A few fun facts: • The Walton family is worth $190.5 billion, making it the richest in the U.S. • Walmart employs 2.2 million “associates” internationally, 1.5 million in the U.S.
Author: craigshields
Why Trump Is Toast
A miracle will be required for Trump to recover in the polls and win re-election in November. What put him in the ground, IMO, was the events of the past week, fanning the flames of racial tension following the murder …
Tagged with: 17 U.S. intelligence agencies findings that Russia tampered with the 2016 election, 20000+ lies and misleading statements, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff we are at an inflection point, character and ethics, Trump represents a live threat to the United States of America, white supremacists are "very fine people" or whatever
Recognizing the Difference Between a Press Release and a News Report
Here’s an article praising Vistra Energy, the parent company of TXU Energy, a retail electricity provider serving residential and business customers in deregulated regions of Texas since 2002. To my amusement, it boldly announces, “Vistra has transformed its electricity generation …
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Reactions of Protests Against Racial Violence Are Not Uniform
Protesting against racism is socially acceptable to almost everyone in America’s cities and suburbs, but all this gets a little tricky out in the country, where the politics is fairly “God-and-country,” and where guns, pick-up trucks, and cowboy boots are …
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Trump, Catholics Part Ways
It’s easy to see how Catholics in America find themselves between so many rocks and hard places. Trump’s decision to run for office on a platform to the right of Mussolini has made him a darling to those who are …
When Electing a President We Should Examine…What??
“When electing a president we should examine ….the candidates’ character? Their ethics? Well, that’s a radical notion, isn’t it? I’m not sure we’re ready for anything like that. Shouldn’t we be more impressed with presidential candidates who can stir up …
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GMOs
It’s hard to listen to scientifically illiterate people claim that GMOs are harmful to human health. As suggested here, human beings have been “genetically modifying” our food sources for quite a while. The plant at the right was what Central …
Trump Worsens Racial Tensions
It was only a matter of time before Trump’s compulsion for self-aggrandizement drove him to do something that severely chafed even right-wing sensibilities, and fanning the flames of tension between blacks and whites was an example of exactly what we …
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Any Functioning Adult
In our rural, God-and-country neighborhood, displaying this banner would be very likely to incite vandalism. When I worked for the Bernie Sanders 2016 campaign in nearby Santa Barbara, I had to refuse an invitation to put a bumper sticker on …
Antifa
FWIW, this is what public intellectual Sam Harris says about atheism. He asserts that there is no reason even to have a name for it, asking: Is there a word for people who don’t believe in Zeus?
