I think there are some good insights here:
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/rolltodisbelieve/2018/03/26/why-donald-trump-hasnt-lost-his-core-fanbase-yet-lsp-35/
Important and/or interesting political articles that often don't make the headlines but are worth a look.
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
In final screw-you to his party, GOP Rep. Ryan Costello takes name off Pennsylvania primary ballot
But some good news: a Republican congressman turning a likely win into a probable loss:
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/27/1752484/-In-final-screw-you-to-his-party-GOP-Rep-Ryan-Costello-takes-name-off-Pennsylvania-primary-ballot
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/27/1752484/-In-final-screw-you-to-his-party-GOP-Rep-Ryan-Costello-takes-name-off-Pennsylvania-primary-ballot
Leaked Memo: EPA Issues Approved Talking Points Downplaying Climate Change
More science denial. This has to be the definition of insanity:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/epa-climate-adaptation_us_5abbb5e3e4b04a59a31387d7
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/epa-climate-adaptation_us_5abbb5e3e4b04a59a31387d7
Independents Are Shifting To Climate Denial, According To The Latest Gallup Poll
This is unsettling. It seems that the only party of logic and reason is the Democratic Party:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gallup-poll-climate-change_us_5aba9129e4b04a59a3121887
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gallup-poll-climate-change_us_5aba9129e4b04a59a3121887
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
While Trump Deals With A Porn Star, Congress Passes Barack Obama's Budget
Just because it's fun and inexplicable in a government run by Trump and the Republicans:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/25/1752069/-Congress-Passes-The-President-s-Budget-President-Obama-s-That-Is
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/25/1752069/-Congress-Passes-The-President-s-Budget-President-Obama-s-That-Is
Monday, March 26, 2018
GOP Rep. Won’t Seek Re-Election After Pennsylvania Redraws Districts
I'm enjoying the bloodletting as more and more Republicans realize they want to spend more time with family:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ryan-costello-reelection_us_5ab88173e4b054d118e44a62
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ryan-costello-reelection_us_5ab88173e4b054d118e44a62
This KGB Chief Rang the Alarm About Russia-U.S. Cyberwars. No One Listened.
Russia was scared of us in the cybersphere until recently:
http://time.com/5210728/russia-u-s-hacking-cyberwar-kgb-soviet-union/
http://time.com/5210728/russia-u-s-hacking-cyberwar-kgb-soviet-union/
Former Cambridge Analytica workers say firm sent foreigners to advise U.S. campaigns
The Cambridge Analytica story is getting worse and scooping up more politicians in its net:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/former-cambridge-analytica-workers-say-firm-sent-foreigners-to-advise-us-campaigns/2018/03/25/6a0d7d90-2fa2-11e8-911f-ca7f68bff0fc_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/former-cambridge-analytica-workers-say-firm-sent-foreigners-to-advise-us-campaigns/2018/03/25/6a0d7d90-2fa2-11e8-911f-ca7f68bff0fc_story.html
Friday, March 23, 2018
How do people actually respond to the "trolley problem"?
This isn't really a political post...although I wonder if this test has political implications somehow. It's the classic "trolley problem" tested on real people, and the results are rather surprising:
https://youtu.be/1sl5KJ69qiA
https://youtu.be/1sl5KJ69qiA
Thursday, March 22, 2018
A Rigorous Scientific Look Into The 'Fox News Effect'
Reality has a well-known liberal bias:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2016/07/21/a-rigorous-scientific-look-into-the-fox-news-effect/#66ebe21712ab
https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2016/07/21/a-rigorous-scientific-look-into-the-fox-news-effect/#66ebe21712ab
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Budget Deal Lifts Ban On Federal Research Of Gun Violence
Well, it’s about time. I remember being gobsmacked that the government was forbidden from even researching gun violence:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dickey-amendment-budget-deal_us_5ab2c67fe4b008c9e5f3cbfe
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dickey-amendment-budget-deal_us_5ab2c67fe4b008c9e5f3cbfe
An "Ashamed" Fox News Commentator Just Quit The "Propaganda Machine"
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Supreme Court denies GOP request to block new Pa. congressional map
This is important. It sets a precedent for all future gerrymandering challenges, which will mostly help Democrats:
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/379159-supreme-court-denies-gops-request-to-block-new-pa-congressional-map
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/379159-supreme-court-denies-gops-request-to-block-new-pa-congressional-map
Scott Pruitt’s Latest EPA Gambit Is As Clever As It Is Evil
Putting this shitbird in charge of the EPA was insane:
https://futurism.com/scott-pruitts-epa-evil-transparency/
https://futurism.com/scott-pruitts-epa-evil-transparency/
Monday, March 19, 2018
Fake News Goes to Court
The alt-reality and fake news sources appear to be getting their comeuppance:
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/fox-news-and-alex-jones-could-pay-for-pushing-fake-news-about-real-people.html
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/fox-news-and-alex-jones-could-pay-for-pushing-fake-news-about-real-people.html
KS Republicans shocked when their consultants on education give them same answer as everyone else
The failed Republican experiment that is Kansas is bitten in the ass once again:
Trump would love to fire Mueller. But here’s why he’s been afraid to so far.
