April 18, 2014
A Question For Obamacare Foes
With Affordable Care Act enrollment now at 8 million, I have a question for Obamacare foes.
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April 7, 2014
CEO Compensation: Hey, They’re Paid What The Market Will Bear, So What’s Your Problem?
We are told CEOs are paid what the market will bear. After all, you should never mess with that invisible hand. Because, if you spend too much time looking into this, maybe you might learn the people at the top have been selling you a nice polished turd.
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April 6, 2014
Art Installation In Pakistan To Challenge Predator Drone Operators
A giant art installation targets predator drone operators | #NotABugSplat — In military slang, Predator drone operators often refer to kills as ‘bug splats’, since viewing the body through a grainy video image gives the sense of an insect being crushed.
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April 2, 2014
Supreme Court Strikes Down Aggregate Campaign Contribution Limits
By a politically divided 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court today struck down overall contribution limits to federal campaigns by individuals, citing free speech. This ruling should not be a shock given the Roberts court presided over the “Citizens United” case which, for legal purposes, declared corporations to have the same rights as citizens.
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March 20, 2014
Facebook Friends: The Obama Derangement Syndrome In This One Is Strong
If you are on Facebook, and you have “friended” a few people, chances are there’s “that guy” who regularly shows up on your news feed. You know who I’m talking about, the staunchly conservative fellow who isn’t so much conservative as reactionary when a Democrat is in the White House. And you’ve probably been sucked into their conservative reactionary vortex once or twice while thinking, “The Obama Derangement Syndrome in this one is strong.” But even with this realization, you probably still couldn’t help yourself. We’ve all been there.
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March 11, 2014
Fear And Balanced: How Fox News Uses White Anxiety To Its Advantage
We are becoming a rainbow nation. In 1960, our population was 85% white, by 2060, it will be 43% white. Frankly, that is freaking out a lot of older people. – Paul Taylor, author of “The Next America”
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March 9, 2014
Actually It’s Not Adam, Eve, Or Steve
It’s Adam and Eve, Not Adam and Steve.
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February 26, 2014
An Indefensible Economic System
Someone needs to explain to me why there are so many Americans making average or even substandard wages who continue to defend the capitalistic status quo. I think this is where Robert Reich is correct, that people are simply afraid. In a labor market where employers have all the power, people just feel lucky to have a job.
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February 25, 2014
Arizona’s SB 1062 Is Not Religious Freedom, It’s State-Sanctioned Discrimination
Here they go again.
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February 24, 2014
Guns Only Make You FEEL Safer
New Rule: Gun-lovers must admit they are servicing paranoia not safety by owning a firearm.
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