Author: craigshields

…..”Concerns about where this presidency is going…” Let me ask you this: “Where the f*** do you think it’s going?” We’re talking about a president who, after his failed attempt to overthrow the U.S. federal government, is consistently ignoring court …

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To paraphrase the words of Aldous Huxley: There is a cost to denying reality, and the longer it’s denied, the higher the cost.

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The only thing that me mad about the meme at left (actually, more sad than mad) is that it illustrates the level of stupidity and hate of tens of millions of Americans. We’re going backwards, and that’s depressing.

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We all hope the Epstein files are released, though this criminal administration is fighting against it tooth and nail. Why?

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There is no definitive answer to the question posed at left. Most people would say that, in the West, the division started in the 16th Century with Galileo and Copernicus. Then we had Newton 100 years later, followed by Mendeleev …

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This seemed like fake news, so I looked it up.  Come to find out: it’s true. I’m so glad I don’t know a single person stupid enough to believe it.

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Yes, but the billionaires will get richer, and that seems to be the only thing that really matters.

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Without doubt, the most effective way to prevent science from revealing the truth about awkward matters that may impede our country’s billionaires from getting richer, e.g., that we’re baking our planet, is to shut down the research centers that employ …

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Re: the remarks at left, yes, it’s a “generational difference,” but the real issue is that we’re comparing apples to motorcycles. By definition, Soviet-style totalitarian communism made ownership of private property/enterprise illegal and held the entire starving population in slavery …

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At left is one of the reasons that I’ve always admired Adam Kinzinger. What possessed him to become a Republican I can’t imagine; he doesn’t seem to share a single one of their values of greed, selfishness, ignorance, and hate. …

The War in Ukraine Read More »

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