A good rundown of the risks Mueller and Trump do and do not face:
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/19/17138948/trump-mueller-firing-russia
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/19/17138948/trump-mueller-firing-russia
The article removed from Forbes, “Why White Evangelicalism Is So Cruel”
This explains a lot of why Evangelicals don't actually follow the teachings of Jesus:
https://www.politicalorphans.com/the-article-removed-from-forbes-why-white-evangelicalism-is-so-cruel/
https://www.politicalorphans.com/the-article-removed-from-forbes-why-white-evangelicalism-is-so-cruel/
John Oliver publishes book to upset Pence
I watched John Oliver's segment on this. A worthy buy!
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/18/1750108/-John-Oliver-publishes-book-to-upset-Pence
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/18/1750108/-John-Oliver-publishes-book-to-upset-Pence
Cambridge Analytica Uncovered: Secret filming reveals election tricks
The inside dirt on Cambridge Analytica. There’s nothing like video from the horse’s mouth to provide damning evidence:
https://youtu.be/mpbeOCKZFfQ
https://youtu.be/mpbeOCKZFfQ
What Woke America And Great America Can Learn From Each Other
Interesting way to interpret what your opponents are saying:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-giridharadas-outrage-america_us_5aaa93b6e4b073bd82929695
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-giridharadas-outrage-america_us_5aaa93b6e4b073bd82929695
Kris Kobach’s Voting Sham Gets Exposed in Court
Is there nothing conservatives do that isn’t evil?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/17/opinion/sunday/kris-kobachs-voting-sham-gets-exposed-in-court.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/17/opinion/sunday/kris-kobachs-voting-sham-gets-exposed-in-court.html
The Cambridge Analytica Files ‘I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool’: meet the data war whistleblower
In depth article on the man behind using Facebook to elect Trump:
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/17/data-war-whistleblower-christopher-wylie-faceook-nix-bannon-trump?CMP=share_btn_fb
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/17/data-war-whistleblower-christopher-wylie-faceook-nix-bannon-trump?CMP=share_btn_fb
Saturday, March 17, 2018
Should I even write this? A reflection on Trump, Trudeau, and trade
Trump goes beyond lying into nonsensical:
https://qz.com/1230343/trumps-comments-on-trade-and-justin-trudeau-are-impossible-to-analyze/
https://qz.com/1230343/trumps-comments-on-trade-and-justin-trudeau-are-impossible-to-analyze/
Friday, March 16, 2018
Fox News hosts and their bald faced hypocrisy
There’s nothing like video footage to lay bare hypocrisy:
https://mobile.twitter.com/MyDaughtersArmy/status/974318717738811394/video/1
https://mobile.twitter.com/MyDaughtersArmy/status/974318717738811394/video/1
How to disagree well: 7 of the best and worst ways to argue
Useful suggestions for how to argue most successfully:
http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/how-to-disagree-well-7-of-the-best-and-worst-ways-to-argue
http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/how-to-disagree-well-7-of-the-best-and-worst-ways-to-argue
What it means that the Russians-hacking-US-energy-grid story is being leaked in a big way now
An interesting perspective:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/15/1749247/-What-it-means-that-the-Russians-hacking-US-energy-grid-story-is-being-leaked-now
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/15/1749247/-What-it-means-that-the-Russians-hacking-US-energy-grid-story-is-being-leaked-now
Thursday, March 15, 2018
How a Wild Theory About Nelson Mandela Proves the Existence of Parallel Universes
Ah-hah! So maybe Trump isn’t a lying P.O.S., he’s just from an alternate universe where all the false claims he makes are true!
http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/how-the-mandela-effect-phenomenon-explains-the-existence-of-alternate-realities
http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/how-the-mandela-effect-phenomenon-explains-the-existence-of-alternate-realities
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Teacher, reserve cop accidentally fires gun in Calif. high school, police say
So if the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun, how do you stop a good guy with a gun?
