Blindness is used to describe a wide range of visual impairments, though people often assume the blind experience complete darkness. Blind people perceive the world by using other senses, and even master the technique of echolocation for sight. In Life Noggin's latest video, “How Do The Blind Perceive The World?" host Pat Graziosi explains that we… … [Read more...] about This Is How Blind People ‘See’ The World (Video)
Cartoon: Trump’s Howls
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The Top 10 Comedic News Stories of 2016
The Top 10 Comedic News Stories of 2016 Raging Moderate by Will Durst Raging Moderate by Will Durst It's the first week of December, and all over the nation children dance while grandparents twitch with anticipation. Which, admittedly, isn't that out of the ordinary. During this festive season rife with traditions, none is more hallowed than that magical moment when … [Read more...] about The Top 10 Comedic News Stories of 2016
The Serial Prevarications Of The Reality TV President
There is almost nothing real about "reality TV." All but the dullest viewers understand that the dramatic twists and turns on shows like "Bachelor" or "Celebrity Apprentice" are scripted in advance. More or less like professional wrestling, Donald Trump's previous claim to fame. Welcome to the reality TV presidency. Nothing President-elect Trump says is to be… … [Read more...] about The Serial Prevarications Of The Reality TV President
Cartoon: Time Twins
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More Left-Wing Lunacy
Have the anti-Trump zealots on the political Left lost their minds? One might think so upon reading some of the things that those zealot have said lately. First, here the beginning of a Huffington Post column by Zach Carter: "Hillary Clinton’s top aides would like the world to know they are morally superior to Donald Trump and his staff, who ran an ugly campaign … [Read more...] about More Left-Wing Lunacy
GOP Health Care Flim-Flam
Josh Marshall explains how and why Republican "Repeal and Replace (some day)" rhetoric is a scam on Talking Points Memo. Millions of people's lives and livelihoods are on the line. So it's not funny. But if there weren't such dire real world consequences, Paul Ryan's current flimflam would be straight up hilarious. Repealing Obamacare has immediate real world consequences. It … [Read more...] about GOP Health Care Flim-Flam
Pope Francis Compares Spreading Fake News to Spreading Human Waste
Taking his position as the moralistic slap in the face for religious folks worldwide, Pope Francis spoke out this week against fake and slanderous news being spread by media outlets. The Pope said that using fake news to slander people is a sin, plain and simple. In fact, he went so far as to equate the… … [Read more...] about Pope Francis Compares Spreading Fake News to Spreading Human Waste
Putin Signs New Information Security Doctrine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed off on a new “information security doctrine,” replacing the one he issued in 2000, during the first year of his rule. While experts in Moscow saw no surprises in the new document, they also said it reflects the Kremlin's increasingly repressive policy toward the media and civil society more generally.… … [Read more...] about Putin Signs New Information Security Doctrine
New Poll: Trump has no mandate
Before we get comments saying this poll is simply cherry picking by that bad, 'ol liberal media (or a certain moderate blog that battled 8900 hacking attempts yesterday and brutal seemingly political DoS attacks), here the latest news reported by Fortune magazine: a new poll indicates President-Election Donald Trump has no mandate. A new poll out today carries bracing … [Read more...] about New Poll: Trump has no mandate
Child refugees suffer the most, UN says
Embed from Getty Images At least two children drowned every day trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe this year while an “untold number continue to perish” in the Gulf of Aden and other regions, the United Nations agency for refugees (UNHCR) reports. This again illustrates the horrific outcomes of numerous swathes of strife besetting the world. While children … [Read more...] about Child refugees suffer the most, UN says
How do wars end? Not usually with unconditional surrender.
The civil war in Syria may be entering a decisive phase. Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have seized almost all of the key city of Aleppo from rebels. Some analysts are talking about the end of the war. But how do wars end? Americans tend to think of wars ending with the unconditional surrender of… … [Read more...] about How do wars end? Not usually with unconditional surrender.
Cartoon: Trump Time’s Person of the Year
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The disempowered majority
WASHINGTON -- Starting next month, the United States will have a minority government. This assertion flies in the face of just about everything you have read, since the Republicans will control the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives. But the American system of representation, invented 229 years ago for 13 states that hugged the Atlantic shore, is … [Read more...] about The disempowered majority
Survey: Acceptance of Torture During War Growing
A global survey has found a major shift in public attitudes toward torture, with growing numbers of people approving the use of this forbidden practice to obtain "important military information." The survey, which was conducted by the International Committee of the Red Cross, questioned more than 17,000 people in 16 countries between June and September about… … [Read more...] about Survey: Acceptance of Torture During War Growing
Fox To Guard Henhouse – Scott Pruitt Named To Head EPA
If you support environmental protection and failed to vote to keep Donald Trump out of the White House, shame on you. Even if you did your best to stop Trump, now is the time to pray that the environment survives the next four years of a Trump administration. More properly described as a right wing radical than as a conservative, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt … [Read more...] about Fox To Guard Henhouse – Scott Pruitt Named To Head EPA
Trump Lighting
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The Skinny on Pizzagate
December 7, 2016 Note to readers: This is the latest entry in Baby DonDon’s diary. The series imagines that President-elect 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 Baby DonDon. Big date today, people. … [Read more...] about The Skinny on Pizzagate
Trump, Wherefore Art Thou?
Donald Trump was elected American president on a surge of populism, promising to bring manufacturing jobs back, deport immigrants, build a wall at the nation’s southern border (which Mexico would pay for), and generally make things better for America’s workers and middle class. He also promised to drain the swamp of Washington insiders and lobbyists, and change the culture in … [Read more...] about Trump, Wherefore Art Thou?
Cartoons: Pearl Harbor
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