Wealth inequality in America ~ Very interesting video on the how perception of America's distribution of wealth differs hugely from the reality. Exceedingly well done animated graphics tell a disturbing story of where wealth resides in America, and, as important,...
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Jon Stewart ~ What Obama’s deal with Iran means about Republicans
Jon Stewart nailed it! "Republicans, you're not helping yourselves. If it turns out that President Barack Obama can make a deal with the most intransigent, hard line, unreasonable, totalitarian mullahs in the world, but not with the Republicans...maybe he's not the...
Increasing U.S. oil production will NOT reduce U.S. gas prices or unemployment ~ Paul Krugman
Nobel economist Paul Krugman argues that the GOP's goal of increasing U.S. oil production will not help gas prices. The logic is simple: Prices for oil and gas are set by world supply and demand. China's huge demand is the likely cause of recent gas increases. The...
Neil deGrasse Tyson ~ We Stopped Dreaming
This collection of Neil deGrasse Tyson clips (assembled by Scrunchthethird on YouTube) are inspiring. I'm old enough to remember when we landed on the moon and the excitement that generated in me as a child. It was a great way to grow scientists. It was a great way to...
Education is a “luxury of the elite” to GOP contenders ~ Paul Krugman
If underfunding public education leaves many children of the less affluent shut out from upward mobility, well, did you really believe that stuff about creating equality of opportunity? So whenever you hear Republicans say that they are the party of traditional...
Single moms are “breeding more criminals” ~ Rick Santorum
In Rick Santorum's own words: "We are seeing the fabric of this country fall apart, and it's falling apart because of single moms." "What we have is moms raising children in single-parent households simply breeding more criminals," ~ Rick Santorum Read more about Rick...
Claiming that someone else’s marriage is against your religion is like…
Brilliant quote from the twitterverse... Claiming that someone else's marriage is against your religion is like being angry at someone for eating a donut because you're on a diet. Twitter / @DavidRobert: Claiming that someone else ....
Clint Eastwood sets us straight on gay marriage, sanctity, and what’s really important
Clint Eastwood sets us straight on all the crap about gay marriage, sanctity, and what's really important. These people who are making a big deal out of gay marriage? I don't give a f*** about who wants to get married to anybody else. We're making a big deal out of...
Anne Hathaway’s support of LGBT ~ “I’m being a decent human being”
I love the sentiment Anne Hathaway expresses in this quote. Via I'm being a decent human being : atheism ~ reddit.com. Global Secular Humanist Movement's Facebook page "In my household, being gay was, and is, no big deal. When my brother came out, we hugged him, said...
Lawrence Lessig’s superb presentation ~ Republic, Lost
Absolutely brilliant presentation by Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig, based on his book, Republic, Lost. Here's to the root strikers! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RFlSXjeMgc We've lost faith in our government because it is corrupt. The constitution declares...
Herman Cain ~ “I can probably freak on you”
I don't think "bad lip reading" is needed for Herman Cain to sound stupid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE5xZKszXMQ "This is my juice, and I'm hungry." "Cowboys and anthrax."