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This Week in Common Sense, 10/28 – 11/01, Part Two

Initiative, Referendum and Recall (refresh for more)

A Congressman Makes Sense
SharingHave I stumbled upon an alternative universe? There is a congressman actually …
People With Influence?
SharingLate summer primaries, then September primaries — before you know it, November’s …
Wheels of Injustice
SharingThe wheels of injustice creak along slowly. Indicted in October last …
Brexit 1776 – 2017
SharingThese united States* got their start, officially, on July 2, 1776. …
What the Media Misses
SharingThe big news story last week became the media’s non-coverage …

Popular Posts (refresh for more)

What It Means
SharingThe most inspiring political event of my six decades on …
Pulling It Off
SharingGive democratic socialism a chance? So says Dr. Cornel West, the …
Gloating Time?
Sharing“The freak-out was something to behold,” I wrote two years ago. Newly …
Greenlighting Socialism
SharingCan we blame U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D‑NY), really? A decade …
Noble Traitors
Today marks a solemn anniversary. Seventy-nine years ago — on Feb. 22, 1943 — three …

Today in Freedom

On this day in 1833, Denison Olmsted was alerted by his neighbors to something truly amazing, a night sky filled with shooting stars.

Not just a one or two or a dozen or a hundred: 72,000 or more per hour. Though recognizing where among the constellations meteors came from was ancient knowledge, it had not been recorded by modern-era scientists, at least in this case. What Olmsted noticed was that the meteors were coming from one point in the sky, the constellation Leo. This regular meteor event is now called the Leonid meteor stream.

In the morning, Olmsted wrote a brief report on the meteor storm for the New Haven Daily Herald newspaper, which elicited correspondence from around the country, thus beginning a social storm, in a sense: crowd-sourced science.

Memes (refresh for more)

Wasted Votes
“The only wasted vote is a vote cast without conviction.” –Daniel Hannan …
Over-Feed At Your Own Risk!
Caution: Do Not Over-Feed Government! Get a high-resolution screensaver of this image. …
Is Denmark Socialist?
First… some definitions: Socialism advocates the public ownership (or control) of business …
“I’ve Got a Plan for That.”
“If you start from a belief that the most knowledgeable person …
Dear Bernie: Here’s How Rights Work…
A new “right” that violates other fundamental rights, can’t be …

A. E. van Vogt

Shooting Stars

Abolish. Or Set in Stone

Destroying Dane Farming

Disaster Relief Pass-Over

Exemplary Rejections

Not Now