Author: craigshields

Trump Critics Erupt.  Not this one. What’s the point of reacting to this buffoonery? Our president is a sick clown.  We all know that.

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The words in yellow at left come from Neil Stone, doctor of infectious diseases, in rebuttal of those of RFK, Jr. Coincidentally, I have a fine friend from boyhood who’s also an infectious diseases doctor, and even more coincidentally, he …

How Liars and Crackpots Threaten Us All Read More »

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Sorry, but I didn’t know that breakfast was supposed to be constructed of products that come from large mammals. Did this come from the bible? When you go downstairs to breakfast from your hotel room in Tokyo, you’re greeted with …

What Breakfast Is Supposed to Contain Read More »

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As previously discussed, there are tens of millions of American voters whose loyalty to Trump is independent of anything the man says or does, regardless of how clearly insane and overtly damaging to our nation and its people. This simply …

Who ARE These People? Read More »

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There are some people who think that this country has just experienced “100 days of greatness,” but there sure as hell aren’t many of them.

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I think we’re a better country than North Korea, but it may be worth a few minutes to understand why. For one, and this is made explicit in our Constitution, we’re a country whose people are guaranteed a free exchange …

What Does It Mean to Say that America Is a “Free” Country? Read More »

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The reader who submitted the idea at left writes: Let’s go back to this! My response: It isn’t a bad idea, but it’s a fairly inconsequential one.  Our representatives’ (legal) compensation structure is nothing compared to what they take home …

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Bernie Sanders makes a good point at left, but it would be great if we in the States could rid ourselves of this whole Trump – Musk – DOGE garbage long before the next election.

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What Ben Franklin says here makes sense.  In particular: We don’t want to live among hateful morons, not only because they’re repulsive, but because such people, when given the right to vote, tend to elect demagogues, aka criminal sociopaths.  If …

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Well, first let’s answer a vitally important question: What is it?  What exactly do these people do? To find the answer requires some work; it’s not revealed anywhere close to the top of their website. It  turns out, it’s solar …

Is This a Good Clean Energy Investment? Read More »

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