Author: craigshields

Anyone who thinks things have improved since the Obama days is kidding himself. And now, we’re talking about issues that are far less supportable than they were in 2008. Texas is suing the federal government because the state’s OBGYN doctors …

Congressional Childishness Hurts Us All Read More »

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Meet Mildred Lisette Norman, aka the Peace Pilgrim, an American spiritual teacher, mystic, and peace activist for 28 years during the mid-20th Century. She walked across the United States, speaking with others about peace, and was on her seventh cross-country …

Throughout History, There Have Been Many Who Came in Peace Read More »

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Sure, that sounds bad, but it really depends on how one defines “quality of life.”  If affluence, education, and health mean a great deal, then, yeah, there are 48 states in which you’ll fare better. If you want to see …

Texas Gets “F” Grade on Its Quality of Life Read More »

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We’re a country at war with itself, in so many different ways. As suggested here is the battle being fought between our nation’s gun nuts and its parents of school-age kids. Parents will do anything to protect their children, but …

America Waging War–Against America Read More »

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From this article on Trump and his insurrection: As former President Donald Trump weighs announcing a potential 2024 presidential run this fall — which would be his third run for president in as many election cycles — a constitutional law …

Constitutional Scholar: Democrats Should Block Trump 2024 Presidential Campaign Using the 14th Amendment Read More »

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“May” is a word (used in this article) that doesn’t hold much certainty.   Of course, almost nothing is certain in our world today. But do you know what makes a Trump resurgence extremely unlikely?  A long prison term, for seditious …

CNN: The Truth About 2020 May Not Stop a Trump Resurgence Read More »

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From this piece on the European droughts and heat waves: Record-breaking heat has killed over 1,000 people in Western Europe over the past week, while firefighters battle to contain blazes scorching swathes of three countries amid a worsening climate emergency, officials …

Deadly Heat Waves Read More »

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From Rolling Stone: Trump Tells Team He Needs to Be President Again to Save Himself from Criminal Probes Obviously Trump understands this; he’s not an idiot. But is this a valid reason to vote for a U.S. president?  Our boy …

Trump Explains That He Needs To Regain the White House to Avoid Criminal Prosecution Read More »

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An old friend sent me this, as apparent evidence that environmental science has no idea what it’s talking about, and that climate change is a hoax. It’s perfectly possible that some jackass predicted in 2005 that New York City would …

Ridiculing Climate Science with Fabricated BS Read More »

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The only one missing here, it seems to me, is the hamstringing of the EPA when it comes to limiting greenhouse gas emissions.

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