This weekend, a group of Republicans called RAMP (Republicans Against Marijuana Prohibition) met in Houston to support the legalization of marijuana. The group claims that a majority of conservatives now support reforming marijuana laws. In fact, they point out that legalization agrees with conservative ideals of limited government, individual responsibility, and fiscal restraint. “Why should […]
Rootstrikers TED Talk by Laurence Lessig, remix by Jordan Harrison. Laurence Lessig succinctly and clearly explains the big problem facing our nation and provides a simple and compelling solution. The graphics added by Jordan Harrison make it even clearer and more entertaining. “The founding fathers would approve of this message.”
First the Republicans tried to repeal Obamacare (over and over and over again). Then they tried to ignore it, claiming that it would collapse under its own weight (forcing Obama to unilaterally fix a few bugs in its original implementation). But now it looks like they have moved on to the acceptance phase of grief. […]
Sorry I didn’t post this sooner. But as Obamacare shows, better late than never! UPDATE: You know those questions that don’t actually ask a question but try instead to push an answer? Like these ones by Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) asked at a Senate hearing on healthcare to Canadian physician and health policy professor Danielle […]
Do you ever wonder why your city has terrible broadband internet? Why there is limited or no competition for providing internet service to your home? Why Google didn’t put your city on the list of places it is considering for gigabit fiber? If you are lucky you have a choice of two internet providers, one […]
Did everyone remember to change their clocks? Do you have any idea why we do this twice a year? I sure don’t. It turns out that the reasons we are given for changing our clocks twice a year are all pretty much just big lies. So why do we keep doing it? I don’t care […]
I don’t know about you, but I watched the “debate” between creationist Ken Ham and Science Guy Bill Nye, but didn’t get too much out of it. The format was bad and didn’t really allow for much real discussion and debate, so they just ended up talking past each other. But something good did come […]
© Ted Rall This comic brings up a pet peeve of mine. There is absolutely nothing wrong with believing that the Sun revolves around the Earth. Nothing. Gravity is a mutual attraction between two (or more) objects, causing them to orbit each other (around their mutual center of gravity). Thinking that the Earth has a […]
The whole theory of “trickle-down economics” was roughly based on the adage that a “rising tide raises all boats”. In other words, if you let the rich make lots of money, that money will trickle down to everyone else. But according to an amazing new study done by none other than the International Monetary Fund, […]
© Matt Bors The fundamental problem with spying is that it assumes that you can trust the spies. Which seems like a system that is almost guaranteed to fail. Not only does absolute power corrupt absolutely (e.g., spies snooping on their love interests), but the “bad guys” we are trying to spy on have a […]
Oh my, the rich are feeling under attack again. Back in 2010 a proposal to raise the tax rate on big investors was compared to “Hitler invading Poland in 1939”. So I guess it was time for venture capitalist Tom Perkins to go into full whiney mode and complain that the rich are under attack […]
Marijuana has only been legally for sale in Colorado for less than two months, but already it is exceeding expectations. Previously, they projected sales would be around $395 million in the state’s next fiscal year. But now, those numbers are suddenly “higher”. Based on current sales, they are now projecting recreational and medical marijuana sales […]
First a federal court overturns the FCC net neutrality rules, then Comcast announces that it is buying their biggest competitor (which would give them seriously dangerous control over the Internet), but finally there is some good news. The FCC announced yesterday that they are going to reformulate their net neutrality rules. Hopefully, this time they […]
Last week, close to 100,000 people from 32 states held a massive protest in Raleigh, NC against the “immoral and unconstitutional policies” of the state’s Republican party, which controls both legislative chambers and the governorship. Since taking over, the Republicans have eliminated social programs, raised taxes on the bottom 80%, repealed tax credits for working […]
I know that the Citizens United decision happened over four years ago and has already done immense damage to our political system, but I fear that we ain’t seen nothing yet. According to the NY Times: This election year will be the moment when individual candidate super PACs — a form of legalized bribery — […]
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