Author: craigshields

. . . . before Trump created a pejorative name for Kamala Harris and starting attacking her with it. Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich has a few point he’d like to make here.

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Donald Trump faces plenty of obstacles, but perhaps chief among them is the considerable number of Republicans who maintain some level of integrity. For example, take the former lieutenant governor of Georgia, whose thoughts on the subject appear at left. …

Trump’s in Trouble Read More »

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A reader asks: I learned almost all the grammar I still know from Latin, French and German where these constructions had to be more explicitly explained: Declension and conjugation from Latin, subjunctives from German, etc. My question is, am I …

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At least in the U.S., this is going in the opposite direction, largely via disinformation campaigns.  Now we have masses of people, supported by Fox News and other right-wing media outlets, believing that climate change is a hoax, that phasing …

When Will People Realize …. ? Read More »

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I love this quote from 20th Century theoretical physicist Richard Feynman, and I’m glad that he was content to live with doubt. I wouldn’t be surprised if the human intellect eventually hits a wall when it comes to understanding things …

Uncertainty May Be a Permanent Condition, and We Need To Be OK with That Read More »

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The situation in which the U.S. finds itself going into the November presidential election would be funny if it weren’t so packed with danger. Do we want Dorothy or the Wicked Witch of the West?  The Joker or Batman?

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Comments on the photo here include:  • He wouldn’t know communism if it seized the means of their production.  • Your guy thinks authoritarianism is strong.  • I hate to tell you buddy, but the pro-Communist party is the Republicans …

Those Darned Democrat Commies Read More »

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The claim:  Japanese students from Osaka Public University engineered and piloted an innovative ‘flying cycle’ aircraft in 2019. Named Tsurugi, the pedal-powered plane achieved a notable flight distance of 19 km (11 mi) during the Yomiuri Television Birdman Rally. Hmmmm.  …

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It’s unclear when Kurt Vonnegut said this, but given that he died in 2007, it couldn’t have been too recently. And keep in mind that our society has become far more indecent since Vonnegut’s passing. I doubt he’d be too …

An Indecent Society Read More »

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As previously mentioned, 2GreenEnergy “headquarters” is located in a rural part of Central California, and, as such, it has a fairly good-sized contingent of far-right-wingers. This guy, for instance, feels comfortable in announcing to the world that he owns an …

Fewer Trumpers Read More »

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