I've been joking for a while that Cook County (Illinois) was practically bigger than the entire state of Rhode Island.

Then, for a lark, I looked them up.

According to the data at Wikipedia, Cook County has 1,635 sq mi (4,235 km²) and a population of 5,285,107.

Meanwhile, the state of Rhode Island has 1,545 sq mi (4,002 km²) and a population of ( Read more... )

I saw this with bentleywg and read it and...wow...it's what I've been saying for a while (and what many others have been saying) just with better specifics and better organization.

Fascist America, in 10 easy steps: From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional ( Read more... )

I took this quiz, and got a 37%, just one number off of the one diannelamerc got; if you look at her journal, you can see my little description.

I actually am MUCH more impressed with lytarules's response to the quiz and its attitudes.

Everyone should go and read the text of her commments here.

Go, Lyta. Well said.