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
USDA withdraws animal welfare rule
Yet another petty, cruel and unnecessary act by the Trump administration:
http://thehill.com/regulation/administration/377947-usda-withdraws-animal-welfare-rule
http://thehill.com/regulation/administration/377947-usda-withdraws-animal-welfare-rule
Evangelicals Rip Up the Bible's Rules to Promote a Porn Star Loving President
In case it's not clear already:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/10/1747797/-Evangelicals-Rip-Up-the-Bible-s-Rules-to-Promote-a-Porn-Star-Loving-President
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/10/1747797/-Evangelicals-Rip-Up-the-Bible-s-Rules-to-Promote-a-Porn-Star-Loving-President
Monday, March 12, 2018
The Last Temptation
"How evangelicals, once culturally confident, became an anxious minority seeking political protection from the least traditionally religious president in living memory":
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/04/the-last-temptation/554066/
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/04/the-last-temptation/554066/
Sunday, March 11, 2018
Obama's legacy: He sparked hope -- and got blindsided
I wonder what would’ve happened if Obama had been more aggressive.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/09/opinions/obama-historian-legacy-roundup-opinion-zelizer/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/09/opinions/obama-historian-legacy-roundup-opinion-zelizer/index.html
Friday, March 9, 2018
President Trump Offered a History Lesson on Tariffs. Here’s What He Left Out
Thursday, March 8, 2018
Stormy Daniels' Lawsuit Against Donald Trump Raises the Question: When Can You Sue the President?
Don't forget the "nobody is above the law" edict:
http://time.com/5189549/stormy-daniels-lawsuit-can-you-sue-president-united-states/
http://time.com/5189549/stormy-daniels-lawsuit-can-you-sue-president-united-states/
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Ailing Mississippi Sen. Cochran To Resign, Setting Up 2018 Special Election
Yet another opportunity for the Democrats to take the Senate:
https://www.npr.org/2018/03/05/590989957/ailing-mississippi-sen-cochran-to-resign-setting-up-2018-special-election
https://www.npr.org/2018/03/05/590989957/ailing-mississippi-sen-cochran-to-resign-setting-up-2018-special-election
Kellyanne Conway found to have violated Hatch Act
I give three to one odds that in the end nobody in the Trump administration will be found innocent:
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376945-watchdog-kellyanne-conway-violated-hatch-act-twice-in-tv-appearances
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376945-watchdog-kellyanne-conway-violated-hatch-act-twice-in-tv-appearances
Monday, March 5, 2018
‘The Most Hated Person On Campus’: Why Some College Republicans Are Channeling Donald Trump
It's good to see Trump has poor support among millennials, but there are unfortunately some vocal exceptions:
http://time.com/the-most-hated-person-on-campus-why-some-college-republicans-are-channeling-donald-trump
http://time.com/the-most-hated-person-on-campus-why-some-college-republicans-are-channeling-donald-trump
Sunday, March 4, 2018
State Department Has Spent None Of The $120 Million Allocated To Fight Russian Interference
How is this not treason? Do your fucking jobs!
