#MarchforScience Denver
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There is no planet B. So what’s the plan once we destroy this one?
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#MarchForOurLives
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A look back at three horrific tragedies and the vastly different responses by governments following them:
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Bagging Georgie!
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Robert Mueller and his team are on a mission, and they are producing results. But who are these people that have been charged? How did they get themselves into such a predicament? Let's go ahead and start with number one. The first man to be indicted: George Papadopoulos. The man that started it all. But… I think that I may be ill equipped to launch into this by myself. I think we need a little help from some of my better known friends… The Obstruction of Justice League of America! Aggregate!
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John Candy's 2018 Olympics
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The Villain’s Review: our version of events, validating various vignettes of valor - the victor’s view from the vertex. Vamoose vagabonds! Vanish you valley voyagers vibrant only in vanilla vagary! Vended and verified be the vanquisher.
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Tales From The Crypto
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Cryptocurrency: Is it more than just "fake internet points"?
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2 Minutes to Midnight
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The Doomsday Clock is now 2 minutes to midnight. How long is 2 minutes?
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North Korea Could Be Anywhere
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Rate The Majority Villain Villain Podcast on iTunes! We’ve all heard the reports about North Korea. There’s no shortage of information about the nation most people love to hate. We hear a lot regarding missile tests, prison camps and brainwashing. We know the stories of Kim Jong-un and his late father Kim Jong-il, but not too much about the true patriarch of the nation; Kim Il-sung. Reports and discussions over the behavior of North Korea are abound, while self-reflection of the roots of these resentments and ill-feelings remain silent. Today, on Majority Villain we will consider the...
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Net Neutrality
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What's at stake if Net Neutrality disappears?
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The Olde Balls Game
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What if the men accused of sexual misconduct were forced to play baseball on the diamond of justice?
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Thaaat' s Harvey!
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This Halloween will be marked by more than psycho clowns, and masked men wielding machetes, as Hollywood’s scariest films get pushed aside by the one thing more terrifying than the mass murderers we invite into our homes on Friday movie night, and that is… the men who produce them. Weinstein Company founder, Harvey Weinstein, has been officially X’d out of his role at one of Hollywood’s largest production companies as dozens of women have come forward to accuse the company fondler of sexual assault and misconduct. Ranging from unwanted groping and kissing, to breaking and entering into...
info_outlineThis episode of the Majority Villain podcast has some pretty adult themes. If you’re a sensitive listener, you may want to have a friend proof-listen the show. Otherwise, we feel the topics here need to be discussed again and again, and we welcome heartily your sincere feedback. As always, you can email me your thoughts, concerns and input: [email protected].
Please consider following up with more of this content and the nationwide protests that have taken place around gun violence under the hashtag #Marchforourlives.
A look back at three horrific tragedies and the vastly different responses by governments following them:
- Columbine, Colorado, United States, 1999
- Hungerford, England, 1987
- Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia, 1996
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Until next time… Status quos are for suckers.
National Center for Health Statistics,
-Suicide and Self-Inflicted Injury
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/suicide.htm
-Assault or Homicide
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm
-National Vital Statistics Reports
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr66/nvsr66_06.pdf
Open Secrets, Profile for 2016 Election Cycle:
National Rifle Assn
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000082&cycle=2016
https://www.factcheck.org/2017/10/gun-control-australia-updated/
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/10/03/did_gun_control_stop_mass_shootings_in_australia_probably.html
Mass shootings and gun control (6/2/2010)
http://www.bbc.com/news/10216955>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_policy_in_the_United_Kingdom#The_Firearms_(Amendment)_Act_1988
How Many Gun Bills Pass After Mass Shootings? (9/13/2013)
https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-09/how-many-gun-bills-actually-pass-after-mass-shootings
Massacre Energized gun debate not lawmakers (Article from 2000) http://extras.denverpost.com/news/col0419g.htm
What Explains U.S. Mass Shootings? International Comparisons Suggest an Answer
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/world/americas/mass-shootings-us-international.html?action=click&contentCollection=U.S.&module=RelatedCoverage®ion=Marginalia&pgtype=article
Mass Shooters Are All Different. Except for One Thing: Most Are Men.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/17/us/mass-murderers.html
Australian Gun Stats
“Statistics do not demonstrate that crime rates in Australia have increased substantially since the government instituted a gun buy-back program in 1997.”
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/australian-guns/
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/australian-guns/
Just 3% of Americans own more than half the country's guns
http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/a-minority-of-americans-owns-most-of-the-guns-and-drives-gun-agenda-studies-show
https://massshootingtracker.org/
United States — Gun Facts, Figures and the Law
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/united-states