Being that Obama is a Marxist connected to the drug cartel and Muslim brotherhood while Loving the enemies of the United States of America and trying to destroy the United States from within and ruining the US, and bringing us close to world war III.
Total Wokism and pureCorruption and turning We the people against one another!
Creating a major divide!
I think Obama should be remembered for causing ill will and hatefulness in the country, very definitely a racist towards white people!
His lack of understanding toward the Constitution of the United States and Trying to fundamentally change everything in America to his liking. While re-stoking and Reviving the coals of Racism in America. Obama started the decline in America by firing the flames of BLM and Antifa, Obama was an illegitimate president, with a fake birth certificate
Obama should also be tried for treason against our country through aiding our enemies. War crimes and enriching himself fantastically off his presidency, a true scumbag who also allowed Russiagate to move forward even though the CIA informed him in the summer of 2016 that it was all bullshit from the Hillary Clinton campaign.
THREAD: What would a radical lift Kamala Harris Administration look like? While presiding over the U.S. Senate as VP she has cast the most tie-breaking votes (33) in history. These votes are not just politically polarizing but show how damaging a Kamala Harris White House would be.
See for yourself:
On February 5, 2021, Kamala Harris cast two tie breaking votes to pass Bernie Sanders’ budget bill, S. Con. Res. 5. This party-line resolution gave congress the authority to rush through President Biden’s wasteful and inflationary $1.9 trillion spending plan. Since Kamala Harris cast the deciding vote on Bernie Sanders’ budget resolution, the national debt has increased by 22%.
On June 22, 2021, Kamala Harris cast the deciding vote to confirm Kiran Ahuja as director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Before her confirmation, Kiran Ahuja oversaw Philanthropy Northwest where she used dark money to promote Critical Race Theory and DEI throughout corporate America. As head of OPM until her resignation this April, Ahuja allowed work backlogs to pile up as more than half of government bureaucrats “teleworked” 3-5 days a week.
On May 11, 2022, Kamala Harris cast the deciding vote on the confirmation of Alvaro Bedoya to be a Federal Trade Commissioner. Bedoya is an outspoken left-wing activist linked to several Soros-backed dark money organizations which call for the censorship of “misinformation.” Bedoya called ICE “an out-of-control domestic surveillance agency,” shared posts calling individuals in the Trump administration “racist and white supremacist,” and praised AOC as the, “future of progressive politics.”
On December 8th 2021, Kamala Harris cast the deciding vote on the confirmation of Rachel Rollins for U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. Rollins was opposed by both Republican and Democrat Members of the House and Senate because of her unwillingness to prosecute serious crimes as the Suffolk County (Boston) District Attorney. As a George Soros-backed “progressive prosecutor,” Rollins, as stated policy, refused to prosecute 15 crimes including trespassing, resisting arrest, and disturbing the peace. She instead focused her office’s resources to treat the heroic police officers of Boston as criminals. Within a year of Harris casting the deciding vote, Rachel Rollins was investigated and found guilty by the United States Office of Special Counsel of violating the Hatch Act, by abusing her office and power as a prosecutor to influence political elections. She resigned shortly after the findings were made public and had her law license suspended shortly thereafter.
Human brain can’t comprehend numbers it can’t count to-just seen as “real big”.
It Takes 32 yrs to count to a billion. To count 2021 national debt $1 at a time would take over 908 yrs. Takes 32,000 years to count to 1 trillion-so 1,104,000+ yrs to count national debt 4 yrs later. And when Covid Hot our land the Democrats quickly included Socialist Programs in Covid Stimulus Bills to fire up the start up of the dreadful inflation we now experience in this country. Not to mention The EOs President Briben Quickly signed when he did cheat his way into the Oval Office.
Trump spent 3.1 Trillion up until the Democrat Spend Stimulus Package which cost this country an additional $5 Trillion during Trump’s Administration on Socialist Stimulus Money. And just look at what each and every American “owes” – the individual debt hanging around our necks…
Kamala is much more dangerous than the typical tax and spending Democrat which is bad enough. Potentially more damaging, if elected, will be her ability to act on her Marxist ideology with the power of the pen. Kamala is existential to our democracy. 25% of all US Federal debt going back to 1788 was incurred under 8 years of a Trump and Biden Presidency stemmed by a Socialist Democratic Regime.
Not an opinion. It’s a fact. What’s your next point???
Kamala will solely ruin our country and our lives! Voting for Trump is the only chance we have of saving our country! Get out and spread the word or there won’t be anything left for us to fight for! Communist don’t care about you or me, they are just about controlling our lives!
SHE RUINED CALIFORNIA, RUINED THE BORDER, RUINED MANY PEOPLE’S LIVES..NOW DEMOCRATS WANT TO REWARD HER. The Dems just keep spending OUR money and our children and all their children’s future after them will be paying back the debt that these clowns ran up. Sadly, none of the money s[ent made Americans lives any better. We are worse off now than we were 3+ years ago. Have you had enough of their communist policies! Take charge of our lives. Had enough of her communist policies! Vote RED.
The average yearly inflation rate under President Donald Trump was 1.9%. Inflation remained low during Trump’s presidency.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, bringing a brief but severe recession along with it, the Trump administration declared a state of emergency and passed stimulus measures such as the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in an attempt to provide relief to individuals and businesses.29 The economic policies followed by the Trump administration are now known as Trumponomics.
Joe Biden (2021–)
Average YOY Inflation Rate: 5.7%*
The average yearly inflation rate under President Joe Biden so far is 5.7%. Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act in 2021, a $1.9 trillion stimulus package to help the country recover from COVID-19. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic recovery and after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 caused gas prices to soar, inflation rose to record levels not seen since the 1980s.303132 Inflation peaked at 9.1% year-over-year in June 2022, the highest increase in 40 years.33
The Fed responded by raising interest rates 11 times since March 2022 in an attempt to cool the stubborn inflation. While inflation did come down from its 2022 peak in 2023, it still remains above the Fed’s 2% target.34 Biden’s economic policies are now referred to as Bidenomics.
*The average yearly inflation rate for the Biden administration was calculated for the years 2021 to 2023, since Biden’s term is still ongoing.
Which President Had the Highest Average Inflation Rate?
President Jimmy Carter had the highest average inflation rate so far, with an average year-over-year inflation rate of 9.9% during his term in office from 1977 to 1981.35
How Does the President Affect Inflation?
While the president has historically been the one to blame in times of high inflation and economic downturn in general, it is difficult to gauge how much control the president has over inflation.36 Still, the president plays a significant role in deciding how to respond to high inflation or stimulate the economy during a slowdown.
What Is the Highest Inflation Has Ever Been?
In the United States, inflation is commonly measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Since the CPI was introduced as an economic indicator, the highest rate of year-to-year inflation the U.S. has seen was 17.8% in 1917.
The Covid pandemic changed inflation’s trajectory, however, as supply-chain snarls, government stimulus spending, and pent-up demand combined to send prices sharply higher. Russia’s attack on Ukraine added further price pressures, particularly in the energy sector.
The CPI reached a peak of 9% in June 2022, in the second year of Biden’s term. Inflation has since fallen to 3.1% year over year, based on the latest CPI reading. Credit goes largely to the Federal Reserve, which raised interest rates 11 times in the past two years, to a targeted range of 5.25%-5.50%, to cool price growth.
Still, high costs, particularly for food, have dogged the Biden presidency. Government data show that food costs are up more than 20% from the start of Biden’s term. The major difference between the two periods boils down to inflation, or the upward change in prices for goods and services.
From 2017 to 2019, inflation hovered at about 2% per year – a low enough level where people generally don’t notice changes from day to day. But when COVID-19 shut global supply chains and caused a labor shortage, prices shot up, with inflation hitting a 40-year high of 9.1% in June 2022.
Suddenly, shoppers were reminded of inflation each time they went to the grocery store – an issue that remains a pain point for consumers. Even though inflation has receded, prices aren’t going back to their pre-pandemic levels, and that continues to eat into consumers’ budgets.
While a president’s actions can affect inflation, there are many other factors that must be weighed when evaluating the root causes behind price increases.
The president does influence fiscal policy, and each president’s economic policies—such as tax cuts, military spending, and government aid—certainly do affect the economy. However, many external factors outside a president’s control—such as war, economic downturn, and public health crises—also contribute to inflation.
No president directly controls the inflation rate or the cost of goods and services, but fair or not, the Oval Office’s occupant gets credit when prices fall and blame when they rise.
The yearslong trend of modest inflation was well-established when Donald Trump took office in January 2017, and many of the pandemic-driven building blocks for soaring prices were already in place when President Joe Biden took over in January 2021.
However, when eliminating the context and looking purely at numbers during each president’s four-year term, Trump oversaw a period of relatively low inflation, and Biden’s term so far has largely been defined by rapidly rising prices and the most painful inflation since the early 1980s.
Inflation vs. Wage Growth
Inflation doesn’t hurt as much if incomes grow faster than prices rise, which they did during Trump’s entire presidency. According to a Vox analysis, the inflation rate was always under 3% and sometimes under 2% during all four Trump years before cratering to near zero during the peak pandemic, with wage growth outpacing inflation throughout.
Inflation began surpassing income growth just as Biden took office in 2021 and never stopped until the start of 2023. That held true even though wages rose faster under Biden than during Trump’s time in office. Wage growth has since slowed, but the inflation rate has fallen faster, allowing income gains to keep up with rising prices from early 2023 through today.
According to a May 2 analysis from Yahoo Finance senior columnist Rick Newman, the average gas price was $2.47 per gallon when Trump took office in January 2017. The average for his entire four-year term was $2.57, or $2.67 if you omit the peak-COVID era from his last 10 months in office when nearly nonexistent demand sent prices crashing.
Conversely, the average price per gallon during Biden’s presidency so far is $3.61 — 40% more than even Trump’s higher average. Gas peaked at over $5 for the first time ever in June 2022.
When adjusted for inflation, Trump’s average is $3.18 in 2024 dollars, 21% less than Biden’s inflation-adjusted price of $3.86.
A Dozen Eggs
According to the St. Louis Fed, a dozen large, Grade A eggs cost about $1.60 when Trump took office in January 2017. During his single term, the price breached the $2 mark only twice, and briefly both times — $2.08 in April 2018 and $2.02 two years later in April 2020. Trump’s price hit a low of $1.22 in August 2019.
When Biden took office in January 2021, a dozen eggs cost $1.47. In February 2022, it rose to $2 and has never receded below that mark since. By the start of August 2022, a dozen eggs cost $3, then $4 by December 2022 before peaking at an all-time high of $4.82 in January 2023. The previous record was $2.97 in September 2015.
The cheapest price under President Biden so far was $2.04 in August 2023, but that has since risen to about $3 today.
A Gallon of Milk
According to the St. Louis Fed, a gallon of whole milk cost $3.32 when Trump was inaugurated in January 2017. The price fell steadily to a term-low of $2.84 in July 2018. The price held steady until it breached $3 in June 2019 and climbed to a Trump-era high of $3.54 in December 2020.
The price of milk fell briefly and modestly during Biden’s first three months, then started on an upward trajectory that peaked at $4.22 in November 2022. The average price of a gallon of milk has since fallen, but only to its current cost of about $3.90.
Airfare
The average plane ticket was already relatively affordable during Trump’s pre-pandemic term. Federal Reserve data shows that for most of his first three years, the average price was around $260. It had previously spent much of the 2010s in the low-$300s.
Then, at the end of February 2020, COVID hit, the skies emptied and the average price of an airline ticket fell off a cliff and bottomed out at $186 in May 2020.
By the time Biden took office, the price was back up to $212. After several fits and starts, the travel industry recovered, prices started rising, and the average cost of airfare topped out at $319 in June 2022. It has since fallen to about $270.
With Pennsylvania turned and Florida Swinging Red and Michigan being Blue again.
I read Trump leading the Electoral College with 320 Votes, So Let’s Hope and Pray!!!
America has the lowest life expectancy of all English-speaking countries, new research has found. However, this varies significantly across the nation, with some states seeing much lower life expectancies than others.
“It’s well-known that American life expectancy performs very poorly compared to other high-income countries,” Jessica Ho, associate professor of sociology and demography at Penn State and senior author on the new paper, told Newsweek via email.
“[However,] – compared to this subset of countries with shared characteristics, the U.S. has very low life expectancy, which is quite alarming.” In their study, published in the peer-reviewed journal BMJ Open earlier this month, Ho and colleagues compared life expectancy data from the Human Mortality Database (HMD) and also World Health Organization (WHO) Mortality Database between 1990 and 2018 for the United States, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
“Looking within the United States, there are long standing disparities between regions, with parts of the West and Northeast performing very well and the South and Appalachia typically lagging behind,” Ho said.
One potential reason for this could be the divergence in urban and rural life expectancies seen across the U.S. since the 1990s.
U.S. women face several health challenges, some of which are more prevalent compared to other high-income countries.
Here are a few key issues:
Heart Disease: The leading cause of death among women in the U.S. is heart disease. Risk factors include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and smoking.
Cancer: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women, followed by lung and colorectal cancers. Regular screenings and early detection are crucial.
Mental Health: Conditions such as depression and anxiety are common. Women are more likely to experience these issues due to a combination of biological, hormonal, and social factors.
Reproductive Health: Issues like endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and complications during pregnancy can significantly impact women’s health.
Obesity: A significant number of women in the U.S. are affected by obesity, which can lead to other health problems like diabetes, heart disease, and certain cancers.
Chronic Diseases: Conditions such as diabetes, arthritis, and osteoporosis are prevalent and can affect quality of life.
Access to Healthcare: Despite being a high-income country, many women in the U.S. face barriers to accessing affordable and comprehensive healthcare.
Addressing these challenges involves a combination of preventive care, regular screenings, healthy lifestyle choices, and improved access to healthcare services.
There are several preventive measures that can help reduce the risk of breast cancer:
Implementing these lifestyle changes can significantly contribute to lowering the risk of breast cancer. Are there any genetic factors that increase breast cancer risk?
Yes, there are several genetic factors that can increase the risk of breast cancer:
BRCA1 and BRCA2 Genes: Mutations in these genes significantly increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancers. Women with these mutations have a higher lifetime risk of developing breast cancer.
