# united states america (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover united states america. Page: Feed: --- ## [Perfect vs. Survivable?!](https://chuckkeller.substack.com/p/perfect-vs-survivable) _2026-08-25 · Chuck Keller · Chuck Keller_ I'm a left of center Democrat. Probably more left than center. I believe it's a woman's choice whether or not to have an abortion. I believe the electoral college is an antiquated process put in place when every state had a thousand people. I believe EVERY American should have health care like EVERY other developed nation on earth. I'm not a racist or Nazi! ## ["The 12th of Never Parody](https://chuckkeller.substack.com/p/the-12th-of-never-parody) _2026-08-24 · Chuck Keller · Chuck Keller_ Watching t-Rump’$ fourth wife, Natalie Harp, cater and bow to her orange “Crush," (no offense to the soft drink) made me think about Johnny Mathis’ hit: “The 12th of Never." ## [Competence vs. Perfection?! Really?!](https://chuckkeller.substack.com/p/competence-vs-perfection-really) _2026-08-24 · Chuck Keller · Chuck Keller_ I keep seeing posts and comments arguing that Schumer and Jeffries aren't perfect. Some Democrats argue that “Democratic Socialists" are too LIBERAL! ## [Inspired Resemblance!](https://chuckkeller.substack.com/p/inspired-resemblance) _2026-08-21 · Chuck Keller · Chuck Keller_ My meme of t-Rump and Natalie “Harp: ## [DR 1-102 of the code of ETHICS of the American Bar Association](https://chuckkeller.substack.com/p/dr-1-102-of-the-code-of-ethics-of) _2026-08-19 · Chuck Keller · Chuck Keller_ (Disciplinary Rule 1-102 (DR 1-102) is a provision from the American Bar Association's (ABA) former Model Code of Professional Responsibility. ## [Some Gave ALL! One Stands Up! United We Stand!](https://chuckkeller.substack.com/p/some-gave-all-one-stands-up-united) _2026-08-18 · Chuck Keller · Chuck Keller_ Air Force Major Jason Watson is a hero! ## [TAPS vs. YMCA. Veterans vs. t-Rump!](https://chuckkeller.substack.com/p/taps-vs-ymca-veterans-vs-t-rump) _2026-08-17 · Chuck Keller · Chuck Keller_ There's a rumble in my heart when I hear TAPS! Even when it's during a fictionalized TV show or movie. It's played at the funeral of a veteran like me and the millions of others who have served. ## [The next total solar eclipse is 500 million miles away](https://signoregalilei.com/2026/08/17/the-next-total-solar-eclipse-is-500-million-miles-away/) _2026-08-17 · signoregalilei · Signore Galilei_ This past week, there was a total solar eclipse, visible from a path stretching along far northern Russia, Greenland, Iceland, and Spain. Like many of this year’s eclipse chasers, I was clouded out – though I did have a lovely couple minutes of darkness on an Icelandic fjord. I’m already planning for the next time \[…\] ## [How to Rebuild Your Broken Attention Span—Adam Clark Estes](https://www.vox.com/life/498932/attention-span-focus-tiktok-brain) _2026-08-16 · Miles Kimball · Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal_ Permalink ## [United We Stand!](https://chuckkeller.substack.com/p/united-we-stand) _2026-08-16 · Chuck Keller · Chuck Keller_ The United States of America is in existential DANGER! Voter apathy is NOT an option in November! We need EVERY decent, sane, patriotic American to VOTE! ## [AI News Summaries & Audio (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/EQ1qOn9JC9Mz) _2026-08-16 · **Sponsored**_ Tap an article for an AI summary and an audio briefing. ## [Not Nearly Long Enough?!](https://chuckkeller.substack.com/p/not-nearly-long-enough) _2026-08-15 · Chuck Keller · Chuck Keller_ The USS Abraham Lincoln ## [It Could be Worse?! Could it Really?!](https://chuckkeller.substack.com/p/it-could-be-worse-could-it-really) _2026-08-14 · Chuck Keller · Chuck Keller_ I just heard one of the talking heads on MS Now say: “There are worse people out there than Todd Blanche!” ## [War is HELL and Other Facts!](https://chuckkeller.substack.com/p/war-is-hell-and-other-facts) _2026-08-13 · Chuck Keller · Chuck Keller_ The orange “Bone Spurs COWARD" has NEVER served or cared about anyone except himself! ## [Military Service is Stressful!](https://chuckkeller.substack.com/p/military-service-is-stressful) _2026-08-12 · Chuck Keller · Chuck Keller_ The USS Abraham Lincoln CVN 72 ## [Life is Great and Other Lies](https://chuckkeller.substack.com/p/life-is-great-and-other-lies) _2026-08-10 · Chuck Keller · Chuck Keller_ I wrote this yesterday: ## [Parodies, Songs and Humor are the Antidote!](https://chuckkeller.substack.com/p/parodies-songs-and-humor-are-the) _2026-08-09 · Chuck Keller · Chuck Keller_ If you haven't discovered the “Dangerous Ones” on YouTube, Substack or Yahoo yet, you're missing out on something great! ## [Tighten Your Seatbelts!](https://chuckkeller.substack.com/p/tighten-your-seatbelts) _2026-08-08 · Chuck Keller · Chuck Keller_ Since t-Rump and his Russian asset wife slithered down the escalator in New York in 2015, this country has been on a defective carnival ride of FEAR! ## [“There Will Come Soft Rains”: Bradbury’s miniature apocalypse](https://signoregalilei.com/2026/08/04/there-will-come-soft-rains-bradburys-miniature-apocalypse/) _2026-08-04 · signoregalilei · Signore Galilei_ Today is August 4th, 2026. Today is the original setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” from The Martian Chronicles.1 Bradbury himself once described this story as best representing the essence of his work,2 and I know of no story more appropriate for today. It’s also only about 2,000 words, if \[…\] ## [How to put 170 atoms in an atom](https://signoregalilei.com/2026/08/02/how-to-put-170-atoms-in-an-atom/) _2026-08-03 · signoregalilei · Signore Galilei_ You might already know that atoms are mostly empty space. Physical size behaves a bit weirdly at the atomic scale, but essentially the radius of an atom’s nucleus is tens of thousands of times smaller than the radius of an electron’s orbital. That’s the same ratio as a single grain of sand1 to a football \[…\] ## [The most official water costs $120,000 a gallon](https://signoregalilei.com/2026/07/26/the-most-official-water-costs-120000-a-gallon/) _2026-07-26 · signoregalilei · Signore Galilei_ We all learned in science class that water freezes at 0 °C or 32 °F at atmospheric pressure. But what water, exactly? Even after you distill out all the dissolved salts and minerals to get pure H2O, not all H2O is created equal – and for the most precise temperature measurements, the differences really matter. Here’s \[…\] ## [Web Coding With AI, Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/96bYBGFRZxW7) _2026-07-26 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control, open source. ## [8 billion protagonists](https://signoregalilei.com/2026/07/19/8-billion-protagonists/) _2026-07-19 · signoregalilei · Signore Galilei_ Let’s consider a person you don’t know. Maybe they live in the Republic of the Congo. Let’s say they’re near a city – not the country’s biggest city, but maybe its 5th biggest city. I don’t know that city’s name, but I could probably look it up. And they’re not in the city center, but \[…\] ## [4 Reasons Why GDP is a Useful Number—Noah Smith](https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/four-reasons-why-gdp-is-a-useful) _2026-07-18 · Miles Kimball · Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal_ Permalink ## [You are Introspecting Too Much—Auren Hoffman](https://auren.substack.com/p/you-are-introspecting-too-much) _2026-07-17 · Miles Kimball · Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal_ Introspection should stop once it has done 3 jobs: identify your strengths, identify your weaknesses, and identify what you want, Auren Hoffman argues. Permalink ## [Even more things turning 250 this year](https://signoregalilei.com/2026/07/12/even-more-things-turning-250-this-year/) _2026-07-12 · signoregalilei · Signore Galilei_ Last week, we looked at some other things besides the USA that are turning 250 in 2026. As promised, here are a few more: The Dominguez-Escalante expedition Atanasio Dominguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante were two priests from New Spain, who set out on July 29th 1776 to find an overland route from Santa Fe \[…\] ## [What else is turning 250 this year?](https://signoregalilei.com/2026/07/05/what-else-is-turning-250-this-year/) _2026-07-06 · signoregalilei · Signore Galilei_ This year, we celebrated the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the final text of which was ratified by the Second Continental Congress on July 4th, 1776. The year 1776 has become synonymous with the United States of America, but there were in fact other things that happened that year, some of which also \[…\] ## [The American Age was the Human Age—Noah Smith](https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/the-american-age-was-the-human-age) _2026-07-05 · Miles Kimball · Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal_ Permalink ## [The Quarter-Millenial of the United States of America](https://blog.supplysideliberal.com/post/2026/7/4/the-quarter-millenial-of-the-united-states-of-america) _2026-07-04 · Miles Kimball · Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal_ Note: I think “semiquincentennial” is a poor choice for the name of this anniversary. You can see my name for it. I couldn’t let the United States bicentennial pass without writing a post. As I wrote what is below, I surprised myself with what was on my mind when I think about where the United States of America is 250 years after its founding. The image above that I had ChatGPT make expresses my… ## [Why Intelligent People Often Struggle With Love—Daniel Chechick ("Existential Reflections")](https://danielchechick.substack.com/p/why-intelligent-people-often-struggle) _2026-07-03 · Miles Kimball · Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal_ Permalink ## [Want to Get Life Insurance Wrong? Ask AI—Larry Kotlikoff](https://larrykotlikoff.substack.com/p/want-to-get-life-insurance-wrong) _2026-07-03 · Miles Kimball · Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal_ Permalink ## [Christine Desan on the History of Money in America](https://hls.harvard.edu/today/the-revolutionary-history-of-american-money/) _2026-07-01 · Miles Kimball · Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal_ Permalink ## [Stop CI/CD & Supply-Chain Attacks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/cOwZQQMGVtbq) _2026-07-01 · **Sponsored**_ Per-PR: 17 CI/CD checks and package malware scans with inline Check Run findings. ## [How to Pray When You Don't Believe in God—Kasper ter Kuile](https://www.vox.com/advice/491643/how-to-pray-when-you-dont-believe-in-god) _2026-06-29 · Miles Kimball · Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal_ Permalink ## [Why New Zealand is on a map of the USA](https://signoregalilei.com/2026/06/28/why-new-zealand-is-on-a-map-of-the-usa/) _2026-06-29 · signoregalilei · Signore Galilei_ Backstory time: there’s a whole subreddit dedicated to maps without New Zealand. It’s an unfortunately large category. Most maps are like this one from the 404 page of New Zealand’s government: Years ago, someone made a joke post that was just a map of the United States of America, which is therefore a map without \[…\] ## [The last Romans are still around](https://signoregalilei.com/2026/06/20/the-last-romans-are-still-around/) _2026-06-20 · signoregalilei · Signore Galilei_ For some of us, our Roman Empire actually is the Roman Empire. As far as pre-modern states go, the Roman Empire was incredibly powerful, culturally influential, and well documented. Rome’s expansion shaped Europe, and Europe’s shaped the world. So when did the Romans stop being a thing? Definitions are as always tough, but they kind \[…\] ## [The failed plan to centralize the world’s nukes](https://signoregalilei.com/2026/06/14/you-need-to-know-about-the-baruch-plan/) _2026-06-15 · signoregalilei · Signore Galilei_ Picture this: the world’s top scientists are all telling the US government that a brand new technology is an existential threat to humanity. The president listens, and even agrees. The American government, currently a few years ahead of its rivals, proposes a plan at the United Nations that would place this technology under international authority \[…\] ## [Robert Pinsky's 2012 Commencement Speech at Concord Academy](https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/vmk0w/poet_robert_pinskys_commencement_speech_at/) _2026-06-07 · Miles Kimball · Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal_ h/t Larry Kotlikoff Permalink ## [When Britain declared war on Kandy](https://signoregalilei.com/2026/06/07/when-britain-declared-war-on-kandy/) _2026-06-07 · signoregalilei · Signore Galilei_ Sometimes, very serious episodes in history sound incredibly silly. Such is the case with the British war against Kandy. Though it may sound like an ill-conceived health campaign, this was not a war on “candy” as in sweets, but rather “Kandy” as in the kingdom in modern Sri Lanka, around the year 1800. Sri Lanka \[…\] ## [The Age of AI](https://blog.supplysideliberal.com/post/2026/5/28/the-age-of-ai) _2026-05-29 · Miles Kimball · Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal_ Image made with the help of ChatGPT It has been 14 years since my first blog post: What is a Supply-Side Liberal? I have written an anniversary post every year since: A Year in the Life of a Supply-Side Liberal Three Revolutions Beacons Why I Blog My Objective Function A Barycentric Autobiography Crafting Simple, Accurate Messages about Complex Problems On Human Potential Pandemic Passage: My Past… ## [Contra Everyone on Taste—Scott Alexander](https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/contra-everyone-on-taste) _2026-05-23 · Miles Kimball · Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal_ Permalink ## [How to Get a Job in Today's World—Auren Hoffman](https://auren.substack.com/p/if-you-cant-get-a-job-today-its-your) _2026-05-14 · Miles Kimball · Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal_ Permalink ## [Trump’s Next Coup Attempt by Timothy Snyder – Project Syndicate](https://rcooley123.wordpress.com/2026/04/13/trumps-next-coup-attempt-by-timothy-snyder-project-syndicate/) _2026-04-13 · Rick Cooley · Rcooley123's Blog_ Below is a link to an article by Timothy Snyder In Project Syndicate listing what he thinks are five possible ways in which Donald Trump may conspire to rig the upcoming midterm elections in favor of Republican U.S. House of Representative and Senate candidates and allow members of his political party to maintain majorities in \[…\] ## [Donald Trump