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Democracy Survey Details of Countries of Current Concern

We go back to the International Democracy Survey of 2022 and focus in more detail on countries of current concern to understand how they have entrapped and suppressed their populations to live in dictatorships. The first two components are the … Continue reading

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Making American Gasoline Greater Again

Making American Gasoline Greater Again I am not an oil expert, but I am trying to put together some factors which have appeared in the press to solve the rapidly increasing gasoline price inflation. The high price of gas may … Continue reading

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Covid Deaths That Were Preventable in the US, California, Texas, Florida, and New York

A study of Covid death data from when vaccines became available in the US until April 30, 2022, has figured out how many lives could have been saved by those people being vaccinated up until 100%, at the rate that … Continue reading

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The Slap Heard ‘Round the World, and US, Ukraine, and Nuclear Violence

The Slap Heard ‘Round the World, and US, Ukraine, and Nuclear Violence I have retreated from further commenting on the Ukraine genocide because of the sadness of what is going on and the feeling and reality of helplessness to stop … Continue reading

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War, Inhumanity, and War Crimes are a Plague That Easily Spreads

War, Inhumanity, and War Crimes are a Plague That Easily Spreads The US did not get involved in the 1940 German invasions in Europe until Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.  President Roosevelt wanted us to get more involved other … Continue reading

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The International Democracy Survey of 2021

The International Democracy Survey Evaluation of governments for 2021 shows continual decrease in Democratic ratings.  They use 3,500 scholars and country experts to evaluate 179 countries on hundreds of attributes.  The 2021 report is at V-Dem.org.  In general, the global … Continue reading

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A Day of Rememberance

This is a day when cumulative stories are all pointing to how we are going backwards on equity, gender, and Democracy.  Rather than the usual morality arguments on why all of them have bad sides, I need only present them … Continue reading

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Trump Can Count to Ten

Trump Can Count to Ten It’s reassuring that Donald Trump, who presided over the world’s leading economy and nuclear power, and most advanced scientific power, can count to ten.  At least, that is what he proved in his latest show … Continue reading

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Dictatorships and Their Control of Nuclear Weapons

Dictatorships and Their Control of Nuclear Weapons Today, I and 200 other scientists attended talks by citizen nuclear experts of the Union of Concerned Scientists.  Steve Fetter of Princeton, former Assistant Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, … Continue reading

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Comparison of Scientific American and IHME Covid-19 Deaths for 2020

In Scientific American of September 2021, page 84, they present the work of Andrew Stokes and others on the possible true US death toll for 2020 from Covid-19 from the excess deaths.  The article says that 82% of the excess … Continue reading

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