Merle Haggart died today on his 79th birthday from complications with pneumonia. Haggard's son, Ben Haggard posted on social media his father told him he would die on his birthday. "A week ago dad told us he was gonna pass on his birthday, and he wasn't wrong," he posted. "A hour ago he took his last … Continue reading Merle Haggard, 1937-2016
Month: April 2016
PLAYERS IN THE PANAMA PAPERS
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SANDERS OR CLINTON
(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) by Melissa Hillman March 22, 2016 The latest installment of “The Internet Explodes with Hatred for Hillary Clinton” happened earlier this month. The Democratic presidential candidate, whose own record on AIDS research and funding is better than any other candidate, mistakenly said that former US first lady Nancy Reagan was a … Continue reading SANDERS OR CLINTON
THE PANAMA PAPERS
A huge leak of confidential documents has revealed how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth. The Panama Papers: how to hide a billion dollars – video explainer Luke Harding Monday 4 April 2016 06.24 EDTLast modified on Monday 4 April 2016 12.37 EST The Panama Papers are an unprecedented leak of 11.5m files from … Continue reading THE PANAMA PAPERS
IS COMPLAINING KILLING YOU?
http://www.collective-evolution.com/2016/04/04/why-complaining-is-literally-killing-you-making-you-sick-heres-how-to-stop/ April 4, 2016 by Sharmini Gana. We all do it — you know, complain about people or situations in our life. We may even call it “venting” in an effort to disguise our complaining, but when it all boils down to it, they’re both the same behaviour. On the surface, complaining may seem harmless — perhaps even … Continue reading IS COMPLAINING KILLING YOU?
Terrorists Are Radical Before Religious
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/todays-new-terrorists-were-radical-before-they-were-religious/2016/03/31/9cb8e916-f762-11e5-9804-537defcc3cf6_story.html By Fareed Zakaria Opinion writer March 31 The attacks in Brussels, on the heels of those in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., have stoked an already white-hot debate about Islamic terrorism in the United States. Many in the West, including the two Republican presidential front-runners, Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), urge a campaign that targets … Continue reading Terrorists Are Radical Before Religious
REPUBLIC OF FEAR
Donald Trump has already transformed American culture. Even if he loses the election, Trumpism is here to stay. BY JEET HEER March 31, 2016 Photograph by Joshua Lott Late in February, a curious incident happened at a basketball game between two high schools just outside Des Moines—one mostly white, the other mostly Hispanic—where white students hurled the phrase “Trump, Trump, … Continue reading REPUBLIC OF FEAR
RACHEL MADDOW
It's the birthday of liberal talk show host Rachel Maddow (books by this author), born in Castro Valley, California (1973). She showed an early interest in journalism and started reading the newspaper regularly when she was only seven years old. She studied public policy at Stanford and went to Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship, where she earned a … Continue reading RACHEL MADDOW
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