Daily Topics - Wednesday October 21st, 2015
By shawnt56
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Our newest video is here! Watch RESTORATION - plus check out CARBON, LAST HOURS & GREEN WORLD RISING - narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio & Thom Hartmann, directed by Leila Conners
Hour One: Is Paul Ryan on the Ultimate Power Trip?
Hour Two: Did Canada Just School America? Marshall Auerback, Levy Institute/Economists for Peace and Security
Hour Three: Why is the GOP Holding Grandma & Vets Hostage...Again? Romina Boccia, Heritage Foundation
Comments
#2
Tom DeLay was never Speaker of the House. It went straight from Gingrich to Hastert. DeLay was the Republican whip at the time of the 2000 election, under majority leader Dick Armey.
#3
How did President of the Senate Thomas Jefferson manage to put rules in place in the House of Representatives?
#4
(Science News Item) The lazy ant stuff is an example of the principle of system resilience. The extra ants form a reserve which can respond to catastrophes that might threaten the nest. When they sit around they consume minimal energy. Our human "mean and lean" systems are much more brittle and subject to failure under much less stress. (Of course, the bosses can make more money until system failure after which they can walk away from the debris with their loot.) Let's hear it for more intelligent systems design!
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At Mondragon - both the mountain and the cooperative city - in Spain (written about in "Threshold" book)
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From Unequal Protection, 2nd Edition:
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I have to ask Joe Biden, for the past 8 years, how well has reaching over the isle worked out? The issue with Republicans is not the lack of isle reaching, it is the contract they made to actually obstruct the President. I do not think they will cave to anyone, regardless of which Democrat it is.