Al Gore just had ‘an extremely interesting conversation’ with Trump on climate change By Juliet Eilperin and Jenna Johnson December 5 at 4:07 PM Al Gore meets with Donald Trump As Donald Trump continues to indicate that he might be willing to change his position on climate change, which he has long called a “hoax,” the president-elect met Monday … Continue reading Al Gore meets with Donald Trump
The Second Amendment Was Ratified to Preserve Slavery
Tuesday, 15 January 2013 00:00 By Thom Hartmann, Truthout | News Analysis (Photo: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery) The real reason the Second Amendment was ratified, and why it says "State" instead of "Country" (the framers knew the difference -- see the 10th Amendment), was to preserve the slave patrol militias in the southern states, which was … Continue reading The Second Amendment Was Ratified to Preserve Slavery
THE CONSERVATIVE HOLD ON AMERICA
https://www.facebook.com/downing4congress by Gary Downing, Candidate for Congress from Washington OUR NATION WILL NOT WORK FOR WORKING PEOPLE UNLESS WE REMOVE THE CONSERVATIVE HOLD. We have learned that people are starving and having hard times. Most people say it’s because of the rich and they are correct. It has been the wealthy of this nation that … Continue reading THE CONSERVATIVE HOLD ON AMERICA
RURAL AMERICA DOES NOT GET IT
The real problem is rural America doesn’t understand the causes of their own situations and fears and they have shown no interest in finding out.
What a Trump Presidency Means for Writers
Source: What a Trump Presidency Means for Writers Since last week's election, dozens of articles have appeared speculating what a Trump presidency could mean for any number of sectors - the economy, social security, healthcare, technology and the Internet, reproductive rights, foreign relations, and so on. With the exception of Wall Street, which is already … Continue reading What a Trump Presidency Means for Writers
Can Obama Pardon Millions of Immigrants?
Can Obama Pardon Millions of Immigrants? http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/06/opinion/can-obama-pardon-millions-of-immigrants.html?_r=0 by Peter L. Markowitch, July 6, 2016 WHEN the history of President Obama’s legacy on immigration is written, he will not go down as the president who boldly acted to protect millions of families from the brutality of our nation’s unforgiving immigration laws. The Supreme Court made sure … Continue reading Can Obama Pardon Millions of Immigrants?
Shine On, Harvest Moon
"Shine on, Harvest Moon" is a popular early-1900s song credited to the married vaudeville team Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth. It was one of a series of Moon-related Tin Pan Alley songs of the era. The song was debuted by Bayes and Norworth in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1908 to great acclaim. It became a pop standard and continues to be performed and recorded even in … Continue reading Shine On, Harvest Moon
OIL EXTRACTION AND TRIBAL LANDS
https://www.facebook.com/democracynow/videos/10154483498893279/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED Winona LaDuke: My Community is Trying to Survive In a powerful interview, Winona LaDuke links historic oil extraction on tribal land to intergenerational trauma among Native Americans: "90 percent of my community, generally, I would say, is just trying to survive."
A New Spin on the Quantum Brain
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20161102-quantum-neuroscience/?utm_source=Quanta+Magazine&utm_campaign=d6cca631a0-Quanta_Newsletter_Feb_27_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f0cb61321c-d6cca631a0-389572177 By Jennifer Ouellette November 2, 2016 A new theory explains how fragile quantum states may be able to exist for hours or even days in our warm, wet brain. Experiments should soon test the idea The mere mention of “quantum consciousness” makes most physicists cringe, as the phrase seems to evoke the vague, insipid … Continue reading A New Spin on the Quantum Brain
FARMERS ARRESTED FOR PROTEST AGAINST DAKOTA PIPELINE ON THEIR OWN LAND
(ANTIMEDIA) Calhoun County, IA — Opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline has been making waves across the Internet recently as Native Americans, farmers, landowners, ranchers, and environmentalists make an epic stand against the project’s construction. Over the weekend, 127 Native American activists, or water protectors, were arrested at the construction site near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in … Continue reading FARMERS ARRESTED FOR PROTEST AGAINST DAKOTA PIPELINE ON THEIR OWN LAND
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