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January 23, 2016
Donald Rumsfeld on Colbert
On Monday, he'll be a guest on The Late Show.
This should be interesting.
January 20, 2016
Ben Norton at Salon writes,
There's more, Chait's arguments outlined in The Case Against Bernie Sanders, his article in New York magazine, has been dismantled quite nicely.
Debunking the Case Against Bernie
http://www.alternet.org/media/debunking-case-against-bernieBen Norton at Salon writes,
Being poor, getting robbed by Wall Street’s financial chicanery, and then getting your money back does not change the fact that you were poor in the first place. Again, this argumentum ad centrum is predicated on the notion that things are good if they return to the status quo.
There's more, Chait's arguments outlined in The Case Against Bernie Sanders, his article in New York magazine, has been dismantled quite nicely.
January 20, 2016
Indeed.
How the Democratic Establishment Manipulates Us
Over at DK is a righteous rant from JosephK74
http://m.dailykos.com/stories/1471760
Here's a snippet:
It’s jaw dropping to hear “democrats” actively deny the relationship between cultural politics and economics as if the link doesn’t exist. But again, the reason is transparent. Acknowledging such a thing would require acknowledging the big fat corrupt campaign finance system in the room and we can’t have that, can we?
Indeed.
January 19, 2016
I remember the baffling questionnaires that indicated that people loved The Affordable Care Act but despised Obamacare. We are still dissonant, only now we do this with Democratic Socialism. We are not divided, we are more united than ever.
But don't simply take my word for it, read:
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/bernie-sanders-showing-country-much-more-progressive-you-think
About the mythology of the center
I don't care what the media keeps trying to project, I know what my eyes tell me. America is not centrist nor are we even close to it.
We are a people who idolize Martin Luther King Jr., Gandhi, Jesus Christ, Mother Teresa — individuals who represent solidarity, kinship and empathy. We respect and agree with the teachings that call us to revolution; to fight for all our fellow human beings; to deeply, truly transform the injustice and corruption long imbedded in human society; to eliminate such a tragic non-necessity as poverty with the institution of fair pay, health care, equal education, decent working conditions and financial reform.
We are a people who lionize the 1776 revolution, who look up to and admire those who stood strong against inequality.
We are a people who lionize the 1776 revolution, who look up to and admire those who stood strong against inequality.
I remember the baffling questionnaires that indicated that people loved The Affordable Care Act but despised Obamacare. We are still dissonant, only now we do this with Democratic Socialism. We are not divided, we are more united than ever.
But don't simply take my word for it, read:
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/bernie-sanders-showing-country-much-more-progressive-you-think
January 19, 2016
Excellent show on Majority Report this morning
Michael Brooks is covering today and it's a great one. The whole thing, interview and fun half.
Great debate and Bernie commentary.
Go listen.
January 17, 2016
Well this makes me happy!
Marvel's Jessica Jones got another season in addition to some others coming down the pike.
Read: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/jessica-jones-renewed-second-season-856423
Note* Spoiler alert, the link includes a major plot point for JJ season one.
January 7, 2016
I felt so stupid last night for not knowing that Bernie was going to be on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, I didn't hear about it until it was too late because I watch on Hulu a day after it airs. It should be up now ... I'm about to watch it now.
Go Bernie!!
If you have Hulu
I felt so stupid last night for not knowing that Bernie was going to be on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, I didn't hear about it until it was too late because I watch on Hulu a day after it airs. It should be up now ... I'm about to watch it now.
Go Bernie!!
January 5, 2016
Killer Mike on Colbert tonight
I don't know if they will talk politics and Bernie but just in case... The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:30 EST on CBS. Tune in or dvr it.
January 5, 2016
Source: https://ezezine.com/ezine/archives/3_11/3_11-2016.01.04.01.42.archive.html
The Best Things That Happened in 2015
I got this in a newsletter this morning and had to share it somewhere.
THE BEST THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN 2015
Slate has created a compendium of the best things that happened each day in 2015. Here are ten of the best:
1. Nigeria bans female genital mutilation.
2. HIV protection is effective in African women.
3. Hunger has become much less severe in the past 15 years.
4. States' juvenile prison populations drop.
5. Homelessness declined 11 percent in the U.S. from 2010 to 2015.
6. Reforestation effort in Ecuador breaks world record.
7. Africa has its first polio-free year.
8. New Ebola vaccine is highly effective.
9. Energy storage technology, which is crucial for solar power, is making great progress.
10. People taking pre-exposure prophylaxis are staying HIV-free.
See the best events of the other 355 days: tinyurl.com/qaa74jp
+
SIX HOPEFUL BREAKTHROUGHS IN 2015
From the brilliant Yes magazine:
1. The world set ambitious goals for climate stabilization, and real leadership came from the grassroots.
2. Black Lives Matters changed hearts, minds, and policing practices.
3. Bernie Sanders forced inequality and the power of Wall Street into the national debate.
4. The politics of scapegoating ran short of scapegoats.
5. Americans reassessed the U.S. role abroad.
6. The United States began a turn away from a prison state.
Read more: tinyurl.com/nwl9vpo
+
AN ABUNDANCE OF GOOD NEWS
"There are fewer wars. Inter-state war has virtually disappeared. More countries around the world are democratic; more provide basic services like health care, clean water, and immunizations to their citizens; most adhere to a basic set of global rules and norms, participate in international institutions, and are integrated into an interdependent global economy."
tinyurl.com/pgaevfm
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THINGS ARE ACTUALLY GETTING BETTER, DESPITE WHAT THE MEDIA WOULD HAVE US BELIEVE
"The news is a systematically misleading way to understand the world," Steven Pinker says.
