Blog: If I understand this

Kevin Zahn

  • Update 03/13/2025

    JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The United States has withdrawn from a climate agreement where rich nations have pledged billions of dollars to help a small group of developing countries switch from coal to green energy sources – why does it seem like everything Trump wants to do revolves around money? ………………………………………….. Didja know:  Medicaid today covers… Continue reading

  • Update 03/09/2025

    Elon Musk, who holds no official cabinet position in the administration, wrote on social media that he agrees that the United States should leave NATO and the United Nations.  – That’s just great.  Ignore the rest of the world.  What the other countries do can’t have any affect on us, can it? …………………………………………… A Washington… Continue reading

  • Update 03/05/2025

    Useless fact of the day:  Canadians eat more donuts per capita than people from any country in the world. …………………………………………….. To put something in perspective:  Wages and benefits for the federal workforce equal about $270 billion. That seems like a lot of money, but when one considers that the total federal budget last year was… Continue reading

  • Update 03/02/2025

    Time mag:  AI chess devices will cheat: “When sensing defeat in a match against a skilled chess bot, they don’t always concede, instead sometimes opting to cheat by hacking their opponent so that the bot automatically forfeits the game.” Gee, kinda like Trump at golf. …………………………………………………… Despite promoting debunked far-right conspiracy theories popular with movements… Continue reading

  • Update 02/26/2025

    The U.S. is — and should be — the largest donor to help children in the world. Yet, with the latest announced cuts in federal spending, many of the programs that have helped people in need across the globe are at risk, such as the AIDS relief effort credited with saving 25 million lives, mostly… Continue reading