Every day when I scroll on Instagram I see pictures from the American Friends Service Committee and the UU Service Committee streaming out of Gaza of children getting blown up by American bombs being shot by the Israelis. I also see the same thing from Russians blowing up Ukrainian grandmothers. Why is it …
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US Greenhouse gas emissions breakdown
We need to stop climate change. I feel like everyone knows this. The easiest, cheapest, and fastest way to do this is through a carbon tax, even before accounting for the double dividend. But why? Why can’t we regulate our way out of climate change without carbon pricing? Source: EPA Transportation is the largest source …
Biden is the world’s easiest fiddle
“He also said he believed that Hamas may have mounted its attack on Oct. 7 to disrupt American efforts to establish normal diplomatic relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, a project many believe would have transformed the region but could have undercut the urgency of the Palestinian cause.” Biden is correct. The timing of October …
2024 could have been a landslide
Trump cannot get a majority in polls in Texas against Biden. Neither is losing bad enough to give a shot to a legitimate third party, but it does show that the current status quo of both parties is not enough to command a lead. People don’t love Biden, and people don’t love Trump. They have …
2024 will be historic
Over the last 236 years, there has only been one time when a political party has won the popular vote for the Presidency 5 times in a row. It occurred during the New Deal and World War II era under Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. A party has won the popular vote for the Presidency …
An impossible definition about enclaves
So it starts with a video about Kaliningrad and how 79% of voters voted to leave Russia. It was a small turnout for the poll, but nonetheless, I believe this is important. This leads me to look it up on wikipedia where it is called a semi-exclave. I am a geography nerd, but this surprised …
Federal law is supreme
We are once again seeing a litigation on whether states can infringe on Federal law. This is a very simple case, really, and the Supreme Court will almost certainly find that states may not violate federal law. agreeing with the Fifth Circuit. I will be surprised if the Supreme Court even hears the case, given …
Job hunting
I sent over 100 applications to jobs relevant to me yesterday. I have already received an email asking about an interview. This shows that it is better to have one really good resume relevant to any relevant field position, which can be shot off to over 100 applications than to have ten mediocre resumes tailored …
Let America Build Rail
In response to this excellent video by Alan Fisher. This is not annoying, this is utterly infuriating how Alstom is trying to prevent the expansion of rail in the United States. While I do believe that all railroads should be nationalized as a capitalist (natural monopolies cannot work as private companies, they will overcharge and …
Netanyahu is the biggest barrier to peace
https://apple.news/AfoDPIElqS2mMuUQ6z3k0pQ By refusing the establishment of an independent Palestinian State and refusing to grant Israeli citizenship to Palestinians Netanyahu makes his intentions clear. He is not an ally of NATO. He is an ally of Russia. He does not support Ukraine. He is a far right politician. There will never be a humane solution to …
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