If you wonder why no bankers ever went to jail for rampant criminal behavior that almost destroyed our economy, watch PBS Frontline explain it in a way that is so clear it is frightening. This is an almost hour-long show, but everyone should be required to watch it. If we don’t learn from the past, […]
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© Tom Tomorrow And you don’t have to: Yes, the guy in the second panel really exists and really did say he would start shooting people if any more gun control laws are enacted. Some random loony? No, he’s a former police chief, and owner of two companies that provide tactical weapons and training to […]
Wouldn’t it be ironic if, after spending billions of dollars on prisons, police, and the war on drugs, the real answer to reducing crime was as simple as getting rid of lead in our environment? That’s the conclusion of new research that strongly indicates that the hidden villain behind violent crime, lowered intelligence, and even […]
© Tom Toles Who is going to win this debate, or do we lose either way?
Because of recent shooting tragedies, the Obama administration is attempting to increase gun safety with new regulations. In response to that, a number of right-wing organizations declared Saturday to be “Gun Appreciation Day”, with activities across the nation. With predictable results: Three people injured and sent to hospital at a gun show in Raleigh, NC […]
David Sirota has a really good column in Salon today: “Ayn Rand is for children” that explores the mystery of why some people think the fiction of Ayn Rand actually describes a reasonable political ideology. And his argument of why it does not can also serve as a 12-step guide to how to grow out […]
It is almost enough to feel sorry for Republican politicians. Americans increasingly view the GOP as the party of obstruction, while the percentage of Americans who want politicians to compromise with people with whom they disagree has increased from 40 to 50% in the last two years. Unfortunately, the Republican base still wants their candidates […]
[from Media Matters] Even Fox News hosts can’t keep from laughing at their own latest over-the-top Obama conspiracy lie — their lead line for the Obama inauguration “Does Obama believe in the Constitution he’ll swear to defend?”
There’s one important thing missing from Obama’s proposal to curb gun violence — ending the “war on drugs”. A significant amount of gun violence (more than from school gun rampages, which get all the headlines) is a direct result of illegal drug trafficking, and the drug trade is a major contributor to the Nation’s homicide […]
One hopes that this segment by Jon Stewart was the reason AIG decided to not sue the US Government for $25 billion: Well, I guess unbridled greed does have at least one limit — public embarrassment.
© Ruben Bolling I’m not totally sure if the originators of the idea of the US minting a trillion dollar coin were serious, but a former head of the US mint claims that the idea would work and would be totally legal. Then for an added twist of irony, Fox News once again shows that […]
© Lee Judge Every time a terrorist does something crazy, but not with a gun, we overreact and prohibit it. Not just shoe bombs, but liquids, knives, even knitting needles. But every time a terrorist does something crazy with a gun, we do nothing. I don’t get it. Why would it matter whether there is […]
I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen Jon Stewart this angry.
© Ruben Bolling Just because something is a right, doesn’t mean that it can’t be regulated at all.
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