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Stop SOPA and PIPA now — View video to find out how.

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo. This bill, which is on the fast track to passing in Congress, is so bad for free speech, the freedom of the internet, and the people who use it, that I’m baffled that Congress would even consider passage. But then I […]

Rachel Maddow explains why Wisconsin’s protest are not about the budget…

A friend sent me this link which is an episode of Rachel Madoow’s show that touches on the Budget protests in Madison, Wisconsin. She breaks the issue down and shows that the budget issue is Wisconsin is not about a budget crisis but about the continued effective existence of the Democratic Party in this country. […]

Climate Change and the Tipping Point…

Today, I got this link to Leo Murray’s Wake Up, Freak Out – then Get a Grip video. It one of the better overviews of what causes global warming / climate change and what the phrase tipping point is all about. (Video is about 11 minutes and 35 seconds). Wake Up, Freak Out – then […]

Guess we don’t have to guess what the science IQ of Utah is

When Al Gore wrote Inconvenient Truth about the dangers of global warning, he couldn’t have found a name for his book that could be any more indicative of many people’s reactions to global warming, its possible causes and potential results. Today, I came across an article in the guardian.co.uk entitled, “Utah delivers vote of no […]

The Credit Crisis: How did we get here…

If you’re anything like me you probably wonder how we (meaning the country) got in this situation. Well, today I found a link to a great video by Jonathan Jarvis that simply explains the steps that got us to this national credit crisis. Now that I’ve watched it several times, I understand the process and […]