Author: craigshields

The death sentence that Trump has imposed on renewable energy in America is good for two groups: a) Big Oil and b) the MAGA crowd that rejects science and wants nothing more than to own the libs, aka the “libtards.” …

Trump’s Destruction of Renewable Energy Benefits His Support Base, and That’s All that Matters Read More »

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4.9% per month is 78% per annum. Here is a deal I’m sure you’ll accept. I’ll send you $100K tomorrow morning, and you put $178K in escrow, payable to me at the end of 12 months. Looking forward to hearing …

A Deal from a Hot Investor Who Wants My Money Read More »

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As suggested at left, if you want us to believe that traditional country music artists singers are predominantly Trump supporters, we’ll accept that.  If I were selling — whatever — to largely uneducated white people, I myself might succumb to …

The Entertainment Industry Consists of a Few Trump Supporters, but They’re Unequally Distributed Read More »

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I looked through a few of the many thousands of responses to the question above on social media and have concluded: If you ask uneducated people who know essentially nothing about global warming, you’ll find that nothing can stop it, …

What Can Stop Climate Change? Read More »

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In mathematics, a “point of inflection” is the point at which a function stops falling and starts growing or stops growing and starts falling. In the language of calculus, we say that a point of inflection is where the second …

The Well-Being of Working Class Americans Hit a Downturn in 1980 Read More »

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The content of the meme here is partially true.  Trump still has about 35% support, but that’s down from 51% when he was elected.  So, more than 12 million American voters who put him in office have realized that he’s …

We the People Read More »

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If I were to make a guess about the near-term future of the United States, I would say that it will take a great many years before the people of the world stop harboring deep concerns to the effect the …

Trusting America after Trump Leaves Read More »

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What an idiotic statement we see here at left. No one is hoping to see the United States complete the process of self-immolation. About two-thirds of Americans want to see Trump held accountable for a variety of crimes, including treason. …

Removing Trump Read More »

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Perhaps we’ve identified the central problem in the U.S. government. There is no such thing as “Trump’s Supreme Court”; it doesn’t belong to him.  We have, or at least had, three co-equal branches of government.    

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Well, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional provision that it’s our Congress that sets tariffs. In true character, Trump has told the federal government to f*** off, asserting that he has the right to do anything he wants. …

Do We Approve of Rule of Law? Read More »