Author: craigshields

This will result in lung disease, climate change, loss of biodiversity, and higher electricity prices. It will also further alienate the rest of the world from our country, as every other nation on the planet is making gains in the …

Cancelling Renewable Energy Read More »

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It’s interesting that there is no Fox News (or equivalent) in Canada. The Canadians have protections of free speech that are very similar to ours in the States, and, like the U.S., these rights are not absolute.  One difference is …

Fox News and its Effects on American Civilization Read More »

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Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich makes an excellent point at left. The constant onslaught of distractions coming out of Trump’s mouth is calculated to make us give up striving for truth, honesty, and environmental responsibility. We mustn’t quit.    

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The death sentence that Trump has imposed on renewable energy in America is good for two groups: a) Big Oil and b) the MAGA crowd that rejects science and wants nothing more than to own the libs, aka the “libtards.” …

Trump’s Destruction of Renewable Energy Benefits His Support Base, and That’s All that Matters Read More »

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4.9% per month is 78% per annum. Here is a deal I’m sure you’ll accept. I’ll send you $100K tomorrow morning, and you put $178K in escrow, payable to me at the end of 12 months. Looking forward to hearing …

A Deal from a Hot Investor Who Wants My Money Read More »

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As suggested at left, if you want us to believe that traditional country music artists singers are predominantly Trump supporters, we’ll accept that.  If I were selling — whatever — to largely uneducated white people, I myself might succumb to …

The Entertainment Industry Consists of a Few Trump Supporters, but They’re Unequally Distributed Read More »

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I looked through a few of the many thousands of responses to the question above on social media and have concluded: If you ask uneducated people who know essentially nothing about global warming, you’ll find that nothing can stop it, …

What Can Stop Climate Change? Read More »

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In mathematics, a “point of inflection” is the point at which a function stops falling and starts growing or stops growing and starts falling. In the language of calculus, we say that a point of inflection is where the second …

The Well-Being of Working Class Americans Hit a Downturn in 1980 Read More »

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The content of the meme here is partially true.  Trump still has about 35% support, but that’s down from 51% when he was elected.  So, more than 12 million American voters who put him in office have realized that he’s …

We the People Read More »

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If I were to make a guess about the near-term future of the United States, I would say that it will take a great many years before the people of the world stop harboring deep concerns to the effect the …

Trusting America after Trump Leaves Read More »

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