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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

The truth is actually worse than Biden presented.  This has nothing to do with his bruised ego and his inability to face the loss.

The man’s not an idiot.  He knows goddamn well that he lost.  He didn’t ask Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger for a recount; he told him to “find me 11,780 votes.”

The truth is that, knowing this, he tried to overturn the results of a free and fair election.  This wasn’t a psychologically-driven action; it was a cold and calculated act of treason.

Of course, the way Biden played this was prudent; making this accusation would have been a terrible mistake.  When the facts are on the table, the justice system will move accordingly.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

There is no doubt that the American electorate needs to come to terms with what happened following the 2020 election and culminating on January 6, 2021. Our democracy cannot go forward with almost half of voters believing the Big Lie.

Prime-time televised hearings seem to be a good tool to get this started.

As dug in as many Trump supporters are, watching irrefutable evidence unfold in real time, and seeing indictments unsealed may have some effect.  We can only hope.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

At left we have a lesson worth repeating, though, at this point, it would be shocking if there aren’t criminal charges brought against Trump associated with the failed coup.

To those concerned about the low profile that Merrick Garland is keeping, bear in mind that there were zero leaks before he unsealed the indictments against  Timothy McVeigh, Terry Nichols, and the Unabomber. They were all convicted and there were no successful appeals.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

A reader sent me this quote from a police chief:

It’s not the police who need to be retrained, it’s the public. We have grown into a mouthy, mobile phone wielding, vulgar, uncivil society with no personal responsibility and the attitude of ‘it’s the other person’s fault, you owe me’. A society where children grow up with no boundaries or knowledge or concern for civil society and personal responsibility.

To be sure, he has a point about disrespectful and noncompliant people, but IMO, to blame citizens’ behavior and to take no responsibility for things like the spate of deaths of unarmed black people is just atrocious. It’s completely obvious that the police need to be trained in de-escalating situations, using no more force than required, and not treating black people more harshly than whites.  If you wear a badge and reject that, you really need to find another line of work.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Merrick Garland, U.S. attorney general

Apparently, fans of American democracy are thrilled that Merrick Garland says he’ll “Follow the facts wherever they lead.”

What, precisely, did you expect him to say?  Here’s something that would have gotten some rightful attention:

“Ya know, let’s not get ourselves into a snit about this.  After all, “rule of law” is just a catch phrase.  We have a long-standing tradition that rich and powerful people are above the law; in fact, we have a well-deserved international reputation for this exact notion, for which we should be very proud.”

Seriously, we’d all like to see this moving along faster, but we should have every confidence that the attempted coup will not be swept under the rug.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Science

When we look at the morass our society finds itself in, we need to hope that our rejection of science and affection for conmen is simply a fad that will one day simply disappear.

After all, it is possible that we’ll get to a point and ask ourselves, “What on Earth were we thinking?”

We didn’t put people on the moon and build computers by believing that the Deep State was trying to enslave our population.  Maybe it’s simply time to move on.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Whoever wrote this makes a good point.

What will ultimately be revealed about the insurrection and the planning that went into it remains at least partially a mystery, but the concept that it spontaneously generated from the energy in the crowd is the purest malarkey.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Some people speculate that the New York State Attorney General doesn’t need the cooperation of Don Jr. and Ivanka Trump, i.e., that there is already overwhelming evidence of fraud.  It’s hard to know from here.

Insofar as this is a civil rather than criminal case, the Fifth Amendment doesn’t come into play.  Should be interesting.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

Here’s a glass-is-half-full kind of atheist whose attitude should be admired.  Look at how close we are to complete agreement!

I’m reminded of a guided tour I once had at the J. Paul Getty collection of  antiquities.  I asked the guy, “Are you trying to tell me that the ancient Greeks who developed geometry, democracy, ethics, metaphysics, and so many disciplines within the arena of science believed that the sun was pulled across the sky by some fellow driving a chariot?”

He smiled, “Well, their society was surprisingly like ours.  True, Socrates, Euclid and the others didn’t believe that stuff, but the people growing grapes 200 miles outside of Athens never thought to question it.  Today, if you’re a molecular biologist or an astrophysicist, you’re extremely unlikely to believe that an omniscient being is looking down on you and guiding your life.  But what about the people growing corn in Iowa?”

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