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24 votes
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Political philosopher Robert B. Talisse explains his diagnosis and cure for the political polarization ailing America
2 votes -
Borat 2 exposes a racist, sexist, but still ultimately inspiring America
22 votes -
Jon Stewart will host Apple TV+ current affairs show
18 votes -
Harvard’s Chetty finds economic carnage for the poorest in the wealthiest ZIP codes
8 votes -
At least twenty municipalities have changed local laws to allow backyard chicken coops since the pandemic started
8 votes -
Boiling point: Want to stop climate change? Look to farms, forests and wetlands
7 votes -
Thoughts on the World Series so far?
I'm a Red Sox fan so don't have much invested in this WS but it has been AWESOME so far! I'm at a point where I really want the Rays to win but wouldn't be bummed to see Mookie and Joe Kelly get...
I'm a Red Sox fan so don't have much invested in this WS but it has been AWESOME so far! I'm at a point where I really want the Rays to win but wouldn't be bummed to see Mookie and Joe Kelly get another ring. Also, redemption for the Astros shenanigans.
My favorite moment is likely a predictable one but I'll say it anyway... the walk-off hit in game four was just an emotional roller coaster.
Anyone else watching? If so, what are your thoughts so far?
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Donald Trump vs Joe Biden | Epic Rap Battles Of History
7 votes -
2020 Election News and Information (Week of October 18th)
A thread you can easily ignore As the pace and the quantity of information that his coming out of the election increases. Instead of creating a new post for everything, or not posting things...
A thread you can easily ignore
As the pace and the quantity of information that his coming out of the election increases. Instead of creating a new post for everything, or not posting things because it is a smaller item, please feel free to post here.
Feel free to break out any information posted here into its own thread if the discussion warrants it.Major news can/should be broken out into its own topic. (use your own discretion)
20 votes -
Pope Francis appoints first African-American cardinal
12 votes -
How US President Donald Trump ruined political comedy
10 votes -
I was a cable guy. I saw the worst of America.
26 votes -
Stan Lee's last days: A shocking tale of love and abuse
9 votes -
Black players continued a mentoring tradition amid a pandemic
6 votes -
The COVID cruise ship and the Maine fishing town
4 votes -
Geothermal energy is poised for a breakout
14 votes -
Meet the 24-year-old who’s tracking every broken McDonald’s ice-cream machine in the US
14 votes -
The incredible story of the great Cannonball boom
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FEVER 333 - WRONG GENERATION (2020)
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/wrong-generation/1535816008 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0ENzm2HTf7mfFjWZ7CaB5u YouTube:...
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/wrong-generation/1535816008
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0ENzm2HTf7mfFjWZ7CaB5u
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8Nm3JIPr3w&list=OLAK5uy_knEEYCSEk8ai9vRtXwRnbrJ_bSVR_5JA8The hardcore meets hip-hop trio FEVER 333 are back to their roots with a new EP called WRONG GENERATION. While their last release, STRENGTH IN NUMB333RS, tended to lose their punk influence in exchange for more nu-metal influences, WRONG GENERATION ditches that side-step and continues from where they first started when the broke on to the scene in 2018 with Made an America. In my opinion, this is a welcome return to form. These guys seem most comfortable when they are making rebellious music that may not appeal to everyone, rather than their attempt at mainstream acceptance by employing more accessible song structure and instruments.
Drummer Aric Improta has never sounded better so far. While he's always been able to dial into a groove a bit, he feels more like the mover you'd like the drummer to be in a hip-hop band, rather than just playing keep up with the melody section. This does mean guitarist Stephen Harrison isn't quite as prominent in the tracks, but that doesn't mean he's not doing great work. Harrison takes more of a cue from Tom Morello in this album, following the rhythm section and getting in the groove. Vocalist Jason Aalon Butler sounds best when he's doing his high pitched screams and spoken word-type rap rather than his cleans (which sound a bit too much like a bad Chester Bennington impression), and he mostly stays away from cleans on this album.
