I have to confess that I had no idea that Rob Reiner was such a ferocious humanitarian–even when I saw him attack Trump.
Author: craigshields
Technology that Makes You Stupid
The cartoon here could be referring to “news” programs like Newsmax and Fox News. Or, it could be talking about social media, and the people who use it to promulgate bullcrap. In either case, it’s clever and on-point.
Why American Democracy Is Collapsing
The author of the meme here has a good point. If the working class weren’t on board with Trump, we wouldn’t be in this deplorable condition. What has taken us to this point is Trump’s tax breaks for billionaires paid …
A Message of Kindness from a Fine Actor
It’s hard to imagine why the message of compassion at left isn’t universal. Do we have a beef with the people of Russia or China? With folks who are gay, black, or poor? What do we have to gain with …
What the United States Gave the World
Tens of millions of people who don’t believe in science.
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It’s Easier to Love a Great Country than a Malevolent One
The good ol’ “America–love it or leave it” sentiment from the Vietnam era has come back from the grave, with all the vitriol and stupidity (plus some) that it had in its first incarnation. To most of us, loving America …
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Lawless in the United States
Even when all this stupidity is over, our experience with ICE kidnapping and violations of due process will remain forever as one of the world history’s most monstrous acts.
Physical Changes to the White House, Even Obnoxious Ones, Can and Will Be Reversed
To me, it’s easy to sympathize with the facilities people working at the White House, even the guy who bulldozed the East Wing. You’re following orders that do not result in any person’s physical injury or death, and anything you …
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Do Trump Voters “Feel Like Suckers?”
No. Not at all. There is a great deal of speculation as to how and why this is possible. Some say that the level of embarrassment one must feel in admitting that one was duped makes this extremely unlikely to …
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The Costs of Oil Are Higher than They Appear
Here at 2GreenEnergy, we talk a great deal about “externalities,” a term economists use to mean costs or benefits (usually costs) that affect a third party not directly involved in an economic activity. The first thing that comes to mind …
Tagged with: an important externality of Big Oil is war, costs or benefits that affects a third party not directly involved in an economic activity, externalities, the fossil fuels industry is able to use the Earth's atmosphere as their own private sewer, the fossil fuels industry is immensely profitable, U.S. defense budget is nearing $1 trillion annually, we destroy anyone or anything that may impede ExxonMobil and the rest from accessing oil anywhere in the world
