Reading time – 41 seconds . . . Thanks to reader JL for forwarding this cautionary tale. Sarah was in the fertilized egg business. She had several hundred young pullets and ten roosters to fertilize the eggs. She kept records and any rooster not performing was replaced and then went into the soup pot. This… [read more]
Extreme Agreement
Reading time – 61 take-action seconds . . . It’s almost midnight on the Doomsday Clock to sell out our children . . . There are lots of reasons that people who have seen the ugly fine print of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TTP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) don’t like them…. [read more]
Some Get That It’s Hotter
Reading time – 53 seconds . . . Galileo Galilei published Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems in 1632 in order to defend his heliocentric theory of the universe, his theory being based upon his scientific findings. For his exacting efforts he found himself tried and convicted by the Roman Inquisition for being “vehemently… [read more]
Watch This
Reading Time – 27 seconds . . . The call to action last week was to defeat the fast track bill, which would have eliminated congressional oversight from a major trade deal. In case you are a President Obama supporter and think that he should have had free reign on such matters, think for just… [read more]
President Obama’s Nefarious Ad Campaign
Reading time – 21 seconds . . . President Obama is pushing a million dollar ad campaign to twist the arms of Dems in the House to vote to fast-track the Trans Pacific Partnership (Read: Global Rule by Corporations). Just get this: it’s a BAD DEAL FOR AMERICANS, because it will: Kill millions more American… [read more]
501c(4) Organizations and You
Reading time – 59 seconds . . . There is a really good reason why we give tax exempt status to charitable institutions: we as a nation have decided that we want to ease the way for organizations whose sole purpose is to do good for our needy and make it attractive for citizens to… [read more]
Fear Mongering
President George W. Bush at the Cincinnati Museum Terminal, October 7, 2002, falsely claiming Iraq had WMDs and that Saddam Hussein was in partnership with al Qaeda Note: On Friday there was an error in the link from the email notification of this blog to the blog itself. Apologies for the mistake and thanks to… [read more]
What Have We Become?
Reading time – 53 seconds . . . Mattress Discounters will save you hundreds of dollars during their Memorial Day sale, with 48 months interest-free terms. WOW! A new mattress and free money for four years. What a great Memorial Day deal! Not to be outdone, Ashley Furniture is having a sales event with price… [read more]
What Has Changed?
Reading time – 77 seconds . . . America’s military involvement in Vietnam began by sending a few advisers, this just a few years after the end of the Korean conflict (read: undeclared war). We all know how that war ramped up and cost the lives of over 58,000 Americans and untold numbers of Vietnamese…. [read more]
Absolutely
Reading time – 91 seconds . . . To the best of my ability to understand them, our far right religious conservatives believe: That they got it right – about God, about religion, about right and wrong, good and bad. That anyone who disagrees with point #1 is wrong and eternally damned, because there’s no… [read more]