Family History: Having a close relative (mother, sister, or daughter) with breast cancer can increase your risk, especially if they were diagnosed at a young age.
Other Genetic Mutations: Mutations in other genes, such as TP53, PTEN, and PALB2, can also increase breast cancer risk, though they are less common than BRCA mutations.
Hereditary Cancer Syndromes: Conditions like Li-Fraumeni syndrome, Cowden syndrome, and hereditary diffuse gastric cancer can increase the risk of breast cancer due to associated genetic mutations.
Ethnicity: Certain ethnic groups, such as Ashkenazi Jewish women, have a higher prevalence of BRCA mutations, which increases their risk of breast cancer.
If you have a family history of breast cancer or are concerned about your genetic risk, it might be helpful to speak with a genetic counselor. They can provide personalized risk assessments and discuss potential preventive measures, such as increased surveillance or preventive surgeries.
Getting tested for BRCA mutations involves a few steps:
Consultation with a Healthcare Provider: Start by discussing your family history and concerns with your doctor. They can refer you to a genetic counselor.
Genetic Counseling: A genetic counselor will assess your risk based on your family history and discuss the benefits, risks, and limitations of genetic testing.
“Over the past three decades, large central cities and their suburbs have experienced strong gains in life expectancy, while medium/small cities and particularly non metros have much lower life expectancy levels and experienced small or no gains in life expectancy,” Ho said.
Factors that may contribute to these disparities include differences in health behaviors like smoking, sedentary lifestyle, poor diet, and illicit drug use and alcohol abuse, according to Ho.
Ho added: “The South and the Midwest, which contain a large portion of our rural population, tend to have more lax gun laws and also happen to have higher rates of gun-related fatalities.”
With this in mind, taking the data from 2018, the following five states experienced the lowest life expectancies:
In order to improve these inequalities, and America’s lagging life expectancy more broadly, the U.S. needs to address these avoidable deaths, especially among its younger citizens.
Smoking prevalence is nearly 50% higher in a group of Midwestern and Southern states compared to the rest of the country, according to Truth Initiative’s latest analysis of U.S. states with the highest smoking prevalence.
In these 12 states – a region we call “Tobacco Nation” that spans Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and West Virginia – both adults (19.2% vs. 13%) and young adults (11.2% vs. 7.6%) have 50% higher smoking prevalence and smoke many more cigarettes per capita annually than people living in other states (on average, 53 vs. 29 packs). That means a smoker living in Tobacco Nation could smoke nearly 500 more cigarettes per year than the average smoker in the rest of the U.S.
This group of states is home to about 21% of the US population but 28% of smokers in the country. Overall, smoking prevalence is about 50% higher there than in the rest of the US. About 19% of adults smoke in this group of states, compared with about 13% of adults in other states.
A similar pattern holds among young adults. About 11% of adults under 25 in these states smoke, compared with less than 8% in other states. Teenagers in these states are also more likely to smoke.
Smoking prevalence has been consistently higher than average among these 12 states since Truth Initiative’s first report on the topic five years ago.
According to Truth Initiative, much of the disparity can be attributed to weaker local policy on tobacco prevention and cessation, particularly due to industry influence and lack of political will from decision-makers. For example, federal data shows that the share of adults who smoke fell to a historic low in 2022, but e-cigarettes grew in popularity.
To battle this trend, hundreds of local governments have enacted laws that restrict the sale of flavored tobacco – but only three of them have been within the 12 states with higher smoking prevalence.
The latest report from Truth Initiative, published last week, also shows that people in these 12 states who smoke tend to do so significantly more than smokers in other states.
An average smoker in “Tobacco Nation” goes through about 53 packs in one year, compared with an average of 29 packs in the rest of the US, a difference of about 500 cigarettes per person each year.
This persistently high prevalence of cigarette use – still the country’s leading cause of preventable death and disease – has serious consequences, especially at a time when life expectancy has declined for Americans due to a variety of factors including COVID-19 and opioid overdoses. Tobacco Nation residents live shorter lives and face a higher risk of dying than other Americans, with an average life expectancy of 76 years compared to 79 yearsin the rest of the country. Tobacco Nation’s greater rates of smoking-attributable death and disease compared to the rest of the U.S. likely contribute to this lower life expectancy.
Yet it is possible to create a future where these geographic disparities also do not exist. According to a separate analysis by Truth Initiative® and HealthPartners Institute, more tobacco policy spending paired with higher cigarette taxes that are targeted to areas with the highest smoking prevalence can reduce disparities in tobacco use that have existed for decades, bringing adult smoking in Tobacco Nation down to the national average and resulting in considerable health and economic benefits.
Specifically, the analysis predicts that implementation of key tobacco policy changes could lead to roughly 100,000 fewer cancer cases, 730,000 fewer hospitalizations, and 170,000 fewer deaths attributed to smoking in the first two decades following policy change as well as saving over $24 billion in smoking-attributable medical costs and increasing productivity by over $100 billion.
Researchers and policymakers have created a road map to end unequal smoking prevalence across the country. Why, then, has it been such a challenge to implement these policies? Disparities in tobacco prevention and cessation measures in Tobacco Nation are not the fault of the region’s residents. Residents of Tobacco Nation have historically supported policies at levels equal to their counterparts in states outside Tobacco Nation.
Instead, strong tobacco policies have not gained traction due to a combination of factors, including lack of political will, powerful tobacco industry interference in legislation, and prevention of local jurisdictions from adopting strong tobacco prevention and cessation measures.
These obstacles have become evident in recent years as strong local laws restricting the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes and youth-appealing flavored e-cigarettes, have continued to gain momentum across the country, but very few have been implemented in Tobacco Nation. For example, only three out of nearly 400 flavored tobacco policies in the U.S. have been enacted in Tobacco Nation.
The research points to a clear need for action: without interventions, adult smoking prevalence in Tobacco Nation states is forecasted to be over 40% higher on average over the next 20 years compared to other U.S. states. Steps taken at the federal level – including the Food and Drug Administration’s proposed rules to remove menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars from the market – will likely have large impacts in Tobacco Nation states, but need time to take effect.
In the meantime, local and state level protections – including prioritizing tobacco program spending in existing budgets, higher tobacco excise taxes on tobacco products, stronger local tobacco policies supporting smoke-free environments, and restrictions on the sale of flavored tobacco products – are needed to address long-existing inequities in smoking rates and health outcomes in our country.
More tobacco policy spending paired with higher cigarette taxes targeted to areas with the highest smoking prevalence can reduce disparities in tobacco use that have existed for decades, bringing adult smoking in Tobacco Nation down to the national average and resulting in considerable health and economic benefits.
AN UPDATE ON TOBACCO NATION TODAY
Tobacco use has significantly declined in the United States, with high school student smoking prevalence dropping from 28% in 2000 to 2% in 2022. Much of this decline is attributed to tobacco policy efforts, including price increases, smoke-free air laws, and youth access restrictions, as well as mass media public education and prevention campaigns.
Reductions in tobacco use have not occurred equally across U.S. populations & there are substantial geographic and sociodemographic disparities in tobacco use and associated health outcomes. New issues with uneven implementation of local flavored tobacco policies threaten to exacerbate the situation further.
Agricultural workers face unique cancer risks due to their exposure to various carcinogens, including pesticides and prolonged sun exposure. Here are some key findings:
When a city dweller moves to an agricultural area, their body indeed needs to acclimate to the new environment. This process involves several adjustments:
Physical Activity: Agricultural work often requires more physical labor compared to urban jobs. This can lead to increased muscle use and overall physical fitness, but it may also cause initial fatigue and soreness.
Exposure to Elements: Being outdoors more frequently means greater exposure to sunlight, varying weather conditions, and possibly allergens like pollen. This can affect skin health, hydration levels, and respiratory systems.
Dietary Changes: Access to fresh, locally grown produce can lead to dietary changes. This might improve nutrition but can also require the digestive system to adjust to new types of food.
Mental Adjustment: The slower pace and different social dynamics of rural life can impact mental health. Some people may find it relaxing, while others might initially feel isolated.
Immune System: Increased exposure to soil, plants, and animals can strengthen the immune system over time, but it might also lead to initial bouts of illness as the body adapts.
No, but I’m curious about the differences in lifestyle.
Tell me more about acclimating to agricultural life.
Sure! Acclimating to agricultural life involves several aspects, both physical and mental. Here are some additional details:
Physical Adjustments
Increased Physical Activity: Agricultural work often involves tasks like planting, harvesting, and tending to animals, which can be physically demanding. Building stamina and strength gradually is important to avoid injury.
Exposure to Nature: Spending more time outdoors means dealing with sun exposure, rain, and varying temperatures. Wearing appropriate clothing, using sunscreen, and staying hydrated are crucial.
Dietary Changes: Access to fresh produce can lead to a healthier diet, but it might also mean adjusting to new foods and cooking methods. This can improve overall nutrition and well-being.
Environmental Factors
Allergens and Pests: Rural areas may have higher levels of pollen, dust, and insects. It’s important to be prepared for potential allergies and to use protective measures like insect repellent.
Water and Soil Quality: Understanding the quality of local water and soil is essential for both personal health and successful farming. Testing and treating water.
Mental and Social Adjustments
Community Integration: Building relationships with neighbors and participating in local events can help ease the transition. Rural communities often have strong social networks that can provide support.
Pace of Life: The slower pace of rural life can be a significant change. Finding new hobbies, enjoying nature, and embracing the tranquility can enhance mental well-being.
Self-Sufficiency: Agricultural life often requires a higher degree of self-sufficiency. Learning skills like gardening, animal care, and basic repairs can be empowering and rewarding.
Health and Safety
Healthcare Access: Some Rural areas might have limited access to healthcare facilities. It’s important to know the location of the nearest clinic or hospital and to have a well-stocked first aid kit.
Safety Precautions: Working with machinery, animals, and chemicals requires knowledge of safety protocols to prevent accidents and injuries.
Emotional Resilience
Adaptability: Also being open to change and willing to learn new skills is key. Agricultural life can be unpredictable, and flexibility is important.
Stress Management: Finding ways to manage stress, whether through hobbies, exercise, or social connections, can help maintain mental health.
Transitioning to agricultural life can be a fulfilling and enriching experience, offering a closer connection to nature and a sense of accomplishment from growing your own food.
Abandon Industrial Plants can be fascinating and eerie places to explore. They often tell stories of a bygone era of manufacturing and industrial might. Here are a few notable examples:
These sites often attract urban explorers and photographers who are drawn to their decaying beauty and historical significance. Have you ever visited any abandoned places?
References
Wilkie, R. Z., & Ho, J. Y. (2024). Life expectancy and geographic variation in mortality: observational comparison study of six high-income Anglophone countries. BMJ Open, 14(9), e079365. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079365
Finding evidence of life that far in the past is difficult, but this is an interesting result if correct. Since we don’t know how life first came about, it is unclear whether it is rare, almost inevitable, or something in between. Evidence for life early in the Earth’s history would be an argument (weak) that life forms quickly when the appropriate conditions exist.
We kinda know but refuse to believe life is that easy to create.
It is difficult to tell with only one example of a planet where life developed. it might be inevitable for the conditions that were present for the early Earth, or almost impossible. There would be no easy way to tell. The best example to learn how life is created would be to find and observe other planets where life is located. Then again, the cosmos may be a dark forest.
The nearest star outside our solar system is 4 light years away, and likely does not have habitable planets. Observing other planets with life is not a trivial undertaking. I never meant for it to sound trivial. It would be a groundbreaking undertaking. As of now and the foreseeable future we don’t even have the capabilities to leave our own star system.
There are several problems with the panspermia theory.
On October 19, 2017, astronomers with the Pan-STARRS survey detected an interstellar object (ISO) passing through our solar system for the first time. The object, known as 1I/2017 U1 ‘Oumuamua, stimulated significant scientific debate and is still controversial today. One thing that all could agree on was that the detection of this object indicated that ISOs regularly enter our solar system. What’s more, subsequent research has revealed that, on occasion, some of these objects come to Earth as meteorites and impact the surface.
This raises a very important question: if ISOs have been coming to Earth for billions of years, could it be that they brought the ingredients for life with them? In a recent paper, a team of researchers considered the implications of ISOs being responsible for panspermia—the theory that the seeds of life exist throughout the universe and are distributed by asteroids, comets, and other celestial objects. According to their results, ISOs can potentially seed hundreds of thousands (or possibly billions) of Earth-like planets throughout the Milky Way.
The team was led by David Cao, a senior student at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJSST). He was joined by Peter Plavchan, an associate professor of physics and astronomy at George Mason University (GMU) and the Director of the Mason Observatories, and Michael Summers, a professor of astrophysics and planetary science at GMU. Their paper, “The Implications of ‘Oumuamua on Panspermia,” recently posted to arXiv preprint server, is being reviewed for publication by the American Astronomical Society (AAS).
First, there is no evidence to support it.
Second, it only pushes back the problem of the origin of life to a different location.
Third, how would this operate – what life would aliens spew across the galaxy?
Pretty sure directed panspermia would need a director. If not aliens, then what? That microorganisms can survive in space or that amino acids can form abiotically in space is interesting but hardly evidence that they came from space. I can find buckyballs in space – does that mean the buckyballs on Earth came from space?
And the last argument is nonsense and easy to parody. Doubtful that a planet that is 4.5 billion years old is the origin of texas hold em’ in a universe that is 13.7 billion years old. Non-directed panspermia is even less likely than directed panspermia. If life developed on another planet, the transmission of a significant amount of that life into space by some natural process becomes a problem, as does the survival in space for tens of millions of years.
The distance between stars and planetary systems is on the order of light years, and, as the band Hawkwind correctly noted “stars occupy minute areas of space”. Planets even less. And there is no known or plausible process for life to have developed in space. And if life does develop naturally (required for panspermia) , why not say it happened on Earth, and skip the unlikely mechanism for transmission from another location?
Parody was just a way of showing how the argument that since the Earth is much younger than the universe things must have developed elsewhere is weak. As I noted in the OP, there is insufficient current knowledge to say whether the development of life is easy, difficult, or somewhere in between – and experts, those in the best position to speculate, are all over the map in their opinions. In addition, I’ve never claimed the Earth was the first place where life developed. I do believe that it developed on Earth independent of other solar systems. I’m agnostic as far as how common I think life is, but doubt that intelligent life is common, based on the Fermi paradox and other reasons.
