On Tuesday, President Obama signed a spending bill approved by Congress; nothing new there (except, perhaps, the lack of argument between the political parties). But there is one fact worth mentioning: agricultural companies that work with genetically modified crops and organisms were essentially given a free pass.
Basically, the law... Read More
The Supreme Court (SCOTUS) heard two landmark marriage cases this week, and the public is awaiting the results with baited breath — you may have noticed some of your friends showing their support for same-sex marriage in the form of red equal signs taking over your social media feeds. In case you haven’t been following the news — or you’re... Read More
Good FBI: Keanu Reeves in Point Break chasing surfing bank robbers and David Duchovny in The X-Files chasing aliens. Bad FBI: The guys who are currently pushing to be able to spy on all of us in real time. The agency already has extensive methods and permissions to catch us doing illegal things, but the new push would give them the right... Read More
We’ve discussed before here at Daily Lounge the ongoing economic issues facing Europe, which has had some wondering aloud about the long-term viability of the Eurozone and has been a bit of a white-knuckle roller-coaster ride for people who care about the global economy. Most of that attention to date has been focused on Spain and Italy,... Read More