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Happy Genocide Day!

Of course it’s true that Columbus was an illegal immigrant. Science has an airtight record of people migrating to this hemisphere. Migrating is crucial to the distinction – it means they came to a land that had no government to apply for citizenship. So, tribes formed their own nations. Anyone who enters someone else’s nation … Continue reading →

But He Looked So Wholesome!

Paul Petersen, the Republican assessor of Arizona’s most populous county, was charged in Utah, Arizona and Arkansas with counts including human smuggling, sale of a child, fraud, forgery and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Continue reading →

What Goes Around Comes Around

Short video mash up to keep alive your hopes and dreams. Continue reading →

PIGEON POOPS ON LAWMAKER’S HEAD WHILE HE ADDRESSED A PIGEON POOP PROBLEM

A pigeon apparently didn’t think much of a lawmaker’s ideas to address a messy situation at a Chicago Transit Authority ... Continue reading →

Where Would We Be Without Refugees?

Immigration and migration are, historically, the first line of defense against poverty and starvation. For those facing unsurmountable odds, being a refugee is the first line of defense against being murdered. Continue reading →

And What Was So Wrong With This?

We made this video right before the last election and thought it would be great for the Hillary campaign.  Continue reading →

Fact Check: Would this really help?

4 to 7 billion trees are cut down every year, according to IntactForests Organization. According to Worldometers, there have been 44 million deaths this year. So as catchy as this meme is, it would take 159 years to replenish one year’s worth of deforestation. And there’s another problem. 28% of trees are cut down for … Continue reading →

Well, Anyone Can Slip up in the Rain

Of course, he didn’t mean airports. He meant his Martian colony on the moon, meaning Mars,  where there’s a colony because a flag is planted there, and he put it there, of course, to scare the Redcoats. Or were they Bluecoats? Advertisements

Happy July 4 Kind Of

It’s a sad day for America when a president coopts the meaning of our only national celebration dedicated to breaking from authoritarianism. Advertisements

1.2 Americans Die; 300 million Americans Celebrate

Memorial Day is a solemn day to think about dead people, broken families, orphaned children, blood and ultimate scarifies. So, why do we put “Happy” in front of it? Continue reading →