Politics: Whole Foods vs. Cracker Barrel
This article by David Wasserman over at fivethirtyeight sort of takes Chuck Todd’s chick-fil-a vs starbucks concept of this years Senate elections to a different level. Not only does Wasserman do a bit...
View ArticlePresident Obama – By the Numbers – You Might Be Surprised
It is really easy to get sucked into common media blathering about how this President has failed the American people blah, blah, blah…particulary if you only watch one news network or read one news...
View ArticleStephen King is in a Campaign Ad
This is an interesting turn of events. Stephen King has obviously written an incredible amount of books that always have a bit to say about some social justice (or injustice); and there’s sometimes...
View Article2014 Nobel Peace Prize: Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay
The NYTimes has a nice write up and background information on both Malala Yousafzay and Kailash Satyarthi, winners of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. Both are big campaigners for Children’s Rights. Malala...
View ArticleThe Countries That Have Destabilized The Most Over The Past 3 Months
So, looking at this map, one can’t help but ask, how come people aren’t talking about those green (not green like environment, but green like low risk) countries and what they are doing right? And does...
View ArticleU.S. Needs an Ebola Czar
Maybe, John McCain should do something about getting a Surgeon General installed into office. Maybe THAT person would be able to work as “some kind of czar”. Because, really, we need a Surgeon General....
View ArticleRoll Call and Rothenberg Political Report:2014 Election Race Ratings
Here is yet another look at who may or may not win during the 2014 midterm elections. Also, if you follow the link to the Rothenberg Political report, there’s some pretty good analysis and what not on...
View ArticleConservatives Are Already Planning New Ways to Take Down Gay Marriage
This article is from VICE – not your typical political rag. This article is pretty interesting because it takes a look at the reactions of the religious right of the Republican party, since the advent...
View ArticleFlorida Politics: Both Scott and Crist suck at keeping Florida Children Safe
While Governor Scott is tauting fewer child abuse deaths since his tenure in office, he should also point out that the requirements making a child’s death classified as a verified child abuse and...
View ArticleThe staggering failure of US-trained foreign troops
This is sort of an interesting opinion piece. Its written by an former Kremlin and government adviser (so there’s that); and it specifically talks about the “mainstream media” so that doesn’t really...
View ArticlePeople think Democrats ‘get’ them. But they are voting for Republicans
This is fascinating. Further down at the link is the Post-ABC poll that is being referenced. People think Democrats ‘get’ them. But they are voting for Republicans. Democrats are likely to lose the...
View ArticlePelosi is a Fundraising Queen
You can say whatever you want about her, but you have to admit that Nancy Pelosi is really a fantastic fundraiser and leader of her caucus. Here is an interesting article about a modern political...
View ArticleHow to Fix Congress Now
Here is a pretty awesome 22-point plan to fix Congress, put together by the Esquire Commission. The Esquire Commission is a group of six men who are or have been heavy-hitters in the political arena at...
View ArticleWhy the Democratic Party is placing big bets on Georgia
Here’s a look at why the DSCC is hedging their bets in Georgia rather than Kentucky (for now). Read more: Purple Georgia Alison Lundergan Grimes still insists she can beat Sen. Mitch McConnell and...
View ArticleDemocrats won’t lose because of black voters.
Below is a wonderfully informative article by Nia-Malika Henderson about how it isn’t really the black vote who will lose the mid-term elections for the Democrats. While reading this, I couldn’t help...
View ArticleRoll Call’s 50 Richest Members of Congress for 2014
Interesting data from Roll Call. This makes one wonder how these particular people can know what would be best for the middle and lower classes. For example, I’m not sure Rep. Issa has any clue what...
View ArticleIn the U.K., Wind farms outstrip nuclear power
Despite all the back and forth about whether wind is better than nuclear, this is pretty stunning that the wind farms in the U.K. were able to generate more power than its nuclear power stations. Read...
View ArticleThis week in science: Games and … BRAINS!
This is a pretty clever article roundup from the Daily Kos celebrating the wonderous, glorious week before Halloween. I loved it, I posted it. Read more: This week in science: Games and … BRAINS! Happy...
View ArticleAmerica’s youth unemployment problem
The national high school graduation rate is at an all-time high, but the overall numbers of ‘disconnected youth’ (that is, young people between 16 and 24 who are not enrolled in school nor employed)...
View ArticleThe Ignorance of Nations, Ranked
Here are some of the results from a public perception study in 14 countries – the link for the study is in the article. Its pretty interesting when you look at the guess vs actual. The US is second to...
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