politics

Just a few of the many facets to the recent Standing Rock delay

Submitted by don mikulecky on Sun, 12/04/2016 - 5:31pm

I have written much about the drastic changes we need to make if we are to survive our self- made crisis. There is no need to point these things out to the water protectors at Standing Rock. I only wonder if the rest of us really understand this.
Today there was a pause in construction announced. This is a victory for all people on the planet. It has significance in many ways. Surely the protection of the water is the obvious one.

Dissecting 435: The Need for Change

Submitted by Strife Delivery on Thu, 12/01/2016 - 9:49am

The 2016 election saw Donald Trump win against Hillary Clinton with an unexpected victory, with Trump scoring 306 Electoral College votes compared to Clinton's 232. With that victory however, comes the dissenting cries as Clinton won the popular vote by roughly 2 million votes. This has sparked a wide number of debates, ranging from the issues of democracy, the need to scrap the Electoral College, overturning the Electoral College, illegitimate wins, and more.

"I voted for Trump, so there!"

Submitted by Big Al on Tue, 11/29/2016 - 10:23pm

bannon.jpg

Quick hit.

This is all over the internet and being discussed. I'll give it the Big Al angle.

This is just one person in one place, but it's interesting how it played out and how it's being played in the media. Most are calling it a racist rant and siding with the black employees while some are defending the white woman.

The Folly in "Pushing"

Submitted by Strife Delivery on Mon, 11/28/2016 - 11:30am

The 2016 election has come to an end, with the effects reverberating not only through the heartland of America, but throughout the world. This election was perhaps one of the most divisive, toxic, and also, hollow campaigns waged here on American soil. As voters could barely stomach going to the voting booths, both camps had rallying cries and soothing rhetoric to either jumpstart voters or placate them.

Identity is important: racism, sexism, and weaponized identity politics shape our political landscape

Submitted by BayAreaLefty on Fri, 11/18/2016 - 10:07am

The 2016 election has (re-)surfaced a terrible facet of politics in America: we are still a deeply racist and sexist nation. Our identities help shape our environment growing up and they influence how others perceive and interact with us. To dismiss identities as politically insignificant is to deny racism (and by that I mean, for the purposes of this diary, empowered and privileged white bigotry against non-whites).

True Lies (Physics)

Submitted by PriceRip on Tue, 11/08/2016 - 1:02pm

          From the earliest introduction to general science onward students are taught . . .

Objects in space (far from any others) have:
1) a kinetic energy described by E = ½ m v²
2) a momentum described by p = m v

          The curriculum, and most professors never emphasize that the above is just a convenient approximation grounded in our reliance in the past on experimental measurements.

Pages