Author: craigshields

Please don’t tell me the good people of Alabama are unfamiliar with the U.S. Constitution.  I refuse to believe it.  🙂 This really isn’t that difficult.

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Wow, that’s one tough president. Soon, he’ll be coming after their government-paid sports cars, three-martini lunches, sexual massages, and real estate in the Hamptons.

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Shown at left is a subject known as synthetic fuels, that’s been around since the days of the Third Reich in the 1940s.  There is nothing “groundbreaking” about it whatsoever. In order to be made efficient enough to be meaningful, …

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Set in the late 1930s, when the Nazis were coming to power and pressure was being put on Austria to join the Third Reich, this magical story is somehow more relevant–and poignant–than it’s been in 75 years.

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I don’t know the cause of the fracas in this video, but it’s certain that stuff like this puts a big smile on Trump’s face. One of the key ingredients in any plan for him to stay in power past …

Turning Peaceful Protests Violent Read More »

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A reader asked me about the supposed breakthrough in making PV solar panels transparent, so they can replace windows in office buildings. I don’t believe this. PV works by absorbing photons and using them to knock loose electrons from a …

Solar PV as Windows Read More »

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There may be some MAGA rhetoric on some subject that is somewhat plausible (though I can’t think of any offhand). As I posted earlier, however, anyone who believes this particular line of crap from the White House is a total …

What are These Federal Troops Actually Doing in Our Cities? Read More »

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We all know this one: The girls with the megaphones: “Sweet Caroline!” Crowd: “Bom, bom, bom!” Girls: “Good time never seemed so good.” Not bad for a war-ravaged city whose people have taken up arms and are violently attacking federal …

Meanwhile, in Chicago, a Bit of Neil Diamond Read More »

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Wind energy is based on removing some of the kinetic energy from a certain volume of moving wind and converting it to electricity.  Think of the volume of wind that passes through the area bound by the circular movement of …

New Approach to Wind Energy? Read More »

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Yes, that is funny.  They were chosen specifically because they were incompetent; their only qualification is their willingness to do whatever Trump asks of them. Phew.  At least they’re not competent, honest people who are black, female, or gay; what …

No DEI in the Trump Administration — and That Has a Humorous Side Read More »

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