It’s difficult to look beyond Trump, as he demands so much of our attention, and rightfully so, but the issue we’re facing right now is far bigger than him. We live in a time of great uncertainty and fear, and people, not just in America, but across the globe, are beginning to gravitate toward authoritarianism. […]
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Is Putin right when he says that “Western-style liberalism” is “obsolete”?
Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Rants, Uncategorized Also tagged America First, anti-immigrant, armageddon, authoritarianism, border security, border wall, Climate Change, concentration camps, dictators, Donald Trump, Donald Tusk, European Council, famine, fear, fear mongering, G20, global climate change, Global Warming, human rights, immigration, Ivanka Trump, Jamal Khashoggi, Japan, Kim Jong Un, legitimizing dictators, liberalism, Mohammed bin Salman, NATO, North Korea, oligarchs, Osaka, Pearl Harbor, Russia, Saudi Arabia, southern border, The Origins of Totalitarianism, threats to journalists, Vladimir Putin, western civilization 213 Comments
Make America Rake Again
As of right now, 76 people are known to have died in the drought-stricken Sierra foothills of Northern California, where a wildfire, dubbed “Camp Fire,” has been burning for 10 days. As 1,276 people are still unaccounted for, this number is expected to rise considerably over the coming days, as the smoldering remains of over […]
Posted in energy, Environment, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Adam Schiff, Andrew Wheeler, Ben Santer, Brian Rice, California, California Professional Firefighters Association, Camp Fire, Climate Change, coal, cruelty, Department of the Interior, Donald Trump, empathy fail, EPA, Finland, fires, forests, forrest management, global warming denial, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, Make America Rake Again, Nancy Pelosi, natural disaster, Noah Diffenbaugh, Orange County, Paris Accord, pleasure, prescribed burns, raking, Sauli Niinistö, snowpack, U.S. Forest Service, wildfires, Woolsey Fire 18 Comments