I'll admit that I didn't see this one coming.

The Institute for Economics and Peace has issued its tenth annual 2016 Global Peace Index (GPI). The GPI uses 23 factors/indicators to rank the countries of the world according to Peace, from the most peaceful to the least peaceful. The analysis came to the conclusion that the world has become less peaceful and more unequal over the last ten years.

In about two weeks, America will once again visit polling stations and participate in a soon-to-be archaic ritual called voting. As a tiny reward, and also to remind others to participate in the ritual, those who do it old-style - in a booth - will be given a tiny oval-shaped sticker that says "I Voted". I have often asked for a second sticker to bring home for the kiddo, and a weird feeling of pride has always come over me when I gave it to her.

I said a few months ago that A vote for Hillary is a vote for war in Syria. I based this on the statements of virtually all her advisors.

The one consistent thing in America's attitude toward Somali lives is total indifference.
A good example of this indifference is today's NY Times article.

Colin Kaepernick's decision to simply take a knee during the National Anthem to protest police violence caused much wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth by people who lack the ability to determine what is important in life.
Well, now those people have a whole new reason to throw a fit.

A group calling themselves the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) has written a "memo" to Empire in Chief Obama, just like they did to war criminal George W. Bush in the earlier part of the century.

So I registered at https://presidentialopenquestions.com/ and asked this question. I hope we can get a million people or so to vote for the question I submitted. I know dip about social media and youtubing and whatnot, but I think this is a question that, if asked in public, changes a lot of public discussion.