Google begins launching Internet-beaming balloons

http://economicrisis.com/google-begins-launching-internet-beaming-balloons/10237 Google begins launching Internet-beaming balloons Google is launching Internet-beaming antennas into the stratosphere aboard giant, jellyfish-shaped balloons with the lofty goal of getting...

Colorado to limit free speech of pro-marijuana magazines

After a wrongful arrest, prosecutors frequently offer the dropping of charges, or expugement of arrest records, if the person wrongly arrested agrees to not sue. This is related to the practice of a wrongfully arrested person agreeing to a settlment, but banned from...

War memorial only honors those of the Christian religion

The religious right-wing have a flawed view of the Constitution when it comes to religion, then again, they have a flawed view of basic logic. No, there is no right to use public monies to further and fund and promote the Christian religion. Some seem to believe so, and often...

President Obama declares June Gay Pride Month

Barack Obama has been by far the best President of the United States when it comes to gay rights. But of course, it was never really an issue when Grover Cleveland occupied the White House, so it is really only fair to compare Obama to recent presidents. Now, we haven't had a...

Atheist in Oklahoma asked by Wolf Blitzer on thanking a god?

In this short video CNN's Wolf Blitzer (still the coolest name in journalism) in the aftermath of the giant tornado in Oklahoma City, asks a woman named Rebecca Vitsmun (who is holding her son), "Do you thank the Lord?" Vitsmun replies, "I'm actually an atheist." I hope...

Man killed for being gay in New York City

Marc Carson was a 32 year old gay man. He was a gay man, because now he is dead. He is dead because of a bullet from one Elliot Morales, a man one year older but who had a much different life path. A path built on hate and fear. Morales, a violent criminal with a record,...

Christian right opposes girls in sports but wants gays imprisoned

Fundamentalist Christianity is very intolerant. Indeed, some of them are intolerant of girls or women playing competative sports. I was not aware of this until very recently, but I can't say I am the least bit surprised. A Christian fundamentalist named Scott Jonas wrote...

Ex-Rep. Weiner throws hat in NYC mayoral race

http://economicrisis.com/ex-rep-weiner-throws-hat-in-nyc-mayoral-race/8763 Ex-Rep. Weiner throws hat in NYC mayoral race Former Democratic Brooklyn congressman Anthony Weiner, who resigned in 2011 over a sexting scandal, announced in a YouTube video Tuesday that he is...

NYPD Cops Arrest Woman Recording Them, Apparently Stealing Wrong

http://economicrisis.com/nypd-cops-arrest-woman-recording-them-apparently-stealing-wrong-memory-card/8330 NYPD Cops Arrest Woman Recording Them, Apparently Stealing Wrong Memory Card New York City police officers arrested a woman who was video recording them from a...

Why do Christians think they are persecuted if the government?

I. North Miami mayor candidate Anna Pierre has flyers that states she is endorsed by Jesus. Yes, that Jesus. She seems to be somewhat on the left-wing, so that is just an example of religion's influence throughout the political spectrum, but of course religion's influence on...

Workers in in the U.S. strike for higher wages

As I was traveling down Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee, right where the main library sits, I noticed a protest. A protest by workers and their supporters in favor of raising wages for fast food workers. There must have been about 100 people, easily, out there.Protests happened...

Catholic Church bans sex ed in public schools

Different thoughts:I. A Christian conservative who runs one of the largest right-wing websites in America believes that the 10 Commandments were bannished from churches and syngogues.He wrote this in support of 10 Commandments dislays on governmental property, in order to...

$1 trillion wasted on the war on drugs, time to end it now

Since the start of the drug war we have spent over $1 trillion dollars on the drug war and the rates of drug addiction are just as high as they were in the 1960s. Simply, what a waste of money. Waste of lives. Innocent men and women killed by police who search the wrong...