American Politics

[The Cane]

This is an incredible post. So True..

Great post indeed and spot on. Only thing I would add is that I believe the modern-day decline of the GOP started even before Palin and the Tea Party with Newt Gingrich.

[ShooBree]

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[Artisttyp]

Agree with your description of the orange ape but remember that Trump was not the cause, he was just the vessel (the container) that vocalized what a significant part of the populace was already feeling.

Those people have always been around, but the formation of the Tea Party movement was the official christening of that vessel (the ship). Even before that movement, there were already signs that these people desired a voice. John McCain in 2008 didn't pick Sarah Palin as his running mate because they shared identical platforms and ideologies. He knew something was already brewing in the Republican Party and chose to court those people.

To me, as much as I liked McCain, his selection of Palin as Vice Presidential nominee foreshadowed the end of any good outcomes for the Republican Party. It's sad as the Tea Party had good intent consistent with ideal conservative / libertarian values: small government, less spending, a higher threshold for foreign military involvement, etc.

Unfortunately due to the decentralized nature of the movement, some sectors began incorporating social issues into the sphere of platforms. Those social issues derailed the good intents of a reformed government and led to what the Republican Party has become; shortsighted, xenophobic cultural conformists, irrational, anti-intellectual. I held on to see if the GoP would gather some sense only to see Donald Trump become the Kamikaze ending to that hope.

In short, it's not the bowing to the emperor that we have to worry about. It's the actual sentiments of at least half of the party. It saddens me to say that this IS the Republican party now, with or without Trump.

This is an incredible post. So True.


Thank You.

[Beijing4987]

Even Sarah Huckaberry Sanders can tell the truth, that is, under oath with Special Counsel and Boyscout Republican Robert Mueller breathing down on her. Anybody here read the results of his investigation? He put some bad boys in jail and the ones in Russia he incited can't venture too far from home. Fat Nixon took the fifth, rather than testify in front of the Senate.

[Paulie97]

https://apnews.com/article/smartmati...dd85f92f4fd7ef

And word to the wise for all the tin foil hat, conspiracy theory peddlers among us. Accusations require proof. Without you at best look like a moron, and at worst are sued.

[Spidy]

... Unfortunately due to the decentralized nature of the movement, some sectors began incorporating social issues into the sphere of platforms. Those social issues derailed the good intents of a reformed government and led to what the Republican Party has become; shortsighted, xenophobic cultural conformists, irrational, anti-intellectual. I held on to see if the GoP would gather some sense only to see Donald Trump become the Kamikaze ending to that hope.

In short, it's not the bowing to the emperor that we have to worry about. It's the actual sentiments of at least half of the party. It saddens me to say that this IS the Republican party now, with or without Trump.

Preach, preach on!

In his latest round of in sanity, it's more of the same crap of insane mental conspiracy, as he fires recent lawyers (or they quit because he wasn't going to pay them), still claiming he won the election. Next Up!

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/202...-Poll-Who-Next

[PVMonger]

Agree with your description of the orange ape but remember that Trump was not the cause, he was just the vessel (the container) that vocalized what a significant part of the populace was already feeling.

Those people have always been around, but the formation of the Tea Party movement was the official christening of that vessel (the ship). Even before that movement, there were already signs that these people desired a voice. John McCain in 2008 didn't pick Sarah Palin as his running mate because they shared identical platforms and ideologies. He knew something was already brewing in the Republican Party and chose to court those people.

To me, as much as I liked McCain, his selection of Palin as Vice Presidential nominee foreshadowed the end of any good outcomes for the Republican Party. It's sad as the Tea Party had good intent consistent with ideal conservative / libertarian values: small government, less spending, a higher threshold for foreign military involvement, etc.

Unfortunately due to the decentralized nature of the movement, some sectors began incorporating social issues into the sphere of platforms. Those social issues derailed the good intents of a reformed government and led to what the Republican Party has become; shortsighted, xenophobic cultural conformists, irrational, anti-intellectual. I held on to see if the GoP would gather some sense only to see Donald Trump become the Kamikaze ending to that hope.

