A reader notes: Here is a 10 MB hard disk from the 70’s that I was told cost $40k. Sitting on it is the 1 terabyte hard drive from my laptop. The cost (and size) of data storage is a …
Author: craigshields
Does This Guy Hate Me?
Hate to say it, but I’m not sure that I fully believe this fellow. If he’s a Trump supporter (and he sure does look the part), he’s going to have a tough time with me and my beliefs as a …
The End of Capitalism
Well, that didn’t happen, did it? Human society is so deeply wedded to capitalism that we seem to be 100% incapable of reversing the collapse of our environment. The top priority of rich people is to become richer. Actually, it’s …
How Trump Won
There were, of course, a few other things, like the lies about grocery prices, and the end of woke/DEI education and other governmental programs. Then there are the mass deportations; his people love this.
Dying of Climate Change
Of course, it’s impossible to predict the future of climate change, but it’s improbable that this young lady will die of it. The only way affluent white Americans will get killed by the effects of global warming is if they …
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Doing “Research”
Re: the meme here, the precise opposite is true. If you interview the president’s supporters and ask them if they “do research” into Trump’s actions and statements, almost all of them would say, “Of course! That’s why I trust him …
Corrupt Governments
There are probably many ways of going about trying to answer this question. I would head for the Freedom House, which “rates people’s access to political rights and civil liberties in 210 countries and territories through its annual Freedom in …
Re-Inventing the Lawn
We Boomers grew up at a time when lush green grass lawns and large expanses of concrete were the paradigm for our yards. Yet many of us today, if we had the chance to do all this over and re-invent …
The Grand Re-alignment of the World
Things are moving very quickly at this point. At this rate, government of, by, and for the people will be extinguished in fairly short order.
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Having Children
My wife and I had our kids in the mid-1990s. Bill Clinton, a sane human being, was the U.S. president, the economy was strong, the USSR had dissolved, the world was largely unaware of global warming, and the times were …
