Author Archives: Thanos

Journalistic Demographic Wisdom

Posted on May 28, 2026 by Thanos

The Truth About Rural Privilege in American Politics ~ 80 percent of all Americans lives in cities, metro areas, or suburbs and those numbers have been increasing – indeed the only rural areas that have shown growth rather than shrinkage … Continue reading →

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The Kindest People, The Cruelest People

Posted on April 23, 2026 by Thanos

Say that title line the way you would intone “they were the best of times, they were the worst of times…” while thinking about these times that we are in, and the humans that populate them. You already know everything … Continue reading →

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A Hop, Skip, and a Jump from WW III

Posted on March 25, 2026 by Thanos

Happy Wednesday, here we stand a mere hop, skip, and a jump from WW III as the 82nd Airborne heads to the Mid-East. The 82nd ships there because they will become the boots on the ground that Trump desires, and … Continue reading →

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Trump and the Epstein Files: What’s Being Hidden?

Posted on February 24, 2026 by Thanos

A bit of skepticism and mistrust of government is healthy for a democracy: but we now have an authoritarian government actively lying, burying factual history, and disappearing government data that we used to rely on. When it comes to operational … Continue reading →

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AP Fact Checks Our President’s Lies Ahead of SOTU

Posted on February 24, 2026 by Thanos

In this article Associated Press breaks down the most likely Trump lies that we will hear in tonight’s joint session of congress gathering for the State of the Union presidential address. Sad that we can predict that our president will … Continue reading →

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Trump Demands More Misery, Deaths, and Increased Costs to Ratepayers From Big Coal

Posted on February 23, 2026 by Thanos

Trump wants ratepayers to pay more for energy while increasing the incidence of deaths related to coal energy. Trump has many friends in the coal industry, and their influence with him appears to be even higher after they gave him … Continue reading →

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Home Medical device shortfall

Posted on February 17, 2022 by Thanos

Over ten years ago I wrote about how home medical sensors would become common in the next decade and while that’s become true, there are several shortcomings to how the current sets and suites work. Nobody has yet created the … Continue reading →

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Wingnut Predicted New Ice Ages that Never Happened

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Thanos

In which Peter Hadfield, aka Potholer54 tracks the November 2018 claims back to sources, and shows how wrong they are in their interpretation of the data regarding the new Solar Grand Minimum. He also does a great job of looking … Continue reading →

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The Police, the System, and the Protests

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Thanos

John Oliver covers the police brutality against the protesters, the system that created it, and how they seem to always get away with it.

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Joe Biden: Trump Put The Country In A Terrible Spot By Failing To Act

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Thanos

Stephen Colbert with an extended interview with Joe Biden, presumptive democrat nominee for president. The horrific corona virus response is covered, and Joe covers plans to tackle the pandemic when he gets in office.

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