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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

The common and most obvious response to this question is no. Neither you nor I broke any laws today, and we’re not asking for commendations.

Of course, neither of us had a large mob of armed, angry people, spurred on by the President of the United States, hunting for us throughout the Capitol Building, hoping to find us and hang us.

I believe that when this is over, history will note that Pence was a pivotal figure in preventing the destruction of American democracy on January 6, 2021.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

“Build Back Better” isn’t getting a great deal of attention these days, given the current-day divisive issues:

• From Fox News and other right-wing sources: Inflation, Everything bad is Biden’s fault.

• From everyone else: There will be justice for those who orchestrated the J6 insurrection, or the United States will cease to exist as a democracy based on rule of law.

That said, it’s only a matter of time before we can get back to some meaningful discussion about infrastructure.  Of course, even when we do, that conversation will be split in half politically.

As suggested in the meme above, look for the right to promote the use of fossil fuels, and to protest anything that provides benefit for the people and the planet on which they live.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

A reader notes: Judge Carson all but plugged Bannon’s mouth with an apple and the pig is so ready for roasting.

We can only hope.  Some people speculate that he’s ready to turn on Trump.  I find that impossible to believe, especially since it would be hard to do without incriminating himself.

Even that notwithstanding, he’s very closely aligned philosophically: do whatever is necessary, regardless of how grossly illegal (let alone unethical) to stay in power, so as to demolish the U.S. government.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Climate Change

We’ve all had the impulse to provide serious answers to rhetorical questions.  An old friend who lives in the central part of Texas, where afternoon temperatures are hovering close to 100° F, sent me the meme here and asked, “Who opened the gates of hell?”

The answer, of course, is the human civilization as a whole did, when it failed to respond to scientists’ warnings about the consequences of burning fossil fuels. (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Obviously, Steve Bannon will be of no more help to our nation’s effort to get at the truth re: January 6th than is absolutely required.

But he still needs to a) answer direct questions truthfully, or b) plead the Fifth, or c) commit perjury.

His motives are self-evident, but they don’t really matter.

Let’s note that the judge in Bannon’s contempt of Congress case is insisting that the trial go forward, regardless of whatever tack Bannon takes on his testimony in front of the investigating committee.

Well played, IMO.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

I agree with the basic concept here.  What Liz Cheney is doing is quite brave; she is, indeed, very likely to lose her Senate seat.

But let’s get real.  She’s from Wyoming, the reddest state in the union, where Trump won with 69.94% of the votes in 2020, more than 2:1 over Biden.  His supporters aren’t sitting too well with the activities of the January 6th Committee that Cheney is co-chairing, which appears to be in the process of sending their man to prison, perhaps for the rest of his pathetic, crime-driven life. (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Business

An old friend writes:

This sign is at a fuel station in Greece. Those prices are Euros per liter; you do the math. Then stop complaining about fuel prices in the U.S. and, absolutely positively, stop blaming high fuel prices on Biden.

It’s $9.54/gallon or more.

Good point here.

I was at the gym the other day and I noticed that Fox News (which I wish weren’t on display there) was running a story called “Inflation Nation,” which is completely typical of their MO: create grossly unfair programming, and present it to people too angry and ignorant to be able to figure that out.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

FWIW, I believe that evil people exert stress on their bodies that is often visible to the unaided eye.

It doesn’t always manifest itself in the same way, but I believe it is there nonetheless.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

The note accompanying the meme here reads: “The luckiest thing the super-rich have going for them is that the rest of us let them get away with it.” (more…)

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

We’re told to expect a landslide victory for the Republicans in the 2022 midterms here in the U.S.  Seriously?

Yes, I know there are Americans who are a) angry about inflation, and b) too ignorant to understand that most countries around the world are experiencing rising prices and higher costs of living.

But here’s what I don’t get:

Half of all voters are women, and the popularity of the GOP’s abortion ban among them is in single digits.

Most Americans that believe Trump, as aided by hundreds of his fellow Republicans, tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

About 90% of voters are in favor of some form of gun control, and most Americans are infuriated that their efforts here are uniformly blocked by the GOP and its Siamese twinship with the NRA.

With all of this utter insanity and blatant disregard for the will of the American people, who’s left to vote Republican?

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