Husband * father * engineer * writer * guitar player * smart ass "Freedom of speech: more important than your feelings." Justin Amash is my spirit animal
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This. So much this.
I’ve always found people who bristle at “American exceptionalism” kind of… weird. Not because I lack self-awareness — I’ve spent my career cataloging every way this country fails to live up to its own rules. But that’s exactly why I love it so damn much. We built a system designed to be shamed by its own founding documents, and it still delivered one of the most spectacular, world-altering runs in human history. A genuine force for human flourishing.
I also found the argument against American exceptionalism to be historically illiterate. Here’s a sample of what we were first at:
• The first large-scale democratic republic in human history — not a city-state, not a monarchy with a parliament bolted on, but a bold continental experiment in self-rule, popular sovereignty, and ordered liberty.
• A written Constitution (1789) with separation of powers and checks & balances — still the oldest national constitution in force anywhere.
• The Bill of Rights (1791): the first time a nation wrote “the government cannot touch these” into supreme law and actually meant it. A dare the world copied — from later rights charters to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
• Public land-grant universities and mass higher education (Morrill Act), opening college to ordinary people no aristocracy would have let near the gates. (but don’t get me started about what happened after we started. Massively federally funding it.)
• Kitty Hawk, 1903 — first controlled powered flight.
• The Moon, 1969 — still the only ones who’ve been there.
• The world’s largest economy since ~1890, powering unprecedented prosperity through grit and genius.
• The assembly line, skyscraper, transistor, personal computer, ARPANET — the backbone of the modern world.
• Telephone, phonograph, GPS — connecting and powering daily life.
• Surgical anesthesia, polio vaccine — saving and transforming millions of lives.
• Jazz, blues, rock ‘n’ roll — brand new American art forms that conquered the globe.
• Hollywood’s dreams, blue jeans, bourbon, and a culture so open a kid like me could devour sushi, burritos, stuffed cabbage, and tabouli in the same week and rightfully think of it all as American.
That’s the part that fills me with genuine love and pride: not just the power or the wins, but the appetite for freedom, creativity, and reinvention. The audacity to say “We the People” and keep trying to live up to it.
What do you love most about this truly exceptional country? 🇺🇸
So a Paraguay player gets a red card for covering his own mouth while speaking? That has to be the stupidest rule I have ever heard of.
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"Some of the most vocal critics of the way things are being done are people who have done nothing themselves, and whose only contributions to society are their complaints and moral exhibitionism."
— Thomas Sowell
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Mental illness should never have been destigmatized. Stigma exists for a reason & has been present in every culture since the dawn of time. Stigma also does not imply dehumanization, as the Leftists who want to normalize psychopathology falsely imply it does.
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1. What are the borders of this Palestinian state?
2. What is the capital city?
3. What is its constitution or polity?
4. Who forms the government?
5. Who is its leader?
6. How ‘sovereign’ will it be?
7. How will this help ordinary Palestinians?
8. What about Israel's hostages?
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"Since October 7, I have been to Gaza four times embedded with the Israel Defense Forces. I have interviewed the Prime Minister of Israel, the Defense Minister, the IDF Chief of Staff, Southern Command leadership, and dozens of commanders and soldiers on the front lines. I have reviewed their orders, watched their targeting process, and seen soldiers take real risks to avoid harming civilians. Nothing I have seen or studied resembles genocide or genocidal intent."
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𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝘆: 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗣𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗱𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲
Renowned climatologist Dr. Judith Curry warns that climate science has devolved into pseudoscience, driven by careerism and political pressures rather than open inquiry. She debunks the myth of a 97% consensus, calling it a flawed narrative based on biased surveys that misrepresent scientific agreement. Curry explains that while there's consensus on basic facts like post-19th century warming and CO2's warming potential, deep disagreements persist on key issues: the human contribution to warming, future temperature projections, and whether warming is dangerous.
Curry highlights how funding, tenure, and professional advancement are tied to toeing the consensus line, stifling debate and punishing dissenters. She resigned from academia in 2017 due to this "consensus enforcement," which she says creates a toxic environment where scientists must "dance to the same drumbeat" or face marginalization.
On extreme weather, Curry asserts there's no evidence of increases beyond natural variability—contrary to media hype. She criticizes climate models for their inability to accurately handle natural factors, leading to exaggerated risks. The demonization of CO2, she argues, stems from a political agenda dating back to the 1980s, pushing unfeasible net-zero policies that distract from real environmental issues.
Curry advocates decoupling energy policy from climate alarmism, emphasizing the need for abundant, reliable energy like nuclear power to drive human progress. She notes that pursuing net zero won't yield noticeable climate benefits for centuries and calls for a return to traditional environmental values, such as reducing vulnerability to weather events through better infrastructure.
In this interview, Curry exposes how politics has corrupted science, leading to misleading narratives that harm both research and policy. :To read the full article go to wattsupwiththat.com/2025/06/…
It is sad (and dangerous) that so many economic illiterates hold the highest positions of power in our government.
The net effect of all renewables from an economic standpoint is to add incremental cost to power generation, i.e. consumers pay more. That's it. @AlexEpstein
And the net effect on the planet is giant landfills full of toxic solar panels and used batteries.
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Warmer climates are better for life on Earth. That is why they have historically been called “climate optimums,” not “climate emergencies.”
Humans are tropical. We evolved at the equator, and the only reason we could ever migrate to higher latitudes is because of fire, clothing and shelter. Still, 90% of the world’s population lives between 40°N and 40°S and 75% live between 30°N and 30°S.
Cold kills, which is why biodiversity drops significantly outside of the tropics.
