Am reminded today that Nazis are national socialists, which is an important distinction vs modern lingo of "right wing". This fascism ought to be considered extreme left-wing rather than extreme right wing, due to "a government led by a dictator who seeks national unity and development by requiring individuals to subordinate self-interest to the ( Read more... )

I don't think I'll be able to be a regular meat-eater until our global consciousness raises enough so that killing of animals is reliably done with minimal suffering and maximum utility (food, clothing) and sustainability. It seems like it should be a matter of responsibility to life to use the least-suffering manner of technology that we have ( Read more... )

Oh My God

Subjects were shown 400 random 10 x 10 pixel black-and-white images for a period of 12 seconds each. While the fMRI machine monitored the changes in brain activity, a computer crunched the data and learned to associate the various changes in brain activity with the different image designs.

Then, when the test subjects were shown a ( Read more... )

= Smack in the middle of libertarian and leftist. I'm noticeably liberal in personal matters, but with what I understand now I see plenty of reason for both individual-focused and state-focused economic policies. (This helps clarify my understanding that I can look quite lefty, but I balk at both socialism and anarchism.)

Green libertarianism, ( Read more... )

Oh, Greece... =(

""Government murderers!" demonstrators shouted, furious at the shooting of a teenager by police on Saturday. The killing ignited unrest fueled by simmering public anger at political scandals, rising unemployment and poverty ( Read more... )

Yes, Obama is a human and politician... *crosses fingers and waits*

Liberals are growing increasingly nervous - and some just flat-out angry - that President-elect Barack Obama seems to be stiffing them on Cabinet jobs and policy choices.
http://news.yahoo.com/s ( Read more... )

Something I emailed to close friends earlier today...On NYTimes most emailed list for a reason... Not often do articles physically make my eyes wet. Enjoy... (thanks go out to [Dad's Wife ( Read more... )