More stunningly brilliant political observation from Rachel Maddow.
She’s right, of course. The whole damned country has gone conservative to the point where the GOP wouldn’t recognize Eisenhower as one of them. Not even Nixon, and probably not even Reagan.
We live in a country where one party speaks patriotism but practices violent division. Where they speak of freedom but deny it to gays, minorities, and women and try to strip the citizenship away from children born and raised here.
Part of learning modern tools should include knowing how to use a multimeter.
Bacon is damn near irresistible, even for vegetarians.
Know it and learn.
Granted, this is NPR watering down the argument, but at least they are discussing the abnormal amount of power the NRA has, and it’s abuse of it.
Meanwhile, in a Mother Jones piece, discussion on how the NRA actively blocks studies on gun violence in this country.
Republicans don’t want you to vote. At least, if you are planning to vote against them. They don’t know how you are going to vote, but going after the poor and minorities is good math for them.
Here’s a look at “voter ID”, the 21st century’s version of a poll tax.
The very last thing we should try to cut back on in this country is our education system. As this post shows, however, conservatives hate public education enough that they’ve put it on the chopping block early and often.
It isn’t equitable to screw kids out of a future folks. YOU take the hit before THEY do.
From what I’ve heard thus far, the Extremes series has been very eye-opening and I hope it continues to show the world’s stark differences in both good and bad lights. As the corruption edition shows, not everything is as easy or as black and white as people like to portray them.
Is there a cooler actress than Natalie Portman? I think not.
Granted, this isn’t directly a casualty of our culture than celebrates stupidity, but it might be a side effect. We are a nation that is losing our ability to write legibly and that makes us lose like dullards in some ways.
Yes, it is probably a direct relation to our increased use of technology, but much like homemade food tastes better than drive-thru, shouldn’t we at least try to maintain some illusion of intellectual prowess?