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/state-department-russian-meddling_us_5a9cb149e4b089ec353bc61e
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/state-department-russian-meddling_us_5a9cb149e4b089ec353bc61e
Saturday, March 3, 2018
Taxpayers, You’ve Been Scammed
A Paul Krugman opinion:
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/opinion/taxpayers-scammed-republicans.html
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/opinion/taxpayers-scammed-republicans.html
Friday, March 2, 2018
Three Reasons Scientists Are Freaked out by Crazy-High Arctic Temperatures
If Greenland and Antarctica lose their landlocked ice, sea levels will rise extremely high and drastically change weather patterns:
https://futurism.com/crazy-high-arctic-temperatures/
https://futurism.com/crazy-high-arctic-temperatures/
No, Fascism Can’t Happen Here
At least we have something to ease our concern:
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/03/01/no-fascism-cant-happen-here-217092
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/03/01/no-fascism-cant-happen-here-217092
Trump’s Chaos Theory for the Oval Office Is Taking Its Toll
Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic:
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/us/politics/trump-chaos-oval-office.html
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/us/politics/trump-chaos-oval-office.html
How the student activists of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High demonstrate the power of a comprehensive education
So much for "crisis actors":
https://splinternews.com/the-teacher-who-taught-his-students-to-challenge-the-nr-1823355017
and
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/02/the-student-activists-of-marjory-stoneman-douglas-high-demonstrate-the-power-of-a-full-education.html
https://splinternews.com/the-teacher-who-taught-his-students-to-challenge-the-nr-1823355017
and
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/02/the-student-activists-of-marjory-stoneman-douglas-high-demonstrate-the-power-of-a-full-education.html
Thursday, March 1, 2018
Senate Intelligence Leaders Say House G.O.P. Leaked a Senator’s Texts
The Republicans continue to act in a deeply underhanded and unprofessional manner:
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/us/politics/senate-intelligence-nunes-leaks.html?referer=https://t.co/pn9uLfGtZN?amp=1#click=https://t.co/pn9uLfGtZN
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/us/politics/senate-intelligence-nunes-leaks.html?referer=https://t.co/pn9uLfGtZN?amp=1#click=https://t.co/pn9uLfGtZN
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
NRA's Warnings Have Come True: A President Wants To Unilaterally Disarm Americans
Sorry, but...bwahahahah!
“It’s fairly easy to imagine how the NRA would have reacted had Obama or Clinton made a statement about taking guns away without due process. But the group did not immediately return a request for comment on Wednesday about what it thinks of Trump’s remarks.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-nra-warnings_us_5a9713dde4b07dffeb6f5096
“It’s fairly easy to imagine how the NRA would have reacted had Obama or Clinton made a statement about taking guns away without due process. But the group did not immediately return a request for comment on Wednesday about what it thinks of Trump’s remarks.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-nra-warnings_us_5a9713dde4b07dffeb6f5096
Revenge of the tribes: How the American Empire could fall
What partisan thinking in blogs like this one could lead to:
http://bigthink.com/videos/amy-chua-how-hardened-tribalism-leads-to-civil-wars
But it's the conservatives who are committing most of the attacks on disenfranchised groups, dammit, while progressives are mostly trying to expand equality!
http://bigthink.com/videos/amy-chua-how-hardened-tribalism-leads-to-civil-wars
But it's the conservatives who are committing most of the attacks on disenfranchised groups, dammit, while progressives are mostly trying to expand equality!
To Create Conflict, Russians Fuel GMO Debate
It seems that Russian interference in public disinformation is not limited to elections:
https://futurism.com/russians-fuel-gmo-debate/
https://futurism.com/russians-fuel-gmo-debate/
Monday, February 26, 2018
John Dean Predicts If Gates Testimony Shows Manafort Acted W/Trump's Blessings, It's All Over
Will THIS be the path that topples Trumpty Dumpty?
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/25/1744741/-John-Dean-Predicts-If-Gates-Testimony-Shows-Manafort-Acted-W-Trump-s-Blessings-It-s-All-Over
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/25/1744741/-John-Dean-Predicts-If-Gates-Testimony-Shows-Manafort-Acted-W-Trump-s-Blessings-It-s-All-Over
After Two Decades of GMOs, Scientists Find They Live up to Their Promise
For those on the left who are anti-GMO:
https://futurism.com/two-decades-scientists-gmos-corn-good-seriously/
https://futurism.com/two-decades-scientists-gmos-corn-good-seriously/
'The Most Dangerous Man In The World’: Trump Is Violent, Immature And Insecure, Psych Experts Say
Nicely summarizing what we already know all too well:
http://www.newsweek.com/2017/10/06/trump-most-dangerous-man-world-psychologists-671182.html
http://www.newsweek.com/2017/10/06/trump-most-dangerous-man-world-psychologists-671182.html
Gallup Officially Declares TEXAS Competitive (And Guess Who's Finally Been Showing Up?)
