By: Ryan Carrillo It was only a matter of time before Chicago’s Democrats came up with a way to grab a bigger slice of the pie from the tech industry. The Chicago Tribune reports that on Wednesday, the City of Chicago implemented a new 9% tax on streaming and cloud services. The “cloud tax” has caught…
By: Laura Meyers In Washington state, kids being taught inaccurate American history being will soon be the least of parents’ worries about the public school system. Some middle and high schools in Washington are working together with a Medicaid program sponsored by Planned Parenthood, known as Take Charge, and a non-Profit, Neighborcare, in order to provide…
By: Ryan Carrillo On Tuesday morning, in the 3800 block of King Palm Avenue, near Lamb Boulevard and Craig Road, a male and female suspect were shot after their attempted home invasion went horribly wrong (or right). The female suspect, identified as Tiffany Carter, also known as Tarnesha Harris, knocked on the door of the robbery…
I’ve refrained from making bad Star Trek puns or references because I think this is a serious issue deserving of serious contemplation. However, the wonderful Ben Chapman posted this image in response to Takei’s statements today. In any event, George Takei posted a response to the “few fans” who have taken umbrage with his “blackface”…
By: Laura Meyers Sometimes I go out into the world and I’m blown away by humanity. I mean, look at all the infrastructure, medicine, and civilizations people have created together over the past centuries. The power of the human race is incredible. But then, sometimes I go out and I see things like this video. And…
The government can’t discriminate. 14th amendment. But what about private businesses? That is a trickier question, and one which has seen a lot of heated debate and google searches as of recent. Many people say NO. No discrimination. Discrimination is bad, even in the private sector. But, at what point did we decide to override…
By: Blake Neff Published: July 3, 2015 A philosophy and religion professor at Syracuse University gave an interview to The New York Times Thursday in which he critiqued the notion of pure reason as simply being a “white male Euro-Christian construction.” Prof. John Caputo was being interviewed by fellow philosophy professor George Yancy for the 13th installment of an interview series…
By: Laura Meyers One wife, two wife, three wife, four! Nathan Collier of Billings, Montana has two wives, Vicki and Christine. He is legally married to Vicki, but also wants to legally wed Christine. Now, after the recent Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage, now seems like the perfect time to solidify his own rights….
By: Laura Meyers Everything is bigger in Texas, including the aliens and tinfoil cowboy hats. A number of sightings were reported to The Mutual UFO Network last month when Texans kept confusing circular clouds for UFOs. The initial report reads as such: Rare sight captured yesterday in Southeast Texas after severe weather. UFO? pic.twitter.com/W2ZBnwkeyI —…
George Takei’s racist attack on Justice Thomas today is impossible to take out of context. The phrase “clown in blackface” can have only racist connotations. For quite awhile now I have regularly enjoyed reading Takei’s commentary on various issues, his jokes and bad puns on his Facebook page, and many other things he has done over…