In the last year, the percentage of Republicans who want to see a full accounting for the events of January 6, 2021 has fallen from 27% to 13%. The vast majority of the GOP simply wants to “let this go.” …
Author: craigshields
Violations of the 1st and 2nd Laws of Thermodynamics
Here’s a guy selling a perpetual motion machine (see photo at left) that I’ve seen frequently on social media. For the life of me, I can’t understand why this fraudster isn’t in prison.
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Inductive EV Charging
It was Nikola Tesla who first noticed that a current flowing in a wire would induce a current to flow in a nearby conductor. 130 years later, this is the way we charge our electric toothbrushes. But will this transfer …
U.S. Veterans Are Revolted by Trump
I happen to know a few veterans and active duty service people, and I don’t know a single one who isn’t sickened by Trump and his treasonous behavior following his election loss in 2020. Mainstream media may wish to convince …
Big Money in Government
What FDR said here 75 years ago provides insight into where we are now, where we have a Supreme Court justice taking bribes and a climate change mitigation strategy that’s stuck in the mud, due to the fact that the …
The GOPS’s Response to Nixon and Trump
Notice the marked difference between the Republicans’ responses to the crimes of Nixon and those of Trump. Nixon, who obstructed justice, was forced to resign in disgrace and, within a few years was simply a distant, unpleasant memory. 50 years …
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Some of Us Adore the Second Amendment
But has the gentleman here with the eyebrows taken it too far?
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Trickle-Down Economics
What American author and journalist William Blum says here seems correct. The reason trickle-down economics doesn’t work is that making rich people richer does not provide them with any incentive to hire additional people. I had over 100 employees at …
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Progress on Gun Control
Considering where it’s located, Minnesota is quite progressive in its politics. Check this out, from the state’s governor. Gotta love his remark on “thoughts and prayers.”
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The Round Earth
Reader A asks: How did we discover that the Earth is round? Reader B: Probably fishermen who saw the top of masts coming first when approaching other nearby ships. Me: An ancient Greek mathematician (Pythagoras? Euclid?) asked a friend who …
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