Monthly Archives: October 2016
CANNABIS: “A Quarter Of US States Could Legalize Weed This Year” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮
Recreational marijuana users can now legally light up a joint in states representing about five percent of the U.S. population. By the time Americans wake up on November 9, that percentage could be swelling to more than one-quarter.
WESTERN PHILOSOPHY: Arthur Schopenhauer: “The Basis of Morality” ☮

WESTERN PHILOSOPHY: Arthur Schopenhauer: “Field of Vision” ☮

CANNABIS: “ACLU and HRW Call to Decriminalize Drug Use and Possession After Documenting Arrests Every 25 Seconds” / Democracy NOW! ☮
A new report on the devastating harm of policies that criminalize the personal use and possession of drugs finds that in 2015 police booked more people for small-time marijuana charges than for murder, non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault combined. The report also showed African-American adults are more than two-and-a-half times as likely as white adults to be arrested for drug possession despite comparable rates of drug usage. This comes as four states have legalized recreational marijuana use and five more will vote to do the same next month. Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union released the findings Wednesday with a call for states and the federal government to decriminalize low-level drug offenses. We speak with Tess Borden, author of the report “Every 25 Seconds: The Human Toll of Criminalizing Drug Use in the United States.”
FREE WILL: “Sam Harris Says You’re a Slave” ☮
Sam clears up some confusion on his view of free will.
CRITICAL THINKING: “Why Should You NOT Have any Role Model” / Neil deGrasse Tyson ☮
Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains why it is a bad idea to have a Role model.
POLICE BRUTALITY AND EXECUTIONS: “Trump Supporters with Guns and Arrest Powers Unleashed on Society” / Jimmy Dore / MUST WATCH ☮
A large group of policemen were filmed smiling and taking pictures with Donald Trump, all wearing bright red “Make America Great Again” hats. Jimmy Dore breaks it down.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Looks Like Trump is Now Peddling Russian Propaganda” / The Closer with Keith Olbermann / GQ ☮
It’s a good thing the fools trying to subvert our democracy are, you know, fools.
PSYCHOLOGY – SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: “Bill Maher Explains the Real Reason Donald Trump is Popular” ☮