Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Although all eyes are on the presidential election as I put this column to bed, it is worthwhile tallying up the progressive victories at other levels of the election, as they are known early Wednesday. 1. The Democrats are projected to retain the House of Representatives, in which they have […]
How will the US election Change the Mideast?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – If Joe Biden wins the presidency and the Democrats sweep to power in both houses of Congress, it will have a huge impact on domestic policies, on everything from health care to workers’ rights to green energy. But the impact on foreign policy would be equally significant. The biggest foreign […]
Top 5 Ways Trump Failed you too Epically ever to be Reelected
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – 1. Environment. This is the biggest single issue. Trump is a real-life world-destroying Thanos from the Avengers, and is trying his best to commit planeticide. His policies will kill the earth. The human race has a window of about 20 years to avoid the worst impacts of the climate emergency. […]
The Real Cancel Culture: Trump Rallies Sicken 30,000, Kill 700, and Trump Train Prevents Biden Gathering in Texas
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A talking point for the cult of Trump is the deleterious effects of “cancel culture.” What they mean by that is that they want pundits and politicians to be able to say offensive things and utter slurs against minorities and women without suffering any negative consequences for their careers. This […]
Top Five Horror films on Halloween that remind us of Trump’s Presidency
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – This Halloween is either the last of four presidential slasher movies, produced by notorious horror producer Donald John Trump, or it is the beginning of a new, 48-month national nightmare even more bone-chilling than the last. The Ring is a 2002 film directed by Gore Verbinski. It is about a […]
Trump’s ideal Strong man, Putin, orders Nationwide Mask Mandate, as US Flounders under weak Leadership
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump is well known for fawning all over Vladimir Putin, Russia’s autocrat who styles himself “president” from victories in phony elections. Back when he was campaigning the first time, Trump said of Mr. Putin, “I’ve already said he is very much of a leader. The man has very strong control […]
Trump Touts “Ending the Pandemic” as 1 American Dies every 107 Seconds and Stock Market Nosedives
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Bruce Y. Lee of Forbes reports that a couple of days ago, the Trump White House put out a press release listing the administration’s scientific achievements. Number one on the list was “Ending the Pandemic.” The Nazi genocidal maniac Adolf Hitler said, “Die Breite masse eines volkes fällt einer grosse […]
The Black Hole of Depressions: Doing nothing about Climate Emergency could cost more than all the Wealth in the World
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A study in Nature Communications has found that if you add in variability to calculations of the impact of climate change, the upper range of the damage it could do to property is $563 trillion.* That is in the worst case scenario where the world does virtually nothing to stop […]
The Republican Party’s 2-Decade-Long March toward Hungarian and Turkish-Style Illiberalism
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A study by Swedish political scientists at the University of Gothenburg’s V-Dem Institute has found that the US Republican Party has moved far to the right since 2000, and no longer looks very much like the Christian Democrats in Germany or the Tories in Britain, or the Liberal Democratic Party […]
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