Very encouraging. Taking Texas and Florida would make it very hard for Republicans to win anything:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/24/1743606/-Gallup-Officially-Declares-TEXAS-Competitive-And-Guess-Who-s-Finally-Been-Showing-Up
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/24/1743606/-Gallup-Officially-Declares-TEXAS-Competitive-And-Guess-Who-s-Finally-Been-Showing-Up
Saturday, February 24, 2018
Liberal Brains Are Different from Conservative Brains, but Dialogue Is Still Possible
Interesting psychology of how to approach speaking to a conservative or liberal:
http://bigthink.com/videos/gail-saltz-the-brain-differences-of-liberals-versus-conservatives
(Watch the video.)
http://bigthink.com/videos/gail-saltz-the-brain-differences-of-liberals-versus-conservatives
(Watch the video.)
Friday, February 23, 2018
Three major car rental companies dump the NRA
Perhaps this is going to be another #MeToo-type thing:
https://thinkprogress.org/alamo-national-enterprise-dump-nra-35d326965744/
Here's what happened earlier:
https://thinkprogress.org/first-national-bank-ends-nra-visa-card-5809195f1672/
https://thinkprogress.org/alamo-national-enterprise-dump-nra-35d326965744/
Here's what happened earlier:
https://thinkprogress.org/first-national-bank-ends-nra-visa-card-5809195f1672/
Thursday, February 22, 2018
Trump keeps tweeting, keeps reminding us how deep Mitch McConnell is in the Russia election hacking
A useful reminder for those who try to deflect Trump's negligence by pointing at Obama:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/21/1743391/-Trump-keeps-tweeting-keeps-reminding-us-how-deep-Mitch-McConnell-in-in-the-Russia-election-hacking
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/21/1743391/-Trump-keeps-tweeting-keeps-reminding-us-how-deep-Mitch-McConnell-in-in-the-Russia-election-hacking
Evangelical Pastor: Guns Are Not Christian
Yeah, I never got why so many Christians are pro-gun:
http://time.com/5163376/christians-gun-control/
http://time.com/5163376/christians-gun-control/
Every one of Europe’s 571 cities is destined for worse heat waves, droughts, or floods
This SHOULD scare everyone, but science deniers aren't rational:
https://qz.com/1212443/climate-changes-impact-on-europe-all-571-cities-are-destined-for-worse-heat-waves-droughts-or-floods/
https://qz.com/1212443/climate-changes-impact-on-europe-all-571-cities-are-destined-for-worse-heat-waves-droughts-or-floods/
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Robert Mueller's Indictment Could Be a Win for Russia's Trolls
This new form of information warfare is insidiously effective:
http://time.com/5168104/mueller-indictment-russia-troll-factory-help/
The video is worth watching.
http://time.com/5168104/mueller-indictment-russia-troll-factory-help/
The video is worth watching.
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Monday, February 19, 2018
How Does Trump Stack Up Against the Best — and Worst — Presidents?
Very interesting. Even Republican scholars rank Obama highly and Trump near the bottom:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/19/opinion/how-does-trump-stack-up-against-the-best-and-worst-presidents.html?mtrref=undefined&assetType=opinion&mtrref=t.co&assetType=opinion
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/19/opinion/how-does-trump-stack-up-against-the-best-and-worst-presidents.html?mtrref=undefined&assetType=opinion&mtrref=t.co&assetType=opinion
How the Republicans stole the Second Amendment
I always wondered how they expanded "militia" to cover every individual:
Melania Trump’s ‘volunteer’ rankles White House staff with her all-access pass
Yet another Trump administration scandal, this one mostly under the radar...
Friday, February 16, 2018
Seth Abramson on when Trump actually started running for president, and what he did after that time
Now Trump is lying about the timeline for his running for the presidency...thus opening himself up to further collusion allegations:
https://mobile.twitter.com/sethabramson/status/964598749225013248?s=12
https://mobile.twitter.com/sethabramson/status/964598749225013248?s=12
Trump’s Budget Would End Grant Funding For State Endangered Species Projects
Have I mentioned I hate that shitbird Trump?
