Author: craigshields

Wow! This device shown at left, the “Lomi,” is even more asinine than its competitors. It’s ridiculous, but at least these folks are honest enough to admit that the user is consuming huge amounts of electricity at great expense to …

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Why in hell would any decent person want to play an active part in ruining the planet? When my father passed in 2010, he left me a considerable chunk of stock in Exxon Mobil.  I sold covered calls on it …

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Newsom? So it appears — that is, if we still have a functioning democracy here in 2028. Of course, the Republicans are going to be screaming that California is a socialist state and that everyone’s leaving to move to Texas …

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Well, the 1970s was a time before: • Corporate greed really took root and got a financial stranglehold on both employees and consumers. • Our educational system failed, resulting in people stupid and mean enough to vote for Donald Trump. …

“Is It Just Me, or Did People Seem Happier Back Then?” Read More »

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The very best thing to be said about what Pete Hegseth is doing is that’s he solving a problem that doesn’t exist, while appealing to gullible MAGA idiots. Who in the hell is stupid enough to believe that the fitness …

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Canadians have conservatives. I’m not sure what they believe in, but this is for certain: none of them thinks that an unscreened and potential criminal psychopath has an absolute right to buy and use a weapon of war so powerful …

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Does anyone believe that Bill Gates actually said this? He co-founded a company that partnered with IBM to provide the earliest, core software for the personal computer that exploded into the most important industry in human history. There was no …

Did Bill Gates Make Hundreds of Billions of Dollars by “Building Cash Flow” and “Following Proven Principles?” Read More »

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To the reader who sent me this: Do you think those adjudicating this matter are going to be so stupid they think “reminding soldiers that have the right and duty to disobey illegal orders” and “sedition by the military” are …

Sedition by the Military? Read More »

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There is nothing new about this idea, and there is most certainly no “new research.” The density of air is so far below that of water that anybody could have told you that ocean current energy would have made a …

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Look, if you’re going to make up complete bullshit about the science of dealing with homelessness, don’t pick Japan, as they have the lowest homelessness rate in the world at 0.003%, which is approximately 1 homeless person out of every …

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