Promoted From Captain Chaos to Major Mayhem](https://rcooley123.wordpress.com/2026/03/11/donald-trump-promoted-from-captain-chaos-to-major-mayhem/) _2026-03-11 · Rick Cooley · Rcooley123's Blog_ On January 2, 2019, about the midpoint of Trump’s first term as President of the United States of America, I published a blog post titled, “Donald Trump: Captain Chaos” due to the chaotic nature of much of his governing since taking office in January, 2017. So far, his actions in this second term has far \[…\] ## [Superintelligence is Already Here, Today—Noah Smith](https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/superintelligence-is-already-here) _2026-03-02 · Miles Kimball · Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal_ Permalink ## [The #Section3 #Removal Plan: A(nother) Quick, Legal, and Nonviolent Way to End the Trump Regime](https://rcooley123.wordpress.com/2026/01/27/the-section3-removal-plan-another-quick-legal-and-nonviolent-way-to-end-the-trump-regime/) _2026-01-27 · Rick Cooley · Rcooley123's Blog_ Below is a link to the most recent post from the Greg Olear PREVAIL substack that I received today. I strongly recommend that those who can do so subscribe to his substack. This article addresses a major problem that this country will face if/when Donald Trump leaves office. Trump being impeached, even in the unlikely \[…\] ## [The Board of Piss](https://flyingimam.substack.com/p/the-board-of-piss) _2026-01-22 · Sahib Mustaqim Bleher · Flying Imam posts by Sahib Mustaqim Bleher_ According to the Urban Dictionary, someone “full of shit” is someone “who is undependable, unreliable, fake, untrue, a straight up liar”, basically, people like Trump, Kushner, W(Sh)itkoff, Rubio (Rubenstein) and the rest of the low and evil (who think themselves the great and good) of the world gathered in Davos, Switzerland (a timely avalanche would rid the world of most its problems in a single… ## [Disasters Increase People's Present Bias—Ichiro Kawachi](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/01/after-the-disaster-living-for-today/) _2026-01-18 · Miles Kimball · Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal_ Permalink ## [Fact check: Trump’s Detroit economic speech | CNN Politics](https://rcooley123.wordpress.com/2026/01/14/fact-check-trumps-detroit-economic-speech-cnn-politics/) _2026-01-14 · Rick Cooley · Rcooley123's Blog_ Below is a link to a fact check produced by CNN regarding a speech delivered in Detroit earlier this week. Throughout his career, but especially since he entered the realm of electoral politics in this country, Trump has perfected the art of the fact-free speech. He has been extremely proficient in his ability to convince \[…\] ## [Noah Smith: Where Does a Liberal Go from Here?](https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/where-does-a-liberal-go-from-here) _2026-01-04 · Miles Kimball · Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal_ Permalink ## [Jack Smith’s closed-door testimony released by House Republicans after Judiciary Committee deposition](https://rcooley123.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/jack-smiths-closed-door-testimony-released-by-house-republicans-after-judiciary-committee-deposition/) _2026-01-03 · Rick Cooley · Rcooley123's Blog_ Below is a link to an NBC News article reporting on the release by the Republicans on the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee deposition of Special Counsel Jack Smith. Smith had asked that the testimony be made publicly, but the Republicans held the inquiry behind closed doors. Within the article are links to the \[…\] ## [The Spirit of Mormonism from a Nonsupernaturalist Perspective—The Chronist](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwoASkjHa4o) _2025-12-22 · Miles Kimball · Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal_ There is a hyped tone here and some inaccuracies here—for example Mormons avoid the use of the cross as a symbol because Mormonism prefers to emphasize the resurrected Christ rather than the dying Christ—but this video captures much about what is admirable in Mormonism, and much that would ideally be incorporated into a strong nonsurpernaturalist religion. Of course, there is the possibility that… ## [On Barry Schwarz's \`The Paradox of Choice'](https://blog.supplysideliberal.com/post/2025/12/4/on-barry-schwarzs-the-paradox-of-choice) _2025-12-21 · Miles Kimball · Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal_ Link to the Amazon page for The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwarz As an economist, I have long been annoyed. Contrary to “Having fewer choices is better” message many readers are likely to get from the book, more choices are always better, as long as (a) information is not destroyed and (b) you aren’t stupid about dealing with a larger number of choices. On destruction of information, consider a…