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Category: Shapiro

Business, Economy, Immoral Values, Shapiro3 Comments

TRAP-ed

August 9, 2022August 8, 2022 shapiroout

From dog groomers to investment advisors workers are being trapped in dead end jobs by something called a TRAP. In fact there are more workers trapped in a TRAP than ever before. Continue reading TRAP-ed

Books, Dipshit Insurrection, Immoral Values, January 6 Committee, LBGTQ Rights, Shapiro

How Minds Change

August 5, 2022August 4, 2022 shapiroout

How Minds Change by David McRaney. How we can use it findings to save democracy by yours truly. Continue reading How Minds Change

Business, Current Affairs, Economy, Environment, Shapiro

Fire Up Above

August 2, 2022August 1, 2022 shapiroout

There’s another wild fire in California that’s eating up tens of thousands of acres. The ten biggest wild fires in the state’s history have all occurred in the last ten years. Now just why is that I wonder? Continue reading Fire Up Above

Art, Environment, Shapiro

Another Roadside Attraction

July 29, 2022July 28, 2022 shapiroout

Down the street from where I live there is a new roadside attraction that’s a tribute to the power of art, resilience, and love. Continue reading Another Roadside Attraction

Comedy, Dipshit Insurrection, Faith, January 6 Committee, Music, Shapiro, Television3 Comments

One Toke Over The Line

July 26, 2022July 25, 2022 shapiroout

Songs can be interpreted to mean many things, but the 1971 country-rock hit One Toke Over The Line is not a “modern spiritual”. It’s about just what you think it’s about. Continue reading One Toke Over The Line

Diary, Immoral Values, Shapiro, Sports, Television, Twitter, Web/Tech1 Comment

But On The Other Hand…

July 22, 2022July 21, 2022 shapiroout

I’ve still got interpersonal communication on my mind. This time I’m asking some people to pipe down. Continue reading But On The Other Hand…

Diary, Language, Shapiro3 Comments

Can We Talk?

July 19, 2022July 18, 2022 shapiroout

Conversations are the acorns that will grow into the oaks of political civility. Continue reading Can We Talk?

Congress, Dipshit Insurrection, Elections, January 6 Committee, Shapiro1 Comment

Trumbull County

July 15, 2022July 15, 2022 shapiroout

Trumbull County in Ohio is the home of this past weeks unlikely J6 Committee witness. Let’s take a look at it to see if we can get some clues as to why these average Americans got caught up in Trump’s Big Lie. Continue reading Trumbull County

Business, Diary, Elections, Immigration, Political Crack, Race, Shapiro2 Comments

Change Is Inevitable

July 12, 2022July 12, 2022 shapiroout

The world spins around each day, never in reverse. What’s gone is gone. Embrace the future and accept that we can never go back to before. Or become a relic of another time. Continue reading Change Is Inevitable

Education, Elections, Faith, Immoral Values, LBGTQ Rights, Religion, Shapiro2 Comments

Another Brick In The Wall

July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 shapiroout

Keep the masses uneducated and they will believe anything you tell them. It’s as true today as it was in the Dark Ages. One side of the political spectrum wants to educate. The other, not so much Continue reading Another Brick In The Wall

Bigotry, Do Something, Elections, Propaganda, Shapiro1 Comment

The Fifth Of July

July 5, 2022July 4, 2022 shapiroout

This Fifth of July let the world see that the United States stands for democracy, not in the false words of those wishing to destroy it, but rather in the true actions of those determined to defend it.  Continue reading The Fifth Of July

Big Damn Heroes, Congress, Donald Trump Is, January 6 Committee, Law/Justice, Shapiro

The Room Where It Happened

July 1, 2022June 30, 2022 shapiroout

I know what it is to know what you know and must decide if and when to say it, but while I can get away with not naming names, Cassidy Hutchinson had to make the hard choice to tell the truth to the world. Continue reading The Room Where It Happened

Business, Economy, Law/Justice, LBGTQ Rights, Propaganda, Shapiro, Supreme Court, Web/Tech1 Comment

The Gold(en) State Rules

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 shapiroout

They say there is a Golden Rule: He who has the gold makes the rules. I think it’s time for the Golden State to start making the rules. Trust me, you’ll be better off for it. Continue reading The Gold(en) State Rules

Comedy, Current Affairs, Dipshit Insurrection, Immoral Values, January 6 Committee, Law/Justice, Shapiro

Stop Clutching Your Pearls

June 24, 2022June 24, 2022 shapiroout

Too many people clutching too many pearls these days. Continue reading Stop Clutching Your Pearls

Business, Campaign Notes, Current Affairs, Education, Immoral Values, LBGTQ Rights, Religion, Shapiro

Pride and Prejudice

June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 shapiroout

It’s Pride Month which apparently means it’s time for the nutball wing of the body politic to let us all know how homophobic they are. My question: why is that? Continue reading Pride and Prejudice

