Oops!

 

Pundits are not shy about making predictions ... and this includes non-pundits like myself. And some of these predictions take on a life of there own and become generally-accepted memes.  A few examples of these popularized memes being — global warming, Russian collusion, cold fusion, AI hegemony, 5G, vaccination dangers, simulated reality, driverless cars, a social media society, meatless nutrition, totally renewable energy, colonizing our solar system, etc.

Some of these memes have an enormous economic cost ... and the rub comes if and when they turn out to be wrong. Oops! What happens then? What if global warming driven by human fossil fuel usage is finally debunked? Is Al Gore going to be made to pay for all the economic dislocation he caused? He certainly benefited greatly from his prediction. Perhaps he could be made to pay alimony to the American people as well as Tipper?

Headlines

All come from Internet news sites. Guess which ones from Politico?

Probe launched into [French President] Macron's lavish Vegas soirée ...

Trump and Putin have 'robust' talk about election interference

French Parliament extends state of emergency until November

Coldest July day ever recorded in Northern Hemisphere

U.S. bomber challenges China in South Sea flyover ...

Clapper: No evidence others besides Russia hacked the U.S. election

Chief Justice appears to take shot across Gorsuch's bow

Federal court denies Hawaii challenge to Trump travel ban definition

Massive meteor strikes moon ...

Andrew Cuomo could beat Trump ... if he could win over the Left first

Renewable energy overtakes nuclear for first time in three decades

Sweden: 86% of 'underage' migrants really adults

Pond Scum

Pond Scum

TV and radio personality, Dom Imus has a favorite slur.  He often calls those people he doesn't like "pond scum."  (If you have ever watched or heard Imus, he likes very few people.)  Recently the price of gasoline in the U.S. is sky-rocketing ... which presents a headwind for Barack Obama's re-election in the fall.  But President Obama is not fazed.  He is now pontificating about turning this sow's ear into a silk purse ... he feels that algae (pond scum) will be America's next source of renewable energy (@ $26 per gallon).  For those who don't understand politics, The Barry's new pronouncement is a way of changing the subject and showing future voters that he "feels their pain" (and shame on Republicans for now licking their lips over high gasoline prices.)

Charles Krauthammer, a syndicated columnist and Fox New commentator, has his own mocking assessment of this new energy initiative on Obama's part ... see: Fox News Report.   I anxiously await Don Imus's next assessment of Obama.