Published

3 years ago

January 1, 2024

Alice Rush

Re: Trump’s post at left, economic analyst Robert Rapier writes:

He already predicted in 2020: “If Biden is elected, the stock market will crash and your 401k will be zero.”

Now that the stock market is at a record high, he says it’s because people expect him to win. That’s not how the stock market works. It’s at a record high because economic indicators are strongly improving. He either doesn’t understand how the market works, or he does and doesn’t think you will know he’s lying.

What we’ve learned about Trump throughout is tenure in politics and the 30K+ lies he told in office is that he has no shame. He’s willing to swear to something that a five-year-old kid would reject as BS.

That said, he’s at the end of his rope; the evidence of his guilt in the 91 felony counts he faces, especially the testimony of dozens, eye witnesses, is about to crush his political viability like a grape.

Renewable Energy

Republican Operatives Are Tenacious as Messaging–And Truth Has No Bearing on It

Published

21 hours ago

August 27, 2026

Alice Rush

Consider the meme here, and then remember that the nine of the ten poorest states in the U.S. (Mississippi, Louisiana, West Virgina, Kentucky, Arkansas, Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and South Carolina) are all bright red.

How do they get away with stupidity like this?

Well, there’s the bottom of the state rankings for education:

46. Mississippi
47. Kentucky
48. Louisiana
49. Arkansas
50. West Virginia

Do you see any correlation?

Republican Operatives Are Tenacious as Messaging–And Truth Has No Bearing on It

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Discussions on Religion

Published

23 hours ago

August 27, 2026

Alice Rush

Good question here at left.

To me, it depends.

If the person seems intelligent enough to be able to hold a thought in his head that opposes his current beliefs, I’d actively encourage the discussion. Otherwise, I’m out. No need to raising someone’s temper for no reason or gain.

Discussions on Religion

Renewable Energy

Emigrating to a Social Democracy

Published

24 hours ago

August 27, 2026

Alice Rush

To the jackass who sent me the meme here: What about the 5 million Americans who moved to Canada? What about the steady flow of Americans expatriating to Costa Rica, New Zealand, Australia, Iceland and Northern Europe?

My wife and I have two kids and a grandchild in the States, and we have a gaggle of medicos to address the various health conditions associated with aging. If that weren’t the case, I’d be writing this from Stockholm or Aukland.

I wouldn’t be looking for a “utopia,” just an escape from the frustration, anger, and sadness that I feel every day, as I watch the country I love deteriorate into authoritarianism.