Honeybee Burger has an interesting business model: open a national chain of restaurants that offer only their proprietary plant-based burgers (along with fries, drinks, and desserts), i.e., no products containing beef, chicken or fish. Their pitch to investors is linked …
Author: craigshields
Trump’s Mishandling of the Pandemic Was Criminally Negligent, But How Will that Figure in History’s Remembrance?
For those who may not remember, Dr. Deborah Birx is the epidemiologist who, last fall, found herself in the unfortunate position of conducting an on-camera dialog with then-President Trump when he suggested that she should look into some perhaps “unconventional” …
Iceland
Please check out at least the first few seconds of the video here. While you’re smiling, realize that Iceland is actually a very good candidate for emigration if the United States loses its democracy. This looked like a real possibility …
Tagged with: voter suppression
Communicating To Americans Requires Great Tolerance of Stupidity
Before you conclude that the sign here has no value (because no one could expect the road to continue into the water), realize that Americans live in a country where more than 50 million voters believe the former president’s narrative …
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Ocean Wave Energy Fail
Here’s one more attempt at ocean wave energy. Note that this one is not just bad, it’s pitiful. As waves pass a floating barge, water enters an L-shaped chamber (shown left) as the wave rises and exits when it falls. …
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Ceasing to Support War Weapons in Our Society Is One Small Way To Make Them Go Away
I’m with you on this one, Jim. I’ve always been heavy into boycotting. I won’t go into stores with Fox News on, or those that are owned by bigots. That goes double for places of business that allow the carrying …
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For Great Political Satire, Doonesbury Delivers
Gary Trudeau’s Doonesbury, now in its 51st year, has never failed to delivery incisive political humor. Here’s a current piece that gets to the core of party affiliation in these insane times. To set up the punch line at the …
Tagged with: political humor
Pure Insanity
The level of insanity that is now in the United States has reached a point where there is a palpable feeling in the air that it’s only going to get worse, but no one can imagine how that’s possible. The …
Tagged with: storming of the U.S. Capitol
Stupidity Is the Moist Potting Soil and Warm Sunlight in Which Conspiracy Theories Grow
Jerrold, an old acquaintance, sent me this video yesterday, which made claims including these: WHERE YOUR TAXES GO – ILLEGAL ALIENS – from the L.A. Times 95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens. Over 2/3’s …
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Fake Meat?
A reader notes: There was a movie called “Soylent Green” in the 1970s where the food was made out of people. I won’t be eating any of that fake meat. First of all, I wouldn’t call it “fake.” Plant-based meat …
