© People MagazineSocial media mercilessly excoriated People Magazine for its tasteless headline.
It was in 2015 that the famed creator of the Dilbert cartoon first started speculating that Donald Trump had what it takes to become president. The feeling of shock was palpable. No one else was saying anything like this - more specifically, no one of his status and reach as a cultural influence. In those days, the opinions of The Nation and National Review were identical: this clown cannot be president.
For my own part, I recall feeling appalled by Adams' statements. At the time, I was firmly in the Never Trump camp, without fully understanding that I was then accepting the most conventional opinion possible at the time. I further failed to understand the complex dynamic operating beneath the surface, namely that a broken system of government/media/tech had long ago stopped serving the cause of freedom and dignity and turned to full-time exploitation in surreptitious forms.
Comment: Update January 15
The Moscow Times reports that two people were buried alive under snow in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky after snowpacks fell from the roofs of residential buildings.
Besides record snowfall in Russia's Far East, Moscow last week experienced "the heaviest snowfall in 56 years, with 42 percent of the monthly average precipitation recorded in just 24 hours."
And temperatures have plunged right across the country: