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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

In a frantic text message to the former president’s chief of staff, Don Jr. wrote, “He (my father) has to lead now.”

That’s kind of interesting, isn’t it?

It seems to be a suggestion that he wasn’t leading before that moment.  While this is obvious to the majority of Americans, and nearly everyone in countries around the world, it seems stunning Trump’s own son was aware of it.

What was he doing?  I don’t know, maybe lying, cheating, extorting, obstructing, self-aggrandizing, election tampering, and committing fraud.

Now, says Don Jr., it’s time to put all that aside, at least for the few minutes it’s going to take to order the insurrectionists out of the Capitol.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Let’s face it, anytime you have 155 million votes cast in a heated election battle, there is bound to be some level of fraud.

But the meme here raises an interesting question: who’s more likely to commit the crime and risk a felony conviction?

A hateful, undereducated gun-toting Trump supporter, or some guy with a “Save the Whales” bumper sticker on his Prius?

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

The other day I was chatting with my mom, a lifelong conservative, and the topic turned to the committee investigating the January 6th insurrection.  She lamented that the group was supposed to be bipartisan, but Nancy Pelosi refused to seat certain Republican members, e.g., Jim Jordan, pointing out that the two Republicans are RINOs (in name only).

I grant that it’s vital to achieve impartiality, but the problem here is that you can’t have hardcore Trump supporters investigating the former president, any more than you can have a criminal defendant’s parents and siblings on his jury.

Is there such a thing as a Republican who opposes Trump who isn’t thought to be a RINO? Of course not.

In any case, the composition of the committee is old news; “it is what it is.”  What’s amazing is that it’s been extremely effective in garnering a great number of damning facts about what happened and who planned it.  It’s truly stunning.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Uncategorized

In our post-truth world, there is virtually no relationship whatsoever between what a president did and what he’s remembered for.  It could be said that this started with Reagan, the “Teflon president.”

It will be interesting to see what happens with Trump.  This could take years, perhaps a decade, to finally come to an equilibrium.

I use the word “equilibrium” rather than “determination,” because there is bound to be an everlasting disagreement on his merits.  Regardless of the outcome of the legal actions taken against him, there will always remain a balance between those who saw him as a) a great patriot who bravely drained the political swamp, who was ruthlessly and unfairly attacked by the liberal media, and b) an adept, though sociopathic conman.

 

 

by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Most of us wish this whole investigation into January 6th and the other criminal activities of Trump and his cronies could move along faster.

Now, it seems, our wish is being granted, especially re: the insurrection.

Keep in mind that ignoring subpoenas and pleading the 5th are only going to take these people so far.  Some will be complying, others will be given immunity in exchange for cooperation, and yet another group will cave as they start to see the handwriting on the wall.

This thing is flying along.

I’ll be in a tutoring session from 2:30 – 4:30 PM PST. I’d be willing to bet that something exciting will have happened by the time I get in my car to come home, and turn on NPR.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

As someone pointed out earlier in the day, this indicates the complete contempt that Fox News has for its audience.

It shows the belief that, not only are they stupid beyond words, but they’re unworthy of being told the truth.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Science

So much conflict going on in the United States today.  Kellogg’s and Amazon vs. their employees, January 6th commission vs. insurrection planners, and, of course, anti-vaxxers vs. public health.

As reported in the meme here, the U.S. Air Force isn’t pussyfooting around with those who would endanger their fellow personnel.

This is ironic, as several vaccinations are required to enter the military, and this was the case long before COVID.  So what’s so special about this particular jab?  Misinformation, spread like wildfire on the Internet.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Nader’s article begins:

What are the institutions—public and civic—that could roll back this fast-approaching U.S.-style fascism with the snarling visage of serial criminal and constitutional violator, Donald J. Trump?

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Business

Here’s a good example of something I’ve noticed in Washington every since I was a boy: Republicans don’t hate spending; they hate spending on things that aren’t Republican causes.

Want to expand the military? Enrich corporations and billionaires?  No problem.

Want government to provide help to the common American?  That’s socialism!  That causes inflation!

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

During the afternoon of January 6th, 2021, Fox News’s Laura Ingraham texted White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, begging him to get Trump to stop the insurrection, saying, “This is hurting us all. It’s destroying his legacy.”  That evening she went on the air and told the nation that Antifa was to blame for the riot.

That’s the level of integrity you get from Fox owner Rupert Murdoch, now claimed to be the “most dangerous immigrant in U.S. history.”

Paradoxically, it appears that the net effect of all of this will be very good.  We’re very close to having all of this criminality out in the open: who actually planned the insurrection, and which “news” outlets deliberately covered it up.

It’s possible that these traitors to the United States will escape prison, but voters, even the hardcore Trumpers, are going to have very little appetite for re-electing them.

 

 

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