I wish I had $100 for every time I heard some uneducated Trump supporter tell me this. A democracy is a system where governmental power is derived directly from the will of the majority. A constitutional republic is a specific …
Author: craigshields
Why Trump Is So Repugnant
My biggest beef with Trump isn’t the many individual points of failure, but the fact that they are all the product of the mind of a criminal sociopath whose only way of thinking is self-enrichment, normally at the expense of …
Scientific Illiteracy
Neil DeGrasse Tyson says that our problem isn’t that our children don’t understand science, but that our adults don’t. Three comments: 1) Wind is not a finite resource as long as the sun comes up every morning and disproportionately heats …
Tagged with: earth science, Neil deGrasse Tyson, our children don't understand science, Putting one's ignorance of public display is not a strong idea, rural Texas, scientific illiteracy, sun disproportionately heats the Earth's surface, Wind is not a finite resource as long as the sun comes up every morning
Government Watch List
At this point in the decay of the American democracy, anyone overtly and publicly critical of Trump who believes he’s not on a government watch list is an idiot.
Do Oil Wells Dropped by Big Oil Represent an Investment Opportunity?
Two comments: 1) If you want to a part of the environmental collapse that is coming from our civilization’s continued reliance of fossil fuels, you’re morally defective. In the parlance of the common man, you’re an asshole. 2) If you …
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The Haves and the Have-Nots
I met a professional investor today whom I asked for his prognostication about the U.S. economy. He replied that the only thing he’s sure of is the growing chasm between the rich and poor, a point to which we agreed. …
Tagged with: "Woke", Bernie Sanders hasn't lost hope., congressional Republicans who kowtow to Donald Trump and their billionaire donors, corporate greed, dying days of free-market capitalism, growing chasm between the rich and poor, morality has increasingly ebbed away to the point that trying to live a life of honesty and decency has become a joke, professional investor, prognostication about the U.S. economy, Rich people increasing their wealth without limit at the expense of everyone else on Earth, socialist losers, the rich own our congress, working class would be getting tired of being ground into the pavement by corporate greed
The Miseries of Planned Societies
The people in Northern Europe and other spots around the globe are miserable? Democratic socialism has been the driving force in making the people of the following countries the seven happiest on Earth (in order). Finland Iceland Denmark Costa Rica …
Trump Inspires Artistic Creativity
As huge a catastrophe for the nation as Trump is, he brings out some real creative genius. I hope you’ll check this out.
The Sharia Law Onslaught
Here’s an ultra-right-winger who thinks that his voters are so stupid that they’ll believe that U.S. courts are routinely sentencing thieves to have their hands amputated. We have huge problems in this country, but the “onslaught” of Sharia Law isn’t …
Tagged with: decay of American education, Forget about the Epstein files, Let's focus on Sharia Law, onslaught of Sharia Law, overt corruption in the White House, Radical Islam has usurped the U.S. Constitution, Trump supporter in congress, U.S. courts are routinely sentencing thieves to have their hands amputated, ultra-right-winger
The World Mourns for the United States
What the boob at left is saying is partially true, in that only some people in the rest of the world are laughing at the United States. The vast majority of people I meet from other countries are crying, not …
