Apparently, the author of the meme here doesn’t know that 2023 marked the sixth straight year that the United States led the world in oil production.
Author: craigshields
Environmental Deregulation
The modern-day Republican party is doing everything in its power to remove regulations that are aimed at protecting the environment, and right now, they’re having a field day, due to our nation’s rejection of science. But what happens when the …
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No, Japan Is Not Working on Beaming Solar Energy Down from PV in Orbit Around the Earth
This isn’t physically impossible, but it’s extremely impractical. I strongly doubt any serious person or group is wasting time on this.
More on “86”
In my recent post called “86,” I told the story about how my father liked to use the Army lingo he’d learned in 1942 when he entered WW II. He explained to my brother and me that it meant to …
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“86”
When my brother and I were little, our father took great delight in amusing us with lingo he learned in basic training, prior to his being commissioned into the Army Air Force as a bomber pilot in WW II. One …
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Rejecting the Modern-Day Republican Party
When boomers were young, we were almost exclusively Democrats, but it’s common now to see people under 30 gravitate to the Republicans. What changed to make this possible? In a word, I would say anti-intellectualism. It used to be cool …
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What’s “Presidential?”
I wish I knew a few Trump supporters well enough to ask them for their candid opinion of the concept at left. In particular, do they think it’s “presidential” to lose focus on the issues of the day, e.g., a …
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Is Trump a Moron? Does It Matter?
It’s heartening to see anti-Trump sentiment rise all around the country, with folks of all ages and all geographies picking up all manner of signs and banners to express their feelings to the public at large. I know that this …
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The Modern Right Wing
The words at left come from American author Kevin Gauthen. I disagree. Though he has a point to make about ripping off the “illiterate rubes,” there is a clearly laid out goal to today’s right wing, as articulated in “Project …
Tagged with: Project 2025, tax cuts for billionaires, the demise of rule of law, the deregulation of the environment, the end of democracy as laid out in the U.S. Constitution, the end of rights for women LGBTQs and religious minorities, the end to safety nets for the poor and disabled, white supremacy
Trump Attacks Bruce Springsteen
So proud to have a president who focuses on the issues that affect all Americans: the economy and jobs market, rule of law, healthcare, education, the environment, our country’s status on the world stage, and our relationships with our historic …
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