Putin Agrees to Negotiate with Musk over Ownership of Trump

Via: Bob Nelson  •  News & Politics  •  2 Comments  •  8 Likes  •  4 days ago

“The negotiations are proving contentious.”

Making Microbes Great Again

Via: Bob Nelson  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  23 Comments  •  6 Likes  •  3 days ago

“The Texas measles outbreak is just the beginning”

The anti-vax movement is perhaps the most pertinent proof of MAGA's insanity. The facts are clear: vaccines save lives. But vaccines are science, and for MAGA science is just a bunch of conspiracies. So children must die. MAGA über alles!

Our Government Is Experiencing a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly

Via: Bob Nelson  •  News & Politics  •  6 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  4 days ago

“Musk is moving fast and breaking important things”

I don't understand "why". Sure, Trump is preparing for an oligarch fire-sale like Russia when Putin came to power... but many of his actions have little impact other than to hurt his own base. Why?

Trump's Kennedy Center takeover is an act of petty revenge

Via: Bob Nelson  •  Photography & Art  •  15 Comments  •  1 Like  •  6 days ago

“The theater world powerfully criticized the president's first term. Now, he's striking back.”

Leni Reifenstahl would be welcome... Spike Lee, not so much...

The all-American plummet, courtesy of the willfully blind

Via: Bob Nelson  •  News & Politics  •  9 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  one week ago

“Punxsutawney Phil popped his head from his hidey-hole last weekend and prophesied four years of fascism here in the Turd Reich. Millions of...”

This seed is from our local newspaper, the Yuma Sun. It's a model of what a local paper needs to be, with lots of local news presented by good writers. It has tried to steer a path between Scylla and Charybdis - democracy and fascism - without angering any of its too few readers. Kinda like...

The Electric Viking

By: Bob Nelson  •  News & Politics  •  25 Comments  •  4 Likes  •  6 days ago

“ New study reveals EV batteries retain 99% health after 120,000 kms Experts reveal why the HYPE for hybrid cars will end in DISASTER UK firm...”

Alternate fuels, EVs, ... the news is a flood, every day. It's hard to keep up. Sam Evans is a preacher for the future. If you want to know what's going to happen in the near future, he's your guy!

Trump's assault on USAID leaves China soft power opening in Southeast Asia

Via: Bob Nelson  •  News & Politics  •  11 Comments  •  1 Like  •  one week ago

“Washington's retreat from the region leaves space that Beijing may be keen to fill, analysts say.”

Trump's assault on USAID leaves China soft power opening in Southeast Asia

Via: Bob Nelson  •  News & Politics  •  0 Comments  •  one week ago

“Washington's retreat from the region leaves space that Beijing may be keen to fill, analysts say.”

A couple of days ago, we had the same news, but about South America. Now it's south Asia. Eh! Who needs slanty-eyed people when you've got great friends like Vladimir??

Elon Musk Is Faking It

Via: Bob Nelson  •  News & Politics  •  84 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  21 hours ago

“The fraudster who cried "fraud"”

We're going to buy an EV when we return to France in a few months. It won't be a Tesla...

Lies, Damned Lies and Trumpflation

Via: Bob Nelson  •  News & Politics  •  23 Comments  •  6 Likes  •  one week ago

“Big worries — and some investment advice”

Krugman has retired from the NY Times, but is now on Substack. He's still the most incisive writer on current events. And therefore still the most hated.