It isn’t that far in the past.
Our dating systems are an interlocking circle of unprovable assumptions – more faith based than science based. We have a good understanding concerning radioactive decay.
The process is based on tunneling – a well understood quantum process. For the dating to be incorrect would require that radioactive decay has a time dependent rate. There is no plausible process that would lead to that. Further, since several isotopes are used in dating, it would also require the time dependence be such that each isotope mimicked one another to give the same date to within experimental error.
That is not exact science, but special pleading.
I think we do know that the probability of a planet having the characteristics that we know are needed to support life is very, very rare. Perhaps. But it is a big universe. Just think they also had global warming way back then too. So remember, global warming is not man made. It’s a naturally occurring cyclical event. Earth’s naturally occurring rhythms. Mankind is not the reason. Mother nature is.
Global warming is manmade.
It is caused by our burning of fossil fuels. We know that because the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere has increased dramatically since the Industrial Revolution. Science. It’s a word. It’s derived from the Greek. It means “knowledge.” Highly recommended.
Yes, humans adding GHG from burning fossil fuels Just “accelerated” the current global warming. Planet Earth’s global temperature has been steadily rising since the end of the last Glacial Period’s maximum low temperature, that happened ~21,500 years ago. (REF: USGS “Glacial to Interglacial history charts). There was a “saw-toothed” Up & Down temperature period that started ~9,000 years ago, and that is what “Today’s” scientists refer to as “The Normal” — which it is not. Look at the Glacial to Interglacial history charts. There are a bunch of them available on-line, or at a local library.
However, Eveready, you must remember that methane production from septic environments (bacteria) as well as from vents plays no part in this warming.
Global warming now is man made.
Yes, the earth has cycles, but they are very, very slow, and would be undetectable over the short span of 150 years.
Yet we have become 2.3 deg F warmer during this time. There is no doubt whatsoever this is from mankind.
“The oldest accepted rock core containing fossilized life was found in Pilbara, Australia. This is thought to be more than 3.5 million years old.” Billion, not million (although it IS more than 3.5 million years old). “Personally, from my research. I think life emerged on Earth during the Hadean, probably about 4.2, 4.1 billion years [ago],”
That would be only about 400 million years after the Earth was FORMED about 4.55 billion years ago, and it must have been still very hot from its formation. More likely what they found could be from geologic processes.
“Earth was already TEAMING with life….” With whom or what was it teaming?
Oh, you mean TEEMING. Baby this rock was built green!
It is by no mistake that we are so far removed from the animal world. Life is not of earth but something that exists between the birth and death of worlds. Like pollen with nukes, we will spread life to other worlds. Put a thousand years on it in your head and it is that without question.
Absolutely by design, built on the back of a most brutal struggle for survival itself and endless time. We are life’s soldiers, not a burden in any way. Countless species might fold to humans, but it remains unchanged, life’s soldiers. As far as we know we are the last vestige of life even. Get it wrong and there won’t be anything left to tell the tale of our existence.
Jim Henson’s Dinosaur TV documentary – Search Videos accurately shows it was actually a chemical defoliant which nearly wiped out the world when the WeSaySo corporation short tracked a solution to rapidly expanding vine growth across pangea.
They only launched the nuclear weapons in an attempt to cool the earth after their plant free world continued to heat up. The dinosaurs had already abolished war by that point, but they were still done in by corporate greed.
The bible got the age of the earth wrong, and the bible only had a bias focused on a small geographic area and does not account for the rest of the world views, politics, and religions. The Bible never says how old the Earth is – there are no actual numerical dates anywhere in the Bible.
But regardless, the Bible gets nearly every single thing wrong about geology, geography, biology, zoology, meteorology, cosmology, physics, and even basic math at times. Then again, it was written by humans for humans based on ancient mythology when nobody knew how the world really worked.
Having livestock mates in front of striped sticks will NOT result in striped offspring. Genesis 30:37 – 31:16 Snow and hail are NOT kept in heavenly storehouses for God to use in times of trouble & warfare* Job 38:22 * sure enough:
God does rain down giant hailstones on the enemy soldiers that were fighting his “chosen people” in another part of the Bible!
It’s not *just* about the machines:
We’re being outnumbered by stupid people.
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Because the Bible (Old Testament especially) was written by a certain tribe of people for the benefit of a certain tribe of people. Preachers don’t tell their church members the history of the Bible. Because if there is a god (no evidence for one yet) it is not the god of the Bible. The Bible was written by ancient humans with no input from any supernatural deity.
The Bible was written with the highly evolved human creativity & imagination – just like all religious scriptures. I feel more and more every day that “god” is the Earth. And we treat God poorly. And Earth It got mad a few times before. Ask the dinosaurs.
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Linda Homan Oldiges, lives in Carmel, Indiana, 107 miles from her childhood home between Rossburg and North Star, Ohio. Oldiges is a 1982 graduate of Ansonia High School
Recently achieved her lifelong dream of cycling across America. Inspired by a documentary she saw at age 12, which sparked her dream of cycling across America. Additionally, she aimed to inspire others, especially women, to pursue their dreams regardless of age.
She began her ride on March 7, 2024, in San Diego, California, and completed it on May 1, 2024, in St. Augustine, Florida. The route, known as the Southern Tier, covered 3,120 miles1 and is known for its challenging terrain and diverse landscapes.
One of the most remarkable aspects of Linda’s journey was her motivation to inspire others. She started the PERSEVERANCE Scholarship to help high school seniors who are facing difficult situations, encouraging them to overcome their challenges and pursue their dreams.
Throughout the journey, Linda faced various challenges, including tough weather conditions and physical exhaustion. However, her determination and the support from her fellow riders kept her going. Her story is a powerful reminder that it’s never too late to achieve your goals and make a positive impact on others.
Linda’s physical preparation for her cross-country cycling journey was extensive and well-planned:
Gradual Training: She started by gradually increasing her cycling distances over the years. After getting a good road bike at age 50, she began cycling more regularly.
Structured Training Program: Her middle son created a training program for her in 2023, which included various long-distance rides.
Linda’s approach to nutrition was crucial for maintaining her energy and health throughout her journey:
Balanced Diet: She focused on a balanced diet that included carbohydrates for energy, proteins for muscle repair, and fats for sustained energy.
Hydration: Staying hydrated was essential, especially in varying weather conditions. She made sure to drink plenty of water and electrolyte-rich beverages.
Frequent Meals: Linda ate small, frequent meals and snacks to keep her energy levels stable. This included energy bars, fruits, nuts, and other portable snacks.
Local Cuisine: Whenever possible, she enjoyed local foods along the route, which added variety to her diet and helped her stay motivated.
Supplements: She might have used supplements like vitamins and minerals to ensure she was getting all the necessary nutrients, especially during long stretches between towns.
Proper nutrition helped Linda maintain her stamina and recover quickly from the physical demands of cycling each day. It’s impressive how she managed all aspects of her journey so effectively!
Linda’s favorite meal during her journey was a hearty breakfast she had in Texas. She enjoyed a classic Southern breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon, biscuits, and gravy. This meal not only provided her with the energy she needed for a long day of cycling but also gave her a taste of the local cuisine, which she loved.
That sounds like a delicious and nutritious choice! A protein-packed omelette can provide the energy and nutrients needed for a long day of cycling. You can customize it with your favorite ingredients like spinach, mushrooms, cheese, and maybe some lean meats or tofu for extra protein.
Do you have a favorite recipe or special ingredients you like to add to your omelette?
That sounds delicious! Avocado and tomatoes are great additions to an omelette. The avocado adds a creamy texture and healthy fats, while the tomatoes bring a burst of freshness and flavor. Plus, both ingredients are packed with nutrients, making your omelette even more nutritious.
Do you have any other favorite ingredients or cooking tips for making the perfect omelette?
It’s great to see how she balanced nutrition with enjoying the local flavors along her route! Do you have a favorite meal that you think would be perfect for a long day of cycling?
Her dedication to training and preparation played a crucial role in her successful journey. It’s inspiring to see how she methodically worked towards her goal over the years!
What do you think would be the most challenging part of such a journey for you?
Linda Homan Oldiges faced several challenges during her cross-country cycling journey. Here are some of the key difficulties she encountered:
Physical Endurance: Cycling over 3,000 miles required immense physical stamina and strength. Linda had to maintain her energy levels and manage any physical strain or injuries that arose.
Weather Conditions: She faced varying weather conditions, from intense heat in the deserts to potential rain and wind in other regions. Adapting to these changes was crucial for her safety and progress.
Terrain: The Southern Tier route includes diverse terrains, such as mountains, plains, and coastal areas. Each type of terrain presented its own set of challenges, requiring different cycling techniques and endurance levels.
Mental Toughness: Maintaining motivation and mental resilience over such a long journey was essential. Linda had to stay focused and positive, even when the going got tough.
Logistics: Coordinating the logistics of the trip, including accommodations, food, and bike maintenance, was a significant task. Ensuring everything was in place for each day’s ride required careful planning and organization.
Despite these challenges, Linda’s determination and preparation helped her successfully complete her journey. Her story is a powerful reminder of what can be achieved with perseverance and a positive mindset.
Linda Homan Oldiges’ cross-country cycling trip involved meticulous planning and coordination. Here are some key logistical aspects:
Route and Timing: Linda followed the Southern Tier route, starting in San Diego, California, on March 7, 2024, and finishing in St. Augustine, Florida, on May 1, 2024. This route covered 3,120 miles1.
Linda’s journey was a remarkable feat of planning, perseverance, and community support. It’s inspiring to see how she turned her dream into reality with such thorough preparation.
Did she face any unexpected challenges on the road?
Yes, Linda Homan Oldiges did encounter some unexpected challenges during her journey:
Mechanical Issues: Despite regular maintenance, unexpected bike problems like flat tires or mechanical failures can occur. Handling these issues on the road required quick thinking and sometimes assistance from her group.
Health Concerns: Long-distance cycling can lead to unexpected health issues such as muscle strains, dehydration, or fatigue. Managing these effectively was crucial to keep going.
Route Changes: Sometimes, planned routes had to be altered due to road closures, construction, or other unforeseen circumstances. This required flexibility and quick adaptation to new paths.
Weather Surprises: While weather forecasts help, unexpected weather changes like sudden storms or extreme temperatures pose significant challenges. Adapting to these conditions was essential for safety and progress.
Personal Challenges: Being away from home for an extended period can bring emotional and mental challenges. Staying motivated and connected with loved ones helped Linda overcome these hurdles.
Despite these unexpected challenges, Linda’s preparation, support from her group, and her resilient mindset enabled her to successfully complete her journey. Her story is a testament to the power of perseverance and adaptability.
Did she have any memorable encounters with locals during the trip?
Yes, Linda Homan Oldiges had several memorable encounters with locals during her journey. These interactions added a special touch to her adventure:
Supportive Strangers: Along the way, many locals cheered for Linda and her group, offering words of encouragement and sometimes even small tokens of support like water or snacks. These gestures boosted their morale.
Curious Onlookers: People often stopped to ask about their journey, intrigued by the sight of a group of women cycling across the country. These conversations allowed Linda to share her story and inspire others.
Local Hospitality: In some towns, locals went out of their way to make the group feel welcome. This included offering meals, sharing stories, and providing insights about the area. Such hospitality made the journey more enjoyable and memorable.
Cultural Experiences: Traveling through different states, Linda experienced diverse cultures and traditions. From local festivals to regional cuisines, these experiences enriched her journey and provided a deeper connection to the places she visited.
Fellow Cyclists: Linda also met other cyclists on similar journeys. Sharing experiences and tips with fellow adventurers created a sense of camaraderie and mutual support.
These encounters not only made Linda’s trip more enjoyable but also highlighted the kindness and generosity of people across the country. It’s amazing how such interactions can leave a lasting impact on a journey!
During her journey, Linda Homan Oldiges had a memorable encounter with wildlife in the deserts of Arizona. One morning, as she was cycling through a particularly remote stretch, she noticed a group of wild horses in the distance. The horses were grazing near a small water source, and as Linda approached, they lifted their heads and watched her curiously.
Linda decided to take a short break to observe these magnificent animals. She was careful to keep a respectful distance, not wanting to startle them. The sight of the wild horses against the backdrop of the desert landscape was breathtaking and provided a serene moment of connection with nature.
This encounter was a highlight of Linda’s trip, reminding her of the beauty and unpredictability of the natural world. It was a peaceful interlude in her challenging journey and left her with a deep appreciation for the wildlife she encountered along the way.
Such moments of unexpected beauty can make any journey truly unforgettable. Have you ever had a similar experience with wildlife?
Linda Homan Oldiges took several wildlife safety precautions during her cross-country cycling journey to ensure her safety and well-being:
Awareness and Education: Before starting her trip, Linda educated herself about the types of wildlife she might encounter along the Southern Tier route. Understanding the behavior and habitats of animals like snakes, bears, and wild horses helped her prepare for potential encounters.
Staying Alert: While cycling, Linda remained vigilant and aware of her surroundings. This included watching for signs of wildlife, such as tracks or droppings, and being cautious in areas known for animal activity.
Avoiding Dusk and Dawn: Many animals are most active during dawn and dusk. Linda planned her rides to avoid these times, reducing the likelihood of encountering wildlife.
Keeping a Safe Distance: If she did encounter wildlife, Linda maintained a safe distance to avoid startling or provoking the animals. She respected their space and observed them from afar.
Food Storage: To prevent attracting animals, especially in areas with bears, Linda ensured that food and scented items were stored securely. This often meant using bear-proof containers or keeping food in designated areas away from her sleeping quarters.
Traveling in a Group: Cycling with the Woman Tours group provided an added layer of safety. The presence of multiple people can deter wildlife from approaching, and having companions meant there was always someone to assist in case of an emergency.
Carrying Safety Gear: Linda carried essential safety gear, including a whistle and bear spray, to use in case of an unexpected encounter. These tools provided an extra level of protection.
Following Local Guidelines: In each region, Linda adhered to local wildlife safety guidelines and regulations. This included following posted signs and advice from park rangers or local authorities.
By taking these precautions, Linda was able to enjoy her journey while minimizing risks associated with wildlife encounters. Her careful planning and respect for nature played a crucial role in her successful and safe trip.
