Bernie Sanders at the second Democratic debate. Because Debbie Wasserman Schultz scheduled this debate on a Saturday during the run-up to the college football playoffs, close to half of the previous Democratic debate audience missed this exchange.by Gaius PubliusThis is Bernie Sanders at the second Democratic debate:
This painting sold in 2013 for $142 million (source). Are the very very wealthy driving an asset bubble?
Bill Maher and Ann Coulter in June 2015 discussing the prospect of a Sanders presidency (from The Thom Hartmann Show)by Gaius PubliusI put up the video above to show, again, that many including Ann Coulter think Sanders would be the more formidable Democratic candidate for president in the general election. The recent McClatchey-Marist poll seems to confirm Sanders' strength.
Short film about carbon dioxide, acidification of the oceans, and a request to support a lawsuit that forces the EPA to regulate CO2 under the Toxic Substances Control Act (source)by Gaius PubliusWhen this excellent piece came out in Rolling Stone — "Goodbye, Miami" — I studied it carefully with an eye to digesting it for people with less time to read it than I had.
The blue lines show expansion since 2005. Note the expansions to Port Arthur and Corpus Christi, Texas. by Gaius Publius As you may know, TransCanada Corporation, the owner and builder of the Keystone (KXL) Pipeline, has recently withdrawn its application for approval, hoping, most analysts say, for a more carbon-favorable next president.
Source: Bureau of Land Management. Does not show area available for offshore drillingby Gaius PubliusThe idea of ending the hypocritical role of the federal government in aiding and betting the warming of our planet is not a hard idea to hold, especially if you're a climate-aware citizen, or climate-aware president.
When you're the only one with money, everyone is for sale (source)by Gaius PubliusThough I haven't written much about this topic, the merger of corporations and universities, but it's been on my mind a lot.
Collapses, once they start, often happen quickly (chart source)by Gaius PubliusSorry about the long title, but all three pieces of it — the "slam dunk," the threat to investors, the threat to executives — are important.Your background.
