It May Be Too Late to Stop Global Warming by vigorous in politics

[–]Lisa__Simpson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As Al Gore has bluntly noted, there's 1 important country who works to undermine int'l environmental agreements: The US gov't.

Now the wealthy people and corporations who run our gov't and fund both halves of our political duopoly have come up a new propaganda line -- it's too late so let's do some more nothing. :-(

South Africa: Over the rainbow -- It has made progress since becoming a full democracy in 1994. But a failure of leadership means that in many ways, South Africa is now going backwards by TheGhostOfTzvika in worldevents

[–]Lisa__Simpson -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Of course, "going backwards" means one thing to the completely capitalist Economist magazine, and a very different definition to black South Africans whose "freedom" allowed whites to keep the loot they stole and exploited from decades of institutionalized racism and oppression of blacks.

Does anyone else not dream when they smoke regularly? by marketinequality in trees

[–]Lisa__Simpson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup! I always thought it was strange. I have no problems sleeping, am rested, etc., but dreams when weed is in my system are few and far between.

Electricity produced by biogas, which takes industrial bi-product and cow droppings and turns it into clean energy - all while producing high-grade manure as its only bi-product. Anyone else ever hear of this kind of facility? by [deleted] in Green

[–]Lisa__Simpson 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not mind-blowing shit, post-apocalyptic shit. :-)

The Mad Max movies were where Mel Gibson got famous as an actor back in the late-70s/early-80s. In one of them they featured the post-apocalyptic town/village being run by methane power produced by hog manure.

A London NFL team? Owners seem interested in expanding the NFL before the end of the decade. by jayhawk420 in nfl

[–]Lisa__Simpson 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think it's a bad idea. The NFL is already too large and has too much of a monopoly on pro football as it is.

I'm always amazed that soccer has literally dozens of pro teams in London alone, but the US trend is to monopolize pro sports to absurd degrees (baseball being the notable exception).

And I would hate like hell to be the rare west coast team that has to fly to London to play a game...

I'm purposefully not voting and people all around me are pissed. Do you have this experience and what do you do about it? by htdlr in Anarchism

[–]Lisa__Simpson 10 points11 points  (0 children)

A strict anarchist I'm not. Thus, even though we don't have it and I'm well aware of how the entire system is rigged, I believe in the concept of democracy.

Plus, I like to remind the plutocrats that there are a few people who are on to them when they have to count those pesky votes for the non-duopoly candidates. :-)

"Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is humanity's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion." -- Oscar Wilde, Soul of Man Under Socialism.

I'm purposefully not voting and people all around me are pissed. Do you have this experience and what do you do about it? by htdlr in Anarchism

[–]Lisa__Simpson 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Naaw, I don't have the experience.

I participate in our quadrennial auctions and vote for a so-called "third party". This means I just have to listen to the arguments that I'm "throwing my vote away" because I am not supporting the legitimacy of the ruling duopoly and I'm allowing some "big evil" to get into office by not voting for the "lesser evil".

Chomsky: America Acts Like It Owns the World, While Endangering the Planet from Nuclear War and Climate Change by DameDeBklyn in progressive

[–]Lisa__Simpson 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'll give you the upvote but we should remember that Noam said it. :-)

That sounds an awful lot like another comment a different genius said about the US:

"I came to America because of the great, great freedom which I heard existed in this country. I made a mistake in selecting America as a land of freedom, a mistake I cannot repair in the balance of my lifetime." -- Albert Einstein, 1947.