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by Bob Fredericks (April 15, 2020) New York Post A pair of House Democrats have introduced legislation that would pay millions of Americans $2,000 a month during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The bill — the Emergency Money for the People Act — … Continue reading →

A logical fallacy is an error in reasoning or a false assumption that might sound impressive but proves absolutely nothing. Sometimes they are completely unintentional, but more often than not, they are used by people during debates, arguments or presentations … Continue reading →

https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYXJ0MTkuY29tL2ZyZWFrb25vbWljcy1yYWRpbw&episode=NGRjMDEzODItM2YzOC00ZGI5LTg4NTUtYWI5ZTAxNjI0N2E5&hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwin0MavmPPoAhUNsJ4KHXa7BB8QieUEegQIChAE&e Freakonomics Radio – 413. Who Gets the Ventilator? Seldom is heard more alarming God complex discussions about who has a greater right to life.  It’s cut from the same warp & weave as the public discussions heard surrounding when … Continue reading →

“The development of our financial oligarchy followed, in this respect, lines with which the history of political despotism has familiarized us: usurpation, proceeding by gradual encroachment rather than by violent acts; subtle and often long-concealed concentration of distinct functions…. ……which are beneficial when … Continue reading →

by James Drew (4-17-20) When Wednesday Collier and her partner were laid off last month because of the new coronavirus outbreak, they struggled to pay the rent on their apartment in Olympia. They didn’t have to worry about losing their … Continue reading →

by SARA GENTZLER (4-16-20) Intercity Transit has provided more detail regarding its decision to temporarily move to reservation-only service for essential trips during the coronavirus outbreak in a note posted to the agency’s website. Other attempts at limiting ridership to … Continue reading →

LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. (3-28-20) – A woman has been arrested and charged after police say she coughed on $35,000 worth of produce at a grocery store in Pennsylvania. Margaret Cirko has been charged with felony counts of terrorist threats, threats to use … Continue reading →

“As ye have treated the least of these…” Turn your back on the homeless, the sat upon, spat upon, ratted on…and the virus may just bite you (and yours) in the ass for it. A pandemic of Biblical proportions calls … Continue reading →

by Bill McKibben (4-16-20) The coronavirus pandemic has revealed one particularly shocking thing about our societies and economies: they have been operating on a very thin margin. The edifice seems so shiny and substantial, a world of silver jets stitching together cities … Continue reading →

By Nick Paumgarten. (April 13, 2020) The investor who calls himself the Australian headed out for a walk on his farm in the Alps of New South Wales, three hundred miles south of Sydney. This was a morning in late March. … Continue reading →