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I came across an article I found interesting. It's about Trump and authoritarianism. One of the main points is that Trump is just a symptom, not a cause. There has been an authoritarian current running in our country for a while and a perfect storm has formed where a candidate like Trump can...

Seriously, what a scumbag. Auctioning the gun he used to shoot Trayvon Martin, calling it a "piece of American history". http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/05/13/bids-george-zimmerman-gun-auction-top-50m/84319096/ Whatever you think about Zimmerman's guilt or innocence, how can...

http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2016/03/29/the-three-powerful-scholars-fueling-islamic-states-hate/ The three powerful scholars fueling Islamic State’s hate - Mohamad Bazzi Saudi Arabia and Wahhabism comes around now and again. Makes me wonder why we're so friendly with them still.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-12/google-s-software-wins-tournament-against-go-game-champion Beware. Google's fleet of robots carried by self-driving cars is coming. :noid: :turbo: :car: :turbo: :car: :turbo: :car: :turbo: :car: :turbo: :car: :turbo: :car...

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-ohio-insight-idUSMTZSAPEC3ATLGUM9 This ought to worry Democrats and any other anti-Trump person. The article also talks about this being offset by him pushing away others that may normally vote Republican, but it certainly isn't good news...

Chrys isn't around so I thought I would start a thread. It is getting close. :banana: Feels like a wide open year. EDIT: Information from chrys

A short article by Michael Shermer that's in the current issue of Scientific American. http://www.michaelshermer.com/2016/03/political-bias-in-the-academy/ Colleges being liberal is talked about all the time but most of what I've seen is anecdotal, if that. I can't recall seeing actual...

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016/01/01/Jihadist-group-uses-Trump-in-recruitment-video/7571451689544/ Didn't one of the GOP candidates get in trouble for making a comment to the effect that Trump's rhetoric would serve this purpose? :eek:

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Mike-Rowe-Bernie-Sanders-college-tweet-knucklehead-6702291.php At the end of the day, providing a path to go to college is a helluva lot cheaper than putting people on a path to jail. — Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) December 13, 2015 I wonder...

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/08/us/politics/push-for-gun-curbs-tied-to-no-fly-list-puts-republicans-on-the-spot.html?_r=0 Push for Gun Curbs Tied to No-Fly List Puts Republicans on the Spot There seem to be two main issues with this. 1) Some people on the list shouldn't be there. 2) Can...

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-usa-passports-idUSKBN0TV02820151212 Islamic State can make fake Syrian passports: U.S. report I have not been in favor of cutting off immigration from Syria but this definitely increases the fear factor. :noid:

The most recent Scientific American has an article called 'How to Break the Climate Deadlock'. The main idea in the article is that progress on climate change can't be made with only reliance on free markets. There must be some government intervention, through carbon taxes or a trading system...

What would another civil war look like? In the Civil War several states seceded. That seems unlikely now. I'm trying to read a bit about secession. Found this Supreme Court case. https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/74/700 6. When Texas became one of the United States, she entered...

That's what a resolution that the PA state senate passed this week says. http://lancasteronline.com/news/pennsylvania/state-senate-passes-resolution-further-urging-wolf-obama-to-reject/article_cc9f83a2-951e-11e5-9d55-63f917b42d7f.html That sounds like a reasonable enough compromise. They...

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/19/technology/how-amazons-long-game-yielded-a-retail-juggernaut.html?_r=0 I thought this was an interesting article about Amazon. I've heard in the past that Amazon's shopping business really didn't generate much profit, but that could be changing. Patience may be...

http://www.dbtechno.com/entertainment/2015/10/26/this-final-jeopardy-answer-is-awesome/ v4P-KkBsSU0 :chuckle:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/06/this-is-how-you-beat-donald-trump.html Republican strategist Liz Mair lists 10 ways to blow the billionaire out of the water. 1. Focus on moving an anti-Trump message to where low-information voters actually get their information. 2. Focus...

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/05/watch-a-shaolin-monk-run-on-water.html YrncG8NvZJI But there are boards. How impressive is it? :idunno:

Curt Schilling is getting in trouble from tweeting this. It's said only 5-10% of Muslims are extremists In 1940, only 7% of Germans were Nazis. How'd that go? I think there can be two ways to read that. 1) Taking the numbers at face value and saying that, based on what the Nazis did, that...

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2015/0812/Why-ISIS-released-22-Assyrian-Christians]Why ISIS released 22 Assyrian Christians - Meredith Hamilton - CSMonitor Would you pay? Why or why not? I'm familiar with this tax in the context of Muslim rule centuries ago but didn't realize it...