Have you ever had to take special precautions for wildlife while traveling or exploring the outdoors?
Is there a particular challenge you find most intriguing or would like to know more about?
One particularly memorable encounter Linda Homan Oldiges had was in a small town in Texas. As she and her group were cycling through, they stopped at a local diner for lunch. The diner was a popular spot for locals, and the group quickly attracted attention.
A local farmer, intrigued by their journey, struck up a conversation with Linda. He was fascinated by their determination and shared stories about his own experiences with long-distance travel, albeit by tractor! The farmer was so inspired by Linda’s story that he insisted on treating the entire group to lunch.
This gesture of kindness and the heartfelt conversation left a lasting impression on Linda. It was a reminder of the generosity and warmth of people she met along the way. The farmer’s enthusiasm and support provided a much-needed boost to their spirits, especially during the challenging stretches of their journey.
Another memorable encounter Linda Homan Oldiges had was in Louisiana. As she and her group were cycling through a small town, they came across a local school that was having a field day. The children were excited to see the cyclists and started cheering them on.
The school principal invited Linda and her group to speak to the students about their journey. Linda shared her story, emphasizing the importance of perseverance and following one’s dreams. The students were fascinated and asked many questions about the trip, the challenges, and the places they had seen.
One student, in particular, stood out to Linda. A young girl named Emily, who was about 10 years old, told Linda that she wanted to be an adventurer when she grew up. Emily’s enthusiasm and curiosity reminded Linda of her younger self and reinforced her belief in the power of dreams and determination.
This encounter was heartwarming and inspiring for Linda. It highlighted the impact her journey could have on others, especially young people. The experience left a lasting impression on both Linda and the students, creating a special connection that transcended the miles she had traveled.
It’s amazing how such moments can inspire and motivate both the traveler and those they meet along the way! Have you ever had an encounter that left a lasting impact on you?
Such encounters not only made the trip more enjoyable but also reinforced the sense of community and connection that Linda experienced throughout her adventure.
Linda Homan Oldiges support system played a crucial role in her successful cycling journey across America. Here’s a closer look at the key elements of her support network:
Family and Friends:
Emotional Support: Linda’s family and friends were her biggest cheerleaders. They provided constant encouragement, celebrated her milestones, and offered a listening ear during tough times.
Practical Help: They assisted with logistics, such as helping her plan the route, arranging accommodations, and ensuring she had all the necessary gear and supplies.
Woman Tours Group:
Community: Joining Woman Tours gave Linda a sense of belonging and camaraderie. The group consisted of women with similar goals and challenges, which fostered a supportive environment.
Guidance: Experienced tour leaders provided valuable advice on cycling techniques, safety, and handling the physical demands of the journey.
Online Communities:
Cycling Forums and Social Media: Linda connected with other cyclists online, sharing experiences, tips, and motivational stories. These virtual communities offered additional support and inspiration.
Fundraising and Awareness: Through social media, Linda was able to raise awareness for her PERSEVERANCE Scholarship and gather support from a broader audience.
Professional Support:
Coaches and Trainers: Linda worked with cycling coaches and fitness trainers to develop a tailored training program. Their expertise helped her build the necessary physical strength and endurance.
Medical Professionals: Regular check-ups with her doctor ensured she was in good health and ready for the physical demands of the journey.
Personal Motivation:
Self-Belief: Linda’s own determination and belief in her ability to complete the journey were fundamental. Her inner drive kept her going, even when faced with challenges.
This robust support system not only helped Linda prepare for her journey but also provided the encouragement and resources she needed to succeed. Her story highlights the importance of having a strong network when pursuing ambitious goals. It’s truly inspiring to see how a childhood dream can turn into a lifelong mission!
Do you have any dreams or goals that you’re passionate about?
President Warren G. Harding was actually the first to use the term “founding fathers,” in his 1916 keynote speech at the Republican Convention. The term was popularized when he used it again in his 1921 inaugural address. Although many men could qualify as founding fathers, historians generally agree that seven men were truly key figures.
Benjamin Franklin is known as a Jack of all trades for his contributions to politics, science, and letters. Franklin earned the title of “first American” for his early and passionate campaign for American independence.
George Washington led American troops to victory during the Revolutionary War and presided over the composition of the Constitution. Washington was unanimously nominated first president.
John Adams participated in the writing of both the Declaration and the Constitution. He served as Washington’s vice president and the second president.
Thomas Jefferson, primary author of the Declaration of Independence, defeated John Adams to become the third president. Jefferson is consistently ranked as one of the greatest U.S. presidents.
John Jay presided over the first Continental Congress and later served as ambassador to France and Spain. Jay adamantly opposed slavery and paved the way to make New York the first state to outlaw slavery.
James Madison, fourth president, is known as the “father of the Constitution.” Madison also drafted the Bill of Rights and supervised the Louisiana Purchase.
Alexander Hamilton served as Washington’s most trusted aide-de-camp during the Revolutionary War. Hamilton later founded the Bank of New York and penned the still influential Federalist Papers.
When you think of controversial authors, what names come to mind? Perhaps Karl Marx and Charles Darwin, or maybe George Orwell. Saul Alinsky, Ayn Rand and J.D. Salinger. But the original “kings of controversy” came much earlier. America’s founding fathers penned two of the most influential—and revolutionary—documents in history: the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
In his farewell address,George Washington warned against the dangers of political parties, fearing they would lead to division and undermine the nation’s unity. Today, the two-party system dominates American politics, with Democrats and Republicans locked in seemingly constant conflict. The polarization of American politics would likely dismay the Founding Fathers. They envisioned a system where elected officials would work together for the common good, not one where party loyalty overcomes national interest.
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It’s not about politics any longer. The divide is between morality and immorality, and democrat voters have no morality. George Washington warned about this in his farewell address and was spot on.
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Google “I Side With”. – Google Search It is a FREE nonpartisan quiz that shows you not only which parties and ideologies you align to but what candidates as well! Imagine if the United States had a plural democratic political system where citizens could find political representatives that actually match their views; beyond the red, white and blue That would be cool.
You mistake the culture, norms and taboos of the biblical world for morality. In truth it was a terrible patriarchal society filled with stonings, slavery and cruelty. Ironically that’s the society Jesus tried to correct. But you won’t be feeding the hungry, clothing the naked or welcoming the stranger. You won’t be healing the sick. You won’t love your neighbor or practice acts of selfless kindness. You are here to cast stones.
That’s the only morality you know and it’s not morality at all. anyone who disagrees with me on anything is the devil incarnate
The influence of money in politics, through lobbying and campaign contributions, would be particularly troubling to the founders. They feared the corrupting influence of factions and special interests, and today’s political landscape, where vast sums are spent on elections, would likely confirm their worst fears.
As we navigate the complexities of 21st-century America, a persistent question lingers in the minds of many: What would our Founding Fathers think of the nation they helped create? This isn’t just an academic exercise in historical speculation. It reflects our ongoing struggle to interpret and apply the principles laid out by those visionary leaders over two centuries ago.
From the halls of Congress to social media debates, Americans frequently invoke the Founding Fathers’ intentions to support their positions on contemporary issues. But how well do we truly understand their vision, and how relevant is it to our modern society? Here’s a journey through time, examining 14 key areas where today’s America might raise eyebrows among its founders.
The Evolution of Federal Power: A Double-Edged Sword
The Founding Fathers envisioned a limited central government, with power primarily resting in the hands of individual states. Today’s federal government, however, exerts influence over nearly every aspect of American life. From healthcare to education, the reach of Washington D.C. extends far beyond what the framers of the Constitution likely intended. This expansion of federal authority isn’t inherently harmful. It has allowed nationwide programs that provide essential services and protections to millions of Americans. Social Security, Medicare, and federal civil rights legislation are prime examples of how centralized power has addressed issues on a scale that individual states might struggle to match.
However, this growth has also led to concerns about overreach and the erosion of state sovereignty. The delicate balance between federal and state power remains contentious, with debates raging over healthcare mandates and environmental regulations. The founders would likely be alarmed by today’s federal government’s sheer size and scope. They might argue that such concentration of power is precisely what they sought to prevent with checks and balances and the division of powers.
War Powers: The Shift from Declaration to Action
One of the most significant departures from the Founding Fathers’ vision is how America engages in military conflicts. The Constitution explicitly grants Congress the power to declare war, a provision designed to prevent unilateral military action by the executive branch. In practice, however, the United States has engaged in numerous military operations without formal declarations of war. From Korea to Vietnam, Iraq to Syria, presidents have increasingly relied on broad interpretations of executive power to deploy troops and conduct military operations.
This shift has led to what some call the “imperial presidency,” where the executive branch wields far more war-making power than the Founding Fathers intended. The use of drone strikes, covert operations, and the concept of “police actions” have further blurred the lines between war and peace. Having fought against tyranny, the Founding Fathers would likely be deeply concerned by this concentration of military authority in the hands of a single individual, even an elected one.
The evolution of federal power in the United States is indeed a complex and multifaceted topic, often described as a double-edged sword. On one hand, the expansion of federal authority has enabled the implementation of nationwide policies that address critical issues such as civil rights, environmental protection, and economic stability. On the other hand, it has also led to concerns about overreach, states’ rights, and the balance of power between federal and state governments.
The Bill of Rights, those first ten amendments to the Constitution, represent some of the most cherished protections of individual liberty in American history. But how do these 18th-century concepts apply in a world of smartphones, social media, and mass surveillance? Recent decades have seen heated debates over the balance between security and privacy. The Patriot Act passed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, granted unprecedented surveillance powers to government agencies. While supporters argue such measures are necessary for national security, critics contend they represent a dangerous erosion of civil liberties.
The Founding Fathers, who valued privacy and were wary of government overreach, would likely be alarmed by the extent of modern surveillance capabilities. They might question whether the Fourth Amendment’s protections against unreasonable searches and seizures are being upheld in an era of digital communication and data collection.
The Role of Money in Governance
Speaking of money, the outsized role of wealth in American politics and policymaking would likely shock the Founding Fathers. While many were wealthy, they advocated for a system where all citizens would have equal representation. Today’s reality, where lobbyists and special interest groups wield significant influence over legislation and where running for office often requires substantial personal wealth or the backing of wealthy donors, starkly contrasts this ideal.
The founders would be particularly alien to the concept of corporate personhood, which grants companies many of the same rights as individuals. They might question how the average citizen’s voice can be heard when corporations spend unlimited amounts on political speech.
Civic Engagement and the Informed Citizenry
The Founding Fathers emphasized the importance of an engaged and informed citizenry. They believed that for democracy to function, citizens needed to participate actively in the political process and be well-versed in the day’s issues. In some ways, modern America has realized this vision. The internet has made information more accessible, and social media allows unprecedented political engagement. However, the quality of this engagement is often questionable.
The spread of misinformation, social media’s echo chamber effect, and declining trust in institutions would likely trouble the founders. They might argue that true democracy requires not just participation but informed thoughtful participation.
It’s impossible to overstate how different the world of the Founding Fathers was from our own. The rapid pace of technological advancement, particularly in communications and information sharing, would astonish them.
While they would likely marvel at the possibilities technology has opened up, they might also be concerned about its impact on society and governance. The speed at which information (and misinformation) can spread, the power of tech companies, and the potential for technology to be used for surveillance and control all raise significant questions.
The Expansion of Voting Rights
One area where modern America has undoubtedly progressed beyond the Founding Fathers’ vision is the expansion of voting rights. The founders initially limited voting to property-owning white males. Today, universal suffrage (with some exceptions, such as for felons in some states) is a cornerstone of American democracy.
While this expansion aligns with the democratic principles the founders espoused, it goes far beyond what most of them envisioned. They might be surprised to see women, minorities, and those without property not only voting but holding high office.
The Second Amendment Debate
Few issues in modern America are as contentious as the debate over gun rights. The Second Amendment protects the right to bear arms and has been the subject of countless legal battles and political debates.
The Founding Fathers lived at a time when muskets were the height of firearm technology. They might have been astounded by the power and accessibility of modern weapons. The ongoing debate over balancing the right to bear arms with public safety concerns would likely interest them greatly, as they, too, grappled with questions of individual liberty versus the common good.
The Separation of Church and State
The First Amendment’s Establishment Clause, which prohibits the government from establishing an official religion, has been interpreted in ways that might surprise the Founding Fathers. While many were religious men, they sought to create a nation where religious freedom was protected and no single faith dominated governance.
Today’s debates over prayer in schools, religious symbols on public property, and faith-based exemptions to laws would likely fascinate the founders. They might be pleased to see the diversity of faiths practiced freely in America. Still, they could also be surprised by how much religion and politics remain intertwined in many areas.
The Size and Scope of the Military
The Founding Fathers were generally wary of large standing armies, seeing them as potential tools of oppression. With its global reach and massive budget, today’s U.S. military would likely alarm them.
While they recognized the need for national defense, the concept of America as a global superpower with military bases worldwide would be far removed from their vision. They might question whether such a large military is necessary for defense or if it encourages interventionism and overreach.
The Power of the Presidency
With its vast executive powers, the modern presidency would likely surprise and possibly concern the Founding Fathers. They designed a system with a relatively weak executive, intending Congress to be the primary policy driver.
Today’s presidents wield significant power through executive orders, control over foreign policy, and their role as party leaders. The concept of the president as the “leader of the free world” would be alien to the founders, who saw the office primarily as an administrator and executor of Congress’s will.
The National Debt
The Founding Fathers, notably Alexander Hamilton, understood the importance of national credit. However, the scale of today’s national debt would likely alarm them. They believed in fiscal responsibility and would likely question the wisdom of running such large deficits.
The complexity of modern economic policy, with concepts like quantitative easing and contemporary monetary theory, would be far removed from their experiences. They might struggle to reconcile their belief in limited government with the federal government’s role in managing the economy.
Debt can have a significant impact on the economy in several ways:
While the Founding Fathers established the Supreme Court, its current role as the final arbiter of constitutional questions would likely surprise them. The concept of judicial review, based on Marbury v. Madison in 1803, has given the Court far more power than initially envisioned.
Today’s heated debates over Supreme Court nominations and the Court’s role in shaping social policy would be unfamiliar to the founders. They might question whether such power should rest with unelected judges serving lifetime appointments.
