by MCDC | Nov 9, 2014 | Global Warming, Gun Reform
Ichijo writes: A new study (abstract) from Duke University tested whether the desirability of a solution affects beliefs in the existence of the associated problem. Researchers found that ‘yes, people will deny the problem when they don’t like the...
by MCDC | Nov 5, 2014 | Citizens United
by MCDC | Nov 1, 2014 | Citizens United, Satire, Voter Rights
NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—The billionaire Koch brothers have approved a controversial plan to shoot cash from cannons directly at voters heading into polling places on Election Day. The plan, which Koch insiders have privately referred to as Operation Money Shot,...
by MCDC | Oct 30, 2014 | 2016 General Election, Virginia, Voter Rights
What’s the big deal about getting an ID? You need one, after all, to participate in society in all kinds of other ways — to drive, to get married, to buy beer. Surely the requirement to show an ID on Election Day can’t be that burdensome. This is a common...
by MCDC | Oct 27, 2014 | 2016 General Election, Climate Change, Coal, Energy, Environment, Fracking, Keystone XL, Mountain Top Removal
It wasn’t long ago that coal executives were openly discussing their dream of Republicans seizing the White House and making Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe — who believes climate change is a “hoax” concocted by greedy scientists — the head of the EPA. Coal companies...
