Exxon's own scientific experts knew about the coming effects of climate change over 40 years ago and predicted that it would noticeably begin sometime around 2000 (give or take a few years). All that was kept internal and a campaign of misinformation began. Easy to do when the industry owns both parties so the industry profits are protected (and the party donations keep coming in). Truth, the people, the nation don't matter. Only the parties matter.

And the tax laws are written by both parties, and never fixed by either party. The rich pay far less even if they follow the tax law to the letter (which many don't, because they know system is flawed in their favor). More auditors would mean that more of those who cheat might get caught (and anything is better than nothing even when they pay less legally).

Serves as examples I use to demonstrate how party egregiousness swings like a pendulum. The Democrats created egregious Jim Crow laws and were horrible segregationist who created that situation. While the GOP was trying to (finally) pass meaningful Civil Rights legislation (1957 under Eisenhower), filibustered by Democrat Senators led by LBJ. GOP crated the EPA in 1970 and increased minimum wage by 40+% over 3 years. The pendulum changing direction in the 80s with GOP becoming the more egregious

@keribla Since the sited code refers to "depiction" and by definition "depiction" can be a written depiction, then based on the items listed as ground for banning a book, they must be banning the Bible from FL prisons. It has rape, incest, sodomy, descriptions of the female body, etc... Even worse if it's an illustrated Bible (much of the classical illustrated Biblical art has nudity, male and female).

@georgetakei Has similar sound as Anita Bryant and her campaign against homosexuals back in the 70's. Her mantra was that something like: "they" want to recruit our children. Which begs the question, if homosexuals are recruiting our children, wouldn't that also mean that heterosexuals are recruiting our children? How does someone "recruit" someone else into having an attraction or a preference for someone they did not feel attracted to on their own.

@georgetakei What I've always found interesting is that historically, "taking the knee" (or kneeling as it was referred to), was the second highest form of honor or respect (prostration was the highest). So kneeling is a MUCH higher show of respect than standing (you could have been in big trouble for NOT kneeling, or at least bowing, before a king). Funny how we tend to forget what actually represents the most respect.

@georgetakei That must mean that MTG wants surgeons and operating room personnel to stop wearing masks while performing surgery. Perhaps she should have several surgeries with no one in the room wearing a mask. Clearly, the germs would pose no more of a risk since, for her, a mask could not stop them anyway. I wonder if she thinks using sterile instruments or environment matters? Must not, if the mask doesn't help prevent breath from spreading germs, then by default they won't be sterile.