Since 1979 at least, US military spending has generally increased. It is now higher than at during the cold war, higher than during the Vietnam war, and higher than during the Korean war.

Americans need to trim that large excess, in order to stop starving the country's needs (along with millions of Americans). This is why some progressives in Congress are voting against the NDAA.

Senator Booker has proposed a bill to limit factory farms and the giant businesses they work with.

This would protect family farms from being put out of business, and the environment from the concentrated pollution. It would

The bullshitter suggests he will refuse to participate in campaign debates.

I speculate he figures that his opponent will be a progressive, that he would look bad in debates, and that the mainstream media will not give that opponent much coverage otherwise.

Goldman Sachs says it will no longer invest in thermal coal (cheap for electric generation, which makes up 85% of what is mined).

It also will not invest in Arctic oil exploration and drilling.

This is an important step, but not enough by itself (even if all other investors do likewise) to avoid disaster.

(satire) … a new study published Friday indicates that ancient humans buried crude oil deep underground in a desperate attempt to protect future generations from the grave threat it posed.