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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

I wouldn’t say that the MAGA folks “live on a different planet,” even metaphorically.  I’d say that they’re desperately looking for data points, regardless of how out-of-date or clearly inapplicable, that confirm their existing political philosophies.

When it comes to Eric Trump, of course, we have rhetoric that passes from this level onto the outrageously stupid.  Is the MAGA extreme right saving God and Christianity in America?

Perhaps one of the reasons that this has such an outrageous ring to it is because it’s categorically false.  The percentage of Americans who identify as Christians, about 90% in 1975, has been declining steadily since.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Of course, the GOP wants the world to regard the “No Kings” protesters as “terrorists.” But how successful can this possibly be?

In a few days, approximately 10 million peaceful protestors, most of them in the United States, but many in countries all around the globe, will be out peacefully sharing their viewpoints that Donald Trump is dragging the U.S. ever closer to the status of authoritarian state, and that this is incompatible with the Constitution, the intent of the Founding Fathers, and all manner of domestic and international laws.

Considering that there will be virtually no weapons, no insurrections against government buildings, and no deadly assaults on law enforcement, this may be a difficult ploy to bring off with literally billions of people watching, from every corner of the planet.

At the very least, the numbers alone make the “terrorist” moniker a tough one.  Aren’t people going to say, “Ten Million??” Isn’t that a lot of terrorists?”

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

From MSN:

Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to Donald Trump, called on Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado to relinquish the award to the president.

Following a ceasefire deal between Israel and Gaza, Stone told Real America’s Voice host Jack Posobiec that he was “not happy that the Norwegian-based Nobel Peace Prize Committee elected to give their award to Maria Corina Machado.”

“The right thing to do would be for her to ask or maybe have Marco Rubio ask her if President Trump can give her the award,” he insisted. “And then she should hand it back to the president.”

Many people around the world perceive a few drawbacks to the concept, however, citing that Nobel Peace Prize recipients should:

Be generally honest in word and deed

Act in concert with domestic and international law

Be free of felony convictions, adjudications of rape, and acts of treason

Conduct their lives in ways that are in harmony with the welfare of humankind and the natural world

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

The cartoon here harkens back to our earlier post about Antifa, i.e., it’s an organization in the same sense as the stoics or the stuffed animal collectors, or Dodgers fans: no headquarters, leaders, members, or dues.

Certain right-wing Americans can’t seem to understand this.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

I have to admit that I’m confused about this much ballyhooed situation with the Epstein files.  We seem to be all worked up about a certain matter: Does Donald Trump’s name appear on a certain list?  News: It’s not a crime to have one’s name on a list.  My name or your name could be on that list for all either of us know.

A related issue: Is Donald Trump a pedophile, i.e., is he sexually attracted to children?  Again, being sexually attracted to children (or dogs or grizzly bears) is not a crime.

What we want to know is if he committed a crime, e.g., statutory rape. The sooner we can answer that one question the better off this country is going to be.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Let’s do a quick examination of what we have here:

Antifa is a belief (that fascism is a bad thing); it’s not an “organization.” It has no offices, leaders, officers, or members. In this regard, it’s rather like the sunworshippers or the existentialists.

Government officials are expecting 10 million protesters at the October 18th “No Kings” rally nationally.  If they were all paid $100 apiece, that would be a $1 billion payroll.  That’s a pretty hefty sum for a political philosophy sitting on exactly $0.00 in cash and other holdings.

Some serious stupidity required here.

 

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Science

A 100% reduction in liver cancer would mean that there would be exactly zero of the disease.

What would a 430% reduction mean?

Must be similar to Trump’s 1500% price reduction in various consumer items.  Supposedly, grocery stores are paying us to take their products.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Sustainability

What can I say? The dude has always been a bit on the pessimistic side.

The whole point of “Beyond Good and Evil” is that morality is a manmade contrivance, usually employed to support the weak against the strong.

I remember reading this as a young man, and I recall saying to myself, “Oh come on, man.  Can’t it be said that helping people lead better, happier lives is good, and that inflicting cruelty for its own sake is evil?”

I don’t believe for a second that politicians like Bernie Sanders are insincere in their concern for the American electorate.

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Not sure what else we could do to support our veterans over illegal aliens.

We’re already deploying massive numbers of troops and scouring every place these vermin hang out: home improvement store parking lots, restaurant kitchens, car washes, meat-packing plants, etc. Without due process, we separate them from their families and hold them in cages until we can deport them, sometimes to countries they’ve never heard of.

What would make MAGA happier?  We could shoot or electrocute them, I guess.

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by craigshieldsPosted on Posted in Renewables - Politics

Congratulations to the more than 53K runners who crossed the finish line in yesterday’s Chicago Marathon.

Not only was this a new record in terms of participation, but it was particularly noteworthy in that it took place with the constant barrage of Molitov cocktails thrown from the radical left terrorists for which the Trump administration sent federal troops.

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