In short, it's not the bowing to the emperor that we have to worry about. It's the actual sentiments of at least half of the party. It saddens me to say that this IS the Republican party now, with or without Trump.

Excellent analysis.

I'm not sure that 50% of Republicans are racist or xenophobic or homophobic or misogynistic or? But certainly a large percentage of them are. My fond hope is that all of these idiots will leave the GOP and form their own party.

[GDreams]

Those social issues derailed the good intents of a reformed government and led to what the Republican Party has become; shortsighted, xenophobic cultural conformists, irrational, anti-intellectual. I held on to see if the GoP would gather some sense only to see Donald Trump become the Kamikaze ending to that hope.

A perfect description of Evangelicals.

[Mursenary]

Maybe because hundreds of elected republicans are still willing to foolishly obey that empty, orange suit full of shit.

Agree with your description of the orange ape but remember that Trump was not the cause, he was just the vessel (the container) that vocalized what a significant part of the populace was already feeling.

Those people have always been around, but the formation of the Tea Party movement was the official christening of that vessel (the ship). Even before that movement, there were already signs that these people desired a voice. John McCain in 2008 didn't pick Sarah Palin as his running mate because they shared identical platforms and ideologies. He knew something was already brewing in the Republican Party and chose to court those people.

To me, as much as I liked McCain, his selection of Palin as Vice Presidential nominee foreshadowed the end of any good outcomes for the Republican Party. It's sad as the Tea Party had good intent consistent with ideal conservative / libertarian values: small government, less spending, a higher threshold for foreign military involvement, etc.

Unfortunately due to the decentralized nature of the movement, some sectors began incorporating social issues into the sphere of platforms. Those social issues derailed the good intents of a reformed government and led to what the Republican Party has become; shortsighted, xenophobic cultural conformists, irrational, anti-intellectual. I held on to see if the GoP would gather some sense only to see Donald Trump become the Kamikaze ending to that hope.

In short, it's not the bowing to the emperor that we have to worry about. It's the actual sentiments of at least half of the party. It saddens me to say that this IS the Republican party now, with or without Trump.

[Travv]

USA —Democrat leaders around the country are declaring it is now safe to reopen since the federal government's tests have come back negative for Trump.

"The key indicator we were looking for before we could begin the reopening process was that Trump wasn't president," said Governor Gavin Newsom. "While we are at the worst point yet in this pandemic, it now makes sense to open-- even though the science said the exact opposite last year when it was comparably mild. Because now, all the tests are indicating we have tested negative for Trump."

Governor Cuomo agreed, saying that all his key science experts -- the ones who haven't quit yet in disgust -- are advising him to go ahead and reopen since the tests are coming back negative for Trump. "When the tests were positive some weeks ago, we were pretty concerned," Cuomo told a reporter down by the docks as he threw a dead senior into the harbor. "Now, the tests are all looking really good for Democrats, so we're going to go ahead and get started."

Governor Whitmer last year cast a spell on Michigan so it would be always winter and never Christmas, but she says she is canceling the spell now and encouraging Michiganders to celebrate "the true Christmas: Biden getting elected."

[GDreams]

California's high prices largely skewed the national average roughly a third of USA Solar capacity is located in California, where the average wholesale price of electricity is more than double the the national average of $36/ MWh.

Here are a list of solar projects contracted out at less than $25 unsubsidized. You are deluding yourself if you think solar and wind are not going to keep putting coal out of business. Gas will be around for a while as a on / off supplier.

https://www.greentechmedia.com/artic...-megawatt-hour

Then again pretty much everything you write shows how much you delude yourself.

