Today is April 5th, 2017.  I wouldn’t (quite) call this a major breakthrough in my understanding of myself, but mostly that is because I don’t see how this can lead to anything.  But, I do have an idea.

I had a dream while I was sleeping last night in which I wrote something bemoaning the state of politics in the US.  In the dream, I specifically ( Read more... )

After much hesitation, self-examination, and a lot of doubt, I started a Word Press blog and put my name on it, to introduce my ideas about government and social reform to a broader audience.  If you want to share it, you can find it here:

http://mr-spock-rocks.com/

No one who has looked very closely at US politics would be able to honestly say that there's nothing wrong with it.  Whether you consider the problem(s) to be lobbyists, entitlement programs, deficits, the conservatives, or the liberals (or something else) - the fact remains that our government is hugely fractured and a top-heavy behemoth that is ( Read more... )

http://news.yahoo.com/chicago-teachers-strike-talks-fail-030846765.html

What could make this very interesting is that Chicago's mayor is former Obama Whitehouse chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, and unions are one of the biggest financiers behind Obama's reelection bid.  If the unions pull their support for the Democrats because of this labor dispute ( Read more... )

Every two years, ever since 1980, I've been a witness to the grand political theater that has gone on within the United States of America.  In that whole time, I've heard many promises, and seen little in the way of concrete results that were of any value to the people on the street.  So, I humbly offer what I think should be the top political ( Read more... )

In light of the events of the last few months in Wisconsin, the political theater show we were treated to as the Gov. declared that the state was near broke and couldn't afford the perks demanded by the union representing the state's public employees, then the recall effort after he got approval from the state congress to break the union's monopoly ( Read more... )

Is it possible that, besides not being the smartest thing you can do anyhow, consuming "too much" sugar can actually cause you to become dumber?  I leave it to you to decide for yourself.

http://news.yahoo.com/sugar-dumb-us-scientists-warn-190918006.html

I was just noticing - and please, notice that today is only May 3rd, a photo slideshow on Yahoo! News that said POTUS Obama was hosting a "Cinco de Mayo" party.

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Originally posted by shade184 at SOPA and PIPA alive again - plus a new bill.
Yeah, that's right. Lamar Smith (the bill's sponsor) apparently didn't get the message, and is now going "oh hey that anti-piracy bill failed LET'S MAKE A NEW ONE". It's called OPEN, and it is going into review or whatever they call it in February.

Yes, I know. We're all sick of ( Read more... )

Originally posted by shade184 at ACTA.
Hey all. Sorry to interrupt the flow of the group, but this really needs to be said. At the most minor level, it will affect this group, so I figure that's excuse enough to bring it up. But on a larger scale, what's happening here is so much more dangerous.

You remember how we fought off SOPA the other day? Great work ( Read more... )