Author: craigshields

I overheard a conversation the other day on recycling, in which one of the participants said, “Ha! I don’t recycle. I’m a Republican!” When I was a little boy in the early 1960s, my parents, who were several generations deep …

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The point made at left is a valid one: Cruelty for its own sake is a huge part of who we have become as Americans. Maybe this isn’t new.  Maybe we’ve simply been unmasked.

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Scarcely a day goes by that Americans aren’t slapped in the face with some sort of horrible reminder as to how stupid we have become over such a short period of time.  When you read what our Secretary of Defense …

Almost Every Day Brings a New Ghastly Reminder Read More »

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In an earlier post, I mentioned that the Canadians I meet on a daily basis seem to accept what’s happening in the United States with fairly cool heads. Of course, I’m meeting these Canadians here in the U.S., meaning that …

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Corporate America seems to be at war against its consumer customers.  Driving up profits by increasing prices, shrinkflation, and other forms of corner-cutting are everywhere in our lives. On top of everything else, we have products that simply don’t work, …

Defending Ourselves Against Corporate Aggression Read More »

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The Canadians I meet on a daily basis seem to accept what’s happening in the United States more philosophically than former Member of Parliament Charlie Angus. Holy cats! Check this out.  

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Just the other day I was asked to explain how countries like Iran become so backwards in terms of humanistic values.  A big part of the answer is they never went through what the West experienced in the 18th Century, …

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These people claim: Human composting is now America’s fastest growing alternative to cremation and burial. This vessel holds the soil created from that process—soil that families can use to plant, scatter, or donate to restore natural landscapes. Get an instant …

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In this video, Trump explains why “we’re doing coal,” including the notion that solar and wind are “ugly as hell.” IMO, this is simply an effort to energize his base of hateful morons. Trump must understand that the combustion of …

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Ocean-current hydrokinetics has drawbacks, but harm to aquatic life isn’t one of them. The real problem is the cost per KWhr of the electricity they generate. When 2GreenEnergy was launched in 2009, the world was abuzz with the developments in …

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