Thoughts by Ted Schaefer
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Regime Change USA
Regime Change is action that is bandied about by Trump and his MAGA sycophants. Regime Change implies removing a repressive, authoritarian government. We should turn the mirror on ourselves: Self-Regime Change! Trump’s administration is nothing but repressive, authoritarian and it is growing worse. And, it is upending the world order – Not to USA’s benefit!…
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When Censorship Comes Quietly
What AU learned from advertising. Americans United for Separation of Church and State is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit educational and advocacy organization that brings together people of all religions and none to protect the right of everyone to believe as they want. I believe that AU is the most important organization that protects our first amendment.…
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MAGA – is a Terrorist Organization
This picture triggered a “they nailed it” epiphany moment in me. The MAGA minions are attempting to rule by terror. If you don’t get a spine and denounce our current government, you are a terrorist by association – all it takes is good people to do nothing. MAGA is terrorizing both the world and the…
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ICE Murder in Minneapolis
With the empathy and smarts of Derek Chauvin, ICE agent Jonathan Ross murdered 37-year-old Renee Good on Wednesday, Jan 6th, 2026, in Minneapolis, MN. This cold-blooded killing is the result ICE hiring agents known for their brutality and then rushed enhanced “I-am-the-boss” training. I suspect that every morning these brutes are jacked up with a…
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Committee for the First Amendment
In the McCarthy era Henry Fonda led a large group creative people to stand up for freedom of speech. Now his daughter, Jane Fonda, has just revived the group starting with a list of over 800 actors, film makers, music artists. Thank you, Jane!! Today, we relaunch the Committee for the First Amendment. This Committee…
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Evolution and Devolution of Mankind
Inspired by: Trump Calls Undocumented Immigrants ‘Animals and Not Human’ Being human is more than DNA. It is a high mixture of intelligence, kindness, empathy, truthfulness and the ability to love. Deficits in one or more of these essentials makes a person less human. As a person loses good traits and acquires the bad ones,…
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Cuban Electrical Problems = Opportunity Again!
HAVANA (AP) — A total blackout hit Cuba on Wednesday, Sept 11th, 2025, the latest in a series of outages blamed on aging infrastructure and fuel shortages at power plants. It was the second island-wide outage this year, with three other blackouts reported late last year. If we were ever thinking of reestablishing relations with Cuba, now would be the time.…
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Charlie Kirk – Predicted His Own Death
“I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights” Charlie Kirk, 2023 Seems like God gave him a clear answer. In other words, Live by the sword, die by the sword. BTW, I am…
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AI Gun Purchase Evaluator
At the site of a gun purchase, a specialized AI would be able to delve into a person’s psyche, school records, police records, medical records (privacy maintained), citizenship, social media, etc., to determine if the person is likely to be a responsible gun owner. It would snap a picture too. If approved and the entry…
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Sacrifice
If you are a gun owner, would you be willing to give up your hobby to cut gun violence by 50%? Think of the repercussions if a lot of people did that and gun ownership was outlawed. Over time:
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“A Killing Field” – Trump
Trump has inserted the military in both LA and DC. He now plans to deploy them in Chicago because it is a “Killing Field”. I don’t agree with his showmanship, tactics and lies about the severity of the problem. Common sense would say spend the money on the police force and judges. There is a…
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Minnesota Nice
Yet another shooting here in the land of Minnesota “nice” – at Catholic Church in Minneapolis. How long will it take for the USA to wake up from their stupor of stupidity and realize there is no way to have free access to guns and ammunition without the on-going escalation of senseless killing and violence.…
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No Kings
Restore Checks and Balances! Make Trump Accountable!
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Social Security = Ponzi?
Elon Musk asserts that Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme – He’s right but that’s harsh. SS is a tax that is taken from the working and given to the non-working. It should work forever because the population expands with evermore contributors. The government sold the idea of SS as an entitlement where you get…
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Artificial Stupidity
“Ours may become the first civilization destroyed, not by the power of our enemies, but by the ignorance of our teachers and the dangerous nonsense they are teaching our children. In an age of artificial intelligence, they are creating artificial stupidity.” -Thomas Sowell By “teachers” I think Sowell has a broader range in mind than…
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TRUMP – IMPEACHMENT
When can we start impeachment proceedings? I think the third, NO – the forth time is the charm! End the lies and the brainwashing.
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Cutting Gov Jobs
Don’t Forget Gun Related Jobs! Musk’s DOGE is looking for jobs to cut. Here’s an easy one: Have King Trump halt the sale of all guns to the public and make it illegal to possess both guns of any type and ammunition and gunpowder. All must be turned in within 3 months. Gun and gun…
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Cuban Electrical Problems = Opportunity
If we were ever thinking of reestablishing relations with Cuba, now would be the time. I think we should help them modernize their power grid. I think we’d make friends and limit the number of Cubans attempting to enter the US. It would be the humanitarian thing to do.
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AI for Immigrant Screening
As I understand it, a great part of the problem at the borders is our inability to immediately process immigration seekers on site. So, asylum seekers are released into the US while their cases take years to be processed. It is believed that there are over 11 million illegal aliens in the US now representing…
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Are We Responsible Enough to Own a Gun?
I would like to think that 90% of us live up to ideals of human behavior, but I think that it is far fewer. And, if that weren’t bad enough, most any of us could easily have a psychotic break that could lead a person down a rabbit hole of bad behavior that ranges from…
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Bushmaster Appeals to Macho Idiots
A greedy gun shop owner sold an assault rifle with massive ammo clips and tons of ammo to an idiot terrorist in Florida for his attack in Orlando. Did it cross the salesman’s mind that the person was a terrorist? How could it not send up a red flag? But greed being the ultimate driver,…