Category Archives: If You REALLY Care

FreeDUMB!

So, uh, there was this convoy in Ottawa over the weekend. No one’s really sure what the hell it was all about, or what it was meant to accomplish or how, but it furnished us with some good laughs at … Continue reading

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It’s January 6 again.

Hard to believe that a year has passed since we saw the Confederate flag carried into the US Capitol, and some loon in a fake shaman’s trappings singing over a bunch of muffins (when he wasn’t trying to further incite … Continue reading

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How YouTube suppresses independent media (and rewards far-right grifters)

David Doel breaks it all down: I don’t have much to add to what he says, other than that it’s important to subscribe to those leftist channels you like to watch. You can subscribe to David here. But more importantly, … Continue reading

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How AIDS research is helping speed up COVID research

It’s World AIDS Day, and here we are: AIDS is no longer an automatic death sentence for everyone who tests positive for HIV. So, why should we reflect back on the last most terrifying deadly pandemic of recent times? Well, … Continue reading

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Quotable: Stieg Larsson on neo-Nazism

“To claim that neo-Nazism is just a transitory fashion is a myth that has been allowed to take root for too many years. The effect is that the authorities — for lack of any better alternative — call in social … Continue reading

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Governor of Texas has a political death wish

Hey! Remember how I said, the other day, that Texas doesn’t actually care about protecting life, because it treats even biological accidents such as miscarriage like a crime? Well, get a load of the governor’s latest anti-life gambit: Texas Gov. … Continue reading

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What it’s like to have a miscarriage in Texas

Marlena Stell, founder and CEO of Makeup Geek Cosmetics, tells a harrowing story of what it’s like to have a wanted pregnancy go terribly wrong. In her case, it was the second time a pregnancy ended in miscarriage and required … Continue reading

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9-11: The Afghan connection

A French documentary on the unheeded warnings of Ahmed Shah Massoud, the Northern Alliance leader assassinated by the Taliban two days before 9-11. You cannot understand the current situation of Afghanistan, much less its connection to the events of 20+ … Continue reading

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Fahrenheit 9/11: A full screening (and some random thoughts 20 years later)

This was actually broadcast yesterday, but in case you missed it, here it is in full (with Michael Moore doing a podcast beforehand, and a Q & A after): (If you just want to see the movie, fast-forward to minute … Continue reading

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Quotable: Martin Luther on surviving the bubonic plague in the 1500s

Even half a millennium ago, some Christians understood how NOT to be a plague rat. Are you listening today, evangelicals?

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