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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

When Fox News lost its defamation lawsuit to Dominion Voting Systems and was ordered to pony up close to $1 billion in damages, it appeared that perhaps the ultra-right-wing “news” sources might be reshaping itself so as to a) stay out of legal jeopardy, and b) promote itself to people who place at least some value on truth and honesty.

As we can see from the banner in the meme here, all hope is lost in that regard.  Fox has actually amped up its spread of malicious bulls*** as far and wide as possible, and now is causing tens of millions of people to believe that Trump is innocent, and that Biden is the real criminal.

If Fox is successful, there will be virtually no way to avoid mass bloodshed when Trump is convicted and sentenced to prison.

I join the others who are calling for our Federal Communications Commission to revoke Fox News’ license to broadcast. Of course, all this comes down to the First Amendment and the protection of free speech, yet the Supreme Court has consistently found that the incitement of violence (in this case, armed revolution with automatic weapons) is not protected.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Australian Malcolm Roxburgh writes: I can’t fathom American politics. Surely, out of 300+ million, you can find someone under 60 years of age with all their facilities to be President. 

Thank you, Malcolm.  This is a thought I’ve had dozens of times.  All we need is a sane and honest progressive to lead our country forward.

Though Big Money supports right wing causes, most Americans have liberal values when it comes to women’s rights, gun control, LGBTQ issues, universal healthcare, environmental responsibility, and quality education.

Additionally, most of us are appalled at what the Republican party has becomes with its lies and criminality. Even the GOP congresspeople who realize that Trump is toast are still mincing their words, e.g, “Trump shouldn’t have stolen the documents, obstructed justice, and committed conspiracy, but the indictments are a witch-hunt orchestrated by the Deep State and woke socialists.”

I have every confidence that we will find someone for the job going forward.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Give me a break, Mitt.  The country is in tumult, and it is because of Trump, but these documents just happen to be the subject of the most recent in a string of criminal indictments.

In particular, Trump tried to overthrow the U.S. federal government.  And astonishingly, tens of millions of hateful morons continue to support him.

The so-called tumult can only be resolved by prosecuting, trying, convicting, and sentencing Trump for treason.  Even then you’ll have people saying he was the victim of partisan politics by woke socialist homosexuals.

In the meanwhile, Mitt, you can do your country a service by calling out Trump for the breadth of his crimes.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Let’s suppose that you follow the American right-wing media, and you think that Trump is being hounded out of office by the Deep State, or the liberal elites, or the radical socialists.

If you’ve read the indictment against the former president in the documents case, you understand that he stole classified documents that detail our nuclear capabilities and vulnerabilities, hid them from the government authorities who were trying to retrieve them, and  showed them to people without clearances, knowing all the while that he was violating the most important laws that keep our nation safe.

Astonishingly, there are people who call themselves patriots, and want a traitor re-elected to lead our country.  They’re just as deranged as Trump himself.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

No, the situation with Trump is not normal, but the meme here reminds us of what therapists implore their patients who are suffering from trauma to do: Find and accept the “new normal.”

After all, if the Republicans get their way, and the charges against Trump are dismissed as being politically motivated, it is clear our country’s history of government of, by and for the people will have been lost, and the new normal will have become autocracy.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Climate Change

A reader offers this lecture delivered at Hillsdale College as proof that there is no scientific consensus that climate change represents a real threat to humankind.  It begins:

In a recent survey of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries—i.e., all the rich countries in the world—about 60 percent of respondents said they believe that global warming will likely or very likely lead to the end of mankind. 

I’d sure like to see the results of this “survey,” if it was taken at all.  It purports that more than half of the people living in the developed world believe something that anyone, even the fiercest tree-hugger imaginable, couldn’t possibly accept, i.e., that global warming will probably put an end to humankind.

I’m not saying that the average German, Japanese, or American is completely up to date on climate science, but they’re not morons, either.  Take the worst case scenarios, in which greenhouse gas emissions cause temperatures to rise by 5°C from pre-industrial levels, and the planet is ravaged by sea-level rise, storms, wildfires, etc.  Is there any eventuality in which the human race is wiped out?  Of course not.  There will be huge losses in land mass, food and potable water. There will also be suffering at heretofore unseen levels.

If you want to be taken seriously by people who can actually think, why start your lecture by asserting something that couldn’t possibly be true?

 

 

by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

We have to hand it to the Republicans’ political strategists.  It’s impossible to understand how they accomplished it, but they have become the party of working class Americans.

It doesn’t seem to matter that the GOP has given huge tax cuts to the billionaires and corporations, or that they have done nothing to improve a single aspect of life for the middle class.  They’re against unions, affordable health care, quality public education, and adjusting the minimum wage.

Here we see Biden’s message on unions, but, somehow, it will fall on deaf ears.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Perhaps the greatest challenge to human civilization is how its leaders are chosen.  We want selfless and honest people at the helm, whose ambitions lie no further than the well-being of the common man.

Yet there is no mechanism by which this can be made to happen, since the love of power is generally what motivates people to aspire to the top positions in government.

Worse, as educational standards fall, we get what happened in 2016 here in the United States, where we elected a sociopath to the White House.  And here we find ourselves, seven years later, with Donald Trump still supported by tens of millions of voters.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Regarding the Sons of MAGA shirts here, I have two observations for the company making the offering:

This “organization” seems to have “chapters” only in states whose educational standards are far below the national average.  I’m not sure how many “Massachusetts Chapter” shirts you’re going to sell.

I notice your emblem features a death skull, but this is a fairly oblique (that means “indirect”) reference to whatever your mission actually is.  If you’re threatening to kill every kind and intelligent American, you may want to be more explicit.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Pictured  here are some Ron DeSantis supporters, backing the presidential candidate in his war against Disney and the LGBTQ community. That’s a “White Pride” sign in the back of the photo at left, and a “Make America Florida” sign below.

Can’t we find something more degrading, hateful, and ignorant?

 

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