Reflecting on these 14 areas where modern America diverges from the Founding Fathers’ vision, it’s important to remember that they were not a monolithic group. They debated fiercely about the best way to structure the new nation, and their views often evolved.
Moreover, they were men of their time, with blindspots and prejudices we now recognize as deeply problematic. Expanding rights and opportunities to all Americans, regardless of race, gender, or economic status, represents fulfilling their highest ideals, even if it goes beyond what they envisioned.
As you can clearly see by this map, Americans tend to favor the coastal states, considering the red areas represent a greater population than that of the gray area. With a vast majority of “red” being in southern California, it seems as though people flock to the west coast for the lifestyle: the promise of year-round summer.
Then, some favor the eastern seaboard, enjoying the lifestyles of New Englanders and the tri-state area. What we can conclude from the map is that the colder and more rural states aren’t on the “move-to” list for many of the 328.2 million Americans.
The greatest testament to the Founding Fathers’ wisdom is that they created a flexible system to adapt to changes they could never have imagined. The Constitution they crafted has endured for over two centuries, providing a framework for governance that has allowed America to grow, change, and continually strive to live up to its founding ideals.
As we grapple with the challenges of the 21st century, from climate change to artificial intelligence, from economic inequality to global pandemics, we must remember that the principles enshrined in our Constitution apply to all people, not just a select few.
The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s was a powerful reminder of this fact. It reminded us that true freedom and equality can only be achieved when everyone is granted equal rights and opportunities, regardless of race, gender, or economic status.
The 78-year-old Trump commanded the ages 18-34 respondents (53%-38%). Harris’ biggest edge was 65-and-up (51%-41%). Harris, 59, had modest leads for ages 35-49 (48%-43%) and ages 50-64 (46%-44%).
On the issues, there were no surprises. Harris had leads for protecting democracy (83%-11%), abortion laws (75%-20%) and protecting Social Security and Medicare (64%-27%). Trump had leads for managing immigration (78%-16%), protecting the U.S. from foreign threats (71%-24%), job creation (57%-30%) and improving economic conditions (56%-33%).
24.6 million viewers Night 4 of the 2020 DNC drew its highest viewership yet with 24.6 million viewers — up 24.6% from Night 1 — as did the 2016 DNC, whose fourth and final evening drew 29.8 million viewers — up 14.8% from Night 1.
An estimated 35.38 million viewers watched the fourth and final night of the 2024 Republican National Convention on Thursday, July 18, according to Nielsen.
Today, we continue to strive towards realizing this ideal.
We have progressed in many areas, from marriage equality to voting rights for marginalized communities. But there is still much work to be done. We must continue to push for policies and legislation that promote equality and fairness for all Americans.
As The Post has reported, an increase in colorectal cancer diagnoses in 20- and 30-somethings is alarming health experts.
“As a cancer dietitian, I want to educate you on the things that do increase colon cancer risk and then things you can do to lower your colon cancer risk,” Andrews said in an eight-minute TikTok this week that’s drawn more than 18,000 views.
She advises quitting drinking, cutting out processed meats, adopting a high-fiber diet, moving more, exercising regularly, limiting red meats, eating whole grains, emphasizing plant foods, stopping smoking, undergoing regular screenings, reducing fat tissue, consuming more dairy and focusing on gut health.
Andrews’s primary suggestion is to slash the sauce. “The first thing you want to do is remove alcohol. Alcohol is going to increase the risk of colon cancer,” she said.
Alcohol raises the cancer risk because rather than ingesting it, your body breaks it down into a chemical called acetaldehyde, which damages DNA and prevents the body from repairing itself.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that all alcoholic drinks, including red and white wine, beer and liquor, have been linked to cancer. The more you drink, the higher your cancer risk.
No. 2 on the chopping block, or deli slicer, are processed meats.
Andrews explains, “Any consumption of processed meats increases risk of colorectal cancer, especially those red, processed meats, like sausages, things that are considered red meat, like beef, pork or lamb, pepperonis on pizza, daily meats for your sandwiches.”
She added: “Removing processed meats from your lifestyle, which also includes hot dogs, is definitely going to help you reduce your risk of cancer.”
Andrews explains that consuming 30 grams of fiber a day helps reduce the risk of colon cancer. She recommends that people seek fiber from plant sources, which include fruits, veggies, whole grains, beans, legumes, nuts and seeds.
“We need to be focusing more on adding these plant foods with every single meal,” she said. “You’re gonna get to your 30 grams pretty quick.”
Andrews insists that regular exercise is essential to lowering your risk of colon cancer. She suggests 150 minutes of moderate or 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity a week, a recommendation that echoes the World Health Organization.
Moderate intensity is defined as the ability to talk but not sing while working out, while vigorous intensity equates to the inability to converse.
In addition to meeting your moderate or vigorous minutes each week, Andrews stresses the importance of being physically active throughout the day.
“I need you to be moving … using your body, moving around, doing things with your family, doing things with yourself, going for walks, doing things around the house,” she said. “Moving more and sitting less will reduce your risk of colon cancer.”
Though it’s nutrient-rich, red meat contains heme iron, which can facilitate the production of potentially carcinogenic chemicals.
According to Andrews, moderation is the name of the game. She says 18 ounces, or 500 grams of red meat a week, is generally OK. “You just don’t want to go beyond that 18 ounces,” she explained.
She also strongly cautions against the carnivore diet: “It’s a very low-fiber diet. It’s full of processed meats, it’s full of red meats. That’s going to increase your risk of colon cancer absolutely 100%.”
Andrews says to reach for the whole kind when it comes to grains. “You name it, there is a whole grain option, and I need you to be choosing that more. It’s going to be higher in fiber, it’s going to have more nutrition, likely more protein. It’s going to be a better choice,” she said.
In addition to adding fiber to your diet, plant foods are rich in phytochemicals and antioxidants, known to combat cancer.
“When you eat an orange, or nuts or a whole-wheat piece of bread, you’re reducing risk of cancer,” she said. “You’re shielding those cells from any type of free radicals … or you’re helping those cells repair and get back to normal and not become a cancerous cell. It’s amazing.”
Andrews insists that if you want to lower your colon cancer risk, pass on puffing, particularly if you’re smoking and drinking.
“If there’s smoking going on, you’re definitely increasing your risk of many different cancers,” she said. “You increase your risk of cancer worse if you combine both the alcohol and the smoking.”
Andrews recommends regular screenings. Screenings for colorectal cancer typically start at age 45, but those experiencing symptoms and those with a family history may be eligible earlier.
“Everyone’s going to be a little bit different, but you need to be checking in with your doctor and getting screened,” she said. “That’s a great way to find things if they’re there ahead of time so you can get them gone.”
To combat this fat and lower your risk, she suggests “more plant foods, higher fiber, more exercise, moving more — all of these things are going to help you lower that body fat.”
Andrews says calcium is key to colon health. Her suggestion to get down with dairy is supported by a recent study that suggests dairy products can help the immune system fight off tumors.
The Post reported that the compound trans-vaccenic acid, or TVA, found in dairy products like milk, cheese, butter and yogurt, seems to activate T cells, which help the immune system fight germs and protect against disease.
Andrews says good gut health holds the key to staving off colon cancer. She urges those with GI issues to seek treatment and recommends everyone prioritize fiber, pro- and prebiotic foods, hydration and adequate sleep.
“What that does is it creates really consistent bowel movements,” she said. “You should not be chronically constipated. It should not be really hard for you to pass a bowel movement.”
Some — like gender, age and family history — can’t be controlled. But others, like diet, can be managed.
Proper nutrition has been shown to reduce cancer risk, noted Dr. Brian Slomovitz, director of gynecologic oncology and co-chair of the Cancer Research Committee at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Florida.
“First, we know that the rate of obesity is high and only increasing — and it’s a risk factor for many cancers,” he told Fox News Digital. “A healthy, balanced diet will help to decrease these cancers.”
A healthy diet may also limit fatigue and promote increased physical activity, which can also help with prevention, the doctor added.
Nichole Andrews, a registered dietitian nutritionist and cancer nutrition specialist who works with patients and survivors in Kennewick, Washington, shared with Fox News Digital her recommendations for what to eat — and what to avoid — in order to reduce cancer risk.
Here are her six tips.
When it comes to building a lifestyle that reduces cancer risk, Andrews recommends making plant-based foods the centerpiece of meals.
“This means embracing a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds,” she said. “These foods are packed with essential vitamins, minerals, fiber and antioxidants that have been linked to a reduced risk of various types of cancer.”
In addition to lowering cancer risk, Andrews noted that prioritizing plant-based foods also provides the body with the nutrients it needs for overall health.
“Making these dietary changes can have a positive and lasting impact on your long-term health, whether you’re seeking to prevent cancer or reduce the risk of recurrence if you’re a cancer survivor,” she said.
Plant foods contain a symphony of health-protective nutrients, Andrews said, including vitamins, minerals, fiber, phytochemicals (which fight oxidative stress and inflammation, the roots of cancer) and antioxidants (which prevent harmful damage to healthy tissue).
“These food components have protective effects to slow the production of cancer cells through multiple mechanisms, such as apoptosis (cell death to unhealthy cells), DNA repair, hormone regulation and inflammatory responses,” she told Fox News Digital.
Dr. Amber Orman, a radiation oncologist and board-certified lifestyle medicine specialist for AdventHealth in Orlando, Florida, believes that up to 40% of all cancers could be prevented with a “plant-predominant diet combined with other aspects of lifestyle, specifically physical activity, avoiding tobacco and alcohol, and maintaining a healthy body weight,” she told Fox News Digital.
“Some of the most powerful anti-cancer foods include dark leafy greens, cruciferous vegetables, mushrooms, beans including soy, berries, unpeeled apples, ginger, garlic, turmeric, ground flax, and green tea with lemon,” Orman said.
“Also, look for locally grown, organic foods whenever possible.”
You do not have to go meatless or vegan to reduce cancer risk, Andrews pointed out.
“A plant-based diet includes all foods except processed meats and alcoholic beverages,” she said. “It is focused on two-thirds of the meals or snacks made up of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, beans, legumes, nuts and/or seeds.”
Slomovitz, for his part, pointed out that studies have shown that vegan diets may decrease the risk of cancer.
“Plant-based foods are of benefit to decreased risk,” he said. “However, compliance may be limited. It is not necessary to be vegan to be plant-based.”
“By definition, two-thirds of the diet should be plant-based and the other third can be lean animal protein or plant–based protein like protein or beans.”
Orman advises patients to think of animal products as “condiments” while increasing their plant intake. “Most of my patients consume a diet consisting of a minimum 80% plants,” she said.
Opting for non-processed meats and reducing red meat consumption in favor of lean protein sources like chicken, turkey, fish, seafood and plant proteins offer several cancer prevention benefits, Andrews said.
“These choices typically contain lower levels of saturated fats and heme iron, which are associated with an increased risk of cancer, particularly colorectal cancer,” she said.
“Additionally, white meats and fish are generally leaner, helping to maintain a healthy weight, which is crucial in reducing the risk of several cancer types,” she went on.
“By embracing these protein changes, individuals can reduce their exposure to potentially carcinogenic compounds and enhance their overall health, contributing to a lower risk of cancer development.”
Andrews recommends incorporating the following nutritious protein options:
Meat, poultry and eggs: Lean cuts of beef, lamb, goat, pork loin, skinless chicken and turkey, quail, duck, fortified omega-3 eggs
Fish and seafood: Salmon, tuna, cod, shrimp, mackerel, lobster, catfish and crab
Low-fat dairy foods: Yogurt, milk, cheese and cottage cheese
Legumes: Beans, split peas, lentils and soy
Whole grains such as brown rice, whole wheat, quinoa and oats are rich in fiber, which aids in digestion and helps maintain a healthy weight — a key factor in cancer prevention, Andrews said.
“These grains also contain essential vitamins, minerals and antioxidants that combat inflammation and oxidative stress, both of which are linked to cancer development,” she noted.
“Additionally, the fiber in whole grains can help regulate blood sugar levels and reduce insulin resistance, which may lower the risk of certain cancers like colorectal cancer.”
By choosing whole grains over refined grains, you can provide your body with a wealth of nutrients and protective compounds that can contribute to a reduced risk of cancer and better overall health, Andrews said.
As part of a cancer risk reduction diet plan, Andrews recommends aiming for a daily goal of 30 grams of fiber.
Below are some of her tips to increase fiber intake.
Start your day with a high-fiber breakfast cereal or oatmeal.
Swap white rice and pasta for whole grains like brown rice and whole wheat pasta.
Incorporate legumes like beans and lentils into soups, stews and salads.
Snack on fruits, vegetables and nuts instead of processed snacks.
Include a variety of high-fiber foods in your meals, including artichokes, chia seeds, split peas, avocado, quinoa, raspberries, pear and barley.
“Incorporating these fiber-rich foods into your diet can significantly contribute to your daily fiber intake and help lower your cancer risk,” Andrews said.
Alcohol consumption has been strongly linked to an increased risk of various types of cancer, including mouth, throat, esophagus, liver, breast and colorectal cancers, Andrews warned.
“Alcohol can damage DNA, promote inflammation and interfere with the body’s ability to absorb essential nutrients — all of which contribute to carcinogenesis,” the expert said.
“These options not only quench your thirst, but also provide hydration and essential nutrients without the potential cancer risk associated with alcohol consumption,” Andrews said.
Reducing daily sodium intake to no more than 2400 mg is crucial for lowering the risk of stomach cancer, said Andrews.
“Excessive sodium consumption can damage the stomach lining and increase the likelihood of developing stomach cancer,” she said.
To achieve this goal, she offers three practical tips:
Read food labels carefully, and opt for products labeled as “low-sodium” or “no added salt.”
Limit processed and packaged foods, which are often high in sodium, and prioritize fresh, whole foods like fruits, vegetables and lean proteins.
Use herbs, spices and natural flavor enhancers like garlic, lemon and vinegar to season your meals instead of salt.
“By adopting these strategies, you can significantly reduce your daily sodium intake and take important steps toward reducing your stomach cancer risk,” Andrews said.
“Building a cancer-prevention lifestyle doesn’t have to be overwhelming,” the expert said. “Instead, take small, manageable steps each day, focusing on one diet change at a time.”
The key is to gradually incorporate healthier eating habits, she said, which will foster lasting results that you can integrate into your daily life with greater ease.