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-budget-endangered-species-state-grants_us_5a8584f1e4b0774f31d28e73
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-budget-endangered-species-state-grants_us_5a8584f1e4b0774f31d28e73
All the things Fox News blamed the Parkland shooting on other than the gun
I wish there were an official watchdog group evaluating the verifiable accuracy as well as completeness of coverage of stories from all the major news sources:
https://qz.com/1208530/parkland-florida-shooting-fox-news-blamed-the-school-massacre-on-everything-except-the-ar-15/
https://qz.com/1208530/parkland-florida-shooting-fox-news-blamed-the-school-massacre-on-everything-except-the-ar-15/
Jared Kushner's Finances Are In Shambles And He's A Threat To National Security
I wonder which of the Trump inner circle will go down first:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/15/1741765/-Jared-Kushner-s-Finances-Are-In-Shambles-And-He-s-A-Threat-To-National-Security
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/15/1741765/-Jared-Kushner-s-Finances-Are-In-Shambles-And-He-s-A-Threat-To-National-Security
Thursday, February 15, 2018
Knee-Jerk Cynicism Is A Failure Of Critical Reasoning
Another perspective from Steven Pinker on the reasons for more optimistic thinking:
https://quartzy.qz.com/1204932/steven-pinkers-book-enlightenment-now-is-an-argument-against-cynicism/
https://quartzy.qz.com/1204932/steven-pinkers-book-enlightenment-now-is-an-argument-against-cynicism/
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Here’s What Trump’s New Budget Means for Renewable Energy
I fucking hate Trump, in case it's not already obvious:
https://futurism.com/trumps-budget-renewable-energy/
https://futurism.com/trumps-budget-renewable-energy/
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
The Enlightenment Is Working
For those who feel that the world is inexorably getting worse, the statistics say otherwise:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-enlightenment-is-working-1518191343
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-enlightenment-is-working-1518191343
Monday, February 12, 2018
Friday, February 9, 2018
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like the Gilded Age
An interesting comparison between the "Gilded Age" period after the Civil War and today:
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-02-07/it-s-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-the-gilded-age
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-02-07/it-s-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-the-gilded-age
Fox News cuts away from Trump economic speech to cover historic stock market drop
Watch the stock ticker as Tronald Dump brags about how good he is for the economy:
https://youtu.be/R5EoE30VIP0
And here FoxNews (yeah, THEM!) cuts away from one of his economy rallies to show how the stock market is tanking:
https://youtu.be/9zbdRdF5IL4
https://youtu.be/R5EoE30VIP0
And here FoxNews (yeah, THEM!) cuts away from one of his economy rallies to show how the stock market is tanking:
https://youtu.be/9zbdRdF5IL4
Why Are Conservatives More Susceptible to Believing Lies?
A good analysis, starting with this basic point: “The difference between Republicans and Democrats is that Republicans believe people are fundamentally bad, while Democrats see people as fundamentally good.”
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2017/11/why_conservatives_are_more_susceptible_to_believing_in_lies.html
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2017/11/why_conservatives_are_more_susceptible_to_believing_in_lies.html
Thursday, February 8, 2018
California Takes a Stand Against Trump’s Offshore Oil Plan
Good to see my state fighting back:
https://futurism.com/california-takes-stand-against-trumps-offshore-oil-plan/
https://futurism.com/california-takes-stand-against-trumps-offshore-oil-plan/
Bermuda becomes first jurisdiction in the world to repeal same-sex marriage
Backsliding...but I'll bet it won't last:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/08/bermuda-repeal-same-sex-marriage?mc_cid=d44184db0c&mc_eid=c4215c6c8c
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/08/bermuda-repeal-same-sex-marriage?mc_cid=d44184db0c&mc_eid=c4215c6c8c
White Women Who Enable Trump Do Not Deserve The Benefit Of Your Doubt
I'll never understand people who already have it tougher would vote against their own self-interest:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/daniels-opinion-white-women-trump_us_5a79f67de4b0d0ef3c09fbf0
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/daniels-opinion-white-women-trump_us_5a79f67de4b0d0ef3c09fbf0
Pennsylvania GOP's threat to impeach Supreme Court is real—and it's how they plan to cling to power
The Republicans are ballsy, I'll give them that. Evil, but ballsy:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/7/1739285/-Pennsylvania-GOP-s-threat-to-impeach-Supreme-Court-is-real-and-it-s-how-they-plan-to-cling-to-power
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/7/1739285/-Pennsylvania-GOP-s-threat-to-impeach-Supreme-Court-is-real-and-it-s-how-they-plan-to-cling-to-power
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
The Alternate Realities of Left and Right
How do we fight against this?
