Author: craigshields

Ha! Terry Wagner makes an excellent point.

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The people from Wind Catcher say their product is “perfect for camping, RVing, and off-grid living. It’s lightweight, easy to install, and produces enough energy to power your devices and appliances for days.” Of course, “easy to install” is a …

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Here’s a video in which former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner discusses the incendiary language that Donald Trump is using on his social media platform and at his rallies, e.g., referring to special prosecutor Jack Smith as a “deranged lunatic.” The …

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I was pretty unimpressed when the lead witness for the Republicans in these proceedings was forced to admit under oath that “there is no evidence that Biden did anything wrong.” I was even less impressed with his next assertion, “But …

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I don’t want to see climate deniers in public office any more that Leonardo DiCaprio, but I disagree with him here. Restricting people from government who are unscientific in their thinking is an unsupportable idea, if only because it’s unconstitutional. …

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From “The Story of Stuff”: A legal complaint against Coca-Cola, Danone, and Nestlé has been issued by a consumer body and two environmental groups in Europe. The complaint alleges the companies are misleading consumers into buying a product which is …

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At left we see another example of how we will argue about anything in the modern-day chaos we call our “society.” As John Cleese points out, we can’t even agree that empathy for other people is an unequivocally good thing.

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Is there something of validity to this investment?  I’m not sure. What I do know is that the subject of biodegradable plastic has been the subject of scrutiny of materials scientists for many decades. Part of the problem is the …

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I’ll grant that the graphic below is, in fact, terrifying, but it’s factually incorrect; this does not represent anywhere near everything we eat and drink.  In actuality, if you stay away from the center of your grocery store, you’ll avoid …

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Hmm. I was aware that there were Jews living in Germany in the 1930s, but until Trump posted what we see here at left, I was unaware that we had more than a handful of “communists and Marxists,” let alone …

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