[Goatscrot]

Gold or silver backed currency has the effect of encouraging countries to manufacture and export to gain gold or silver to maintain the value of their currency. On gold and silver backed dollars, the USA became a major manufacturer. Once Nixon went off the gold backed dollar, the USA no longer needed to export to gain gold and silver from other countries. Thus the USA did not protest when China bought up large numbers of US factories and shipped them to China. We went from manufacturing hard goods to manufacturing green pieces of paper with dead politicians printed on the front. As one analyst put it, the USA has the export profile of an agrarian colony of China. We ship them soybeans, corn and meat and cardboard / wood and they ship us manufactured goods. Sort of like the American colonies and Great Britain before the revolutionary war. This works great until you go to war and realize you are no longer "the arsenal of democracy" and other countries can cut off your war supplies. . .

Huh? Capitalism by its nature chases cheap labor. As Nations develop economically cheap labor is no longer available. I would argue this has nothing to do with using a fiat currency but it is simply the nature of corporate capitalism and one of its extreme shortcomings. Many European nations have been able to maintain if not improve quality of life for their citizens even though they do not have the manufacturing base that they used to. Unfortunately the United States is going in the opposite direction.

[ScatManDoo]

A majority of Europeans believe America's political system is broken, that China will be the world's leading power within a decade, and that Joe Biden will be unable to halt his country's decline on the world stage, according to a report.

While many welcomed Biden's victory in November's US election, more Europeans than not feel that after four years of Donald Trump the US cannot be trusted, according to the study by the European Council on Foreign Relations.

Maybe because hundreds of elected republicans are still willing to foolishly obey that empty, orange suit full of shit.

[Golfinho]

Gold or silver backed currency has the effect of encouraging countries to manufacture and export to gain gold or silver to maintain the value of their currency. We went from manufacturing hard goods to manufacturing green pieces of paper with dead politicians printed on the front. As one analyst put it, the USA has the export profile of an agrarian colony of Chinaa. This works great until you go to war and realize you are no longer "the arsenal of democracy" and other countries can cut off your war supplies. . .

Doesn't matter to the Zuckerburgs and Kushners of the world. Their little piglets are being taught Chinese. They have no loyalty to the United States of America.

[Canada]

Once again Canada you just spew unsubstantiated drivel with no basis in fact.

Here are some examples: https://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/...ce=getresponse.

South Australia gets 60% of its power from renewables. It now has the lowest wholesale prices in Australia. Around 2.8 USc kWhr. Its dropped from being the most expensive in Australia when the supply was predominately gas fired to the lowest.

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2019/10/...of-0-0169-kwh/

UAE solar park tendering power at 1.7 USc per kWhr.

There are many examples but you don't want to acknowledge the truth you just want to be a rah rah boy for the idiot party of science deniers.

I read your articles and The writer of your article said this.

Wholesale electricity spot price in 2021 cents per kilowatt hour.

To make myself look useful and hide the fact I sneakily pay a guy in the Philippines $2 an hour to write these articles, I've accounted for inflation by converting the average wholesale spot prices for each financial year into today's money. This is so people can see the real trends in electricity prices and not have inflation mislead them into thinking things are worse than they are.

The USA Energy Information Administration (EIA) says this.

2019 US wholesale solar prices more than double wind, gas as renewables use reaches record levels: EIA.

Dive Brief:

According to the USA Energy Information Administration (EIA), last year the average USA Wholesale price for solar electricity was $83/ MWh more than double the price paid to producers of electricity generated by wind, fossil fuels, or nuclear.

The United States' use of renewable energy grew for the fourth consecutive year, to account for 11% of total energy consumption in 2019, according to the agency.

California's high prices largely skewed the national average roughly a third of USA Solar capacity is located in California, where the average wholesale price of electricity is more than double the the national average of $36/ MWh.

I think the EIS is more reliable than a guy in the Philippines that was paid $2.

This site is a little more accurate. utilitydive.com/ news /2019-us-wholesale-solar-prices-more-than-double-wind-gas-nuclear-eia /587364/.

I guess you are the only one in USA that is getting this cheap power while the rest of us just keep getting power bill increases.