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All Americans should know that most other countries act fast and hard against top-ranking people who act corruptly.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is currently serving a 27-year prison sentence for a coup plot and attempting to overthrow democracy.

In 2008, when rich Icelanders had committed financial crimes that led to their country’s economic collapse, do you know what happened to them?  Were they re-elected and left to loot their treasury?  No, they were sent to prison.

Honest and free nations don’t encourage criminality.  They send felons to prison.  It’s not that hard, nor is it in any way controversial.

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One of the most remarkable characteristics of Donald Trump is his shamelessness.  No matter how many lies he gets caught in, he’s always willing to tell one more–normally, one that’s even more outrageous than the previous one.

One would think that he and his supporters would eventually reach a limit, but the answer is clearly that such a limit does not exist.

 

 

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Looks like communism! is the new mantra of the GOP.  It’s coming from the least intelligent of their leaders to the least intelligent of their followers.

Could work!

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics — No Comments ↓

What Obama says at left is a reminder that life on Earth is tough enough without the planet’s most powerful nation being led by a criminal sociopath.

In our world, there are a few garden spots of sanity, affluence, and serenity.

On the other hand, there is the Middle East, which is largely guided by religious fanaticism and tribal warriors. Asking Donald Trump to navigate relations there is like asking your dog to play the violin and then being surprised when he can’t seem to hold the bow in his paws.

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As previously mentioned, it’s good to see the rising popularity of astrophysicist Dr. Brian Cox.

In this video, he explains that life on Earth is about 4 billion years old, but for the first 3 billion, there was nothing more complicated than single celled organisms. He suggests that this may be the reason that civilizations are rare in the universe, i.e., that they’re only around for the blink of an eye in terms of geologic time.

To me, it also makes one wonder why it took God 3 billion years to create the first multicelled form of life.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics — No Comments ↓

What do I think of it?  It’s the 2026 Republican narrative, and I’m sure it resonates with the very bottom of the barrel in terms of IQ.

We live among tens of millions of people who can’t distinguish between China and Denmark, many of whom couldn’t find these countries on a map.

The problem they’re going to run into, however, is raw numbers. Trump’s approval rating is about 30%, and it continues to fall as the war in Iran goes on, the working class can’t afford necessities, and his dementia continues to worsen.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics — No Comments ↓

Obviously.

You could say this about any Trump supporter, but especially those who are powerful and well educated.

As Andy Borowitz pointed out, to commit treason requires having enough intelligence and knowledge to know better. That’s why the Jan 6th felons went down for aggravated battery, etc., rather than treason.

 

 

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The death of Lindsey Graham has brought out a curious mixture of responses.

Some are full of respect and kindness–even among those who disagreed with him at every turn, i.e., humanitarian progressives, believers in U.S. democracy, and the like.  Are the motives of these kind people politically motivated? It’s hard to know.

There’s precious little ambiguity in the response at left of battered Capitol policeman Michael Fanone.

 

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics — No Comments ↓

I’m not sure.  Starting a pointless and illegal war that has no end in sight, at enormous expense?  One that has debased and degraded our nation on the global stage? Crashing our economy for the common American?

Doesn’t sound like a winner to me. Could be wrong.

 

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics — No Comments ↓

Maybe a better question is what they shouldn’t do.

If I were one of these folks, I would be reluctant to go on record and declare my support for the man who has almost single handedly brought the United States to its knees.

A little over ten years ago,

  • Our country was the envy of the world; now we’re regarded with a mixture of ridicule and contempt.
  • We were making our way forward out of ignorance, racism, and hatred of other people; now it’s thriving.
  • The common American could afford gasoline, housing, and groceries; now we’re suffering.
  • America was doing what it could to protect endangered species and forward environment responsibility; now we’ve sold our souls to the greediest of individuals and corporations.
  • We had very little corruption in the presidency; now it’s rampant, and the DoJ has been weaponized to protect the criminal sociopath in the White House.

Again, I’d be loath to attach my name to this shit.

 

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