Showing posts with label John Oliver. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Oliver. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
John Oliver: State lotteries are losers
I've never been in favor of state lotteries and other forms of government-organized gambling. John Oliver shows how the numbers don't add up, not even for the supposed beneficiaries, our public schools.
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
VIDEO: John Oliver critiques U.S. police militarization
I've been posting against police militarization since 2012, following the reporting of Radley Balko at HuffPo and WaPo. So I'm glad to see it's finally getting national (actually global) attention, and Balko is recognized as the foremost expert.
As Oliver notes, the big issue is not small-town police's Pentagon-provided equipment, but rather how police have come to see those whom they are supposed to serve and protect as a hostile Other, and see themselves as armed Occupiers.
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