Butler's lyrics still feel a lot more than STRENGTH IN NUMB333RS and are probably the one thing where you can see a through line from the beginning of FEVER 333 to now. His focus on LA culture, black liberation, police violence and more gets shaper with every release.
For fans of Rage Against the Machine, Public Enemy and Stray From the Path.
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As local news dies, a pay-for-play network rises in its place
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Movie night at the White House: A century of screenings, decoded
7 votes -
Trump/Biden 2020 Presidential Debate #2 Discussion Thread
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Other viewing optionsDebate starts ~90 minutes from the time of this posting.
Info from The Washington Post:
Location: Belmont University in Nashville
Moderator: Kristen Welker, NBC News White House correspondent and co-anchor of “Weekend Today”
Details: The debate will be 90 minutes long and have no commercial breaks. It will be divided into six 15-minute segments that the moderator has chosen. They are: fighting covid-19, American families, race in America, climate change, national security and leadership.
Trump’s campaign has criticized the topics, saying they thought this was supposed to be a foreign policy debate. The head of the Commission on Presidential Debates said that’s not true.
Trump has criticized the moderator, Welker, as being biased, as he has other moderators. The commission and even a Fox News host have defended Welker’s integrity.
The commission also announced days before the debate that in light of Trump’s frequent interruptions during the first one, it will silence the microphone of the candidate who is not speaking during the two-minute opening segment for each candidate. After each candidate has two minutes, there will be an open discussion where both microphones will be on, but the commission urged civility in a statement: “It is the hope of the Commission that the candidates will be respectful of each other’s time.” The Trump campaign said it still will participate, despite the president criticizing a potential virtual debate as a forum where it would be too easy to silence his microphone.
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Is the traditional ACLU view of free speech still viable? Ira Glasser speaks out.
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'I could show you stuff you wouldn’t believe:' Gravediggers speak out about horrifying conditions
8 votes -
Alice Coltrane ft. Pharoah Sanders - Journey In Satchidananda (1971)
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Epic S&P 500 rally is powered by assets you can’t see or touch
5 votes -
Activists build facial recognition to ID cops who hide their badges
15 votes -
US ICE officers 'used torture to make Africans sign own deportation orders'
10 votes -
A new program in Denver sends mental health professionals instead of police
9 votes -
Jazz legend Keith Jarrett may never perform again after suffering two strokes
8 votes -
Vote! (For Joe Biden (Who Sucks!))
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Twitter won’t let The New York Post tweet until it agrees to behave itself
13 votes -
The real divide in America is between political junkies and everyone else
17 votes -
Google sued by US Department of Justice in antitrust case over search dominance
26 votes -
What Prop. 22’s defeat would mean for Uber and Lyft — and drivers
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Migrant workers restricted to farms under one grower’s virus lockdown
8 votes -
Ducktales S03E12: "Let's Get Dangerous!" (Available for free on the DisneyNow app in the US)
4 votes -
America will sacrifice anything for the college experience
8 votes -
Growing number of unexpected arrivals in Arctic waters around Greenland – shrinking sea ice has fast-tracked a race among powers for control over resources and waterways
5 votes -
How prepared are these seven battlegrounds for the election? A readiness report
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Vote safely: How to find a trustworthy election ballot drop-off location
17 votes -
Behind in polls, Republicans see a silver lining in voter registrations
6 votes -
IBM to break up 109-year old company to focus on cloud growth
18 votes -
Nokia wins NASA contract to put a 4G network on the moon
8 votes -
Trio Mandili - Million scarlett roses (2020)
5 votes -
Bruce Hornsby - The Way It Is (1987)
6 votes -
Big banks entrusted money to GardaWorld. It secretly lost track of millions.
7 votes -
EU shoots for €10B ‘industrial cloud’ to rival US
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Federalist 51 - The structure of the US Government must furnish the proper checks and balances between the different departments
6 votes