Election Day 2018 – 47
Happy election day! Go out and vote!
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11, 2018
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10, 2018
Rape Culture Part 2 – 46
Part 2. See episode 45 (ironically) for part 1. WHAT IS RAPE CULTURE? Rape Culture is an environment in which rape is prevalent and in which sexual violence is normalized and excused in the media and popular culture. Rape culture is perpetuated through the use of misogynistic language, the objectification of women’s bodies, and [...]
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10, 2018
Rape Culture – 45
WHAT IS RAPE CULTURE? Rape Culture is an environment in which rape is prevalent and in which sexual violence is normalized and excused in the media and popular culture. Rape culture is perpetuated through the use of misogynistic language, the objectification of women’s bodies, and the glamorization of sexual violence, thereby creating a society [...]
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09, 2018
Kavanaugh N Stuff – 44
We discuss how absurd it is to smear sexual assault victims and how Republicans find it OK to delay Obama's SCOTUS pick for over a year while they are now crying foul at Democrats wanting an FBI investigation because 4 women came forward accusing Kavanaugh of assault.
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08, 2018
Venezuela Ins’t Socialism and Other Stuff – 43
Conservatives like to label a failing Venezuela as a failed Socialist nation when it is far from Socialist. Venezuela is a dictatorship and they pin most of their revenue on oil, 95% GDP. The incompetent and corrupt government eliminates political competition and a free press (sounds familiar?) They do little to grow a healthy [...]
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07, 2018
Where Is The Supreme Court, This Country, Going? – 42
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring and the highest court in our nation is about to swing to the hard right for decades to come.
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04, 2018
Should The Constitution Be Updated? – 40
Should the constitution be updated? Is it a living document? Our constitution is founded on some great ideas but it's a Rube Goldberg patchwork of ideas that needs modernization especially considering that it was written well over 200 years ago.
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04, 2018
YouTube Shooting, the Gun Violence Saga Continues – 39
Yet another shooting, this time a woman who is upset with YouTube. Nasim Najafi Aghdam, armed with a Smith & Wesson 9mm pistol shot 3 people and took her own life. The Parkland mass shooter was not a current student, he took an Uber and brought a duffel bad with guns and ammo. Clear [...]
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03, 2018
Bad Economic Choices – 38
The new tax policy was designed to punish blue states because they have higher local and state taxes. Corporations get permanent and big tax cuts that only benefit the rich. Repatriation of overseas corporate wealth will go towards stock buybacks, C-level bonuses, and shareholder dividends. Decisions to invest in R&D and hire more employees [...]
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02, 2018
How To Argue With A Gun Advocate – 37
Water is the next limited resource. Just in the news, bomb threat to Trump tower. This doesn't help anybody. Pro gun people use the second amendment to proclaim their constitutional right to gun ownership. Thing is, the constitution is a living document and was meant to be modified as needed. We modified it to [...]