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Yavin4

Yavin4's Journal
Yavin4's Journal
May 15, 2013

You want a scandal? Here are some: Income Inequality...

Joblessness
Student Loan programs
Afghanistan
The treatment of vets from Iraq/Afghanistan
Health care costs
Racial/Gender/Ethnic Discrimination
Human Trafficking
Outsourcing
Exploitaiton of Immigrant laborers
Gun violence

Everything else is a bunch or bored inside the Beltway bullshit. Kings Landing has more relevance in Westeros than DC does in America.

May 13, 2013

Oh brother, the media really seems to need to have elections every year.

The great Benghazi and IRS "scandals" have MSNBC talking heads, Joe Scarborough and Chris Matthews, panting and foaming at the mouths. When both stories are nothing more than a big, fat yawn.

The media is desperately looking for a scandal. ANY scandal to hang around Obama's neck, and they can't find one.

May 9, 2013

Is Your State's Highest Paid Employee A Coach? Probably.

To be fair, these coaches are not paid out of tax revenue. Their programs generate the revenue. However, the student-athletes don't get paid squat.

http://deadspin.com/infographic-is-your-states-highest-paid-employee-a-co-489635228


May 9, 2013

Riker from Star Trek: The Next Generation Sits Down

Does anyone here sit like this?

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May 7, 2013

Christie is running for president in 2016 and he is the Republican establishment's choice

I wish him well with this procedure, and I hope that his health improves. However, let's make no mistake about it. He did it now because he is going to run for presidenti in 2016, and it also explains why he didn't run in 2012.

Christie/Rubio 2016.

May 5, 2013

ESPN Made Me Cry This Morning

The Carroll Academy Lady Jags have lost 213 straight high school basketball games, but they use sports as a way to win in life.


http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=9242142

May 5, 2013

Why Hasn't The American Left Convinced More Americans To Vote For More Progressive Candidates?

All of our issues would be better served if more Americans voted for progressives across all elective offices, city, county, state, and federal.

For example, income equality would be better addressed if forming unions were made easier, but we need progressive federal and state legislators to make that happen.

Does anyone have an answer?

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