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• Unemployment Drops Another 0.1% In April

  

  The Labor Department's unemployment figures for the month of April are now out, and frankly, they look better than expected. The economy created 165,000 new job... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is The Press Free Or Controlled ?

  

  One of the most important things in a democracy is a free press. It's importance to equal to that of free and fair elections (since an electorate cannot make... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Senator Bends Truth On Background Checks

  

  The person in the picture above is Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyoming). In a TV interview recently, he gave his excuse (a rather pathetic excuse) about why he... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Planned Poverty

  

  The Republicans want to impose austerity on this country. They want to cut the budget even further -- not to balance the budget, but so they can give their... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Wealth Gap In The U.S. Is Still Growing

  

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  Posted on 03 May 2013 BUSINESS, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Another Step Taken Toward Equal Rights

  

  On Thursday, the state of Rhode Island became the tenth state in the United States to vote for equal rights for all of their residents. Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 LGBTQ, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 3 Out Of 10 Considering Armed Rebellion ?

  

  We have known for a while that there are certain elements in this country, like the armed militias in many states, that are on the verge of stepping over the... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• All Lives Are Precious

  

  This seems to be the attitude of too many Americans. It is certainly the attitude of our government and the giant corporations who run it. When did the... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Atmospheric CO2 Still Growing Rapidly

  

  Perhaps the most problematic of the greenhouse gases is carbon dioxide (CO2), because it is almost completely due to humans burning carbon based fuels. Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 POLITICS, SCIENCE, SOCIETY

• Internet Growing As Source For News

  

  Hundreds of years ago, all people depended on word of mouth for their source of want is happening in the world (news). But then the printing press was... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Idiots

  

  I was outraged by these two stories and wanted to comment on them. After thinking about it, I decided they could both be discussed under one heading -- idiots... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Selling Out

  

  This should surprise no one. The 45 senators that voted against closing the loopholes in the background check system for people trying to buy guns (thus... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Public Opposes Foreign Wars - But Say Drone Attacks Are OK

  

  (This photo is from the British Newspaper The Guardian. It shows the aftermath of a U.S. drone attack in Yemen -- an attack that killed 13 innocent civilians. Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Anonymous Attacks NAMBLA Website

  

  I like to think I am a big supporter of the First Amendment, even when the speech being protected is obnoxious speech. But even First Amendment supporters must... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Massachusetts Chooses Senate Candidates

  

  (This caricature of Ed Markey is by the inimitable DonkeyHotey.) Last night was primary night in Massachusetts, as the voters of both parties went to the polls... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Why They Hate Us

  

  I'm getting a little sick of those on the right claiming that people hate us because of our freedoms. That's utterly ridiculous. Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Support For Background Checks Still Strong

  

  Public Policy Polling did a new survey in four states that had senators who voted against the Senate bill requiring background checks for all gun buyers, to... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• CIA Corrupts Puppet Afghan Government

  

  Is the CIA just a nest of incompetent fools? One could easily assume that after looking at their ridiculous actions regarding the Afghan government (a puppet... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Austerity Hurting - Will Affect Unemployment

  

  Many economists warned that the recent austerity measures (aka sequestration cuts) would slow the economic growth and negatively affect the nation's slowly... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What Kind Of Society Are We ?

  

  How is it that this nation will go to great lengths to prevent terrorist deaths, even though we have very few of those deaths in this country, but we refuse to... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY