The one taboo of economics that the government is hiding from the public is the fact that if the government balances its books, it becomes impossible for the private sector to do … Continue reading David Graeber: what the government doesn’t want you to know about debt

Congressperson Lamar Smith (R-TX), who denies the existence of global warming, is Chair of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. What could possibly go wrong? Recently, a scientist named Jagadish … Continue reading Global warming: Lamar Smith wants to tie NOAA in knots.

A survey of 1541 randomly selected US adults ranked the country’s fears as of 2015. Items that ranked above climate change included corruption, mass surveillance, cyber-terrorism, bio-warfare, identity theft, running out of … Continue reading Americans are pretty mellow about climate change, terrified of everything else

Here we go again, folks! July was the hottest July on record, August the hottest August, so I bet you can’t fathom what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has to say … Continue reading Last Month Was the Hottest September in Recorded History

Creative ways to fund the government without taxes. So aggravating.. Sell off government assets? Privatize the Pentagon? Sell off land? Charge people fees to access public parks? Sell off the gold in … Continue reading Mining for dollars

A new study backed by big business argues that lobbying is harming the American economy – and proposes regulation to address the problem Source: Even corporate America wants campaign finance reform to stop crony capitalism | Zephyr Teachout | Comment is free | The Guardian Continue reading Even corporate America wants campaign finance reform to stop crony capitalism

  Prosecutors in more than 200 criminal cases across the United States, including murder and rape trials, have used the TrueAllele DNA-testing software to secure convictions, but defense attorneys cannot look at … Continue reading Prosecutors are sending people to jail with software evidence that no one can double-check

Things really are getting out of hand. Privacy should mean privacy from all, including the police, especially when it comes to your medical and DNA records. Source: 23andme & Ancestry.com aggregated the … Continue reading 23andme & Ancestry.com turning over customer DNA to the police

Amelia Flores, a high school senior with plans to become an electrical engineer, eagerly filled out a form to register to vote for the first time at the Kansas State Fair last … Continue reading Voter ID Battle Shifts to Kansas – NYTimes.com

What the public wants out of a candidate and what the beltway press does appear to be two entirely different things. Source: Bernie Won All the Focus Groups & Online Polls, So … Continue reading Bernie Won All the Focus Groups & Online Polls, So Why Is the Media Saying Hillary Won the Debate?

Bill McKibben: The truth of Exxon’s complicity in global warming must to be told – how they knew about climate change decades ago but chose to help kill our planet Source: Exxon’s … Continue reading Exxon’s climate lie: ‘No corporation has ever done anything this big or bad’

The size of the audience was a demonstration of the concern that Finnish people have for the future of their nation given that the conservative government is signalling it wants to impose … Continue reading University of Helsinki lecture | Euro Crisis