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https://michaelhobbes.substack.com/p/moral-panic-journalism

The canonical example was the 1994 “McDonald’s hot coffee” case. In the mythic version, a woman spilled coffee on herself while driving, received minor injuries and then got rich by suing the fast food chain that sold it to her. In reality, 79-year-old Stella Liebeck wasn’t driving…[Read more]

Researchers successfully created a 10 trillion watt nuclear fusion energy burst

This breakthrough experiment was conducted on August 8. It is hailed as an important step towards alleviating concerns about the ability to ignite nuclear fuel in the laboratory and the need for a larger laser to achieve this goal. Since…[Read more]

https://www.rsn.org/001/rems-michael-stipe-on-why-he-backed-bernie-sanders.html

GL: “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” is one of R.E.M.’s most popular songs. It’s one of my favorites as well. There’s some speculation online that the song is about policy debate.

MS: Those rumors are untrue. The important part of the titl…[Read more]

https://theintercept.com/2021/10/22/kyrsten-sinema-corporate-democrats/

For Sinema in particular, her approach to the negotiations — to push against social spending and tax hikes on the rich and corporations — has cost her badly in the polls at home and hasn’t had much of an upside when it comes to campaign cash. Her model of politics is outda…[Read more]

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/10/jeremy-corbyn-bolivia-mas-socialism-luis-arce-evo-morales

During 2020, four hundred thousand Bolivians lost their jobs, income from remittances went down by almost half, and poverty and inequality soared as savage austerity measures took effect. Foreign debt was increased to $11.2 billion, including a $300 million…[Read more]

https://blog.theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com/rescue-story-oliver-2/

In the spring of 2015, I was greeted one evening by a tiny, mewing kitten that was hunched by a folded table in the corncrib. As I got closer, he showed bravado by spitting, hissing and puffing himself up. Hoping that his mama would hear him and come for him, I put out a…[Read more]

U.S. empire drags Lebanon towards civil war

In response to the killings, supporters of Hizballah and Amal brought out their weapons and engaged in a four hour gun battle with the snipers.

Hizballah is a Shia Muslim political movement. Its armed wing led the resistance forces that kicked Israeli…[Read more]

https://news.yahoo.com/asleep-car-police-woke-him-100143654.html

Catalani knocked on Luke’s window, startling him awake. They did not announce themselves as officers. Luke sat up and started the car. Catalani and Rhodes immediately opened Luke’s car doors and reached inside to forcibly remove him. Catalani grabbed Luke’s arm, and he wrapped his…[Read more]

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/10/bernie-sanders-democrats-joe-manchin-reconciliation-bill-media

Some members of the media may balk, but the way some outlets chose to frame Sanders’s Gazette-Mail op-ed very much affirmed his grievance. And it’s hardly the first time the reconciliation fight has been framed as pure spectacle, with the substantive pol…[Read more]

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https://www.weatherforddemocrat.com/news/where-are-the-workers-cutoff-of-jobless-aid-spurs-no-influx/article_23414cd0-b1dd-52b4-acea-b5e0f60af6fb.html

In states that cut off the $300 check, the workforce — the number of people who either have a job or are looking for one — has risen no more than it has in the states that maintained the pay…[Read more]