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Meghan Markle Fans Have Committed Crimes in Her Name
The self-dubbed "Megulators" or "Sussex Squad" have now officially crossed the line. Two days before news broke that fans of Meghan Markle threatened to kill a woman, hacked into her bank account, and stole her money, I wrote a story asking if Markle's fans were crossing a line and now they have. On December 5, it was reported that a woman and her sister's lives had been threatened by fans of Meghan Markle.
By CC King7 years ago in The Swamp
Who Led the Blue Wave?
Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity. – Nancy Pearcey
By The Disruptors7 years ago in The Swamp
'Everything You Love Will Burn'
By the time this book was completed, its author, Vegas Tenold, had spent six years living among extreme white nationalist groups in America.
By MissRuth Green7 years ago in The Swamp
God Bless America, Right?
The world I live in is scary. The country I live in is dehumanizing. This society, as a whole, is fucked up. We’ve become so uncivilized, detached from basic core values, overly sensitive in meaningless topics while being desensitized to more important issues, and unresponsive to violence and discrimination. Guns are protected more than our children. Parents shouldn’t fear sending their children to school in fear of never seeing their children ever again. They should know, without a doubt, their children will return home safely. Students should feel safe going to school, elementary to college, they should feel safe while getting a good education. Teachers should feel safe in their own classrooms. Nobody feels safe. Not at school, work, airports, the mall, the movie theater, walking the street, or even in their own home. What started as a handful of Americans being paranoid about fighting a theoretical future fascist government has since turned everybody paranoid.
By B7 years ago in The Swamp
The Peterson 'Paradox'
If you, like me, follow gender politics, we both may need a moment and some cannabis. If anything exemplifies, for me, the current situation in gender, it's the idea of a Thanksgiving dinner in a large family where everyone has different views and different opinions on how the turkey should be done and what choices everyone should have made, but the bottom line is that love and connection undergird the experience.
By Such A Geek7 years ago in The Swamp
Striving for More
There are levels to this thing called life. Structures and strictures determine what people think, how they act, and what they wish to do with what reality presents them. In America, the freest, most noblest country in human history, we possess the rights and the luxuries and privileges that allow us to break down into classes what people have and don’t have. Or better put, what people produce and don’t produce and then consume. The lowest rungs of the ladder, the poor, are still far richer than billions of other people the world over. People with median household incomes of twenty thousand dollars or less may have running water, toilets, electricity, functioning refrigerators, washers and dryers, and even smartphones among the ability, of course, to rise from their a destitute position. Few places on Earth allow for such meager beginnings to flourish into greater wealth.
By Skyler Saunders7 years ago in The Swamp
Ariana Grande and Blackfishing
Ariana Grande recently came under fire for using a "blaccent" in a promotional video for her newest single, "thank u, next." Grande, who is Italian-American, spoke with an over-the-top ghetto accent in describing a childhood photo. Several Twitter users compared this clip to a clip of her speaking about ten years ago. Her look was quite different then as well.
By A.O. Monk7 years ago in The Swamp
1968: The Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Francis Kennedy was a family man and an open-minded politician who strived for change within the United States. Shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after winning the Californian presidential primary, Senator Kennedy left us with a legacy that still holds up today.
By Shandi Pace7 years ago in The Swamp
How to Stop Politicians Lying! Guillotines and Localism?
If I were to describe to you all the feelings that I experience when I watch the UK Conservative party lie to parliament, I would say it is like a burning volcanic eruption inside my rib cage, moving upwards towards my epiglottis. Then, when the Tories are prevented from being called dishonest by the out of touch parliamentary rules, my head explodes and I scream uncontrollably for the return of the guillotine.
By Johnny Vedmore7 years ago in The Swamp
I’m an Artist. Your Offense Is Not My Problem
A song from The Little Mermaid has been cut from a Princeton performance for being offensive. “Baby It’s Cold Outside” has been removed from certain radio rotations due to being offensive.
By Joel Eisenberg7 years ago in The Swamp
The Yellow Vests
Over the course of the last few days, a movement has sprung up in Paris, France. After the French president, President Macron, introduced the first carbon tax to the world, the people recognized it for its tyranny and revolted. This movement is known as "The Yellow Vest Movement."
By Jacob Brown7 years ago in The Swamp
Trump and the Apostles' Creed: Should He or Shouldn't He?
Much has been made in recent days of President Trump not having recited the Apostles' Creed during former President George H.W. Bush's funeral on December 5. Comments have ranged from questions regarding Trump's literacy to criticism that he is perhaps not "Christian enough" to warrant the support he does have from evangelical Christians.
By Christina St-Jean7 years ago in The Swamp