US POLITICAL PARTY HISTORY: “Liberals Will Not Win as a Centrist” / The Big Picture RT / Thom Hartmann ☮
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Category Archives: Politics
COMEDY – SATIRE: “Bern Your Enthusiasm,” “Steam Ship,”Leslie Jones Isn’t Feeling SNL Host Larry David” / Saturday Night Live / Larry David, Leslie Jones, and Bernie Sanders ☮
Bern Your Enthusiasm
Steam Ship
Leslie Jones Isn’t Feeling SNL Host Larry David
U.S. POLITICS: “How to Respond to Bernie skeptics?” / Robert Reich ☮
CRITICAL THINKING: “Science vs. Everything Else” ☮
h/t: Friendly Atheist
REICH-WING CONSERVATISM: “The Republican Party is Moving to the Reich!” / Thom Hartmann ☮
WHITE-WING CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN THEOCRACY: “Fundamentalist Christian On CNN: ‘Every Word’ of the Bible is True” / Secular Talk / Kyle Kulinski ☮
BEHAVIORAL PSYCHOLOGY: “What the Malheur Occupation Teaches Us About Masculinity” / The Huffington Post / Susan M. Shaw ☮
While the folks who illegally occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge claimed to want to overthrow the tyranny of the federal government, they seemed quite willing to leave the tyranny of patriarchy unquestioned. Their actions and organization can teach us a lot about how patriarchy works.
From the beginning, the men who occupied the refuge engaged in macho posturing with their display of guns and their blatant disregard for the law, the environment and the communities around the refuge. These are not successful men as traditional masculinity requires them to be. Many of them don’t hold down regular jobs. Several have declared bankruptcy. Many have criminal records, from felony driving with a suspended license to second degree murder. Most left their families elsewhere in order to parade around with guns and wreak havoc on a remote wildlife refuge. They have felt powerless in their struggles with the federal government.
NEOLIBERAL HEALTH CARE: “Why Congress Allows Big Pharma to Rip Us Off” / The Ring of Fire / Farron Cousins ☮
In addition to paying outrageous prices for health insurance, Americans are also being squeezed when it comes time to pay for their prescriptions. Drug prices in the U.S. are higher than almost anywhere else in the world, and this wasn’t done by accident. Big Pharma has bought and paid for our elected officials, and they’re allowed to do whatever they want as a result.
Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this with attorney Michael Burg.
INTERVIEW: “The Death of the American City” / Days of Revolt / Chris Hedges, Darryl “Waistline” Mitchell, and Roshaun Harris ☮
In this episode of Days of Revolt, host Chris Hedges speaks with two esteemed labor activists from Detroit: Darryl “Waistline” Mitchell and Roshaun Harris. They speak of the desperation caused by industrial decline and deregulation in Detroit, especially among Black people. The three also attest to the necessity and inevitability of revolt under such conditions.
Always Question Authority 