Monthly Archives: December 2019

Senate Will Let the Defendant, Trump, Run His Own Trial

Posted on December 13, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who started rejecting White House direction, has now completely caved to allowing White House direction of the impeachment trial.  After weeks of Republicans complaining that the hearings did not have the protections of a trial, … Continue reading →

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The Silencing Science Tracker in December, 2019

Posted on December 11, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Happy Holidays.  It’s time to update the Silencing Science Tracker.  This just lists news articles that refer to silencing science, or attempting to silence science, in various bills, agencies, schools, or research.  It starts with the beginning of the Trump … Continue reading →

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Tired of the Phrase: “thrown under the bus”, About Trump Appointees.

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Tired of the phrase:  “thrown under the bus”, about Trump’s appointees. I have been holding this humor, since so many historically unique events are occurring daily.  But, today, Trump seriously criticized the Director of the FBI, Christopher Wray.  So, it … Continue reading →

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The Collision and Mistreatment of Three Trump Investigations in One Day

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The Collision and Mistreatment of Three Trump Investigations in One Day What a contrast.  I only watched a part of the Judiciary Impeachment Summary today, but it was quite clear that the House Republicans only wanted to state that there … Continue reading →

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The National Case for Water Conservation — Answers to Donald Trump

Posted on December 7, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The National Case for Water Conservation — Answer to Donald Trump We will show show below that some key states for Republicans and Trump have records of drought, including of course, California, but also his largest state, Texas.  Nothing motivates … Continue reading →

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The Clever Real Estate Study of the Cost of Commuting, and California Cities

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

I drove on the freeway on a weekday, for two hours, yesterday, so it is timely to report on another study on the cost of commuting.  This one, by Clever Real Estate, lists the top 50 cities in terms of … Continue reading →

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“You Can Fool Some of the People All the Time” — Has Trump Won?

Posted on December 4, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

“You Can Fool Some of The People All the Time” — Has Trump Won? President Lincoln might have said this, but Trump, and his cohort, and his Party, and his Fox News, live it.  As long as 90% of them … Continue reading →

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Completely Nuking Threatening Asteroids, and Star Wars

Posted on December 1, 2019 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Completely Nuking Threatening Asteroids, and Star Wars Recently, simulations showed that blowing up a very large asteroid would only result in the asteroid reconstituting itself by gravitational attraction.  The asteroid only took hours to reconstitute itself. We can put a … Continue reading →

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