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Category Archives: Metaphysics
ACTIVISM AND ADVOCACY: “Recovering Our Pride” / Laura Flanders ☮
PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY: “Who are You, Really? The Puzzle of Personality” / TED TALK Vancouver, BC / February 2016 / Brian Little ☮
What makes you, you? Psychologists like to talk about our traits, or defined characteristics that make us who we are. But Brian Little is more interested in moments when we transcend those traits — sometimes because our culture demands it of us, and sometimes because we demand it of ourselves. Join Little as he dissects the surprising differences between introverts and extroverts and explains why your personality may be more malleable than you think.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “There are Ways to Stop Gun Murders That Work!” / RT America / Redacted Tonight / Lee Camp, and Naomi Karavani ☮
This week Democrats in the House of Representatives staged a sit-in to call attention to gun laws. And unfortunately most of the country is still dealing with this topic like conservative babies! Naomi Karavani and Lee Camp discuss this and the efforts by inner city communities all over America.
WHITE-WING CONSERVATIVE BIGOTRY: “Republicans’ Shaming of Poor People Just Blew Up in Their Faces” / The Ring of Fire / Farron Cousins ☮
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has decided to follow in the hateful footsteps of his fellow Republican governors and has started drug testing welfare recipients. So far, there have been no positive test results, but that won’t stop Snyder and the Republicans’ war on the poor from moving forward.
ARROGANCE AND ABSOLUTE IGNORANCE OF QUINTESSENTIAL BUSINESSMEN: “Mathematical Illiteracy: Watch the Trumps Not Be Able to Multiply 17 by 6” ☮
SOUTHERN WHITE-WING BIGOTRY: “Tennessee Republican Candidate Wants to ‘Make American White Again'” / John Iadarola ☮
Racists rejoice! With Donald Trump paving the way, bigots can now campaign to “Make American White Again” openly by appealing to a fictional American golden age where the damn minorities knew their place. Today’s example is Rick Tyler, candidate for Tennessee’s 3rd congressional district.
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Top U.S. and World Headlines — June 23, 2016” / Democracy Now! / Amy Goodman ☮
MORAL PHILOSOPHY: “Pope Francis Just Dropped the Mic on the Death Penalty” / John Iadarola ☮
Pope Francis just laid down the law on the death penalty, saying that it fosters vengeance in the hearts of crime victims, not justice. This is just the latest in a long line of liberal positions the Pope has laid out. (He ain’t perfect though)
POLITICAL COMMENTARY: “Police Prepare for Riots at RNC as US Becomes Increasingly Militarized” / RT America / Anya Parampil, and Sarah Lazare ☮
With the Republican National Convention just around the corner, authorities in Cleveland, Ohio are working with multiple federal agencies to bring in military grade equipment to prepare for potential riots. But while police militarization has already become the new norm in the US, two politicians are pushing for more funding for a counterterrorism program in New York. For more on this, RT America’s Anya Parampil speaks with Sarah Lazare, a staff writer for Alternet.
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