Burning a Police Station Led to Justice https://rall.com/2021/05/04/burning-a-police-station-led-to-justice
One of the problems with judging people strictly on past actions is that it ignores ignorance, and people are capable of learning. This is something people should remember in the age of easily dug up former transgressions.
A lot of people treat "ignorant" as a trigger word, but I'd rather use "ignorant" than "stupid" (until proven otherwise). Ignorance is a lack of knowledge, but stupidity is an inability to learn (or an avoidance of learning). We are all ignorant about a great many things; ignorance is not a reflection on our intelligence.
Sometimes cartoonists are the best source of news. Entertaining and informative! #supportthearts #supportfreepress
The Gay Agenda – EXPOSED! https://thenib.com/the-gay-agenda-exposed/
A Manmade Disaster in India https://thenib.com/india-covid-crisis/
On My Cold, Dead Face https://thenib.com/on-my-cold-dead-face/
Why Derek Chauvin Was Charged in the First Place https://rall.com/comic/why-derek-chauvin-was-charged-in-the-first-place
Montana, Kansas, and Arkansas enter the arms race to criminalize protest https://grist.org/protest/pipeline-protest-laws-montana-kansas-arkansas/
Countries are getting serious about climate change. And then there’s Australia. https://grist.org/politics/countries-are-getting-serious-about-climate-change-and-then-theres-australia/
Gridlocked: These policies might put Biden’s transmission infrastructure plans on hold https://grist.org/energy/gridlocked-these-policies-might-put-bidens-transmission-infrastructure-plans-on-hold/
How Arizona’s attorney general is weaponizing climate fears to keep out immigrants https://grist.org/politics/how-arizonas-attorney-general-is-weaponizing-climate-fears-to-keep-out-immigrants/
New Documentary "Exterminate All the Brutes" Was 500 Years of Genocide in the Making https://theintercept.com/2021/05/02/exterminate-all-the-brutes-hbo/
According to Ben Franklin, I'm not white. #dontcallmewhite
Your Car Is Spying on You, and a CBP Contract Shows the Risks https://theintercept.com/2021/05/03/car-surveillance-berla-msab-cbp/
New Zealand treats animals inhumanely – but it could become a world leader in their welfare https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2021/may/04/new-zealand-treats-animals-inhumanely-but-it-could-become-a-world-leader-in-their-welfare
‘Your mouth becomes a minefield’: the Americans who can’t afford the dentist https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/04/americans-dental-dentist-teeth-health-insurance
Why do Americans die earlier than Europeans? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/04/why-do-americans-die-earlier-than-europeans #berniesanders
Today, I'm unexpectedly reminded of how towering and fluent (and amazingly readable) this rant (in book form) is: https://web.archive.org/web/20051013072349/http://www.vanwensveen.nl/rants/microsoft/IhateMS_1.html - web-based bitrot means that's it's only available via archive.org, (thank goodness for their good work!).
The lower 90% of US income earners have lost $50 trillion to the 1% since the 1950, with the rate about $2.5 trillion/year right now. https://time.com/5888024/50-trillion-income-inequality-america/ If income inequality had been kept at post-WW2 levels in the US, every income earner would be getting an extra $1140/month... That's no joke. That sounds like a great opportunity for UBI funded by massive increases in top-level corporate & billionaire taxation.
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa