Even While Tax-Payer Subsidized Amtrak is $21 Billion in the Hole, the Company Will Now Waste Over $2 Billion on a Minor, Insignificant, Almost Completely Unnecessary “Upgrade”

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Amtrak train

Amtrak train

Amtrak is Spending Billions So You Can Travel 3 mph Faster on a Small Section of Track:
http://rare.us/story/amtrak-is-spending-billions-so-you-can-travel-3-mph-faster-on-a-small-section-of-track/

I love train travel. I’ve enjoyed it in France, Italy, China, and even here in the States. I think it would be awesome to have a private, nationwide, high-speed rail network in America, though I recognize that practical considerations make that highly unlikely for the foreseeable future.

I mention all that to say that in sharing this story I’m not anti-train; I’m anti-stupid wastes of taxpayer money.

You see, the Department of Transportation has announced its largest loan in history: $2.4 billion to Amtrak to pay for faster service in the Northeast corridor.

(Read entire article here…)

My Commentary: Brilliant!

Complimentary Diapers and Pacifiers Should be Offered to All Students Who Enter Campus “Safe Space”

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"Safe place"

“Safe place”

Duke’s Sanford School Sets Up Official “Safe Space” Where Students Can Go to “Heal”:
http://heatst.com/culture-wars/stanford-sets-up-official-safe-space-where-students-can-go-to-heal/

(Emily Zanotti) While the University of Chicago works to eliminate the concept of a “safe space” from its campus, other schools are wholeheartedly embracing the concept of walling off fragile students from uncomfortable ideas.

The prestigious Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University is creating one of the nation’s first physical “safe spaces” on campus—a room designed to help students cope with the horrors of university life, and the systemic oppression they might encounter on campus.

(Read entire article here…)

My Commentary: Complimentary diapers and pacifiers offered to all students who enter…

The American Government Considers Saudi Arabia an “Ally,” Even Though the Brutal Regime has Institutionalized Fundamental Human Rights Abuses

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Man given public lashes, after being found guilty of "terrorism"for the "crime" of publicly posting his Atheist beliefs online, while criticizing the Quran.

Man given public lashes, after being found guilty of “terrorism”for the “crime” of publicly posting his Atheist beliefs online, while criticizing the Quran.

Saudi Arabia Sentences a Man to 10 Years in Jail and 2,000 Lashes for Being an Atheist:
http://thinkaboutnow.com/2016/09/saudi-arabia-sentences-a-man-to-10-years-in-jail-and-2000-lashes-for-being-an-atheist/

The 28-year-old reportedly refused to repent, insisting what he wrote reflected his beliefs and that he had the right to express them.

The hardline Islamic state’s religious police in charge of monitoring social networks found more than 600 tweets denying the existence of God, ridiculing Koranic verses, accusing all prophets of lies and saying their teaching fuelled hostilities.

(Read entire article here…)

My Commentary: US “ally”… 😉

Hillary Clinton Believes Wars of Aggression and Crimes Against Humanity Represent Legitimate Foreign Policy

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War monger, Hillary Clinton

War monger, Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton: “If I’m President, We Will Attack Iran… We Would be Able to Totally Obliterate Them.”:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/hillary-clinton-if-im-president-we-will-attack-iran/5460484

(Stephen Lendman) On July 3, 2015, presidential aspirant Hillary Clinton addressed a hand-picked audience at a Dartmouth College campaign event. She lied calling Iran an “existential threat to Israel… I hope we are able to get a deal next week that puts a lid on (its) nuclear weapons program.”

(Read entire article here…)

My Commentary: Wars of aggression and crimes against humanity as foreign policy…

But, Without Government, Who Would Institutionalize Systemic Injustice?

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As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by an acquaintance from here, and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

"American Injustice: Authorities uncovered that Wachovia bank laundered $378.4 billion for a Mexican drug cartel. The bank was fined just $50 million (2% of its profits) and no one went to jail. But, we lock up kids over a dime bag of pot. Let that sink in."

“American Injustice: Authorities uncovered that Wachovia bank laundered $378.4 billion for a Mexican drug cartel. The bank was fined just $50 million (2% of its profits) and no one went to jail. But, we lock up kids over a dime bag of pot. Let that sink in.”

My Commentary: But, without government…