Category Archives: Economics
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Top U.S. and World Headlines — May 20, 2016” / Democracy Now! / Amy Goodman ☮
BRITISH POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “The Panama Papers: They’re all in it Together!” / Jonathan Pie ☮
CANNABIS: “Police and Prisons are Fighting Marijuana Legalization in California” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮
Roughly half of the money raised to oppose a ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana in California is coming from police and prison guard groups, terrified that they might lose the revenue streams to which they have become so deeply addicted.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Belief Don’t Matter None” / Liberal Redneck / Comedian Trae Crowder ☮
Trae Crowder is sortly over hearin’ people carry on about their personal beliefs as it relates to civil rights.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Top U.S. and World Headlines — May 19, 2016” / Democracy Now! / Amy Goodman ☮
MEDICAL RESEARCH: “Magic Mushrooms Lift Severe Depression” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮
A hallucinogenic drug derived from magic mushrooms could be useful in treating depression, the first safety study of this approach has concluded.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “DNC Chair Embarrasses Herself on National Television—Won’t Say She’ll Debate Tim Canova” / The Humanist Report / Mike Figueredo ☮
The DNC Chair, Debbie do-anything-for-Hillary Wasserman Schultz was on MSNBC and made an absolute fool of herself. She refused to say whether she would debate her opponent, Tim Canova, and was being incredibly rude and condescending to the host.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Will the Millennial Generation’s Current Political Activism be Permanent?” / Robert Scheer ☮
A lot of people have talked about how much the millennial generation has been mobilized during this election. Do you think this political activism is going to be permanent – especially into the next mid-term election?
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Robert Scheer Examines the Potential Impact of a Hillary Clinton Versus Donald Trump Presidency” ☮
Truthdig went live with Editor in Chief Robert Scheer as he examined the potential impact of a Hillary Clinton presidency versus a Donald Trump one and how each would affect progressives.