“Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign announced that it raised over $1.5 million in the 24 hours after he announced his bid. Meanwhile, a 12-year-old on Kickstarter just raised $7 million in five minutes after announcing his idea for juice box water guns.” YearsIdeasWaterHoursMillionsFiveMinutesGunRaisedBoxesCampaignsPresidentialFive MinutesJuicePresidential CampaignAnnouncingKickstarter Author:Jimmy Fallon
“If one looks into the genealogies of many 'old families,' one discovers episodes of slave trafficking, bootlegging, gun running, opium trading, falsified land claims, violent acquisition of water and mineral rights, the extermination of indigenous peoples, sales of shoddy and unsafe goods, public funds used for private speculations, crooked deals in government bonds and vouchers, and payoffs for political favors.” IfsLooksGovernmentRunningPoliticalUsedWaterDealsRightsLandGunClaimsSlaveFavorsViolentFundGoodsEpisodesTradingSpeculationIndigenousAcquisitionCrookedMineralsOpiumIndigenous PeopleUnsafePayoffTraffickingGenealogyExterminationVouchersBootlegging Author:Michael Parenti
“My parents would have to put the fire hose on me to get me out of bed, to go to school in the morning. They would use a cattle prod and just shock me, or throw boiling water on me, or fire a gun next to my head, to get me out of bed.” UseSchoolNextParentWaterMorningFireBedGunShockCattleBoilingBoiling Water Author:Jackson Rathbone