Rand Paul Goes To Washington

As everyone gets over their “Rand Paul is justlike Mr. Smith” high, let’s face the facts: No, Obama was never going to use drones to attack Americans on American soil. He’s been using them abroad for several years now, and as “Muslim” as many think Obama is, this isn’t Iraq; no American president would ever think to use militaristic weaponry against its own citizens. So yeah, Ran Paul; great intro to your 2016 presidential campaign. Ludicrous insinuations, standard politicking, excellent opportunity to grab attention. Period.

The Feminist Cause For Raising Minimum Wage

Despite comprising the majority of the work force and those pursuing a college degree, the disparity in income between men and women is staggering. If we claim to be an equal society, it’s time that changed.

With Climate Change, Denial Is More Expensive Than Reduced Consumption

The Article: Price for Denial, Inaction on Climate Is Higher Than Toll of Reducing Consumption by Karen Rybold Chin in TruthOut.

The Text:

For Tad Patzek, Peak Oil – not climate change – poses the greatest risk to human health and survival on Earth.

The chair of the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at the University of Texas and co-author with Joseph Tainter of Drilling Down: The Gulf Oil Debacle and Our Energy Dilemma, Patzek does not deny climate change or the notion that the human use of CO2 has helped caused it. It’s just that climate change has already been set in motion, and it will take 80,000 to 100,000 years to reverse it. This is, the Polish-born Patzek says, “for us, an infinite time.”

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Chris Hedges On Fighting GOP Fascism

They target feminists, leftists, immigrants, minorities and the poor in the name of mass distraction. Why? How else would they change economic institutions in permanent favor of the elite without spurring the outrage of the masses?

The Difference Between Criminals And Corporations

If this is true, what does that make the federal government?