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The Conservative Hoax & The Liberal Sham

~ We have all been duped. Perhaps we have been deceiving ourselves this whole time, but now we must face a hard truth. Anyone who has ever identified as a Liberal or as a Conservative may particularly find this news upsetting, but it must be said before it is too late to repair our communities from a woeful and needless division…

We need to tether the Minimum Wage to the Maximum Wage within each company with a fixed percentage differential. Then, let the free market decide.

If the Minimum and Maximum Wage were set to be within (for example) no more than 500% of each other than each company may choose. They may give all of their lowest paid employees raises or cut the CEO pay rate. Or likely a compromise in between.

The Greatest Skill of All - Alan Watts

Zodigo! An Adorable 48 Sign Astrology

~ With the election of Donald Trump to the American Presidency, Scientific America Magazine reached out to some the sciences top minds for their take on the potential idiocracy ahead of us. Their responses varied. Ethologist, Richard Dawkins has asked New Zealand to offer American and British scientists asylum in the wake of Trump and Brexit and the advancement of willful ignorance. He thinks it could be a boon to their culture. They didn’t all have such a reactionary perspective. Michael Snyder, professor of genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine had a more hopeful perspective, saying,

Advancement of science transcends partisan boundaries and is fundamental for human health, and is a bedrock for U.S. technological advances and the economy. Hopefully, this will continue under any new administration. Although there is a rise in nationalism around the world, I think it is important that the international openness of science, its collaborations and its benefits be maintained for the benefit of all.

Let’s all hope Snyder is optimism is well placed.

Jesus Saved Judas Too

Super Antics #9 by Kerry Callen

~ Wonder Woman says it like it is. 

Police Accountability: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag

Burnin’ by Postaal

~ An anthem of devotion. What are you devoted to?

~ Imagine your basic needs being taken care of. What would you do with your life if survival weren’t your most pending need? Forbes Magazine talks to Scott Santens to help paint a picture of that idyllic world.

Basic income has been shown to reduce poverty and inequality. It’s been shown to lead to improved health and reduced crime. It’s been shown to reduce debt and increase savings. It’s been shown to increase entrepreneurship and social cohesion. Unlike welfare, it reaches everyone in need and enables people to escape lives of destitution and insecurity. Unlike unemployment, everyone receives basic income and so it creates the situation where everyone is always financially better off employed than unemployed, but everyone also has the real ability to pursue the work that’s most important to them, even if unpaid. So much of our current environment exists as it is because so many people don’t have sufficient access to money, which is the tool we use to obtain access to resources using markets. By making sure everyone has sufficient access to money, and therefore sufficient access to markets, we create the foundations for a stronger economy; and with it, a better society. 

Rip Tide - by Vance Joy

~ Pay close attention to this amazing video. Try not to be too distracted by the beautiful song. Such a lovely use of juxtaposition.

My Blue Foot Ep003 Dreaming of Blue Flowers:  Or, How I learned to Stop Worrying & Love Linear Time