Bigotry, Congress, Dipshit Insurrection, Elections, Law/Justice, Shapiro, Stupid Republican Tricks3 Comments

Amateur Hour

June 17, 2022June 17, 2022 shapiroout

I just hate it when amateurs try to be tour guides. They always screw it up. And this might be the prime example of it. Continue reading Amateur Hour

Business, Donald Trump Is, Law/Justice, Propaganda, Shapiro, Sports

Sportwashing In The USA

June 14, 2022June 15, 2022 shapiroout

A country can polish its image in numerous ways. Colorful festivals, cheap air fare to come visit, unselfish acts of humanitarianism. Paying men obscene amounts of money to hit a little ball into a just slightly larger hole 500 yards away ain’t one of them. Continue reading Sportwashing In The USA

Campaign Notes, Congress, Elections, Law/Justice, Shapiro, Uncategorized

Meanwhile in Old California

June 10, 2022June 10, 2022 shapiroout

Some thoughts on last Tuesday’s primary election here in the Golden State of mind. Continue reading Meanwhile in Old California

Business, Law/Justice, Medicine, Shapiro

The American Hall of Mirrors

June 7, 2022June 7, 2022 shapiroout

The hall of mirrors the American medical system has become is perhaps the most elaborate, contorted, and ultimately fraudulent scheme in the history of man.  Continue reading The American Hall of Mirrors

Business, Congress, Current Affairs, Do Something, Guns, Law/Justice, Shapiro

America’s High School

June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 shapiroout

School shootings have become so commonplace in this country that when the body count is only a few it hardly makes the news. Maybe if they knew it was America’s High School things would be different. Continue reading America’s High School

Business, Economy, Immoral Values, Music, Shapiro1 Comment

BottleRocked

May 31, 2022May 31, 2022 shapiroout

Bottle Shock – a temporary condition when wine changes color upon bottling, then reverts back soon after. Continue reading BottleRocked

Business, Campaign Notes, Congress, Current Affairs, Do Something, Economy, Education, Elections, Law/Justice, Shapiro

A Fundamental Question

May 27, 2022May 27, 2022 shapiroout

What does the word government mean to you? It’s a fundamental question we never seem to ask people running for office. We should. Continue reading A Fundamental Question

Campaign Notes, Congress, Elections, Environment, Shapiro

Thunder From Down Under

May 24, 2022May 24, 2022 shapiroout

It came from the land down under. Do you hear, do you hear the thunder? Follow the example of Labor and the Teals and Greens in Australia and Democrats will have Republicans running and taking cover. Continue reading Thunder From Down Under

Bigotry, Current Affairs, Guns, Immoral Values, Law/Justice, Propaganda, Russian Imperialism, Shapiro2 Comments

Another List of Names

May 17, 2022May 17, 2022 shapiroout

It’s time for us to stop calling incidents like the one in Buffalo “mass shootings” and start calling them what they really are, “terrorist attacks”. Continue reading Another List of Names

Bigotry, Business, Current Affairs, Faith, Law/Justice, LBGTQ Rights, Shapiro, Supreme Court

Slip Sliding Away

May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 shapiroout

Hey men, did you know that leaked Supreme Court ruling can/will have an effect on you? It’s a distinct possibility that if the government can tell women they must be mothers, they can also tell men they must be fathers. Continue reading Slip Sliding Away

Business, Campaign Notes, Congress, Current Affairs, Economy, Elections, Law/Justice, Shapiro1 Comment

And Away We Go…

May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 shapiroout

How can Democrats win in 2022? By saying what they really believe in. Then saying it again. And once more for good effect. In other words keep saying it to everyone who will listen. That’s how Democrats win elections. Continue reading And Away We Go…

Bigotry, Current Affairs, Fog Of History, Shapiro, Supreme Court3 Comments

Libby

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022 shapiroout

I never knew her. She was a frightened 16 year old girl in an unimaginably horrible situation. She paid for it with her life. And a family was changed forever Continue reading Libby

Business, Economy, Elections, Law/Justice, Propaganda, Russian Imperialism, Shapiro, Television2 Comments

Oligarchs ‘R Us

May 3, 2022May 3, 2022 shapiroout

Russia has oligarchs. But so does the West. And they run some of the biggest media outlets, including the one where Rupert Murdoch uses Tucker Carlson as his ventriloquist dummy, Continue reading Oligarchs ‘R Us

Art, Business, Food and Drink, Music, Shapiro, Television, Travel2 Comments

Some Final Thoughts From The Road

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 shapiroout

“Sal, we gotta go and never stop going ’till we get there.’
‘Where we going, man?’
‘I don’t know but we gotta go.”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road Continue reading Some Final Thoughts From The Road

Fog Of History, Science, Shapiro, Travel1 Comment

From the End to the Beginning

April 26, 2022April 24, 2022 shapiroout

Our vacation trip brings us to Los Alamos, New Mexico and a chance for family lore and world history to collide. It made me think about what history really means. Continue reading From the End to the Beginning

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