John Oliver takes on Payday Lenders with a vengeance. Check out Sarah Silverman's payday loan alternative commercial at the end. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/PDylgzybWAw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> I have often been highly critical of Payday Loans at this website. They are dangerous financial products that drive the working poor into bankruptcy, foreclosure and worse.
This video, a parody of a show called "Hee-Haw," takes on the glorification of guns with a feisty song. Jim Carrey plays the role of Charleston Heston.
The 2013 video caused quite a stir, even bringing Ted Nugent and other "patriots" out into the limelight.Propublica has published this astonishing history of the Senate's attempt to not get to the truth.
Check out this collection of many of America's dead malls. I'm not making the assumption that "healthy" malls automatically equate to a high quality of American life. That would be a mistake. Yet there is a surreal sadness to these photos.
By now, I'm sure, many people know about the debate between Bill Nye and Ken Ham. Only 9% of respondents apparently saw Ham as the winner. Of course that won't be the end of it.