George Orwell once wrote: “Speaking the Truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act.” This New York Times OpEd boldly speaks the Truth behind the Bush administration seizure of the Constitutional values Americans hold dear. read more | digg story
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Seems that the people in charge of regulating the internet don’t really know a damn thing about it. Sad.
In an interview with MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann, former Nixon counsel John Dean explained a largely unknown 50 year academic study. The data shows that conservatives are much more likely to follow authoritarian leaders. He goes into quite a bit of detail around how “authority” appeals to conservatives. It’s about 10 mins, but worth it. read [...]
A visual depiction of how fat Americans have gotton over the last 15 years or so. Pretty incredible to see how many states are 25% or more obese!! read more | digg story
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Jon Stewart breaks things down nicely on the NSA spying scandal.