Slomovitz agrees that when deciding which diet is best, it is important to choose one that is not only healthy, but also sustainable.
“For example, switching to a plant-based diet has its benefits, but some individuals would find it difficult to follow,” he said.
“It is also important to consult with a dietician with specific concerns or questions.”
Comrade Harris is no longer the Vice President who failed to secure the border.
She’ll now be tough on illegal migration.
Kamala Harris takes the Chicago stage on Thursday in the culmination of one of the most audacious bets in recent political history: That in 100 days Democrats can turn the co-pilot of an unpopular Presidency into the reincarnation of Barack Obama’s movement for hope and change.
On the present course they might even pull it off.
That’s the message that Michelle and Barack Obama were selling as they extolled Ms. Harris in their Tuesday speeches in Chicago. And it’s no accident that the Vice President has recruited Mr. Obama’s campaign operatives to advise, if not entirely take over, her campaign. Out go the bad memories of her association with Joe Biden, and in come the gauzy slogans about “our future,” the “contagious power of hope,” and “fighting on behalf of people who need a voice and a champion.”
She’s no longer the Veep who said “Bidenomics is working” while inflation reached a 40-year high. She’s now the candidate who will reduce your family’s food bill by going after your grocer for “price gouging.”
She’s no longer the candidate of 2020 who questioned the need for cash bail and blamed police for urban violence. She’s now the tough prosecutor who as California Attorney General dared to investigate . . . Exxon.
She’s no longer the presidential candidate of 2019 who wanted to ban fracking, endorsed Medicare for All, and questioned whether the current Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency should exist. Her campaign suggests she’s changed her views on all that, although she hasn’t said why—or even been asked. Americans are expected to take her expedient leap from the left to the center on faith.
The Democratic Party has a history of nominating candidates who are relatively unknown and offer hope and change. Jimmy Carter was a one-term Georgia Governor who promised a more honest politics in 1976. Bill Clinton “the man from Hope,” Ark., whose character flaws were overlooked in 1992. Mr. Obama was a first-term Senator promising to unite the country in 2008. His divisiveness in office paved the way for Donald Trump.
The difference this time is that all of those men were more vetted than Ms. Harris, who was handed the Democratic nomination without a primary contest. She hasn’t done an interview of note since her elevation as the nominee, much less one with any hard questions. Her speeches are scripted and more Teleprompter-safe even than the remarks of the declining President Biden. She is the least known presidential nominee in modern times. What does she really believe?
On domestic policy, it’s possible to infer that she’d pursue President Biden’s agenda, perhaps even more aggressively. Her few distinctive policy hints so far suggest she is a California progressive who favors higher taxes and even greater spending to complete the President’s Build Back Better agenda.
But she has largely avoided specific proposals that carry a price tag and open her to criticism. This is no doubt by design as she runs a campaign about “vibes.” In a version of Nancy Pelosi’s famous crack about ObamaCare, the public will have to elect Ms. Harris to see what’s in her plans.
“We have to pass the bill,” she said, “so that you can find out what is in it — away from the fog of the controversy.”Yes, you’re referring to Nancy Pelosi’s quote during her speech at the National Association of Counties’ 2010 legislative conference. She said, “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy”12. This quote was about the Affordable Care Act and has been widely discussed and often misinterpreted over the years.
Conservatives — abetted by dozens of political journalists who should have known better — immediately seized on a truncated version of the quote. Pelosi was really expressing her confidence in the underlying merits of the bill, but it became instead a shorthand for the allegedly dodgy process through which Obamacare was passed.
But Pelosi never said the bill was enacted in secret or under cover of night, because it wasn’t. She said it was enacted in a fog of controversy. The controversy, naturally enough, focused on the most contentious aspects of the bill rather than on the most broadly popular. Much of it was about misunderstandings or misconceptions — claims that the bill contained death panels or did nothing to restrain health care costs — rather than on the Affordable Care Act’s concrete benefits.
Once the bill was in place, Pelosi was saying, people would come to value and appreciate its contents. She was mocked for this relentlessly for years. But everything that’s happening this winter shows she was right all along.
Republicans didn’t even challenging the “patient protection” part:
The ACA itself contained many, many, many moving pieces. The most discussed elements of it expanded health insurance coverage to millions of previously uninsured Americans. But most Americans who aren’t on Medicare get their insurance through their jobs, not in the individual market or through Medicaid, and so the parts of the law relevant to the largest number of people dealt with regulatory changes.
A ban on “lifetime limits” on insurance coverage that’s saved thousands of families from bankruptcy. A ban on “rescission,” or retroactive cancellation of an insurance policy, a practice by which insurers used to seek out any possible pretext for dumping customers who fell gravely ill and became unprofitable.
A guarantee that young adults could stay on their parents’ health insurance plans up to the age of 26, increasing their early-career flexibility and providing valuable peace of mind to millions who don’t wind up incurring large health care bills while delivering lifesaving care to the relatively small number who do.
Guaranteed coverage of a full suite of preventive health care services that it’s in the long-term economic (and public health) interest of the country to cover, but that don’t always deliver an immediate benefit to the insurers covering them.A guarantee that insurance companies actually spend the bulk of their revenue on providing health care services by requiring them to offer rebates to consumers if they don’t.
These and other consumer protections were added to the law over the course of the legislative process by various congressional Democrats who’d been fighting for them for years but had never been able to overcome opposition from insurance companies. The big push for a major overhaul became the perfect vehicle for them — the lifetime limits ban is largely due to the work of just one former senator, North Dakota’s Byron Dorgan — but the ideas themselves were not hotly debated during the legislative process.
Republicans would, of course, have been embarrassed to say that they were fighting for the right of an insurance company to cancel a cancer patient’s coverage because the patient hadn’t disclosed some earlier, unrelated illness or injury.
But it’s notable that now that the law is in place and Republicans are fighting to repeal it, absolutely nobody is talking about repealing this stuff. That’s in part because these regulations can’t be undone in a budget reconciliation package, so Republicans will need 60 votes to overcome a Democratic filibuster.
Still, Republicans will propose a lot of legislation over the next year and a half that requires 60 votes to pass. There are nine Democratic Party senators up for reelection in 2018 in states Trump won. When Republicans have ideas that they think are popular, they’ll try to either pressure those nine Democrats into voting for them or else use them as cudgels with which to win midterm elections.
A legislative program of large-scale deregulation of a widely despised health insurance industry would have just the opposite effect — a total political bailout for Trump Country Democrats. Any Senate Democrat facing an uphill reelection campaign would be able to brag about stopping Republicans from taking away health care from 23-year-olds or sick people. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s “patient protection” provisions are very popular. But Congress had to pass the law for people to see and appreciate these benefits.
Obamacare is popular when you try to take it away
The original version of the Social Security Act passed in 1935. Because Social Security has proven over the decades to be one of the largest and most popular federal programs, we’ve forgotten that the literal specific content of the Social Security Act of 1935 was never especially beloved.
Conservatives hated it, of course, because they hated the idea of a big new federal guarantee of financial security in retirement. But liberals, too, had little reason to be enamored of the actual legislation, which was incredibly cramped and limited compared with the program we know today.
Benefits weren’t paid to the widows and dependent children of beneficiaries until 1939. In 1950, domestic laborers (maids, nannies, and the like) became eligible for benefits, along with nonprofit workers and the self-employed. Four years later — nearly two decades after the law’s initial passage — hotel employees, agricultural workers, and most state and local government employees became eligible.
Foreign policy is where the Vice President’s known unknowns are most troubling. The U.S. faces the greatest security risks since the end of the Cold War, and probably since World War II. The Cold War at least had the relative stability of bipolar competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union. Today there are multiple global risks from multiple adversaries working together with menacing new weapons.
Yet Ms. Harris hasn’t had to explain her security views on much of anything. Does she still favor cutting the defense budget, as she did as a Senator? She has criticized Israel more aggressively for the war in Gaza than her boss has, but what does she think of Iran’s role as the main instigator of Middle East terrorism? What would she do about its drive for a nuclear weapon, and how would she restore American deterrence in this dangerous world?
The Vice President can try to slipstream behind Mr. Biden’s foreign policy for the rest of the campaign, but as President her personal instincts and decision-making will be paramount. She hasn’t explained to the public what her core principles are, or even who she relies on for foreign-policy advice.
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Perhaps Ms. Harris has qualities of leadership we haven’t observed. Vice Presidents called on unexpectedly have sometimes risen to the occasion, as Harry Truman and Gerald Ford did. Perhaps, too, she will show some of those qualities in Thursday’s speech or in the campaign to come. But so far she is a vessel for the triumph of hope over experience, whom Americans are expected to embrace mainly because she isn’t Donald Trump.
Ocasio-Cortez’s decision to lend her credibility to the Biden-Harris administration’s false narrative around Gaza was a stinging slap in the face. Kareem Elrefai
2016 was the start of a monumental political shift on the American left. Bernie Sanders’ promise of political revolution electrified a disaffected generation of voters yearning for a complete overhaul of the status quo. The ensuing movement went on to elect a handful of members of Congress as well as hundreds of similarly inspired democratic socialists across state and local governments.
None were able to capture the movement’s frustration with the Democratic Party and the political establishment, or the hope of creating something new, more than Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Her victory in 2018 had a profound effect on the democratic socialist movement. Groups like the Democratic Socialists of America swelled in size, with thousands of new organizers hoping to replicate the success of her victory in New York.
The game plan seemed clear: while the left pushed for change in the streets, Ocasio-Cortez and her allies would bring the priorities of the movement to the halls of power. She proved how effective this strategy could be with her famed sit-in in Nancy Pelosi’s office with the Sunrise Movement. Ocasio-Cortez also used her newfound clout to help expand the Squad and back progressive challengers to the party status quo—including Sanders.
Ocasio-Cortez is a once-in-a-generation political talent.
She has an innate ability to communicate with a broad audience about the struggles working-class people face, and to link those struggles to a movement for institutional change within the Democratic Party. Now, though, it’s hard to escape the sense that her partnership with the movement that carried her into office is fading.
This shift was on full display on Monday night, when Ocasio-Cortez gave a rousing speech in support of Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention. The crowd, many of whom might have viewed her as a mortal enemy just a few years ago, cheered wildly for her. And the speech was tailored to please as broad an audience as possible.
References to Medicare for All, Green New Deal, and taxing the rich were virtually absent. The brightest burst of populism came when she tore into Donald Trump as a “two-bit billionaire union buster.” Though the speech was powerfully delivered and contained encouraging vestiges of radicalism, the contrast with the Ocasio-Cortez of earlier years was palpable.
But the biggest, most dismaying indication of the widening gap between Ocasio-Cortez and the democratic socialist movement might have been the way she chose to handle the issue of Gaza in her speech.
Her only reference to Gaza was a line in which she credited Harris with “working tirelessly to secure a ceasefire in Gaza and bring the hostages home.” The moment was quickly clipped and posted to TikTok by the Harris campaign—a clear attempt to use one of the most popular young, left-wing politicians in the country to win over younger, left-leaning voters concerned about Gaza. “ @Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,” the campaign account commented.
But Ocasio-Cortez’s statement was simply not true. There have been no indications that Harris is playing a central role in any ceasefire negotiations. And there is mounting evidence that those negotiations are more fantasy than reality.
Moreover, while Harris may have called for a ceasefire, the actions of the Biden-Harris administration have consistently enabled genocide. Just last week, as famine in Gaza continued and the reported Palestinian death toll rose to over 40,000, the Biden-Harris administration approved an additional $20 billion in military aid for Israel. The administration has placed practically no limits on acceptable behavior for the Israeli regime and has used stronger language to condemn campus protesters than the blood-soaked Netanyahu government. Harris has not distanced herself from any of these decisions.
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Given that reality, any Democratic politician who claims this administration is meaningfully working to end this conflict is either misinformed or lying. It would have been galling to see anyone engage in this fiction. But to see Ocasio-Cortez—a movement politician and a self-described democratic socialist—do so was a genuine blow.
Worse: it was an outright betrayal.
Reasonable people can disagree about the value of Ocasio-Cortez’s decision to work a more inside track within the Democratic Party. There are undoubtedly benefits to having someone like her moving up the ranks, and she could very well help elevate a whole host of progressive causes.
But Gaza is not just any cause. It is a red-line, defining issue of our time, and Ocasio-Cortez has found herself on the wrong side of it.
Given her skill as a political synthesizer, Ocasio-Cortez could have used her time to plot a new course for the Democratic Party on Gaza. Poll after poll shows that Americans, especially those in swing states, overwhelmingly favor a ceasefire, and disapprove of the administration’s handling of the conflict. She could have spoken about the pain that Americans, particularly Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim Americans, feel.
She could have called for an arms embargo against Israel.
And even if she felt she couldn’t take such a bold step, she didn’t have to help Harris push a narrative that is not true. She could have done what Bernie Sanders did in his speech on Wednesday night, when he said, “We must end this horrific war in Gaza, bring home the hostages, and demand an immediate ceasefire.” When one considers the realm of what is possible, even at a DNC speech, it is hard not to feel entirely let down.
On the same day that Ocasio-Cortez spoke, thousands rallied in the streets of Chicago to demand that not another bomb be sent to Israel on the US dime. DSA-backed Chicago Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez and DSA National Co-Chair Ashik Siddique spoke about the importance of ending US support for a genocide that a Democratic administration has backed to the hilt. The movement was clear about its demands: permanent ceasefire now, arms embargo now.
In order for an inside-outside strategy to be effective, you usually want to see the demands of the outside be articulated clearly and fearlessly on the inside. Instead, Ocasio-Cortez opted for an intensely disappointing and borderline sickening approach.
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Even Joe Biden went further than Ocasio-Cortez by saying that the protesters “have a point.” Ocasio-Cortez didn’t mention the protests at all. To be outflanked by Biden in that way was outright embarrassing.
Being asked to speak at the DNC is a milestone for a self-identifying democratic socialist politician. It is an opportunity to talk to millions of working people who are looking for a vision, for someone to speak truthfully about the issues they face and the horrors they are witnessing.
I like to think the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of 2018 would have been able to rise to that occasion and speak with clarity on behalf of the movement that sent her to Congress about the rights of all people, especially those subjected to the worst excesses of the American empire. Instead, we saw the 2024 AOC.
She tacked away from the movement in favor of her own rising star within the Democratic Party and gave left-wing credibility to an administration facilitating the genocide of Palestinians without hesitation. It now seems clear: she still does great things as an ally, but I fear that the era of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a movement standard bearer is coming to an end.
An illustration showing blue lines emanating from near Earth’s north pole,wrapping around the planet and re-entering near the south pole.
Illustration by MARK GARLICK, SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
A visualization of the magnetic lines of force surrounding Earth, known as the magnetosphere. The magnetic field, thought to be generated by the movements of Earth’s molten core, protects Earth from the sun. It does not, however, cause climate change when it shifts.
Earth’s shifting magnetic poles don’t cause climate change—the conspiracy theory debunked. Scientists explain why there’s no merit to recent claims blaming Earth’s magnetic poles for global warming—and what those geomagnetic shifts really mean.
When solar radiation and cosmic rays threaten to penetrate Earth’s surface, a vast magnetic field generated within Earth’s outer core safeguards the planet by deflecting harmful space energy.
Scientists know that the internal forces that generate Earth’s magnetic field can change and that the strength of the field oscillates over time. This can lead to gradual shifts in the intensity and location of Earth’s magnetic north and south poles and even reversals where Earth’s magnetic poles trade places.
But are these geomagnetic events responsible for extreme weather, extinction, and even disasters? Claims that Earth’s magnetic field is responsible for climate change are rampant online, but scientists say the theory has no merit.
“At this time there aren’t any credible mechanisms that could make it a possibility,” says Gavin Schmidt, a climatologist and director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York. “It’s not that we’re ruling out magnetic effects on climate without thinking about it, we collectively have thought about it, and it’s been found wanting.”
Misinformation around shifting magnetic poles
There are three north poles on Earth: true north, geomagnetic north, and magnetic north.
True north is a fixed position on the globe that points directly towards the geographic North Pole. But the geomagnetic north, currently located over Canada’s Ellesmere Island, is not a fixed point—it represents the northern axis of Earth’s magnetosphere and shifts from time to time. Magnetic north corresponds to magnetic field lines and is what your compass locates.
However, the “Adam and Eve Story,” a climate change conspiracy theory that attributes climate change impacts to changes in Earth’s magnetic field, is having a second life on Instagram and TikTok. The Adam and Eve theory was revitalized when it was featured on a January 2023 episode of the “Joe Rogan Experience.” Unraveling the Adam and Eve Conspiracy | Joe Rogan Experience Podcast Analysis Between January and April 2023, the media watchdog group, Media Matters identified seven viral clips from the January episode discussing the conspiracy theory, which has garnered millions of views on TikTok.
The fake theory was coined in 1965 by Chan Thomas, – Search (bing.com) a former U.S. Air Force employee who suggested magnetic pole reversals were responsible for the extinction of several ancient civilizations. Thomas claimed that the first flood happened with Adam and Eve, followed by Noah and the Ark—and that the third event has yet to be observed.
I dream of … trending topics?
Here’s how social media can become the stuff of nightmares:
Geomagnetic excursions are significant but short-lived variations in magnetic field intensity that can span a few centuries to thousands of years, according to NASA.
The last major excursion occurred around 41,500 years ago and is known as the Laschamps excursion. During this event, Earth’s magnetic field rapidly weakened, and the poles flipped, only to reverse again 500 years later.
A 2021 study connects the Laschamps excursion to climate upheaval, extinction events, and even changes to human behavior. The scientists hypothesized that during a time when Earth’s magnetic field was weaker than normal, increased solar and cosmic radiation was able to penetrate Earth’s atmosphere, altering ozone levels and driving global climate shifts and extinctions.
But Schmidt says this study is speculative at best.
“Where is the evidence for any changes in climate 42,000 years ago that are associated with extinctions? There are no shifts in the ice cores. We know that there was a lot of climate variability over the last ice age, and we have it pretty well-timed, none of it lines up with this magnetic excursion.”
In the past 70,000 years there have been three notable excursions: the Norwegian-Greenland Sea event that took place about 64,000 years ago, the Laschamps event between 42,000 and 41,000 years ago, and the Mono Lake event which happened around 34,500 years ago.
For Buis the key takeaway is that, “There’s no evidence that Earth’s climate has been significantly impacted by the last three magnetic field excursions, nor by any excursion event within at least the last 2.8 million years.”
How about pole reversals?
During a pole reversal, Earth’s magnetic north and south poles swap locations. This happens on average every 300,000 years or so, but the last flip occurred around 780,000 years ago, according to NASA. In Earth’s geologic history, pole reversals are relatively common, reversing 183 times in the last 83 million years. When a pole reversal occurs, the magnetic field substantially decreases in strength, but Earth is not left defenseless.
The magnetosphere teams up with Earth’s atmosphere to deflect the majority of harmful space energy before it reaches Earth’s surface. Some scientists have hypothesized that reversals and the corresponding decrease in strength of the magnetic field could lead to global climate shifts and extinctions, but current data does not support these claims.
“There’s no evidence that links magnetic changes to climate when we’ve seen big magnetic reversals or near reversals in the paleoclimate record,” says Schmidt. “There’s no climate change that goes with them, there’s no mass extinction that goes with them.”
But this also coincides with a large volcanic eruption in India called the Deccan volcanism, which produced some of the longest lava flows on Earth. “We’ve always attributed that transition to the carbon dioxide released by the Deccan volcanism and the increase of greenhouse gases,” says Johnson.
“There’re two things happening: The magnetic field is changing, the Deccan volcanism is happening, and there’s climate warming. So that would be an example of coincidental climate change.” He adds, “The cautionary tale there is that just because you have correlation doesn’t mean you have causation.”
I know this is unpopular belief because it’s used as a pol*tical tool
This isn’t fear mongering, but simply facts.
We have no way of knowing when this shift will occur or how quickly but it’s been an earth phenomenon for eons. Magnetic pole shifting is complex and I suggest you do some research as it is causing havoc worldwide in weather, climate, earthquakes, tsunamis etc.
Do not fear, but do not bury your head in the sand. Be prepared and listen to your intuition.
It’s ludicrous to think there is a single cause, or that because there are shifts happening within the Earth that greenhouse gases aren’t adding to the problems and causing climate change to worsen.
And if everything happens in energy first, what does this mean to you?
Our poles shifted? What is polarisation in energy terms?
Does it mean we take for positive what it’s negative and vice versa?
If so, we can change it. We need to learn the truth. And I guess nobody knows it, especially in the spiritual world, where people just connect to beings and give their power to access their minds whenever. There’s more black magic than ever. And people think it’s white magic.
For me, any magic is black. Even tarot as it opens the astral doors.
These things happening do not cancel out the effects that human lifestyle and waste have on the environment.
Ofc climate change is a complex event and not all of it caused by humans – but the consequences our consumption has on many aspects of Nature are undeniable. Your statement sounds more like burying a head in the sand, looking for an even more “secret” truth. Climate change will not be solved, but humans can still be enormously more conscious of the waste we produce and how we treat our physical surroundings.
Earth’s Magnetic Field Nearly Collapsed 600 Million Years Ago.
Then, Weird and Complex Life Evolved
Story by Tara Wu
Earth’s magnetic field sustains life on our planet, protecting us from solar winds, radiation and extreme changes in temperature. But around 591 million years ago, it almost collapsed. According to a new study, this near-disaster may have actually been the key to a burst of evolution, which paved the way for larger and more varied life forms to develop.
Published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment this month, the study found that a drastic weakening of Earth’s magnetic field that lasted for 26 million years corresponded with a period of the planet’s history called the Ediacaran. During this time, a large amount of oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere and oceans allowed for the first multicellular, oxygen-using organisms to arise from the sea.
The creatures that evolved during the Ediacaran hardly resembled anything seen today, however, taking on disc-like forms and shapeless masses—some of which exceeded three feet in size. These fronds and fans include Earth’s earliest known animals, such as the blob-like Dickinsonia.
Scientists theorize that without the protection of the magnetic field roughly 600 million years ago, solar radiation pounded the Earth’s atmosphere, stripping away hydrogen and other light gases from the atmosphere. This left behind an abundance of free-floating oxygen atoms for organisms to use.
“If we’re right, this is a pretty profound event in evolution,” lead author John Tarduno, a geophysicist at the University of Rochester, tells Stephanie Pappas of Live Science.
Building on previous research that pointed to historical fluctuations in the magnetic field, the team of researchers examined rocks containing crystals that cooled over tens or hundreds of thousands of years. Now, these structures act as time capsules, evidencing the strength of the magnetic field at various points in Earth’s development.
An analysis of feldspar from southern Brazil revealed that 591 million years ago, the magnetic field was 30 times weaker than it is now. But two-billion-year-old rock from South Africa suggested that at that time, the magnetic field held the same strength it does today.
Then, Earth’s core was liquid, not solid. The liquid inner core churned as it released heat into the cooler mantle, moving molten iron around the core and enabling Earth’s magnetic field to exist. By the Ediacaran, this difference in temperature had decreased, reducing the movement of the core and, consequently, the presence of the magnetic field.
“By the time we get to the Ediacaran, the field is on its last legs,” Tarduno explains to CNN’s Katie Hunt. “It’s almost collapsing. But then, fortunately for us, it got cool enough that the inner core started to generate [strengthening the magnetic field].”
The new findings also shed light on a long-standing question: At what point did the Earth’s core solidify?
Previous estimates ranged from 2.5 billion to 500 million years ago, but the team’s analysis places the event on the more recent end of that spectrum, closer to 565 million years ago.
The solidification of the inner core was also a crucial event for the evolution of life—it allowed Earth’s magnetic field to regain its strength and protect the planet’s water from being entirely eroded by solar radiation.
“We need the Earth’s magnetic field to preserve water on the planet,” Tarduno tells Live Science. “But it is sort of an interesting twist that during the Ediacaran, the really weak magnetic field may have helped accelerate evolution.”
Previously, the scientific consensus held that photosynthesizing organisms like cyanobacteria created the surplus of oxygen during the Ediacaran, and it accumulated in the oceans over time, study co-author Shuhai Xiao, a geobiologist at Virginia Tech, writes to CNN. The new findings don’t necessarily disprove this idea—instead, they might show the Earth gained oxygen in multiple ways.
“We do not challenge that one or more of these processes was happening concurrently.
But the weak field may have allowed oxygenation to cross a threshold, aiding animal radiation [evolution],” Tarduno says to CNN.
David Dunlop, a physicist at the University of Toronto who was not involved in the research, tells Dino Grandoni of the Washington Post that while the recent work needs further study, the analyses were “impeccably done.”
“The hypothesis, although obviously speculative as any ideas about the earliest origins of life must be, seems worth a close look,” Dunlop tells the publication. “Causality is always hard to prove, but I am all for new ideas being put out for public scrutiny. It provokes further study and that is all to the good.”
Convection Currents: Heat from the inner core causes the molten iron and nickel in the outer core to move in convection currents.
Electric Currents: These moving molten metals generate electric currents.
Magnetic Field Generation: The electric currents create magnetic fields. Because the currents are constantly moving, they generate a complex, dynamic magnetic field that extends from the Earth’s interior out into space.
Why do compasses become less accurate near the poles?
Compasses become less accurate near the poles due to the behavior of Earth’s magnetic field lines in those regions. Here’s why:
Vertical Magnetic Field Lines: Near the magnetic poles, the magnetic field lines are nearly vertical. This causes the compass needle, which is designed to align horizontally with the magnetic field, to dip or tilt.
Magnetic Declination: The angle between magnetic north (the direction the compass points) and true north (geographic north) can be quite large near the poles. This variation, known as magnetic declination, can lead to significant errors in navigation.
Weaker Horizontal Component: The horizontal component of the magnetic field, which the compass relies on, becomes weaker near the poles. This makes it harder for the compass needle to settle in a stable direction.
These factors combined make compass readings less reliable as you approach the magnetic poles.
Have you ever traveled to a region where you noticed this effect, or are you planning a trip to such an area?
It’s fascinating how such a potentially catastrophic event might have actually paved the way for the development of more complex life forms! What do you find most interesting about this period in Earth’s history?
Also follow the migration of sea life. Beluga and whale sharks are seen off the coast of San Diego and OC, areas they are not used to.
I’m sorry for your first sentence but do you remember that we were doomed for environmental catastrophe due to the thinning of the ozone layer back in the 80’s and 90’s?
Scientists figured out that it was because of the presence of a man-made compound called CFC.
Back then the world used products that contain this compound. Nations all over the world signed for a protocol and phased out CFC’s. Now the ozone layer is improving. Humans do contribute to climate change and it is our responsibility to let everyone know that we should be accountable as a collective and do something about it rather than denying that we are out of the picture.
Things have changed in my lifetime and some has to do with raping the earth of its bounty to line the pockets of a few. It could be a natural change also but we still need to care for our lands and not turn them into deserts. Either humans go up vertically or down to accommodate the population and still allow land to be farmed or followed to provide places to replenish our oxygen or we will disappears as other civilisations before us have
I find it crazy that I had a small melt down about this yesterday. The sun is literally breaking and we are down here concerned with the craziest things, never mind that we are literally in control of very little. Just floating, and along for the ride.
Look into HAARP and their project right over that location, I’ve been saying this for years! The shift started a while ago.
Eventually the poles will rotate 180 degrees and will end up where the equator is. It’s happened before too!
Well the elders warn us about this…the winds of change are here…. .🙌👏🙌👏
I go from being extremely tired all the time to not being able to sleep well at night. 🔥❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
The planet has a natural heating and cooling cycle that we’ve traced back hundreds of thousands of years. It has nothing to do with humans. Let’s say hypothetically humans have not contributed to climate change. Magnetic poles are a separate topic. Saying we haven’t caused anything and it’s part of a natural cycle absolves us of trying to do anything to help or lessen these changes. Even If there is no climate change and humans have not created any of this, how can we sit by and watch it happen without trying to do something?
What does magnetic pole shifting and earthquakes have to do with human-caused climate change? These topics have almost nothing to do with each other. What a weird topic to combine. Humans are not helping. Cause and effect of our pollution has huge effects on the climate too. Great way for more land to form, from volcanoes and more plants, more CO² for them to thrive.
