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• Marijuana Sales In Oregon Set Record (While Marijuana Arrests Nationwide Are Up)

  

  The legal sale of marijuana has now begun in Oregon, and those sales are breaking records. The previous record for first week sales was about $5 million in... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Like It Or Not, Hillary Clinton IS A Progressive

  

  (The photo above is from the website of ABC News.) Supporters of Bernie Sanders like to say that their candidate is a true progressive, while Hillary Clinton... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Obamacare Is Working - But We Need More

  

  The chart above is from a recent survey by the Gallup Poll. Between July 1st and September 30th, they questioned a random national sample of 45,615 adults, and... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• In Defense Of Planned Parenthood (And Margaret Sanger)

  

  The far-right-wing congressional Republicans came very close to shutting down the government again in September. It was averted only on the last day of the... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 3 Out Of 4 Want Minimum Wage Raised To At Least $10

  

  There is a debate right now over whether the minimum wage should be raised. That wage has lost more than 30% of its buying power since the late 1960's -- and... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Clinton Leads All Other Democrats In The "Swing States"

  

  Bernie Sanders is doing very well in his neighboring state of New Hampshire (and possibly OK in Iowa), but he's having difficulty getting any traction in the... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• It's Time To Plug The Holes In The Background Check Law

  

  I have to agree with the words of Hillary Clinton above. It seems that the Republicans, all of them have surrendered on the issue of trying to save American... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Horrors Of War Continue

  

  (This photo of the Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) Hospital is from ibtimes.co.uk.) The following message is from the group called United... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• New National Poll Shows Clinton Clearly In The Lead

  

  Once again, a respected national poll defies the story the media wants to tell about the race for the Democratic nomination (that Clinton is fading and Sanders... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Shows Little Respect For Their Own Congressperson

  

  We've seen poll after poll showing the general public has a very low opinion of Congress (with support for the job they are doing resting in the low teens). Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hillary Clinton Is The Choice Of Maryland Democrats

  

  This is the first poll from Maryland that I am aware of. And it shows once again that while Bernie Sanders may be doing well in New Hampshire, he's having a... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• There Are Now More Guns Than People In This Country

  

  I have been saying that there were nearly as many guns as people in this country. It turns out that I was wrong -- there are more guns than people in this... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hillary Proposes Bold Plan To Curtail Gun Violence Epidemic

  

  The chart above (from Vox.com) is for those of you who still stubbornly insist the gun violence in this country is not of epidemic proportions. Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Polls Show Clinton's Support Is Still Strong

  

  The media seems determined to convince people that Hillary Clinton's support is "fading", and Bernie Sanders supporters want you to think that he is fast... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Scapegoating The Mentally Ill Is NOT The Solution

  

  After the recent school shooting, this time at a community college in Oregon, the Republicans (at the behest of the NRA) is once again floating the same old... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hillary Leads In Iowa And Bernie Leads In New Hampshire

  

  A new poll has been released concerning Democratic preferences in Iowa and in New Hampshire. It is the NBC News / Wall Street Journal / Marist Poll. Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Nearly Half Of GOP Would Like McConnell To Resign Also

  

  The resignation of John Boehner shows just how far to the right the Republican Party has moved. Instead of lamenting his resignation, most in the party seem to... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Tired Of The Same Old Gun Lies - It's Time For Action

  

  Another day, another mass shooting in the United States. And since this latest one made the national media, the Republicans and the NRA are dusting off and... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Clinton 21 Points Ahead Of Sanders In Latest National Poll

  

  These are the results of the new Pew Research Center survey on the presidential race. It was done between September 22nd and 27th of a random national sample... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Minimum Wage Is A Poverty Wage

  

  (This map is from the website Daily Kos.) The Republicans don't wage to raise the minimum wage -- and some would like to eliminate the minimum wage altogether. Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY