Category Archives: Affairs of State

Comparing China, the US, and India in Clean Energy Production

China Dominates Clean Energy Production and Devices, While India Consumes Little Energy Per Capita. Without getting dragged into the politics and personalities of the Foxy Republican Chaos last night, the reemergence of climate change falsehoods has to be fact checked … Continue reading

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Freedom on the Net 2022 Ratings by Country

Freedom on the Internet and in social media in 2021-22 shows that only 18% of global internet users are assessed as Free, 34% as Partly Free, and 37% as Not Free.  11% are in countries that were not assessed.  The … Continue reading

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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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Will There Be a Civil Separation of the Blue from the Red States?

Will There Be a Civil Separation of the Blue States from the Red States? No way are Blue States going to live the next 30 years under this misogynist, theocratic, far right nominated, two illegitimate, one alleged criminal, Supreme Court. … 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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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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Stop the Steals Initiated by Donald Trump

Stop the Steals Initiated by Donald Trump. How Do They Grift Us, Let Us Count the Ways. Oddly, Trump has as usual reflexively adopted a banner which point to the Thefts that he has perpetrated upon us. Let’s backtrack in … Continue reading

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Trump’s Continuous Coronavirus Pandemic Has Been Terrible for Oil Companies

Trump’s Continuous Coronavirus Pandemic has been Terrible for Oil Companies While Trump was blasting Biden for saying that the US would be using less oil, that will be a very long range adoption of Electric cars, which are only selling … Continue reading

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The Nobel Peace Prize Should Not be Bought by Trump for Arming Dictators

You Shouldn’t Win a Nobel Peace Prize for Selling Weapons of War to Dictators Three stories collided to make this article.   First, Trump is selling F35s, our most sophisticated fighter jets, to the UAE in order to get them … Continue reading

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