Be good if that faithful lightning was loosed from that terrible swift sword very soon…or we might be a fascist dictatorship any day now.
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Disgraceful
Flynn calling for a coup, the national guard refusing orders, soldiers refusing vaccinations, and…confusion over allegiance to the constitution or Trumpism. Insane. Generals and Judges were my heroes for a moment, but now I am wondering who to trust. “Obviously he has lost his mind-“. Flynn’s brother is now suspect in delaying the national guardContinue reading “Disgraceful”
Violence Soon
Anocracy
“Such regimes are particularly susceptible to outbreaks of armed conflict and unexpected or adverse changes in leadership.[9]“ The storm is coming, the day of the rope, whatever label you want to use for catastrophe. “Former democracies that transition to anocracy have a greater risk of being embroiled in civil conflict.[4] The population’s awareness of what rightsContinue reading “Anocracy”
Last Chance
This might be where America begins again…or ends.
Catastrophe
“-a sense of disbelief, that this just can’t happen here.” “-there are 21 million Americans who are part of a mass political movement…that is conspiracy minded and supports the use of violence for political ends. We have not been in that place in this country…very likely since about a hundred years ago, which was theContinue reading “Catastrophe”
Ocean Or Desert
Animate or Aggregate? (37:10) Oord and Chris Hedges and…even Joel Osteen. They tell us things and we don’t seem to be listening. I watched a documentary about how messed up the world is and it really depressed me. What is going to happen?
The Devil Is A Liar
Time to play the Nazi card: Hitler failed the first time but eventually took power. It is the evil genius that might pull Trump’s strings that we have to worry about. The only thing that saved America was Trumpist stupidity. If they get someone with some brains calling the shots then America is over. IContinue reading “The Devil Is A Liar”
After Pearl Harbor
https://time.com/6125923/america-wrong-lessons-pearl-harbor/ “On Tuesday, December 7, 2021, we will remember Pearl Harbor, the 1941 Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base on Oahu, Hawaii, for the eightieth time.” “We imagine that everything changed overnight. But, as the historian Richard W. Steele carefully documented, by early 1942, only two months after the attack, members of the Roosevelt AdministrationContinue reading “After Pearl Harbor”
Our Only Hope
https://sifted.eu/articles/salt-energy-storage-seaborg-hyme/ If the corrosion control process works, this caustic soda medium could be the interim solution to climate change. These power plants can go up quick, in about 5 years from start to finish. 36 seconds into this video shows where solar thermal plants can be constructed to power the planet while the permanent solutionContinue reading “Our Only Hope”