What You Should Know About Marijuana Suppositories
Rectal marijuana? Weed suppositories? Smoking might be the most common way to get high, but apparently it’s not the best —at least for medicinal purposes. As Vice puts it, "...taking it up the butt is actually much more effective than smoking it." Talk of rectal marijuana hit the news cycle following a story in the National… … [Read more...] about What You Should Know About Marijuana Suppositories
Cartoons: Voice
Voice by Clay Jones During Donald Trump’s State of the Disunion address to Congress last week he unveiled a new plan to unleash tyranny on people who are not the right color. That is, those who are not the white color. The new program is called VOICE, which is an acronym for Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement office, and not a singing game show featuring that guy … [Read more...] about Cartoons: Voice
AHCA: Karma and a Campaign of Lies
Matthew Yglesias sums up the consequences of Republican dishonesty on health care on vox.com. Donald Trump added his own signature dose of shamelessness to the Republicans’ shameless crusade against Obamacare. “We’re going to have insurance for everybody,” Trump told the Washington Post after the election. Under Trumpcare, according to Trump, people “can expect to have … [Read more...] about AHCA: Karma and a Campaign of Lies
The Republican health-care plan’s top critics? Republicans.
WASHINGTON -- President Trump, long at the forefront of intellectual discovery, last week came up with a major finding: Health-care reform is hard. "Unbelievably complex," in fact. "Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated," the president said. Actually, we all knew. That's why Republicans' successor plan to Obamacare, "repeal and replace," … [Read more...] about The Republican health-care plan’s top critics? Republicans.
Cartoon: Swamp
Communicating climate change: Focus on the framing, not just the facts
By Rose Hendricks, Ph.D. Candidate in Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego. How you package the information matters. Frame image via www.shutterstock.com. Humans are currently in a war against global warming. Or is it a race against global warming? Or maybe it’s just a problem we have to deal with? If you already consider climate… … [Read more...] about Communicating climate change: Focus on the framing, not just the facts
It’s the truth according to Trump. Believe it.
WASHINGTON -- President Trump has no evidence for his incendiary claim that Barack Obama ordered wiretaps on Trump Tower, and denials have come not just from the former president and his director of national intelligence but from Jim Comey -- the man Trump has showered with praise and retained as his FBI director. But Trump has something more powerful to him than any … [Read more...] about It’s the truth according to Trump. Believe it.
Cartoon: Madly Manly Men
Madly Manly Men by Clay Jones Yes. Donald Trump might be insane. I’m just kidding. There’s no “might” about it. Watching his rants is reminiscent of Charlie Sheen’s very public meltdown from a few years ago. The only difference is that Sheen might have been a bit more coherent and he wasn’t sober. Watching Trump meltdown in fits of rage, making up crowd sizes, … [Read more...] about Cartoon: Madly Manly Men
Chaffetz Says Americans Should Give Up iPhones And Buy Health Insurance
As Republican members of Congress promote a bill to replace the Affordable Care Act, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) Tuesday had a novel idea for how Americans should pay for health insurance in a post Obamacare world: give up their cellphones. In an interview on CNN, Chaffetz was asked about how simply having access to coverage was… … [Read more...] about Chaffetz Says Americans Should Give Up iPhones And Buy Health Insurance
Help Me Pick My Next Obama Lie
March 7, 2017 Note to readers: This is the latest entry in Super Baby DonDon’s diary. The series imagines that President Donald Trump has the emotional make-up of a five-year-old and confides his deepest thoughts—such as they are—to Andrew Feinberg, and to readers, every day. In his private moments, he always thinks of himself as Super Baby DonDon. Oh my God, they … [Read more...] about Help Me Pick My Next Obama Lie
(Updated) Of ‘Washington’ and of Innocence
Update: Please scroll to the bottom to watch tonight’s (March 7) follow-up on this delightful story on NBC’s Nightly News with Lester Holt. Original Story: It has been quite a week. Russian shoes dropping all over the place, “with each new [shoe] adding to a cloud of suspicion that hangs over the White House as critics demand an independent investigation” on … [Read more...] about (Updated) Of ‘Washington’ and of Innocence
Which State(s) Ought to Die?
I have had a little meme for a while that is funny because it's true: Progressives protest war and torture; Conservatives protest health care and science. Seldom has this been more true than today: House GOP's Obamacare Replacement Will Make Coverage Unaffordable For Millions — Otherwise, It's Great Avik Roy / Forbes That's not an ironic headline. Leading House … [Read more...] about Which State(s) Ought to Die?
Will Feared Hacks Prevent Connected-Car Production?
Will Feared Hacks Prevent Connected-Car Production? by Megan Ray Nichols From Tesla to Google to Jeep, it seems like everyone is working on autonomous cars and vehicles that are connected to the internet at all times. While the idea of autonomous cars is good in theory, in practice it has created the need for additional vehicle-related cybersecurity practices to prevent … [Read more...] about Will Feared Hacks Prevent Connected-Car Production?
Cartoon: The Man behind the Man
Trump ready to sign bill protecting contractors that cheat workers
After receiving approval by a 49-48 vote in the Senate on Monday, legislation headed for President Trump’s signature will discard an Obama administration rule that punishes federal contractors who have cheated their workers on overtime pay and the minimum wage. The bill would repeal an executive order that also targeted companies cited for unsafe workplaces or discriminatory … [Read more...] about Trump ready to sign bill protecting contractors that cheat workers
A Bluelander in Redland, Part I of 3
A Bluelander in Redland, Part I by Daniel Sherman Even after years of travel, my heart joyfully skips a beat when the whine of a commuter jet’s engines picks up and we began trundling down the runway. Big planes are quiet and large enough that you’re just in a sort of filed into a mailing tube, being delivered to a place where by definition lots of other people are going. … [Read more...] about A Bluelander in Redland, Part I of 3
Blow to U.S. intelligence: Wikileaks releases purported CIA secret hacking tools
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks said on Tuesday it had obtained a top-secret trove of hacking tools used by the CIA to break into phones, communication apps and other electronic devices, and released documents related to those programs. If verified, the information would amount to yet another stunning breach of classified material stolen in recent years from U.S. … [Read more...] about Blow to U.S. intelligence: Wikileaks releases purported CIA secret hacking tools
House Republicans unveil plan to repeal and replace Obamacare: huge downsizing
WASHINGTON — House Republicans released a long-awaited Obamacare replacement Monday that would dismantle the health care law's extensive system for expanding health insurance coverage to millions of Americans. The legislation, the first such bill House Republican leaders have produced, would eliminate hundreds of billions of dollars of federal aid that has allowed states to … [Read more...] about House Republicans unveil plan to repeal and replace Obamacare: huge downsizing
