Teddy Roosevelt once called Mother Jones "the most dangerous woman in America" when she was 87 years old. Mary Harris Jones, or "Mother Jones", was born to a tenant farmer in Cork, Ireland, in 1837. Her family fled the potato famine when she was just 10, resettling in Toronto . She immigrated to North America with … Continue reading MOTHER JONES
Month: July 2015
DEFECATING QUOTES FROM WORLD RELIGIONS
DO PLANTS RESPOND TO PAIN?
http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/videos/do-plants-respond-to-pain/12151 DO PLANTS RESPOND TO PAIN? WITHOUT A NERVOUS SYSTEM, CAN THEY FEEL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION? THIS IS THE ANSWER.
IS OWNING AN ARSENAL RIGHT FOR YOU?
http://www.coloradoindependent.com/154623/gun-shops-the-cure-for-mental-illness About the Author MIKE KEEFE Longtime Denver Post staffer and winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning. His work has appeared in many of the nation's top news publications. mkeefe@intoon.com | www.intoon.com
OUT OF CONTROL POLICE VIOLENCE
LOOK UP "VIDEOS OF COPS BEATING PEOPLE" ON GOOGLE OR FACEBOOK. You will find thousands of videos of those paid to be our protectors and public servants beating women, blacks, whites, people in wheelchairs, kicking women, beating people senseless in jails. You will also find people saying that cops have a hard, unrewarding job and should … Continue reading OUT OF CONTROL POLICE VIOLENCE
BILL TO “RESPECT STATE MARIJUANA LAWS” COMES BEFORE U.S. CONGRESS
http://theantimedia.org/this-bill-will-finally-end-cannabis-prohibition/ Claire Bernish July 24, 2015 (ANTIMEDIA) Washington, D.C. — A bill with bipartisan support introduced in Congress this week is finally tolling the death knell for cannabis prohibition. By removing a notorious legal contradiction, the legislation would give precedence to state marijuana laws—making federal enforcement a thing of the past in states where medical and recreational weed … Continue reading BILL TO “RESPECT STATE MARIJUANA LAWS” COMES BEFORE U.S. CONGRESS
WAL-MART’S HIDDEN TAX FREE PROFITS
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-17/wal-mart-has-76-billion-in-overseas-tax-havens-report-says The study, researched by the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union and published Wednesday in a report by Americans for Tax Fairness, found 90 percent of Wal-Mart’s overseas assets are owned by subsidiaries in Luxembourg and the Netherlands, two of the most popular corporate tax havens.
ABUSED CHILDREN
The Geometry of Circles
Is it arbitrary that a circle had 360 degrees and angles bisecting a circle reduce to the number 9? Thomas W. Yale writes: I'll go over the items in this video one by one: 1. "Why are there 360 degrees in a circle?" The system of measuring 360 degrees in a circle originates from ancient Babylonian … Continue reading The Geometry of Circles
BOB DYLAN WENT ELECTRIC 50 YEARS AGO
http://www.npr.org/2015/07/25/424977355/50-years-ago-bob-dylan-electrified-a-decade-with-one-concert?ft=nprml&f=1002 50 Years Ago, Bob Dylan Electrified A Decade With One Concert In the early 1960s, burgeoning folk music scenes were burbling up all over the country, and the Newport Folk Festival was their confluence. By the middle of the decade, the reigning king was a young Bob Dylan, the man who gave them the now-standards … Continue reading BOB DYLAN WENT ELECTRIC 50 YEARS AGO
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