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Monthly Archives: October 2016
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “The Normalization of Violence at Trump Rallies” / The Closer with Keith Olbermann / GQ ☮
If you’re starting to think we’ve dodged the Donald Trump disaster… don’t!
RELIGIOUS COMMENTARY: “The Fleeing Nones” / Real Time with Bill Maher Blog / 10.25.2016 ☮
Young people are leaving the Church in droves – and not just because the priest has had too much wine and he’s horny.
A new survey by the Public Religion Research Institute finds, “nearly four in ten (39%) young adults (ages 18-29) are religiously unaffiliated – three times the unaffiliated rate (13%) among seniors (ages 65 and older). While previous generations were also more likely to be religiously unaffiliated in their twenties, young adults today are nearly four times as likely as young adults a generation ago to identify as religiously unaffiliated. In 1986, for example, only 10% of young adults claimed no religious affiliation.” They add, “Today, one-quarter (25%) of Americans claim no formal religious identity, making this group the single largest “religious group” in the U.S.”
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THEOCRATIC FASCISM: “First: Do No Harm. Second: Do No Pussy Stuff.” / Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
Catholic Hospitals want you to leave a little room in your womb for Jesus.
CANNABIS: “Big Pharma is Trying to Block Legal Pot in Arizona!” / Thom Hartman ☮
Thom talks about Arizona ballot iniative 205, a marijuana legalization measure, and about the corporations spending big money to try to make it fail.
UK POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Theresa May Fucks the NHS!” / Jonathan Pie ☮
Pie gets angry at the fate of the NHS… and insults the Prime Minister!
CANNABIS: “The Push for Marijuana Legalization Keeps Growing – and the Business Community is Onboard” / K.J. McElrath ☮
The “Voice of Doom” that first spoke up in the 1936 film Reefer Madness continues to rant and rave about the horrors of the demon weed known as marijuana – but increasingly, that voice is being disregarded and even mocked as the movement for full legalization continues its inexorable march forward.
Even the business community, seeing the potential for immense profits from a cash crop, is adding its voice to ordinary citizens who are demanding the right to kick back and smoke a doobie without worrying about the cops bursting in and hauling them off to the pokey. Furthermore, political leaders who formerly opposed pot legalization, such as Colorado governor John Hickenlooper, have seen the light.
And speaking of the cops, law enforcement has also been supporting regulated legalization – if for no other reason than it frees up resources from having to bust small-time pot offenders and allowing them to put energy into pursuing more serious crimes.
There are numerous reasons why pot legalization is a positive step for the country.
CANNABIS: “WATCH: Fear Mongering Anti-Pot Ad From Massachusetts” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮
A new political ad is painting the prospect of marijuana legalization as a parent’s worst nightmare.
Massachusetts is just one of a number of states that will vote on whether or not to legalize recreational marijuana on Nov. 8, and a recent WBUR poll showed 55% of respondents in the state support the measure known as “Question 4.” But the opposition isn’t giving up just yet.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Left ‘Journalism’ Helped Hillary Screw Over Bernie, WikiLeaks Reveals” / Jimmy Dore ☮
Think Progress’s Judd Legum emailed John Podesta tips on how Hillary could combat Bernie Sanders during the primary debates.
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