
Category Archives: Logic
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.”
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 – COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: “Narcissism Doesn’t Develop Naturally; it is a Learned Condition” / Alison Gopnik ☮
Narcissists aren’t born – they’re made, says development psychologist Alison Gopnik. She takes issue with the popular notion that children need to unlearn brashness and learn civility, when neuroscience shows that it tends to work in the reverse.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “We’re Witnessing Trump’s Meltdown Here, Folks” / The Closer with Keith Olbermann / GQ ☮
This week’s new campaign strategy, well, it’s not going well.
WHITE PRIVILEGE AND COMPLACENCY: “Silence From Kaepernick Critics Speaks Volumes” / TYT Sports / Francis Maxwell ☮
Whats wrong? Kaep got your tongue? Francis Maxwell (TYT Sports) talks about how the silence from Colin Kaepernick’s celebrity critics on police shootings speaks volumes.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “How Would Trump Deport 11 Million People? Think About It” / The Closer with Keith Olbermann / GQ ☮
Let’s be honest about the abhorrent logistics of Trump’s pledge to round up immigrants. We have seen this before.
CANNABIS: “Marijuana Legalization Ballot Initiatives Likely to Pass in ALL 5 States” / The Humanist Report / Mike Figueredo ☮