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• CEO To Worker Pay Ratio In U.S. Is Outrageous

  

  This chart shows just how out-of-whack the pay scale in the United States really is. In the United States, CEO pay is about 331 times the pay of a worker. No... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Archeologists - Jewish Exodus From Egypt Never Happened

  

  (Cartoon image of Jewish slaves in Egypt is from ReligiousCriticism.com.) I saw part of a cable TV program the other night where scientists were bending over... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Newest GOP Polls In New Hampshire, Iowa, And Florida

  

  This is the Suffolk University Poll of 500 New Hampshire Republicans Between March 21st and 24th. This is the Gravis Marketing Poll of 683 New Hampshire... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Warren Refuses To Knuckle Under To The Wall Street Banks

  

  (This caricature of Senator Elizabeth Warren is by the inimitable DonkeyHotey.) Since taking her place on the Senate Banking Committee in December of 2012,... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Indiana's New Law Legalizes Discrimination

  

  (This cartoon is by freelance cartoonist Carlos Latuff.) The Republican-dominated legislature of Indiana has joined forces with their GOP governor to pass a... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Americans Think Hillary Would Win Presidency, If Nominated

  

  It turns out that a majority of Americans (56%) think Hillary Clinton would win the presidency in 2016 -- if she chooses to run and the Democrats nominate her a... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Republican Math

  

  The person pictured here is Pete Sessions, the Republican Representative from the 32nd District of Texas, and yes, he does seem to be as stupid as he appears... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Will Maine Be The Next State To Legalize Marijuana ?

  

  In each of the last two elections, two states legalized the possession and use of marijuana by adults -- making four states where it is now legal. Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• We Can't Fix Global Warming Because We're Too Selfish

  

  As the top chart shows, 56% of the American public believes the opinion of scientists, as reported in the media, is either correct or underestimated. Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Couple Of Views On The GOP Presidential Hopefuls

  

  I found these two charts interesting. Both were made from a YouGov Poll done between March 14th and 16th of a random sample of 1,000 adults (with about a 4 poin... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A New Political System Is Emerging (And It Ain't Democracy)

  

  The following post was written by Tom Engelhardt (pictured) and posted on his own website (TomDispatch.com). It was reposted at Moyers and Company. Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Support For GOP Plan To Privatize Medicare Is Small

  

  The Republicans in the House of Representatives recently released their proposed budget for 2016, and once again, it contains a measure that would effectively... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Congressional Job Approval Is Still Extremely Low

  

  If the Republicans thought they could use their control of both houses of Congress as a springboard to take the 2016 election (including putting one of their ow... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• President Obama (& The Right) Are Wrong About Venezuela

  

  Recently, President Obama issued an executive order declaring the nation of Venezuela to be a national security threat to the United States (and imposing... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Does The GOP Really Want To Repeal Obamacare ?

  

  The Republicans in both the House and Senate have released their proposed budgets for 2016 -- and both of them included the complete repeal of the Affordable... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Americans Don't Want Religion Driving Public Policy

  

  Republican officials in Congress like to pose as christians, and to please their fundamentalist base they try to design their public policies around their... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Cruz Candidacy Will Help Democrats

  

  Ted Cruz tossed his hat into the race for the Republican presidential nomination. He is the first Republican to do so. I think he did it because all the recent... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Congress Is Becoming Paid Employees Of Billionaire Class

  

  Here is the latest post from Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) at The Huffington Post: I recently introduced an amendment at the Senate Budget Committee. It wa... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Rich & The Corporations Don't Pay Enough In Taxes

  

  The chart above may surprise some people, but a majority (53%) of Americans think their own taxes are about right. They may not love paying taxes (who does? Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Split Develops Between House & Senate GOP On Medicare

  

  (Cartoon above is by Steve Breen at creators.com.) The new budget proposal of Republicans in the House of Representatives contains a proposal that would be the... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY