have been the Heritage Foundation's proposal for health-care... which became RomneyCare in Massachusetts and then ObamaCare nationally. Since then......