Douglas Carpenter
Douglas Carpenter's JournalDoes ANYONE here SERIOUSLY believe that DU is full of paid trolls?
It is no secret that there are people who work for candidates and causes who post on Internet forums to advance their candidates and causes. But there seems to be a suggestion from some quarters that there are a number of people here who either work for corporate interest to advance a pro-corporate Democratic agenda or who secretly work for the Republicans to try to suppress voter turnout by undermining support for the Democratic Party and its leadership.
Is it not possible that people can be wrong for free? Maybe there are some paid trolls - But I doubt it. At least not very many.
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Obama messes up couples wedding - couple is thrilled - video
http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peopleandplaces/obama-messes-up-couples-wedding-couple-is-thrilled/vi-BBhoRcJFind the furthest city on earth from your place or anywhere else.
Have you ever wondered what cities are furthest away? What Country really is on the opposite side of the world to you? Use Furthest City to search any world city with a population of over 100k.
http://furthestcity.com/
Fixing Autism Research by John Elder Robison
The simple answer is, were studying the wrong things. Were sinking millions into the search for a cure, even though we now know that autism is not a disease but rather a neurological difference, one that cripples some of us while bringing a few others extraordinary gifts. Most of us live with a mix of exceptionality and disability. I know I do.
We can remediate the crippling conditions that accompany autism. Anxiety, depression, seizure disorders, sleep disorders, and intestinal distress are the big ones, but there are more..
We can offer engineering solutions to the things autistic people cant do naturally. Some formerly nonverbal autistics talk through handheld tablets, and make friends with computer assistants like Siri. Were now seeing machines that read expressions even when we cant. Computers can improve anyones quality of life, but we stand to benefit more than most from applied technology.
So how might this change in research direction come about? For one thing, we can put autistic people in charge. The fact is, researchers have treated autism as a childhood disability, when in fact its a lifelong difference. If childhood is a quarter of the life span, then three-quarters of the autistic population are adults. Doesnt it make sense that some of us would want to take a role in shaping the course of research that affects us?
If youre a researcher with an interest in autismand you want to really make a differenceopen a dialogue with autistic people. Ask what they want and need, and listen.
John Elder Robison is a professor at the College of William & Mary and the author of Look Me in the Eye.
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/533366/fixing-autism-research/
Sanders and Warren won't sign letter opposing Palestinians taking unilateral action at the U.N.
Bernard Sanders (I), Bob Corker (R), Elizabeth Warren (D), Harry Reid*, Jeff Sessions (R), John D. Rockefeller IV*, Lisa Murkowski (R), Patrick J. Leahy* (D), Rand Paul (R), Tammy Baldwin (D), Tom Coburn (R), Tom Harkin* (D).
- See more at: http://mondoweiss.net/2014/09/elizabeth-sanders-bandwagon#sthash.sSuyxGiF.dpuf
Bill O'Reilly: If Warren ever gains the White House, she’d make Barack Obama look like Ronald Reagan
http://www.salon.com/2014/12/17/bill_oreillys_new_boogeywoman_the_blowhards_demented_attack_on_elizabeth_warren/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflowWhile Warren insists shes not running for president, she hasnt definitively ruled out a White House bid, and thats enough to convince groups like MoveOn.org, Democracy for America, and the Ready for Warren super PAC that its worth the effort to convince the senator to enter the 2016 contest. Naturally, OReilly felt compelled to weigh in on the Warren for President boomlet, and to hear him tell it, shes nothing short of a dangerous radical.
Ms. Warren despises Wall Street and big banks, saying they have rigged the capitalistic system, OReilly said during the Talking Points Commentary segment of last nights The OReilly Factor. The host didnt dwell on the possibility that Warrens anti-Wall Street message has caught fire because Americans harbor deep distrust toward banks and believe that the financial system is indeed rigged against them.
She believes that the social contract should allow punitive taxation on corporations and wealthy individuals in order to provide for those who do not have very much. Such taxation would cripple the consumer-driven marketplace, as we have seen under President Obama, he continued. The marketplace appears to have missed that memo; job growth continues to pick up steam, nearly two years after Obama let George W. Bushs tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans expire in 2013, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average has increased 115 percent on the radical Marxist Kenyans watch.
It is clear that the liberal policies of President Obama have weakened this nation abroad, created a stagnant economy and a staggering national debt, he said. But if Sen. Warren ever gains the White House, shed make Barack Obama look like Ronald Reagan.
Watch OReillys unhinged attack on the senator at FoxNews.com.
http://nation.foxnews.com/2014/12/16/oreilly-president-elizabeth-warren-would-make-obama-look-reagan
http://www.salon.com/2014/12/17/bill_oreillys_new_boogeywoman_the_blowhards_demented_attack_on_elizabeth_warren/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
Fox host: ‘Without question, Elizabeth Warren is the devil’ and Wall Street will defeat her
Fox Business host Melissa Francis (Fox News/screen grab)
And I can tell you from talking to people in the financial industry, in banking, on Wall Street, they think she is actually the devil, the Fox Business host continued. I mean, without question, Elizabeth Warren is the devil. So, theyre going to put any money they have behind Hillary Clinton, which should be a help.
Andrea Tantaros argued that Warrens populist message was a political winner.
We all hate the banks because of what they did a few years ago, guest host Bernard McGuirk remarked.
No, we dont! Francis shot back. Speak for yourself!
But in the end, McGuirk opined that Warren was a radical leftist who couldnt win.
So was President Obama, Tantaros sighed. They drudged up all that info, but the media hid it.
full article and video and link:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/fox-host-without-question-elizabeth-warren-is-the-devil-and-wall-street-will-defeat-her/
Ever notice all the sociopathic scum that posts on Youtube?
I've notice countless times when the cruelest of comments are made - even in response to tragedies.
In this particular case that is actually not at all that uncommon - there was news story about a 14 year-old-boy who
committed suicide after being bullied following the release on a social network sight of a hidden video that went viral that
reportedly showed him masturbating in a restroom stall.
What kind of monsters is our society creating? Here are some of the most popular comments in response to this youtube
video news story:
QuinPaperwasp3
LMAO. this is so funny. he just killed himself over a video. this teen is pathetic. what a coward. i hope he's burnt. +10 votes.
skillcoiler2
If the parents get a single dime from the school I will stop paying taxes fuck these parents. They should have taught their kid not to wank it in a public place if getting caught was going to make him so crybaby he would kill himself over it.+12 votes.
Sonny DaGuy
We live in a generation of sensitivity and we can't hurt the next person's feelings. This is what our government is teaching today's generation. So we as parents should teach our kids to be a little tougher ,to stand up and take a stand against the sensitivity bullshit they're teaching our kids in school. it's really sad what happen to the boy, we should understand that whatever we do nowadays will be recorded by some type of cell phone or video tape and will be posted online. If you don't want it to be online don't do it out in public. R.I.P. KID
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