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The U.K. Parliament’s Long Love Affair with Cocaine

“People having a line of cocaine might not think they’re causing anyone harm, or that they’re playing a part in a criminal enterprise,” Sajid Javid, Britain’s Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, wrote in The Guardian Monday, “but they are actually the final link in a chain that has suffering, violence and exploitation at every stage.” Such strong language from Javid, a key … Continue reading The U.K. Parliament’s Long Love Affair with Cocaine

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This Goofy Thing Could Help Fight Climate Change

“So Much For The Cars Under $20,000,” lamented Jalopnik on November 1. The everyman motoring enthusiast site noted that in the mid-2000s, small cars were popular as high gas prices ravaged consumer pockets. “I remember a colleague back then buying a Hummer and other colleagues saying how against the prevailing winds that purchase was. Shortly thereafter, Hummer died. Of course, nowadays, Hummer is back and … Continue reading This Goofy Thing Could Help Fight Climate Change

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The Forward Party is Andrew Yang’s brilliant scheme to keep himself relevant

On November 2, New Yorkers will head the polls to pick their next mayor. Democrat Bill de Blasio is term limited, so voters have two fresh faces: Democratic Eric Adams, a retired NYPD officer; and Curtis Silwa, who is like if Frasier was also Batman. In heavily Democratic New York City, Adams is favored to win by a mile. To get to be the party’s … Continue reading The Forward Party is Andrew Yang’s brilliant scheme to keep himself relevant

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Shutting Facebook down for a day didn’t stop conspiracy theories. It spawned more.

For one blessed day on October 4, 2021, Facebook vanished from the face of the Earth. Along with its corporate siblings – Instagram, WhatsApp, Workplace, and Messenger – the platform that CollegeHumor referred to as “the site that commits treason and also tells you what your parents are doing” was taken out by an outage that, as of this writing, remains unexplained. Facebook says it … Continue reading Shutting Facebook down for a day didn’t stop conspiracy theories. It spawned more.

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Canadian voters are deciding whether to oust Justin Trudeau in an election only Justin Trudeau wanted

There are far easier ways to screw up your political career than what Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, is doing right now. Here are some easier ways: you could try to interfere with your country’s justice system to get favors for your financial backers, photos could emerge of the time you painted your face brown for an “Arabian Nights” party, and you could struggle to … Continue reading Canadian voters are deciding whether to oust Justin Trudeau in an election only Justin Trudeau wanted

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Three articles that highlight how American life changed after 9/11

Airport security in the post-9/11 era After 9/11, the United States made a bunch of changes to transportation safety and security. Most of those changes, though, aren’t necessarily visible to passengers. Well, most of the real changes. What is visible is the “security theater” of intrusive safety checks and scans prior to boarding a flight. Reason‘s “Why Don’t More Countries Enforce the Airport Security Rules … Continue reading Three articles that highlight how American life changed after 9/11

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Catching Up With (and Cleaning Up After) the Critical Race Theory Panic

On September 17th, 2020, Donald Trump gave a speech promoting “patriotic education” which aired conservative grievances about educators who dare to talk about the effects of race and class in America.  To those of us who came of age under a president who famously declared “either you are with us or you are with the terrorists”, a smug war criminal equating criticism of America with … Continue reading Catching Up With (and Cleaning Up After) the Critical Race Theory Panic

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We’re here today to ruin Mothman

Politics is very complicated but if there’s one thing we can all agree on it’s apparently that we’d like the world to be run by cryptids. Bigfoot? Sure. Cthulhu? You betcha. Sasquatch? That’s kind of just Bigfoot under a different name but alright. A giant meteor? That’s not really a cryptid but we’re game for it. Cryptids – animals or pseudopeople that don’t exist, probably … Continue reading We’re here today to ruin Mothman

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