Free Markets

from: Class War in America via a taxing matter: Big Business believes in taxpayer subsidies, not "free markets":

"A free market requires that everybody plays nice and follows the rules. Guess what. There’s always someone who will do whatever evil they think is required to make money. Once you realize that, you know there can be no such thing as the free market."

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US-Israel vs Iran

from:  jamiols world

Science vs Belief

A good post at GinAndTacos this morning.

THE DIVIDE | Gin and Tacos:

the older I get the more I believe that the real divide in this country (I won't speak for the whole world, although I have my suspicions) is not between liberals and conservatives, the old and young, black and white, or any of the most common tropes. The divide in modern America is between people who think facts and knowledge are based on evidence and those who think that whatever one believes is true. The media is liberal because I think it is. Climate change and evolution are myths because I don't believe them. Tax cuts grow the economy because I think they do. 

For most Americans, the research stops as soon as they find something that agrees with what they believe.

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Happiest Countries

There sure are a lot of those Commie-Socialized Medicine-Gay-Euro nations on this list.

1. Norway - The World's Happiest And Saddest Countries - Forbes:

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Hullabaloo: We're Broke

A good post from Hullabaloo: today. reprinted below..

Stock market reaches record high in broke, destitute nation

by David Atkins

This country is broke. So, so broke:

NEW YORK--Blue chips continued to climb to new heights, pushing beyond the record levels reached in Tuesday's rally after a better-than-expected reading on the labor market.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 42.47 points, or 0.3%, to 14296.24 in late trading on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the blue chips soared 126 points to punch through a closing level not seen since before the turmoil that ensnared the markets for five and a half years. Dow industrials have climbed for three sessions in a row and five out of the past six.

The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index tacked on 1.67 points, or 0.1%, to 1541.46. But the Nasdaq Composite Index fell 1.77 points, or 0.1%, to 3222.36, pulled down by Apple and Google, which shed 1.3% and 0.9%, respectively.

We have no money at all.



In fact, we have no choice to come together in a bipartisan fashion to slash Medicare, Social Security, climate mitigation and investments in our nation's future. We certainly can't ask our job creators to pay for any of it:


Our lazy citizens just aren't producing enough to stay competitive in a global marketplace, so wages have to come down.



And our poor, bedraggled corporations just aren't making enough profits to justify hiring.



So, so broke. Whatever shall we do?



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Corn

It’s Time to Rethink America’s Corn System: Scientific American:

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Divorce

Bill would forbid parents from getting no-fault divorce (AUDIO):

Because Repulicans are all about personal freedoms.

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