Author: craigshields

Obviously, the meme here was concocted simply as clickbait, but here’s a comment anyway.  I’m sure there are companies all across the nation that would prefer not to hire liberals, on the basis that we reject the core tenets of …

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I would say that it’s corruption. Yes, there are more corrupt countries overall, e.g., Russia and the other 53 dictatorships around the world.  But none is our size, and few are pretending to be democracies.    

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The reader who sent me this writes, “Son of Satan.” Yes. I think of him as his father, Trump, but without the intelligence, honesty, and compassion for the American people.  

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Here’s a reminder that renewable energy resources are not distributed equally around the globe. Decarbonizing the energy and transportation sectors in a place like Iceland, which has geothermal energy in amazing abundance, is like falling off a log. In other …

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Obviously, it’s impossible to predict the future based on the past, and China is brandishing weapons.  Moreover, it’s been trying to take over the world for the last 6000 years. That said, the culture of China is built around patience, …

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Paying more for gas is painful, but I’m not sure how that compares with waging a pointless and illegal war in which the bodies of men, women, and children are being blown to bits.  

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Actually, he hates everything that promotes the wellbeing of the common person. What does he love? Anything that makes him richer and more powerful, which includes things that will earn him the support of hateful idiots. The Chinese own 0.036% …

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What an artistic way to point out the debauchery and insanity of the current presidential administration. Impressive. Wish I had that talent.    

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Liberals, unless they’re extremely unintelligent, are not “triggered” by Trump supporters who want to burn the U.S. Constitution and make a criminal lunatic the first king of America. We may be upset that the sociopath is doing his damnedest to …

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I would say that there is a large variety of types of freedom, and that freedom itself is relative.  No one is absolutely free; for instance, no one is free from eventual death. Things that make people relatively free includes …

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