Author: craigshields

From Scientific American: A big slice of corporate America—including utilities, banks and auto manufacturers—signed onto a statement yesterday calling on President-elect Joe Biden to work with Congress on “ambitious, durable, bipartisan climate solutions.” I’d like to believe this is true. …

Corporate America Wants Climate Change Mitigation? Read More »

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Someone asked a 2GreenEnergy reader: Why don’t you own an AR-15 yet? He responded: I don’t own an AR15 because the only reason one would buy one is to murder large groups of people very quickly. I do not intend …

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But when we do, it will be excellent. The very best plan. Far better than Obamacare. And less expensive. All your pre-existing conditions will be covered. The perfect plan. Actually, there will be several different plans. Seriously, 74 million Americans …

We Haven’t Seen Trump’s Healthcare Plan, But It’s On Its Way Read More »

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This clearly isn’t the type of country that Americans want to live in. That’s why the mobster lost by more than seven million votes. This is as close as a free society can come to failing, while still making it …

America Teetering on the Brink Read More »

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And people say we have nothing to celebrate.  Horse hockey.  Rush Limbaugh is going off the air. For more than 30 years, Limbaugh, the country’s most popular incendiary radio talk show host, had been spewing his hate speech into millions …

From the Fresno Bee: “Limbaugh fueled the hate speech, Trump took it to new heights, Americans must end it” Read More »

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We’re surrounded by reminders of how 2020 has been a year of events that make no sense. Here’s a photo of a contemporary furniture design that underscores this very point.

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Imagine that a survey had been taken annually since the inception of the nation, in which 1000 randomly chosen Americans were asked if they agreed or disagreed with Melville’s statement here. I’m guessing that a large majority would have agreed …

“Few are the giants of the soul who actually feel that the human race is their family circle.” – Freya Stark, explorer and writer (1893-1993) Read More »

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You’ll not find a single organization on this planet more dedicated to environmental sustainability via the removal of waste in our lives than the Story of Stuff.  I met SoS founder Annie Leonard after a talk she gave a few …

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From this: “A flow of pardons for the wealthy and corrupt, yet Brandon Bernard was left to die when his own jurors and prosecutor begged for mercy,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said late Wednesday, referring to the 40-year-old Black man the …

‘Our Carceral System Laid Bare’: Trump Pardons Cronies Stone and Manafort as DOJ Proceeds With Lame-Duck Execution Spree Read More »

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Needless to say, most supporters of the president are fans of Melania as well.  One of her boosters put this on Facebook, and began his comment, “She fled a communist country, …..” No, she didn’t “flee” a country, and the …

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