Of course, in a functioning society, philanthropy wouldn’t be necessary. Both Bezos and Scott would be taxed appropriately, and their wealth would be redistributed

She got grief for this comment, but it appears she was right?

Agreed. The CBS story on which this Jez article is based is a little too “the sky is falling” to me.

Population momentum: https://populationeducation.org/population-momentum-why-populations-keep-growing/

Source: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30677-2

Oh, there’s a looooong history of patriotic pro-birth rhetoric:

The problem with your statement is the assumption that people can continue to work into old age instead of getting laid off first and unable to find another job because of age discrimination.

Fraud and treachery occupy the bottom two circles of hell, so I’d say your sentiment is pretty widely shared.

I should know better, but still I checked Nextdoor to see what the neighbors thought. And this came across:

Good job, Abbott, way to read a map.

If I remember correctly, big box stores instituted their own mask requirements before all of the states realized they had to issue official ones. Let’s hope they continue this policy regardless of what Gov. Abbott says. (Then again, this might just lead to more “anti-masker throws a fit at Wal-Mart” videos.)

Maybe he’s hoping that when the weather forced everyone to stay home for a week that it had cut down on transmissions.

My Struggle, too.

Well, until you pointed it out, I did Nazi it.

Marks. They’re called marks.

Only if he swims through 500 yards of shit like Andy Dufresne.

Some of those smarts went toward self-preservation, which is why they never ran for office.

I can’t imagine his health being up to snuff enough for political office.

If you’re going to adulterate butter with palm oil, wouldn’t it be more efficient just mix it directly into the butter instead of feeding it to a cow first?

Ted Cruz is getting all sorts of (well-deserved) bad press, but where’s the other Texas senator, John Cornyn? He’s been completely MIA during this disaster.