"Wars are far less common and deadly than in the recent past, terrorism is rare, and the European refugee crisis is nothing new.
"In the past five years alone, conflicts have ended in Chad, Peru, Iran, India, Sri Lanka, India, and Angola, and if peace talks currently underway in Colombia are a success, war will have vanished from the Western hemisphere.
"Attacks of the kind that killed civilians in Paris, Ankara, California, Beirut and Garissa in Kenya this year are big news because they are rare.
"Rampage shootings generate a huge amount of media publicity but account for a relatively tiny number of deaths."
More: tinyurl.com/ouoxkv4
+
THE U.S. IS SAFER THAN ANY MAJOR POWER HAS EVER BEEN
"When Americans look out at the world, they see a swarm of threats. China seems resurgent and ambitious. Russia is aggressive. Iran menaces our allies. Middle East nations we once relied on are collapsing in flames. Latin American leaders sound steadily more anti-Yankee. Terror groups capture territory and commit horrific atrocities. We fight Ebola with one hand while fending off Central American children with the other.
"In fact, this world of threats is an illusion. The United States has no potent enemies. We are not only safe, but safer than any big power has been in all of modern history."
Read more: tinyurl.com/zmf6a2s
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OVERREACTION TO TERRORISM IS MUCH MORE DANGEROUS THAN TERRORISM
"Why do otherwise intelligent people keep saying silly things, like, 'We are probably in the most serious period of turmoil in our lifetime.'?
"Overreaction to terrorism is the true threat"
tinyurl.com/ocrm7tc
+
SOURCES OF UNDER-REPORTED GOOD NEWS
reddit.com/r/UpliftingNews
goodnewsnetwork.org
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Slate has created a compendium of the best things that happened each day in 2015. Here are ten of the best:
1. Nigeria bans female genital mutilation.
2. HIV protection is effective in African women.
3. Hunger has become much less severe in the past 15 years.
4. States' juvenile prison populations drop.
5. Homelessness declined 11 percent in the U.S. from 2010 to 2015.
6. Reforestation effort in Ecuador breaks world record.
7. Africa has its first polio-free year.
8. New Ebola vaccine is highly effective.
9. Energy storage technology, which is crucial for solar power, is making great progress.
10. People taking pre-exposure prophylaxis are staying HIV-free.
See the best events of the other 355 days: tinyurl.com/qaa74jp
+
SIX HOPEFUL BREAKTHROUGHS IN 2015
From the brilliant Yes magazine:
1. The world set ambitious goals for climate stabilization, and real leadership came from the grassroots.
2. Black Lives Matters changed hearts, minds, and policing practices.
3. Bernie Sanders forced inequality and the power of Wall Street into the national debate.
4. The politics of scapegoating ran short of scapegoats.
5. Americans reassessed the U.S. role abroad.
6. The United States began a turn away from a prison state.
Read more: tinyurl.com/nwl9vpo
+
AN ABUNDANCE OF GOOD NEWS
"There are fewer wars. Inter-state war has virtually disappeared. More countries around the world are democratic; more provide basic services like health care, clean water, and immunizations to their citizens; most adhere to a basic set of global rules and norms, participate in international institutions, and are integrated into an interdependent global economy."
tinyurl.com/pgaevfm
+
THINGS ARE ACTUALLY GETTING BETTER, DESPITE WHAT THE MEDIA WOULD HAVE US BELIEVE
"The news is a systematically misleading way to understand the world," Steven Pinker says.
"Wars are far less common and deadly than in the recent past, terrorism is rare, and the European refugee crisis is nothing new.
"In the past five years alone, conflicts have ended in Chad, Peru, Iran, India, Sri Lanka, India, and Angola, and if peace talks currently underway in Colombia are a success, war will have vanished from the Western hemisphere.
"Attacks of the kind that killed civilians in Paris, Ankara, California, Beirut and Garissa in Kenya this year are big news because they are rare.
"Rampage shootings generate a huge amount of media publicity but account for a relatively tiny number of deaths."
More: tinyurl.com/ouoxkv4
+
THE U.S. IS SAFER THAN ANY MAJOR POWER HAS EVER BEEN
"When Americans look out at the world, they see a swarm of threats. China seems resurgent and ambitious. Russia is aggressive. Iran menaces our allies. Middle East nations we once relied on are collapsing in flames. Latin American leaders sound steadily more anti-Yankee. Terror groups capture territory and commit horrific atrocities. We fight Ebola with one hand while fending off Central American children with the other.
"In fact, this world of threats is an illusion. The United States has no potent enemies. We are not only safe, but safer than any big power has been in all of modern history."
Read more: tinyurl.com/zmf6a2s
+
OVERREACTION TO TERRORISM IS MUCH MORE DANGEROUS THAN TERRORISM
"Why do otherwise intelligent people keep saying silly things, like, 'We are probably in the most serious period of turmoil in our lifetime.'?
"Overreaction to terrorism is the true threat"
tinyurl.com/ocrm7tc
+
SOURCES OF UNDER-REPORTED GOOD NEWS
reddit.com/r/UpliftingNews
goodnewsnetwork.org
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Source: https://ezezine.com/ezine/archives/3_11/3_11-2016.01.04.01.42.archive.html
January 2, 2016
I just watched The Red Road
Has anyone else watched it?
I zipped through it in less than two days, it's that good.
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