Earlier this month, Anonymous announced Operation: Nimr (#OpNimr), calling for the IOC (International Olympic Committee) to band the country of Saudi Arabia from the upcoming summer olympics. As usual, Twitter has lit up with Anon-Hacktivist jargon; and equally as predictably, it hasn’t travelled further from there. Granted, it’s quite a viable operation, and if Read More…
Social Change
10 Data Sets That Point Toward Major Economic Turmoil In 2016
It’s only about a month and a half into 2016, yet financial markets all over the world have been a volatile rollercoaster ride to say the least, strongly reminiscent of the times preceding the 2008 financial collapse if not worse. In fact, global markets lost an estimated $3.17 trillion in just the first two weeks Read More…
Are You Socially Handicapped?
Why is it that some individuals can read people like a book, and others just seem to be strung through life from one social mishap to the next? Often times, people who are continuously hurt the most seem to be the most kindhearted, and this tends to leave people feeling quite cynical. If there is one Read More…
Report: “All Cannabis Use is Medicinal” Whether You Know it Or Not
In the past two years, we have witnessed a sea of change in the attitude of Americans toward cannabis. Colorado made history by becoming the first state to completely decriminalize possession and use of the plant, with Washington and other states soon following. Medical cannabis use is now legal in 23 states, and others will Read More…
Baby Taken Off Hospice After Being Given Cannabis Oil – Now the Govt is Taking it Away From Her
Last year, Meagan and Brandon Holt’s daughter Maddie, who suffers from a rare and debilitating disease called Zellweger Syndrome, was given only a short time to live, and her family was forced to do what no family can ever imagine – put a 2-year-old in Hospice care. Maddie is deaf and blind, and entirely dependent Read More…
Food Quality and Social Status: The American Caste System
Class distinction comes in just about any size, shape and color imaginable. Sometimes status division is blatant and glaringly unjust, while in other instances has been subtle and even devious. No matter what form it takes, social stratification has always been part of the human experience – and today is no different. In the US Read More…