The note accompanying the meme here reads: “The luckiest thing the super-rich have going for them is that the rest of us let them get away with it.”
Author: craigshields
Do We Let the Filthy Rich “Get Away With” Their Crimes?
Tagged with: Securities and Exchange Commission
Sure, There Will Be Republican Voters in 2022, But Precisely Who Are They?
We’re told to expect a landslide victory for the Republicans in the 2022 midterms here in the U.S. Seriously? Yes, I know there are Americans who are a) angry about inflation, and b) too ignorant to understand that most countries …
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Tagged with: disregard for the will of the American people
I Thought Nothing Coming from Herschel Walker Would Surprise Me, Until ….
No one expects professional football players to be atmospheric scientists, but can’t we hope that they’ll simply keep their mouths shut? If I tried to tell an elementary school child that our clean air is going to China and that …
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Environmentalism Is Something You Either Get, or You Don’t
The cartoon here illustrates something that many of us see constantly in our daily lives: some people care about the environment and the quality of life we’re leaving for future generations. And others just plain don’t. An old friend likes …
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No New Gas Stations in Northern California Cities
From today’s Los Angeles Times: California cities ban new gas stations Without realizing they were starting a movement in green energy policy, Petaluma leaders did just that when they questioned the approval process for a new gas station — eventually …
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Rats Don’t Go Down with the Ship
We’ve haven’t seen any mass defections to this point, but let’s show a bit of patience. Watch what happens when there is plenty of credible testimony to the effect that Trump knowingly orchestrated an attempted overthrow of the U.S. federal …
Allowing an Army of People with Assault Weapons To Go To the Capitol Constitutes Multiple Felony Counts
It’s very likely that, on top of the content of the meme here, tons of additional evidence will come to the fore. But what if that doesn’t happen? What if this is all we’re going to get, in terms of …
Like Humor, Effective Propaganda Should Contain at Least a Grain of Truth
The meme here is essentially a lie, but it’s not 100% false. It appears that abiotic oil, i.e., oil that derives from sources other than formerly living things, actually could exist, far beneath the Earth’s surface. In any case, it …
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We Need To Stay Away From Right-Wing Propaganda
A friend is calling for President Joe Biden to be impeached, based on his failure to provide Americans with enough cheap energy. As source material, he cites this piece from Tucker Carlson. I reply:
Racism in America
Racism has always been an intractable part of American society, but, as portrayed in this Norman Rockwell painting, it hasn’t always been overtly celebrated by tens of millions of hateful and ignorant white people. In 2015, Donald Trump entered the …
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