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  In 1905, Albert Einstein published his first theory of relativity. He was aware at the time that his theory allowed for the massive release of energy from small amounts of matter, based on Marie Curie’s discovery that a single ounce of radium releases 4,000 calories of energy per hour. In 1933, Albert Einstein emigrated to the United States after coming to believe he was no longer safe in nazi Germany. Shortly afterward, Germany officially declared Einstein to be a traitor, and his name was banned from public utterance, but Einstein was not the only brilliant European mind to see the writing on the wallRead More →

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One of the effects of the trump administration is how it risks skewing our perception of Republicans. As trump goes about the business of destroying our gauge of rationality, certain Republicans may take advantage of the opening to present themselves as a reasonable alternative. We begin to see places like MSNBC regularly host people like Jennifer Rubin, Hugh Hewitt, Michael Steele, et al. as they weigh in on just how terrible trump is, and how rational they are in comparison, but that’s like saying H.H. Holmes was so much more polite in society than Charles Manson was. Holmes killed far more people. Not that I’mRead More →

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  “There is a chance that we could end up having a major, major conflict with North Korea. Absolutely.” -donald trump, on how he plans on handling diplomatic relations with North Korea.   Just 10 days ago, I quoted the North Korean UN deputy representative who warned that nuclear war with the United States was imminent. I went on to portray trump as the naive high-school kid from the 1983 movie War Games, in which a dumb kid nearly starts a global nuclear war because he’s not sophisticated enough to realize the simulation he’s running is tied directly into our nation’s early warning defense system.Read More →

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  “Boo! Hiss!” -Berlin crowd, upon hearing Ivanka trump tell them that her daddy has always been a “tremendous champion for supporting families and enabling them to thrive.” Ivanka was in Germany at the invite of Angela Merkel to join in a panel discussion on women’s issues. During her speech, she began to tell the audience how awesome her daddy is when it comes to empowering women, and the audience wasn’t buying it, choosing to boo, groan, and hiss, instead of applaud. But that’s not what I want to focus on with this. Instead, I want to focus on a piece that appeared on CNNRead More →

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  “…thermonuclear war may break out at any moment…” -Kim In Ryong, North Korean UN deputy representative Back in 1983, before he became a cultural icon as Ferris Bueller, Matthew Broderick starred in War Games, a movie in which an adolescent unknowingly and nearly sparks a global nuclear war because he thinks he’s playing a game. In one scene, when it becomes clear that American nuclear missiles have been programmed to launch in any event that the computers suspect their programmers have been compromised, an Air Force general exasperatedly orders American bombers to head back to Soviet air space, because he’s decided that it’s better toRead More →

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The President must get Congressional approval before attacking Syria-big mistake if he does not! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2013 That was 2013. This was today. “Something should happen.” This is what the president said in response to a chemical weapons attack in Syria. Here’s the rest of what he said: “I think what Assad did is terrible. I think what happened in Syria is one of the truly egregious crimes. It shouldn’t have happened. It shouldn’t be allowed to happen. I think what happened in Syria is a disgrace to humanity. He’s there, and I guess he’s running things, so something shouldRead More →

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Or, How the Media Continues To Say “No Thank You” to the First Amendment   Yesterday, CNN “broke” a story about the possible blackmailing of our president by a foreign government. It now seems more and more likely that the story just simply wasn’t true. So, how did it become such an explosive story so quickly? Let’s take a trip down memory lane for a moment to help us understand how this might have happened. In October, 2009, CNN cut into their regular programming to report some breaking news. It seemed that a large helium balloon had broken free and was floating above the Colorado countryside.Read More →