Politics

A collection of 681 posts

extremism

Anti-Religious-Extremist Muslim Student Banned from US

The Independent reported on Zia Shah, a Fulbright scholar at the University of Chicago, who went home for the Winter holidays to Pakistan only to be refused re-entry into the US. He had been teaching Pakistani children, before enrolling at Chicago, about religious tolerance, surely showing himself to be the

Religion and Society

'Religious left' emerging as U.S. political force in Trump era

<script type="text/javascript" src="//ri.revolvermaps.com/0/0/3.js?i=aoz7amtmafu&amp;b=0&amp;s=14&amp;m=2&amp;cl=ffffff&amp;co=010020&amp;cd=aa0000&amp;v0=60&amp;v1=60&amp;r=1" async="async"></script>

News

Running the Country Like a Business; CEO as President

I found this video interesting. It's almost so obvious that we can just look straight past it to the powerful ramifications it has.

Brexit

Brexit Is Not a "Clear Mandate" from the People

The EU referendum was a close affair, with a 52 / 48% split in the vote. What makes things particularly interesting is that the number of people who regret their vote is supposedly bigger than the difference in the vote between Leave and Remain. This means that, arguably, more people actually

Brexit

My Irony Meter Just Exploded

This is amazing. I couldn't count the number of times my hypocrisy alarm went nuts.

immigration

"Trying to Protect Christian Europe"

Europe is an interesting place at the moment, to say the least. We have Brexit at the top left, rising populism in the middle with Marie le Pen, as well as a rebuttal of Geert Wilders the other day, and in the bottom right we have a huge humanitarian challenge

Democratic Party

Staggeringly Good - Separating Blue States from Red: A Letter about Bluexit

There is a fabulous piece of writing at New Republic. I would love to post it all here, but alas, fair use and all that. It is long, but written so well, with so many nuggets. Well done, Kevin Baker! I include a few snippets. (H/T Alan Duval for

right-wing

Dutch PM Rutte Sees off Populist Surge. For Now.

I have been one, amongst many, who has been worried about the surge of right-wing populism in Europe. The Netherlands were the first country in the EU to seriously challenge the political union, with their right-wing tweeter-in-chief, Geert Wilders, stoking up popular gripes amongst the electorate. But the standing PM

hypocrisy

Is Trumpcare and the Repeal of Obamacare Christian?

I find it funny that so many Republicans call themselves Christian, but appear to divest themselves of Christian morality and knowledge of biblical scripture when it comes to politics. Take this video. I think the speaker (Joe Kennedy III) does a tremendous job of pointing out the hypocrisy of such

Brexit

Richard Dawkins on Brexit

Go Dawks!

Mike Pence

My First Meme! Mike Pence...

For what it's worth, I have generated my first meme. YES! I'VE CHANGE THE WORLD! Hy ho. I suppose the idea is to try to drive traffic and increase audience. So share away! Here it is.

Trump

Quote of the Day: Kevin K on Mango Mussolini

Love it: So, here's the thing. Mango Mussolini is the most inept person to occupy the Oval Office since before there even was an Oval Office. His "ideas" are laughably inane, outright racist, xenophobic, and backwards. There is not one proposal that he has put forward

crime

VOICE - Trump's Disgusting Speech Minute

I didn't know about this. Oh dear, this is terrible. Especially since, as Business Insider state: But the facts suggest the president's rhetoric is wrong. Recent social science research underscores that the relationship between immigration and crime or terrorism is likely the opposite of what Trump

climate change

Trump, "Wallowing within" Swamp, Sets out to Destroy EPA

There is a brace of interesting articles in The Independent at the moment (since the Indy has gone online only, can you now say "in" The Independent?). Firstly, one article, titled "In the White House things are looking bad. This could be the beginning of the end

Democratic Party

"Happy people never become Nazis." Sam Harris and David Frum on Trump

This is well worth a listen for so many things. I could sit here and type out the many nuggets, but better you go straight to the horse's mouth. Stick your comments below about what you think were the most important or interesting talking points. Frum is a

fake news

Trump Edging Ever Closer to Authoritarian Dictatorship

Trump is becoming more controversial by the day. I have been worried of his intentions to dismantle democratic processes and institutions. For example, only the other day Sean Spicer decreed that certain news media were not allowed into a press gaggle, including the BBC, CNN and others. Now we have

UKIP

The Insanity of the UKIP Christian Group

This leaflet from the Christian Soldiers of UKIP says it all: Wow, wanting to remain in the EU is spiritual treason. Interesting how God always seems to align his political beliefs to whatever a particular Christian believes. "Sword of truth" and "shield of Faith"... I didn&

fake news

Trump's Defensive Ruse - Tweeting "FAKE NEWS!"

Trump appears to be "flailing like a man who fears he’s about to go under". Well, I hope so. What is extraordinarily fascinating about Trump is seeing his childish tweets. Not only do we know he has the language of a third grader, but we can quite

The News

Trump and His Sources of News

John Oliver had a really tough task the other day in his first episode back after the break. So much to talk about, so little time. How best to spend that time when Trump has provided such incredible stimulus. it is hard to find the episode yet online. Here is

Trump

Finland Second! My Favourite Finnish video EVER!

Finland heard you, President Trump. We know it's going to be America first, BUT number two IS NOT the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark or any other country. FINLAND wants to be number two! Check out other #EverySecondCounts videos here: http://everysecondcounts.eu/

The News

Reuters Compares the US Administration to Authoritarian Regimes

Reuters news agency is warning its reporters to expect many reactions, including physical intimidation. The management have sent out an advisory letter. The letter from Reuters, sent to its staff, advises them on how to report on the administration, drawing on experience and techniques gleaned from experiences with authoritarian regimes

Obama

Trump Is a Huge Threat to Everything

Holy shit. I simply cannot believe it. I can't even bring myself to discuss in any great depth the volume of sheer insanity. So I am going to list them: * Evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr. to lead education task force for Trump * Trump vows to "totally destroy&

science

An AWESOME Obamacare Conversation

I just had to share this one (from Trumpgrets): Heh.

Trump

Five Great Things Trump Has Achieved since Inauguration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFW6yUlgGdI I welcome any better suggestions.

Deep Dive

The March Towards Individualism

[rant] First came Brexit. Then the rise of populism across continental Europe. Next, it was Trump. And now a further boost to populist organisations and movements across Europe. And what this says to me is that the world appears to be lurching towards a powerful sense of individualism. Or at