Among those cheering loudest at the (presumed) end of Donald Trump’s presidency in the past week were the comedians – Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, John Oliver – on America’s staggering array of late-night shows and the-week-that-was wraps.

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Global warming demands some reality checks. Some “information” channels are often cool on the concept. “RT” and “NotGuardian” (GoofGuardian rather than OffGuardian sometimes) are example of bullshit spreading, with subtle differences...

The economy is picking up, and hundreds of thousand of workers in those queues are now back in work.

However, there are plenty more that will continue to struggle.

PAR continues to report on national efforts to monitor police, speaking to well-known cop watcher James Freeman about the perils of confronting cops with a camera. Freeman also shares his impression of policing in Arizona and local cops’ penchant for using deadly force in otherwise routine encounters...

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There is a tendency to be hasty in dealing with transgenderism. It has been described as a medical condition, when kids and adults feel that they live in the wrong sex-allocated body.

The psychology is complex. A passing moment in believing something or something else is part of learning. Becoming entrenched in our ideas and feelings can become obsessive. We learn to lie as much to others as to our self. 

Directed Energy Weapons are the next best thing… Well they’re not really good stuff if you want peace, but if you are at war and want to destroy something “precisely” INSTANTANEOUSLY, Directed Energy Weapons (DEWs) are the go.

Parler is fast becoming a conservative echo-chamber but big name climate deniers don't seem to be abandoning mainstream social media for the fringe platform — at least not yet.

Over-population is a sore point on many fronts. This cartoon from the New Yorker circa 1960s is frighteningly telling, but is it accurate?

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Hackers have breached computer systems used by US federal agencies including the Treasury and Commerce departments, US Government officials say.