One of President Obama’s signature accomplishments was forcing automakers to boost the CAFE (corporate average fuel emission) standards to 54.5 MPG by model year 2025. Not surprisingly, the Trump administration took immediate aim on this triumph and successfully rolled it …
Author: craigshields
America the Pitiable
As we look at the photo here in a kind of dazed horror, we ask ourselves where this is all going. We know that all this is driven by Trump’s desperation to be perceived as a strong leader who will …
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Biden–He Won’t Tear-Gas Your Mother
A reader posted this and adds, “Imagine seeing this just six months ago.” That’s an astute remark if there ever were one, and it’s illustrative of how fast a situation can decay in a country led by a man with …
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How Extra-Terrestrials May Regard Humankind
Sorry for the obscene language here, but this made me smile. Why has our search for extra-terrestrials been so unsuccessful? Some speculate that great civilizations know we’re here, but have no more interest in us than we have in a …
Border Wall Follies
To be sure, Trump’s border wall has been one of the many pieces of idiocy that has brought ridicule to the United States over the past four years. In particular, the Mexicans aren’t paying for it, it’s easily scaleable, it’s …
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It’s Looking Like There Will Be Blood
This guy notes: A Trumpster trains his mounted military-grade sniper rifle on peaceful protesters in Weatherford, Texas. This is a class C felony weapons intimidation, but Texas police didn’t bother with him or interfere with his white supremacists friends when …
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In the End, Justice
This meme got me thinking: Is this really what kids are learning? A few points: It doesn’t apply to young kids growing up in the homes of Trump supporters, since they’re told that the president is an honest hero, working …
U.S. Military Won’t Be Sorry To See Trump Go
Given the honor and devotion to country required to make it to the top ranks of the U.S. Military, it’s hard to think of anything these people find satisfactory about Donald Trump as their Commander-in-Chief. Shortly after the president bypassed …
Trump Losing, but Not for the Right Reasons
To think that he could have gotten away scot free had we not had the pandemic. He would have sailed right past all the lies and the criminality, and probably won a second term and installed himself as absolute ruler …
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We Must Not Look Away
Some folks find the current crises too much to deal with. Pandemic raging due to criminal mismanagement, Trump breaking down rule of law and committing more impeachable acts on a daily basis, cops murdering black people, unmarked shock troops indiscriminately …
