Despite myself being a relentless optimist, I cannot imagine how the future will be better than the present. There will be many problems that will create more problems, with many of these problems being hard or impossible to solve. Nevertheless, I remain hopeful of the future.

Do you think Ted Cruz will be the new supreme Court justice?

I just damn hope the vacant Supreme Court seat isn't filled by Mitch. If he does, we'll enter a new dark age where progressivism is stopped in its tracks for years.

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I was just reflecting a few days ago on how stupidly commercial areas (e.g. outdoor malls) are designed. For example, they place lots of park benches for people to sit down, but most of them aren't under an awing or covering, so when it rains, they are totally useless for the rest of the day (as it takes time for them to dry) -- and if rains a lot during some season, then they are basically never used! Another thing really stupid are ground speakers. As if being forced to listen to...

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We've gotten three new tropical storms today; we've now exhausted the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane names and have to use the Greek alphabet for names