Human knowledge has progressed exponentially since the dawn of modern science. It is no longer reasonable to accept claims without sufficient objective evidence. The harm from religion, alternatives to medicine, conservatism, and all other false beliefs will be exposed on this blog by reporting the findings of science. This blog will also reinforce what should be the basics of education: History, Civics, Financial Literacy, Media Literacy, and Critical/Science Based Thinking.
Thursday, May 1, 2025
May Day: A Reminder That "We, The People" Must Hold Our US Government To Account
“'Mayday!' is also a distress signal used by pilots to indicate imminent danger or a life-threatening emergency (derived from the French phrase 'm’aider,' meaning 'help me').
"That about sums it up: Our solidarity is necessary to overcome the imminent dangers we now face, all from Donald J. Trump.
"I doubt we can wait until the midterm elections to contain him. Unless we stop the damage he’s doing to both our democracy and our economy before then, much of it will be irreversible. It’s not even clear what sort of election we’ll be able to have 18 months from now." (link)
Sunday, April 27, 2025
Is It Too Much To Compare Trump With Hitler?
"The 20th century saw a lot of state-sanctioned mass murder: Stalin, Mao, Mengistu and Pol Pot, Armenia, Bosnia, Cambodia, Rwanda, Ethiopia's Red Terror, the Great Purge, the Cultural Revolution, and more. In America, there were lynchings and the cruelty of official segregation, which followed the end of slavery, and the massacre of so many Native Americans." (link)
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
The USA Is Following An Ancient & Harmful Governing Pattern
"From the beginnings of civilization in the Fertile Crescent, the Indus River valley, and China politics, rule has been intertwined with faith, religious traditions. The leader, ruler, the monarch was considered divine and could do no wrong, at least to the faithful followers. All negative stories, facts were considered fake or propaganda. Being a priest meant you had the leader's ear, thereby influencing the direction of society and the nation. It was also a good position for increasing your wealth by selling the people and the leaders' promises that are, in fact, baseless. This has taken the form of charismatic preachers grifting so much that they build their own super churches, colleges, and homes. The faith also could and has had a significant impact on loyalty to the monarch, driving it ever higher.
"Being part of a court held immense power and possibilities, so long as you did what the leader asked or ordered you to do. Such a position also had the leader's ear, with the possibility of influencing state policies and increasing your own wealth. So being part of a cabinet, a Soviet, a portion of the executive staff, meant that you could have your own fiefdom to exploit. Any position below that was a minor nobleman or a capo who had their own soldiers. Yes, government and organized crime are similar in structure, with goals of maintaining territory, gaining territory, power, and wealth. It has only been in the recent 200 years that the development of democracy has started to change. However, the old ways always have a way of returning.
"All dictators and their courts have degrees of narcissism. Trump has been classified as a malignant narcissist with sociopathy, which presents us with a unique, extremely dangerous situation that is potentially mortal to the country and its citizens! Was Hitler narcissistic? The answer is most probably yes, as all dictators and monarchs are. A known con man, liar, and cheat is Trump. His experience in fighting in the courts gave him the experience and knowledge of how to manipulate our justice system! Is or was our government and judicial system up to putting up guardrails? Part of his sickness is thinking like a godfather and being able to threaten others, particularly Republican politicians, without saying it directly. This forces the GOP to bend to his worst instincts. Note that his experience as a con man makes him charming and convincing to his audience/supporters. This is by knowing their grievances, fears, and anger, thereby co-opting them to control them. The help of the regime's propaganda media, Fox News, has captured a viewership. Trump's mental illness is very focused on two things: wealth and power, but keeping his followers convinced that he is fighting for them! He doesn’t care about anybody else, no matter how close; those around him, including his own family, are expendable.
"This sets up an environment and needs to resist, peacefully if possible, but it may have to be taken to the next level, VIOLENCE! Don’t get me wrong, to assume that I recommend violence via internal war is what I want. But as the ruling class feels more threatened, the more likely they will resort to violence themselves at any cost. So history and psychology tell us to be ready. Then you ask why the Russian 1917 revolution didn’t lead to such massive wars. They remembered that the peasants saw the czar and his nobles as the ruthless ruling class stealing from them. They saw the Bolsheviks working and protecting them, promising land reform, equality, etc. Sometimes it takes generations to reform or end dictatorships. If Trump and MAGA win, how long will it take for America to end the dictatorship?
Stephen Stripe (from his post on Facebook, 4/21/2025)
Friday, April 11, 2025
Civil Servants: The Under-Appreciated Heros Of Government
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
How The USA Became A Dictatorship
I teach both American and international government.
"When it comes to the difference between democracy and authoritarianism, one thing Americans need to understand is that there’s never one single moment when you become an authoritarian state; no leader will stand up and announce, 'I am now a dictator'.”
Monday, March 17, 2025
The USA Is Now A Kingdom
Friday, February 28, 2025
The USA Should Be Ashamed
"Ukraine is not - as the Russian ambassador said - a 'project'.
