Author: DhammaSeeker

I think that my criteria for what constitutes a burner has shifted to “Were you open enough, even just a crack, to let the experiences of the group, up to and including whatever event you attended, change you?

I think that my criteria for what constitutes a burner has shifted to “Were you open enough, even just a crack, to let the experiences of the group, up to and including whatever event you attended, change you?
Angels vs. Demons: Burnier-Than-Thou

Our next holders of state power might end up being chosen by a minority that seems to stand for very little—or, perhaps, for nothing at all.

Our next holders of state power might end up being chosen by a minority that seems to stand for very little—or, perhaps, for nothing at all.
The Trouble With Independents | The New Republic

According to the IMF forecast, whomever is elected U.S. president next year — Obama? Mitt Romney? Donald Trump? — will be the last to preside over the world’s largest economy.

According to the IMF forecast, whomever is elected U.S. president next year — Obama? Mitt Romney? Donald Trump? — will be the last to preside over the world’s largest economy.
IMF bombshell: Age of America nears end Brett Arends\’ ROI – MarketWatch

Noam Chomsky told a sold-out Mackey Auditorium crowd in Boulder Friday night, “Richard Nixon was our last liberal president.” No doubt – American politics has slid so far to the right in my lifetime that were he alive today, Nixon would be too liberal to even get nominated. By the Democrats.

Noam Chomsky told a sold-out Mackey Auditorium crowd in Boulder Friday night, “Richard Nixon was our last liberal president.” No doubt – American politics has slid so far to the right in my lifetime that were he alive today, Nixon would be too liberal to even get nominated. By the Democrats.
Conservatives, Progressives and the future of representative democracy: what would an American Parliament look like? | Scholars and Rogues

The smell of marijuana smoke is no longer enough reason for police to order someone out of a car, now that pot has been decriminalized in Massachusetts, the state’s highest court said in a decision published on Tuesday.

The smell of marijuana smoke is no longer enough reason for police to order someone out of a car, now that pot has been decriminalized in Massachusetts, the state\’s highest court said in a decision published on Tuesday.
MA court rules marijuana odor is no longer ‘reasonable suspicion’ for cops | The Raw Story