The US, UK, and France have launched strikes on Syria.
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “U.S. Launches Illegal Strikes on Syria” / The Rational National / David Doel ☮
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PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “Syria Gas Attack in Douma is Obviously a False Flag Event – Rebels had Everything to Gain” / Gordon Dimmack ☮
There is no reason Assad would use chemical weapons on his own people when he is on the verge of winning the civil war, and after Trump had said the US were leaving Syria, “Very soon!”
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “School Shootings: A Good Reason to Lower the Voting Age?” / Newsbroke / Matt Lieb ☮
American libertarians are less a political party and more like a fundamentalist religious group who believe that the free market is their lord and savior. Here’s why their platform might sound charmingly weird in theory, but in practice it’s harmful.
ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM: “A Church Realizes the Inverse Relationship Between Education and Religiosity” ☮
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “How to Vote When Democrats Shift Right? with Oliver Stone” / The Jimmy Dore Show / Jimmy Dore ☮
n the first part of our three part interview with Oliver Stone we discuss voting strategies, the way the Democrats have been shifting to the right, how this country hasn’t been the same since 1980 and what we can do about it. Spoiler alert: Oliver Stone doesn’t blame Susan Sarandon, or does he?
In Part 2 of our interview with Oliver Stone we discuss RussiaGate, his interviews with Putin, and Oliver responds to directly to some of the backlash he’s received from The Putin Interviews.
In the final part of our interview with Oliver Stone, Oliver shares his personal take aways from the Putin Interviews as well as his experience being blacklisted by other media in regards to these interviews. A filmmaker talked to Vladimir Putin directly! Asked him about supposed election interference directly! And this has been nearly ignored or if anything smeared by the corporate media, why is that?
WESTERN PHILOSOPHY: “Brief Overview of Schopenhauer’s Thought” ☮
A few clips of Professor Christopher Janaway discussing the thought of Arthur Schopenhauer. This comes from an episode of the Essay on Wagner’s Philosophers. I thought it provided a good overview of Schopenhauer’s general philosophy
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “MLK’s Anti-War and Economic Radicalism Got Him Killed” / The Jimmy Dore Show / Jimmy Dore, and Ron Placone ☮
On the 50th Anniversary of his death, many of MLK’s economic and radical messages are written out of history.
IN MEMORIAM: “Atheist Stephen Hawking Fed Homeless People in Church During His Funeral” ☮
When Stephen Hawking passed away, some Christians jumped at the chance to slam the world-famous cosmologist for his outspoken atheism.
I wonder how they’d feel after learning that, as his last act on this Earth, he fed 50 homeless people in a church and donated money to feed even more.
Hawking and his family arranged for dozens of homeless people to be fed during his funeral at the Wesley Methodist Church in Cambridge. The three-course meal included a note that said it was a “gift from Stephen.”
The scientist’s daughter Lucy Hawking contacted the charity, Food Cycle Cambridge, to tell them the family planned to make a donation so that people would be sitting down for a “hot meal on Stephen” while the funeral took place, the charity said.
A Food Cycle spokeswoman said the donation would, in fact, go towards far more meals than the 50 provided on the day, but she would not disclose how much cash was donated.
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“The guests on Saturday were so surprised and touched by the family’s gesture and raised a glass to Stephen before tucking into lunch.”
That’s right, religious fundamentalists eager to use the brilliant theoretical physicist’s death to promote your own beliefs: Hawking’s legacy will include acts of kindness and respect, regardless of religious or spiritual differences, and charity to those who are less fortunate. It almost sounds like something a certain Middle Eastern carpenter might do.
Hawking took the high road on the way out of this world. It’s too bad his critics are stuck in the gutter.
So next time you are in a tough ethical quandary, just ask yourself: What would Hawking Do?
h/t: Friendly Atheist
INTROVERSION: “Tranquility” ☮
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM: “The Secret Way the NRA Controls Congress” / Empire Files / Abby Martin ☮
Many have called for elected officials like Marco Rubio to stop accepting donations from the gun manufacturing industry—but even if they did, campaign contributions are only one small facet of the NRA’s power in Washington. Harvard congressional researcher James D’Angelo explains how the Gun Lobby really exerts influence on the US government.
Always Question Authority 