Author: craigshields

Actor/comedian Dan Aykroyd says:  Just cracked Crystal Head Vodka’s newest vodka expression, Onyx to celebrate our 95 point rating from Anthony Dias Blue at Blue Lifestyle.  Bar chefs worldwide are loving this new spirit – the first commercially available agave based vodka ever. …

Branding Your Product: What Not To Do Read More »

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I bet this stuff is just flying off the shelves, given the 50% discount.

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Here, IMO, is one of the greatest pieces of thinking ever performed by a member of our species. Yet I suppose all she’s really saying is that she’s an atheist; an omniscient and omnipotent being doesn’t “miss an opportunity.”

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In her decision to put a spear through yet one more frivolous lawsuit brought by the Trump campaign in an effort to overturn the election results, this one in Michigan, U.S. District Judge Linda Parker pointed out an ugly truth.  …

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Insofar as our world needs more trees, it would be good if those celebrating Christmas bought live trees and planted them after the holidays. It’s hard to overstate the satisfaction to be had in watching them grow. Out here in …

Live Christmas Trees Read More »

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From this article: “Passengers on each side of the canal that separates the port and city center can press a button to call the boat to their side. The boat charges while it waits at the dock, fits up to …

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Here is a supposed man of God suggesting extrajudicial killing en masse. I’m not a religious guy, and I don’t keep close tabs on what the fanatical so-called Christians are doing and saying, but this doesn’t strike me as something …

Pastor Favors “Shooting” Democrats If They Violated Election Law Read More »

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I would add that voter turnout was based on removing a sociopath from the White House.  People who formerly cared less about politics than they did about NASCAR or professional wrestling came out of the woodwork to ensure the United …

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It’s painful living in America right now. In a conversation I had with my father about 30 years ago, I said that I believed we are experiencing the end of the American Empire–not that this was an original idea.  I …

Life in America Isn’t What It Used To Be Read More »

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In English, the modal verb “should” has two distinct, yet related, meanings.  When we want to say that someone has a moral obligation to do a certain thing, we say that he should do it.  But we say that exact …

Should Trump Pardon Himself? Read More »

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