No matter what, it is our duty to respect and take care of our beautiful mother earth. #earthday
I feel like this also has a lot to do with people feeling unwell, often.
We need to look inside and then we will see better change outside x 🌌🌀🕳✨✨✨✨
FACTS
The Amazon is disappearing as trees are removed the lungs of the Earth are reduced in size so the process of metabolizing carbon dioxide is impaired, Waste is running into the seas in places like the gulf of Mexico where algae blooms create dead zones choke the seas of oxygen, Soils are dying due to pesticides and herbicides affecting natural oxygen rich cycles of decomposition. my gosh I could go on,
Why do we deny our part in the situation?
So that we don’t have to change our ways, so that we can sleep at night I guess.
This isn’t fear, it’s called reality. The best remedy for fear is actually to take action. Apathy and denial create depressed energy.
It is best for all of us if we each do something in our own ways. The Earth is a living organism everything we do affects her, these are her polarities. Could it be the reason why on a metaphysical level I feel my triggers are being tested? Not just me but people around me @oracleofyoursoul
The problem with this is it takes the focus off the impact humans are and do have. I agree completely that evolution of our planet is always occurring and we have known for years that the earth is tilting slightly all the time. Of course this has huge impacts as time goes on. The shift of the seasons is very apparent in Qld Australia. But humans are so responsible for incredible devastation on our planet. I don’t think we should rush to mitigate our responsibility in the destruction of this world.
I don’t know if we are ‘causing climate change’ but colonialism and the patriarchy have done nothing but take from mother earth and upset the balance of life on the planet. YES!! Thank you for posting this. 💛✨💛✨
I agree, and the politicians and the WEF need to stop interfering with mother nature. Bill Gates and weather modifications etc.
Milankovitch cycle. ICE AGE…🤷🏻♀️ Of course the sky is falling and has been marketed and monetized. Knock it off!
People once thought the world was flat. Whenever, the sun is out and I am happy 💯
Maybe all we really know is that we don’t really know what’s going on with Mother Earth or Father Sun. And even if we did know, we wouldn’t know what to do about it. Let us all take care of our own environment, make better choices for our own health and refuse to put any energy (money) into those companies, things, food that make us sick. We are the world 🙌
Earth has always been an electromagnetic realm.
It’s been going on since 12/12/12, and was predicted by our ancient cultures that had way more knowledge of the celestial and terrestrial planes than modern science could even comprehend. I’m nothing, if not open-minded.
The government know this, and what a perfect script for them 😁
What is so striking about this thread is how invested people are to be right about one particular theory or body of knowledge, the definition of genius is being able to hold two contradicting thoughts in your mind at once while connecting the two thoughts and having it makes perfect sense. If more people try to do that we would be less polarized and maybe it would lead to more wisdom and knowledge.
Climate change is an issue, as it is caused by unsustainable practices, it has been scientifically proven and this also is very interesting; go deeper rather than spending time diminishing the work of those who have devoted their lives to valid work and saving the planet.
I think if we are to become better people then we have to be accountable for all the behavior and the ramifications of it here on earth.
Isn’t that the goal of spiritual enlightenment…to be better human beings and more knowledgeable.
Maybe we all can benefit from some humility.
This is really interesting. I never 😵💫😵💫
Something came to me… many of us were taught about “Heaven on Earth” and how it’s lush and much like paradise. When I think of paradise, I do not think of snow, ice and cold. I think of warm weather, beaches, tropical fruit… 🤔 Maybe the more we awaken mass consciousness and elevate, our energetic frequency raises the temp. And, maybe the devastation is going to continue to happen in regions where freedom and consciousness needs to occur on a deep level.
Agree! Thanks for being brave and speaking up against the whack ‘climate change’ narrative. It’s all garbage.
Exactly ! The poles shifting is massive. This is both a physical and spiritual movement that will reverse “reality” as we’ve known it but for me I see that as actually ridding the spell and confusion that once was !
The sun is also heading towards its solar maximum and it’s poles are shift too
I have had serious inflammation and heat. I wonder if it is elevated by this ?
I can’t even. I’ve always supported nature, so this has always been a heartbreaking topic. 💔
I’ve believed this for many years just by looking at our history!
Where do you advice getting knowledge about this…
I don’t like this argument because people use it as a cop out from accountability, and we really need to acknowledge how many of our behaviors/addictions/agendas have a very serious impact on all life on earth ☹️ it’s extremely sad.
Everything is working in cycles!
Mother Earth has power, wisdom & intelligence.
She will always heal herself ✨💕
Everyone look up Chemtrails 💨✈💨
There has been a significant amount of money invested in “climate change denial” by the Koch Brothers, who just happen to be one of the worst polluters. Rolling Stone did an extensive report on The Koch, a privately held conglomerate. This empire, which was inherited from their dad, who was a chemist. I grew up the WV, where chemical companies and coal companies have raped the environment. You cannot safely drink the water and flash floods and earthquakes are now commonplace due to fracking and mountaintop removal mining.
The sun holds a lot of secrets on this topic. Science is starting to catch up
“Climate change” is normal, historically and scientifically 💦🔥❄️
A few months ago, I had the most vivid dream about the sun. I was walking on the sun, and I could see these solar flares and spirals that you’re talking about. I could feel the vibrations and hear this low hum. I feel like it was trying to tell me something but I was also focused on trying not to burn, though I wasn’t on fire or hot at all.
Thank you! I’ve been saying this for years (that we’re not responsible for climate change) and that the weather has cycles but apparently people I talk to don’t remember having history in school lol. I didn’t know why it cycles or any of the stuff you mentioned but I always felt that it wasn’t us doing it.
Facts!!!🔥
I love this!! If you’re interested there’s 2 channels on YouTube you may like…Leak Project – Search (bing.com) & Oppenheimer Ranch Project. – Search (bing.com) I’ve been listening to them for years & There’s a few videos of these guys explaining this as Oppenheimer is a geologist. If you’d like I’ll DM you the link, I think you’d enjoy what they have to say. And they’re fun 😊 How wild it is that the north pole is moving SO quickly
I agree with you….Earth is just doing her thing – climate is cyclical.. sure we are contributing to pollution but we are not causing climate change. I appreciate your point of view and your courage to say so. 💫
Yes. The rotation of the core has slowed. This might indicate pole shift is imminent. If you’ve ever heard the phrase, “Nothing can stop what is coming”, now you know why. Earth is gonna do what she’s gonna do. We’re just along for the ride. ❤️
Super Interesting, I have been following the solar flares as well as The Schumann Resonance Index which is quite fascinating. Wondering if you see these impacting us and our evolution etc?
❤️🙌❤️ Damn, I’ve also just heard and learned about earth’s pole shifting, it’s so crazy interesting 🧐
Completely agree climate change is natural- governments talking rubbish as per usual!!!
What is a hoax is that man has any control of climate other than local issues such as it being warmer over cities. I think so too. That doesn’t mean we should stop trying to reduce pollution and other things harming our planet.
Attention: My degrees are in Atmospheric Science, and I am a former USAF Weather Officer/Climatologist. Just retired from the US Forest Service. Man-made climate change/global warming is the biggest hoax ever perpetrated on the world’s population…except for maybe Covid-19.
YES. 100%. No actual SCIENTIFIC evidence it’s man made so paying a stupid carbon tax to the ultra wealthy RULERS isn’t going to help the planet.
Plymouth Rock It always has been at sea level for at least 404 years and how many thousands since 1620 was carved into it? The grift is worth trillions of dollars so people are going to grift
Climate change isn’t a hoax, why, climate change just occurred this morning.
Ask any “climatologist “ what the perfect temp of the earth is supposed to be and at what time in the Earth’s history did it occur ?
Global warming and its link to human interaction with the environment?
More fiction than fact. The amount of impact humans has had is minimal, especially considering the planet has been much warmer and still teaming with complex life.
The climate goes through warming and cooling cycles, greatly influenced by solar activity. Manmade Climate Change is indeed a hoax, but the climate changes every time a volcano erupts, axial precession and where the sun hits the earth, etc. Are there things we can do to be more environmentally friendly?
Absolutely. I’m all for throwing mass, intentional polluters in prison.
I’m all for working to curtail deforestation and replanting forests, clearing out brush to mitigate forest fires and the like. We need to be better stewards of the environment , but we can’t blame everything on Western civilization when the vast majority of pollution is created in 3rd world countries around Asia, Africa. and India.
This entire world you think you live in is a hoax. Electrons, muons, tauons, quarks, and gluons have no internal structure and no physical size, meaning that they are entirely illusory or put another way, made up of energy. They are zero-dimensional and more like events than things. So you’re just a thought in a world in which you think is there. You are the center of your own universe which actually doesn’t exist except for the thought of it existing.
I think the climate is changing. Do I believe taxing the world to death will lower the temps even one degree ? Not a chance. And the people pushing this fly private jets and own yachts. Not really worried about carbon output are they ?
The idea that we can stop any sort of change in the climate is a hoax. If this planet wants to heat up, it’s gonna do it. The Middle East used to be tropical. That’s gonna happen again no matter what we do. Why else do they keep moving the goalposts? It’s not science (as many scientists agree), it’s propaganda, a tool of control.
Consensus is a BIG FAT LIE protected by intimidation.
Climate change is real. The hoax is believing our half-baked solutions are the answer.
This is just another way for Grifters to get rich off of the backs of the unsuspecting!
The climate will change randomly as it has for billions of years. We don’t control it.
For anyone that studied paleontology or science know earth goes through cycles.
Absolutely, Earth goes through various cycles that are well-documented in paleontology and other scientific fields.
Milankovitch Cycles are fascinating and play a significant role in Earth’s long-term climate patterns. Named after Serbian scientist Milutin Milankovitch, these cycles describe how variations in Earth’s orbit and axial tilt influence climate over thousands of years.
Here are the three main components:
Eccentricity: This refers to the shape of Earth’s orbit around the Sun, which changes from more circular to more elliptical over a cycle of about 100,000 years. When the orbit is more elliptical, there is a greater difference in solar radiation received by Earth at different points in the orbit.
Obliquity: This is the angle of Earth’s axial tilt relative to its orbital plane, which varies between about 22.1° and 24.5° over a cycle of approximately 41,000 years. Changes in obliquity affect the severity of seasons; a greater tilt means more extreme seasons, while a smaller tilt results in milder seasons.
Precession: This is the wobble in Earth’s rotation axis, which completes a cycle roughly every 26,000 years. Precession affects the timing of the seasons relative to Earth’s position in its orbit, influencing the distribution of solar radiation across the planet.
These cycles interact in complex ways to influence Earth’s climate, contributing to the timing of ice ages and interglacial periods. Understanding Milankovitch Cycles helps scientists predict long-term climate trends and study past climate changes.
Is there a particular aspect of these cycles you’d like to delve deeper into? Milankovitch Cycles have a profound impact on the timing and intensity of ice ages.
Here’s how each component contributes: Eccentricity: When Earth’s orbit is more elliptical, the difference in solar radiation between the closest and farthest points in the orbit is greater. This can lead to more pronounced seasonal changes, which can influence the growth and melting of ice sheets. During periods of high eccentricity, the variations in solar energy can trigger the onset or end of ice ages. Obliquity: Changes in the tilt of Earth’s axis affect the distribution of solar radiation between the poles and the equator. When the tilt is greater, the poles receive more solar energy during their respective summers, which can lead to the melting of ice sheets. Conversely, a smaller tilt means less solar energy at the poles, promoting ice sheet growth and potentially leading to ice ages.
Precession: This wobble in Earth’s rotation axis changes the timing of the seasons relative to Earth’s position in its orbit. When precession aligns with periods of high eccentricity, it can amplify the seasonal differences in solar radiation. This can either enhance or mitigate the effects of obliquity, influencing the advance or retreat of ice sheets.
The interplay of these cycles creates periods of glaciation (ice ages) and interglacial periods (warmer times between ice ages). For example, the last glacial maximum, when ice sheets were at their greatest extent, occurred about 20,000 years ago and was influenced by these cycles. Understanding Milankovitch Cycles helps scientists reconstruct past climate changes and predict future climate trends. If you have more questions or need further details, feel free to ask!
Heinrich events are significant climatic phenomena that occurred during the last glacial periods.
Understanding Heinrich events helps scientists gain insights into the complex interactions between ice sheets, ocean circulation, and climate during glacial periods. If you have more questions or need further details, feel free to ask!
Scientists use several methods to date Heinrich layers in sediment cores, ensuring accurate timelines for these events. Here are the primary techniques:
These methods, often used in combination, provide a robust framework for dating Heinrich layers and understanding the timing and impact of these significant climatic events.
If you have more questions or need further details, feel free to ask!
By combining these methods, scientists can create detailed reconstructions of past ocean circulation patterns, which are crucial for understanding how the ocean has influenced climate in the past and how it might change in the future.
Is there a specific aspect of ocean circulation or a particular time period you’re curious about?
The climate hoaxers can’t even tell you how much CO2 is in our atmosphere.
They don’t even have a clue. So, their baseless scare warnings are based on zero evidence and a lot of studies funded by them. A while back there was a climatological study in Phoenix Arizona.
They found temperatures rising 5-10 degrees from the past. Real scientists found the answer, and no it wasn’t global warming. (they changed it to climate change, it was easier to market).I digress. They found a direct historical link between the rise in temperatures and progress in population. The more buildings built and the land they cover in cement the more the climate rose.
Oh, but there’s more, as more and more air conditioning was installed the hot air they expelled heated the ambient air. Sorry for the rant, but I’m 76 and stupid just pisses me off. Living things may influence it a bit. Mother Earth will do as she sees fit over time regardless of humans. All they did is change the color palette on maps…. it’s meant to keep you fearful. I only fear God.
Current State: Recent studies suggest that the AMOC has weakened over the past century, potentially due to climate change and increased freshwater input from melting ice sheets. This weakening could lead to more extreme weather events, sea level rise along the U.S. East Coast, and changes in marine biodiversity14.
Understanding the AMOC is essential for predicting future climate changes and mitigating their impacts. If you have more questions or need further details, feel free to ask!
THREAD: What would a radical lift Kamala Harris Administration look like? While presiding over the U.S. Senate as VP she has cast the most tie-breaking votes (33) in history. These votes are not just politically polarizing but show how damaging a Kamala Harris White House would be.
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