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The Link Between Tobacco And Climate Change

For years, tobacco industry giants denied the correlation between cancer and cigarette smoking–and they paid enough scientists off to convince the public for quite some time. Fast forward to the 2000s, and the debate is now centered upon the relationship between human fossil fuel use and consumption and its effects on our climate. The similarities are uncanny. As Mark Twain said, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.”

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Hillary Clinton On Reproductive Rights

Nailed it.

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Climate 101 With Bill Nye

Alas, if facts meant anything anymore anthropogenic climate change deniers would have invested in them long ago.

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The White Student Union

The 68-percent white majority at Maryland’s Towson College supposedly feels threatened by “black predators”. In light of this, student Matthew Heimbach (whose room is draped in confederate flags and books about Jesus and Adolf Hitler) has created a “white student union”. As you might imagine, it’s minorities who still feel threatened.

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Jesus, Rebranded

Wanna combat the war on Christmas the “right” way? Just buy this capitalist Jesus doll. With phrases like “Go forth and profit,” “Sell your possessions and used the money to start a profitable business”, you never have to worry about those pesky Bible verses messing with your profit-maximizing work flow ever again.

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