Common Dreams writes: “The stakes are too high and the margins are potentially too close for anyone concerned about the environment to view Kennedy as a safe vote for the climate.” It’s hard to imagine how Kennedy could garner any …
Author: craigshields
Religion in the Middle East: A Big Taboo
With all the media coverage of the vicious terrorist attack on Israel, it’s weird that no one seems to mention religion as the proximate cause of this atrocity. For a moment, imagine a scenario in which none of the players …
Tagged with: religion
Japan: First Flying Car?
No, there are several investment scams in the U.S. offered by companies who claim this to be the future of transportation. Sounds great, doesn’t it? No pilot’s license required! All that’s required to enter this fraudulent enterprise is a graphic …
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Bridges
I’ve mentioned my fondness for A Word a Day, presented by the noted linguist Anu Garg. Not only is it good for the vocabulary, it includes a “thought for the day” which is generally quite interesting. Here’s today’s from -Ivo …
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Why Jesus Hasn’t Returned
Anywhere there is a buck to be made, regardless of how morally debased one has to be in order to participate in it, there will be people stooping to it. Some sell heroin; others traffic little kids into sexual slavery. …
Tagged with: our nation's most ignorant people
Carl Sagan Would Be Rolling Over in His Grave
Carl Sagan left us in 1996. If this is what he thought while he was still on this planet, it’s hard to imagine the pity and contempt with which he would regard this nation in its current mentally defective condition.
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Gray Water
I ran into a plumber just now, who, when the subject of environmental sustainability came up, explained that his pet peeve is our society’s lack of concern about the use of potable water for applications in which “gray water” would …
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Wealth Inequality
From Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States (1877-1881): “In church it occurred to me that it is time for the public to hear that the giant evil and danger in this country, the danger which transcends all others, …
God’s Money
Silver and gold are “God’s Money?” Think about that for a second. God prefers precious metals, and uses them in all His financial transactions? In particular, does He need us to have and use money of any kind? Seems to …
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Is the MyPillow Guy Broke?
Could this be, oh, I don’t know, a LIE?? I wonder if this is a ploy to dissuade civil litigation against him for defamation. His baseless claims that election workers rigged the voting in 2020 would be worth tens of …
