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A Sober Assessment of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change

February 22, 2021 Michael Lodato Leave a Comment

What is the Paris Agreement: The objective of the Paris Agreement, enacted in 2016, is to limit greenhouse gas emissions by 55% from 1990 levels by 2030 (9 years from now) and ultimately to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial temperatures.  As of now the globe has warmed by about 0.8 deg.  So, how are we doing since 2016?  Not so well, I say.  There have been … [Read more...]

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The Irreparable Damage Done by Lockdowns

January 4, 2021 Michael Lodato 4 Comments

We have been misled by “experts in charge” about what to do about the COVID pandemic.  They have avoided providing information that measures the risk, perhaps in terms of probability, from any specific behavior – leaving the impression that any exposure to certain people and places would trigger another case.  They seem to be in collusion with the people who take every opportunity to stoke fear … [Read more...]

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It Was Love Vs. Hate and Hate Won

November 8, 2020 Michael Lodato 1 Comment

That’s the way I figure it.  As you could tell from the rallies Trump had a ton of enthusiastic supporters, about 70 million of them, who grew to love the guy.  On the other side there were more than 70 million who have a deep hated of him.  Joe Biden was irrelevant; John Doe could have defeated Trump this time because the forces of hate had almost all the media, including some at Fox, saying … [Read more...]

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Lodato Family Gathers During the Pandemic

October 16, 2020 Michael Lodato 3 Comments

The Familia Lodato, the one started by Sylvia and me so many decades ago, spent four days together in the San Diego area a couple of weeks ago.  It was a glorious time, extremely well planned, with terrific venues, lots of laughter, warm discussions and a whole lot more. Most important it was a family thing.  We have a grandma and grandpa, fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, grandsons and … [Read more...]

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You’ll Be Voting for Trump or Harris

October 9, 2020 Michael Lodato 1 Comment

"a Harris administration, together with Joe Biden as the president of the United States, the Harris-Biden administration will ….." That’s the way Kamala Harris described her future relationship with a President Joe Biden (September 14, 2020.  Biden said it also.   Just one day later he referred to plans in a “Harris-Biden administration”, similarly suggesting that she was on top of the Democrat … [Read more...]

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What I Would Do If I Were Trump

October 9, 2020 Michael Lodato 1 Comment

In debates or at rallies, no matter what the questions are, here's what you should do: Review what you inherited from previous administrations, including Economic stagnation Weak border security and massive illegal immigration Sanctuary cities ISIS terrorism Weakened military Skyrocketing health insurance premiums War on police and law enforcement + riots in the streets … [Read more...]

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Venturing Out During the Pandemic

September 28, 2020 Michael Lodato Leave a Comment

October 2020 Some may have concerns about our getting infected with the virus on our upcoming 4-day trip to San Diego county.  The probability of us returning virus free is 99.97848. Here’s the calculation using statistics from SanDiegoCounty.gov. Over 226 days (thru 9/27/2020) there have been 1,453 cases of people 80 years old and above getting infected.  The rate per 100,00 of these … [Read more...]

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Mathematics and Me

September 24, 2020 Michael Lodato Leave a Comment

I think I’m a Platonist when it comes to mathematics.  Some scholars feel very strongly that mathematical truths are “out there,” waiting to be discovered.  Platonism takes its name from the ancient Greek thinker Plato, who imagined that mathematical truths inhabit a world of their own—not a physical world, but rather a non-physical realm of unchanging perfection; a realm that exists outside of … [Read more...]

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Meet the Real Systemic Racists Against Blacks

September 13, 2020 Michael Lodato Leave a Comment

Think about it.  Suppose you really hate blacks and want to see them suffer from murder, other violent crime and fear.  In other words, you don’t want blacks to be at peace.  And you want someone else to be blamed for the injustice and carnage.  A logical answer is that you would defund the organizations responsible for their protection and blame the police for systemic racism – even though the … [Read more...]

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The Dimensions of Donald Trump

September 11, 2020 Michael Lodato 2 Comments

(Updated 8/7/2020) I didn’t vote for Donald Trump, I’ve never been a democrat, and I long ago withdrew from the Republican Party.  So, I took no responsibility for his election – either way.  However, I have been driven to have a favorable view of the President by the behavior of certain sectors of the press and the democrats.  Instead of offering solutions, they are behaving like small children … [Read more...]

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