More on the Epipen

Epipen summary by Hullabaloo:

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Health Care Is a Right, Not a Business

Pass it on.... Health Care Is a Right, Not a Business:

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Free-markets

Noah Smith on the failures of the free-market ideology: Noahpinion: Free-market ideology: a reply to some replies:

Also,.. I thought those Indiana R's were all for free-markets, lots of competing business,,, let the invisible hand rule, etc.. This looks like they are OK with it as long as they get to pick the winners. FBI looks into Indiana Vaping law

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Links

Median incomes falling from 1999 to 2014.  Indiana is #4. Where Median Incomes Have Fallen the Most - Bloomberg View:

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Aetna vs Obamacare

Fuck Aetna and the rest of the insurance companies. Medicare for all!!!

Aetna, Obamacare and health insurers’ 10 dirty secrets - MarketWatch:

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Walmart

Walmart’s Out-of-Control Crime Problem Is Driving Police Crazy:

Another example of Walmart relying on public, taxpayer-funded services, instead of of spending it's own money, all to make it's shareholders happy.

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Corporate Control of Government

Sanders: Aetna's Obamacare threat shows what Corporate Control Looks Like:

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Good Rant....

Chris Arnade Rant Aug 17 (with tweets) · joshwa · Storify:

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Police State

Violence in Blue | Patrick Ball | Granta Magazine:

"Americans are afraid of many threats to their lives – serial killers, crazed gunmen, gang bangers, and above all terrorists – but these threats are surprisingly unlikely.[1] Approximately three-quarters of all homicide victims in America are killed by someone they know.[2] And the real threat from strangers is quite different from what most fear: one-third of all Americans killed by strangers are killed by police."

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Monday Morning Stuff

Be a Better Driver: Driving Tips: How You Can Help Limit Traffic Jams - The New York Times:

Statistical Significance for Dummies



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Libertarian Paradise

Libertarians and their no-government hell | Suburban Guerrilla. Susie Madrak:

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The roots of Trump support

The roots of Trump support - Marginal REVOLUTION:

No! See "The Trump Voters" or "No More Mr Nice Blog"

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Trump’s Rise

Study Does Not Debunk Widespread Theory for Trump’s Rise:

BS.... see this

Trump Voters

The Trump Voters

"Who are the Trump voters".

They are the people who've been brainwashed by Fox News over the last 20 years. Although Fox may not have (fully) supported Trump, his supporters are the people in this paper (below) counted/listed on the "Fox News" lines.

A good paper from Reagan Republican Bruce Bartlett (now an "Independent" not because Trump has captured the Republican Party but because Fox News has captured it).

How Fox News Changed American Media and Political Dynamics by Bruce Bartlett :: SSRN:

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Diamonds are....

.. a marketing scam.

Why Men Give Women Diamond Engagement Rings - Neatorama:

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Death Tax

Donald Trump’s most respectable economic idea is still amazingly bad | Fusion:

"This is, to say the least, weird. Almost nobody actually pays the estate tax, which is only paid by about 5,400 estates per year. To put it another way: of every 1,000 people who die each year, only two pay any estate tax at all. And those two people are very, very rich: the minimum amount of wealth you need to start paying the estate tax, after contributions to your spouse and to charity, is $5.4 million."

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Drone Crash Wounds 7

Israel will now have to bomb-the-shit out of itself after Israeli drone hurts more people than the last 73 Palestinian rockets combined

Drone Crashes Into House in Israeli Arab Village, Wounds 7 - Israel News - Haaretz:

A drone belonging to Israel Aerospace Industries crashed into a residential home in an Israeli Arab community in northern Israel Tuesday, lightly wounding seven people
read more: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.735976

Maybe not,... it did hit an Arab community.

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The Job Market

From: Wolf Richter: Why this Job Market is Still Terrible: The Politically Incorrect Numbers Everyone is Hushing up | naked capitalism:

Everyone ages, so the young ones move into the labor force, but the baby boomers are fit and healthy and don’t feel like retiring, and so they hang on to their jobs for as long as they can, despite the rampant age discrimination they face in many sectors, particularly in tech, though obviously not in politics.

I don't think it's that the baby boomers don't want to retire.

Most 55 to 65 year old folks I know would like to retire and just kick back, They have the retirement savings, many have at least some pension, but they still can't retire because they can't afford to buy health insurance.

Their employers are paying it now. Medicare won't kick in until they hit 65. They are trapped in their current job until they are 65 by our ridiculous health care system.

An informal survey at my workplace shows about 15 people (out of 107,  ~15%) with ages ranging from 55 to 72, would like to retire but can afford the $900 (individual) to $1,800 (include spouse) health insurance.

A move to a "first-world, universal health care for all" plan would ignite an exodus of baby-boomers from our workforce opening up a lot of good jobs for our struggling young workers.



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Taxpayer Money

4 to 5 billion more US taxpayer cash headed toward Israel.

As Israel Prospers, Obama Set to Give Billions More in Aid While Netanyahu Demands Even More:

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