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I listened to a Ted Talk the other day that was given by a linguist and university profess of English, whose point was that the language is always changing, and that we shouldn’t be so rigid in our interpretation of others’ speech and writing.  As an example, she said that a few hundred years ago, the word “lollygag” meant to make out / kiss.

The problem I have with this is that window stickers like the one shown here simply make you look like an idiot.  I heard a television commentator covering a golf tournament describe an errant shot like this: “That ball could have went anywhere.”

While it’s true that the language is always in flux, poor grammar makes it hard for other people to take you seriously.

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The Sharia Law Onslaught

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Here’s an ultra-right-winger who thinks that his voters are so stupid that they’ll believe that U.S. courts are routinely sentencing thieves to have their hands amputated.

We have huge problems in this country, but the “onslaught” of Sharia Law isn’t one of them.

This is a fine example of the decay of American education. Think back to when you were in junior high school.  If someone said something like this, wouldn’t you have asked, “Are you serious? Radical Islam has usurped the U.S. Constitution?  Can you provide any evidence to support this?

Now, we accept it, because some Trump supporter in congress tells us it’s true.

Forget about the Epstein files and the overt corruption in the White House.  Let’s focus on Sharia Law.

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The World Mourns for the United States

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What the boob at left is saying is partially true, in that only some people in the rest of the world are laughing at the United States.

The vast majority of people I meet from other countries are crying, not literally, but they almost uniformly express their astonishment and profound sorrow that the former envy of the world could have been reduced to a banana republic — and in such a short period of time.

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It’s Hard to Understand Those Who Don’t Vote

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It’s hard to understand how someone can be so apathetic that they sit out an election where what’s at stake is American democracy.

Suppose you’re one of the idiots who believes that Trump is an honest and effective leader, that the 2020 election was rigged, etc.  Wouldn’t you go vote for the Republicans in the midterms?

Suppose you understand that Trump is a pathological liar who has wreaked great damage on our nation.  Wouldn’t you want to vote against the Republicans?

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