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/2018/02/04/alternate-realities-left-right/
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/2018/02/04/alternate-realities-left-right/
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
International Monetary Fund Report Shows Why Tax Cuts for the Rich Are a Bad Idea
The anti-science party continues to hurt society:
http://bigthink.com/robby-berman/imf-report-shows-why-tax-cuts-for-the-rich-are-a-bad-idea
http://bigthink.com/robby-berman/imf-report-shows-why-tax-cuts-for-the-rich-are-a-bad-idea
Boycott the Republican Party
Republicans encouraging everyone to vote for the...Democrats???
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/boycott-the-gop/550907/
I think I just saw a pig fly out of my butt!
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/boycott-the-gop/550907/
I think I just saw a pig fly out of my butt!
Seth Abramson on the Shearer Memo
Verrrrrry interesting perspective:
https://mobile.twitter.com/sethabramson/status/960700267313401868?ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Eios%7Ctwgr%5Ecom.apple.UIKit.activity.Message%7Ctwcon%5E7100%7Ctwterm%5E0
https://mobile.twitter.com/sethabramson/status/960700267313401868?ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Eios%7Ctwgr%5Ecom.apple.UIKit.activity.Message%7Ctwcon%5E7100%7Ctwterm%5E0
Generation Z More Atheistic Than other Age Groups
A positive poll for atheism, and from the Evangelical Barna Group at that:
http://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/generation-z-more-atheistic-other-age-groups
http://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/generation-z-more-atheistic-other-age-groups
Sunday, February 4, 2018
China Moves To Create The Perfect Totalitarian Dystopia
In case you’re wondering why I am disparaging toward China, this is why:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/3/1738528/-China-Moves-To-Create-The-Perfect-Totalitarian-Dystopia?detail=emaildkre
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/3/1738528/-China-Moves-To-Create-The-Perfect-Totalitarian-Dystopia?detail=emaildkre
Saturday, February 3, 2018
The Largest Number Of Scientists In Modern U.S. History Is Running For Office In 2018
This warms my heart!
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/science-candidates_us_5a74fffde4b06ee97af2ae60
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/science-candidates_us_5a74fffde4b06ee97af2ae60
How Amazon Will Drastically Change Health Care, According to Futurists
The current healthcare system is being hamstrung by conservatives, but this may change things up a bit:
http://time.com/money/5127497/amazon-healthcare-costs/
http://time.com/money/5127497/amazon-healthcare-costs/
Friday, February 2, 2018
Seth Abramson breaks down the Nunes memo
Another great Seth Abramson analysis, this time of the Nunes Memo:
https://mobile.twitter.com/sethabramson/status/959494066840002560?ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Eios%7Ctwgr%5Ecom.apple.UIKit.activity.Message%7Ctwcon%5E7100%7Ctwterm%5E0
https://mobile.twitter.com/sethabramson/status/959494066840002560?ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Eios%7Ctwgr%5Ecom.apple.UIKit.activity.Message%7Ctwcon%5E7100%7Ctwterm%5E0
The Key Players In Trump’s ‘Deep State’ Conspiracy Theory Are All Republicans
There is some special kind of stupid going on here:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-russia-probe-republicans-deep-state_us_5a737d6ee4b06ee97af0d4dd
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-russia-probe-republicans-deep-state_us_5a737d6ee4b06ee97af0d4dd
Defeat is inevitable. Everybody knows it, even Trump
Drawing the parallels between Nixon and Trump:
https://www.salon.com/2018/01/27/defeat-is-inevitable-everybody-knows-it-even-trump/
https://www.salon.com/2018/01/27/defeat-is-inevitable-everybody-knows-it-even-trump/
Donald Trump Just Asked Congress to End the Rule of Law
Yeah, that line bothered me when I heard it:
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/01/donald-trump-just-asked-congress-to-end-the-rule-of-law.html
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/01/donald-trump-just-asked-congress-to-end-the-rule-of-law.html
Thursday, February 1, 2018
Trump Pulls the Plug on Clean Energy with Deep Cuts to Renewable Research
Trump is truly an utterly vile and contemptible asshole:
https://futurism.com/trump-pulls-plug-clean-energy-deep-cuts-renewable-research/
https://futurism.com/trump-pulls-plug-clean-energy-deep-cuts-renewable-research/
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