BERNIE SANDERS SUPPORTERS. I am disappointed in you.
Remember when someone implied that millennial women only liked Bernie because that’s “where the boys are” ?Well, I thought that was gross. But this song should have been in heavy, snarky...
View Article"Trust our Teutonic expertise." Germans respond to the rise of right wing...
The same folks who wrote that epic rock song about Yanis Varoufakis a while back just wrote a song responding to all of the right-wing nationalist nonsense going on in the world today. It’s epic, and I...
View ArticleWhile Bernie heads to Vatican, Hillary Fundraises w/ Toughest Financial...
So we already know that at least one Vatican official is displeased with Bernie for using their social justice work as a way to try and grab the Catholic vote in New York, calling it “Monumental...
View ArticleProtesters have pulled down the Green Zone wall in Baghdad and Seized the...
Iraq has been in the throes of a political crisis, with last week’s session opening with an all-out brawl. That isn’t a metaphor, it was an actual brawl, with fists and water bottles thrown....
View ArticleWarning: "Bernie Glowstick Instructions" meme is trying to get people...
A meme shared on Tumblr and Reddit instructs people to mix household chemicals together in order to make a glowstick.Except the instructions are lifted from a how-to guide for making a chlorine bomb...
View ArticleWith 49 other state conventions, plus a handful of territorial ones, Nevada...
Seriously, everyone, chill. So here’s how Nevada went: Badly for the Nevada Democratic Party. Just like it went badly for them when they failed to provide translators and we ended up in a big pointless...
View ArticleWe can't let them use dead LGBT people as a way to stir up islamophobic bigotry.
There are many causes for what happened last night. The family of the perpetrator, and his ex wife, are saying that he wasn’t particularly religious, and that he absolutely hated LGBT people. So...
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It's official. FM Nicola Sturgeon says Independence Referendum legislation is...
Fiona Hyslop hinted at it last night, but Nicola Sturgeon said it outright in a speech today. Legislation to bring forward a second independence referendum is being prepared. Much of the conversation...
View ArticleIf you believed the lies about the FBI investigation, you owe it to yourself...
First, I want to say to everyone who actually believed there was something to the e-mail scandal: I’m sorry that you were lied to. I don’t want this post to be a victory lap or an “I told you so” post,...
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Anyone care to connect these two dots for me?
Exhibit A)Exhibit B)So that’s a bit awkward. Especially since it seems Us Weekly and People Magazine are suddenly relevant, a fact which makes me just a little bit uncomfortable.I’m sure it’s just a...
View ArticleRegistration Day: Imagining Trump's Muslim Registry
Trump’s ban on immigration from majority-Muslim countries is somehow at once shocking and unsurprising. And it already has a steep human cost. Banning visas from Iraq and Afghanistan means that...
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Scotland Votes to hold a Second Referendum as Article 50 Triggered: What you...
Why is this happening?“Because of Brexit” is far too simplistic an understanding.UK Parties lay out a “Manifesto” before each election. These are considered to be far, far more important than American...
View ArticleI'm disgusted with everyone who's coming out in favor of the Tomahawk strike.
Just war theory is something we all ought to brush on. The two axioms of the theory I think are important here are these:1. That the decision to engage in military action is only just if there is some...
View ArticleWelcome to NATO, Montenegro! A US President is now going to literally shove...
Trump’s NATO trip is an unmitigated disaster. I know that everyone is shocked to read this, and will be equally shocked to learn that water is wet, but what’s unusual here is the level of complete...
View ArticleThe Sash Theresa Wore: UK nightmare scenario puts ultra Far-Right party with...
I wish that headline were in some way hyperbolic or sensationalist.It has been the case with Northern Ireland policy since Blair that Conservatives have been willing to listen to experts. When you tell...
View ArticleKossacks, children with ADHD in our schools need 10 minutes of your time...
As part of the Trump regime’s attempt to gut our schools and remove “unnecessary regulations” one of the best tools that Children with ADHD and their parents have is on the chopping block. And it isn’t...
View ArticleZimbabwe: something almost but not entirely unlike a coup
The news out of Zimbabwe this morning is as confused and jumbled as the information we got last night. African Defense Review tried to throw cold water on the talk of a coup, because all we had early...
View ArticleHeads up: Russians boosting Franken story per Hamilton 68 [Updated RE:...
Hamilton 68, from the Alliance for Securing Democracy, has collated a ton of data on Russian “Active Measures” troll networks and the useful idiots who boost the St Petersburg Signal. They’ve been able...
View ArticleSri Lanka, Terrorism, and the assignment of blame
I was up late on social media last night reading about the terrorist attack in Sri Lanka, and as a result I have a full understanding of why the Sri Lankan government has attempted to shut down social...
View ArticleThe tragedy of Rojava: an American betrayal
Once upon a time, I posted pro-Turkish comments here. Well before Erdogan’s mask slipped and his totalitarian nature was revealed. It’s still my hope that as a highly educated nation, young Turks my...
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