"Its statehood has a longer history than Russia. It has been a member of the UN longer than Russia. It has a history, language, identity, and its own aspirations. Poland supports peace, but stable and with respect for the rights of the victim of aggression."
Click here for a 8-minute video from the recent UN gathering to vote on support for Ukraine against Russian aggression. Shortly after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the UN essentially unanimously voted against Russia's aggression. A few days ago, the US voted with Iran, North Korea, and Russia to NOT once again condemn them.
The speaker is from Poland and puts the present in the context of European history. Memo to the USA: Isolationism in the face of national aggression never works.
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Yes, Another Political Post
Scott Orner (Facebook Post)
Saturday, February 22, 2025
Two Spot-On Assessments Of The USA's Present Status And What We Should Do About It
- 1. Delegitimize Institutions - Undermine public trust in the courts, the press Congress, and any system that can challenge executive power. Convince supporters that these institutions are corrupt, biased, or controlled by enemies We've already seen this with attacks on the "Deep State," the "Fake News Media, and the idea that courts are "weaponized" against conservatives
- 2. Ignore Constraints - Once people no longer trust institutions, start disregarding them. Court rulings become optional laws only apply when convenient, and legal norms are treated as obstacles to be worked around rather than followed. This is where we are now, with figures like J.D Vance floating the idea of ignoring court rulings and Trump's allies preparing to defy legal limits on power.
- 3. Crush Opposition - When protests and resistance emerge, use force to suppress them. Invoke emergency powers like the Insurrection Act to justify mass arrests, detain dissidents, and deploy law enforcement or military units to control unrest. Project 2025 lays the groundwork for this, calling for the detention of protesters in the same sites as undocumented immigrants.
- 4. Establish Autocratic Rule - With opposition neutralized and institutions sidelined, consolidate power into a single executive authority. Elections may still exist, but they'll be hollow formalities The new system will be framed as "restoring order" or "returning to the true Constitution," even as real democracy ceases to function.
Michael James
Friday, February 21, 2025
DOGE Debunked: Billionaires Are Robbing You And Calling It ‘Efficiency’
"What you're watching with Trump and Elon is pure ideology. And, for all the talk about how Trump and Elon Musk are breaking the mold and breaking the rules and taking the Republican party in a New Direction, the truth is the Republican party has always hated taxes. That's how they built the Republican party. It's a coalition between the business community, which doesn't want to pay taxes, and a whole lot of special constituencies."
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
The Law In The USA Is What The POTUS Says It Is
The most frightening post from this blogger:
https://www.washingtontimes. |
To those who are still supporting this bastard, please tell me what he has done since being elected for the 2nd time that tells you he is for you and not for the super-rich. I will wait.
Saturday, February 15, 2025
Russia Owns The USA (Mic Drop)
Connect the dots.
There is a base upon which he did it. |
Thursday, February 13, 2025
The New World Order
The USA responded late to non-democratic nations' imperialism in the early 20th century. It made World War I worse. (link)
The USA responded late to non-democratic nations' imperialism in the 1930s. It made World War II worse.
Presently, the USA under President Donald J. Trump is following the same isolationism as above. What can go wrong? Oh, and I am not even addressing the fascist dictatorship that is taking over OUR constitutional representative secular democracy.
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Republicans Are Peeing On Your Leg And Calling It Water
Saturday, November 23, 2024
What If Nazism Had Won? It Has In The USA
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
The Republican Party: From Greatness To A Traitor Dictator
"Something seriously troubling has happened to the Republican Party. It’s become filled with wacko candidates for office who are being supported by large percentages of Republican voters.
"The trend started in the 1980s with Rush Limbaugh’s radio program, which attracted a wide audience with a toxic mixture of lies, conspiracy theories, fear-mongering, and thinly veiled racism."It accelerated in 1996 when Rupert Murdoch hired Roger Ailes to emulate Limbaugh with a new TV channel, Fox News. Additional media imitators followed.
"The growing supply of this poison offered the (predominantly) white working-class an easy explanation for why the wages and status of many blue-collar men had hit the skids: They could blame immigrants, Black people, Latinos, “coastal elites,” government bureaucrats, pedophiles, women, secularists, Muslims, liberals, Democrats, and Satan."
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
J D Vance: The Full Monty
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Do Not Doubt It: Trump Wins, The USA Will Be A Dictatorship
Following is a good sample of information clearly supporting the title of this post:
10 Ways Trump Is Becoming a Dictator (from the 2020 election period)
Could a Trump dictatorship be resisted?
Trump’s grand plans for the federal bureaucracyTuesday, September 17, 2024
Attacks On Education: The Base Of Dictatorships
Click on the link below for the history of dictatorships in recent decades:
Saturday, September 7, 2024
Two Views Of The Future In The USA
Click on the two links below for two views that can't be reconciled:
VOTE WISELY!!