Author: craigshields

Once Trump is gone, what exactly will happen to the brutal ICE agents who violated people’s civil rights by, for instance, executing them by shooting them in the head?  We know about the uncountable number of goons whom Trump called …

ICE Criminals Not Guaranteed Pardons, May Do 30+ Years Read More »

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How many seas must the white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand? How may ventures in small, rooftop wind must fail before we learn that this entire concept is doomed? The answer is blowin’ in the wind. Seriously, …

Rhetorical Questions Read More »

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I struggle to think of someone for whom I have more respect for than astrophysics PhD and lead guitarist for the rock band Queen Brian May. Yet, with what he says at left, I’m struggling to understand precisely what he …

Is the United States “Dangerous?” Read More »

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As everyone except the Fox News/QAnon crowd knows, Antifa is not an organization; it’s a philosophy.  It has no leaders, headquarters, or funding/budget. Now, is this (at left) what I voted for? Well, I vote for honesty, logic, compassion and …

Funds for Antifa?? Read More »

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Irrelevant. Unless some miracle takes place that turns around what appears be an irreversible trend, JD Vance will have an appeal to Americans that is equivalent to leprosy.  We’d rather elect a projectile vomiter.

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We’ve all heard people make the claim 20th Century French historian Michael Foucault makes at left. Twisted, I believe. Socrates believed that “the only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance”. I’m going with Socrates on this one. …

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Until fairly recently, it appeared that civil rights in the United States were making solid progress. But now, there is an entrenched population of white nationalism, all led by the president of the United States.  All this hatred and ignorance …

Normalizing (or “Institutionalizing”) Hate Read More »

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As suggested at left, Rush Limbaugh made a fortune by sewing hatred into American lives, and he was incredibly good at it.  He convinced tens of millions of U.S. citizens that anything that would not make rich white males richer …

What We Can Learn from the Life and Death of Rush Limbaugh Read More »

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My main problem with it is that it’s a direct violation of the United States Constitution, a document that, until recently, was a pretty big deal here in America. A minor problem that further kills the deal for me is …

ICE Agents Checking IDs Read More »

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The words at left come from late-20th Century philosopher and ethnobotanist Terence McKenna. His observation here echoes those of many other intellectuals who have pondered how it’s possible that an extremely intelligent species can make such poor decisions when it …

How Human Beings form Societies Read More »

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