4.15.2019

Weekend

Economics

Job Growth with Trump. Meet the new boss..... same as the old boss



Income inequality - One for all those old Fox watchers who want to go back to the good old days,... whenever that was. Income growth was pretty equal across all levels of income from WWII to 1980. After 1980, the growth is going to the richest. from The Big Picture




Ian Welsh with a good post on student loans. Eat the Young: Student Loan Version.


Fascists Today

ISRAEL STOPS BDS-FOUNDER OMAR BARGHOUTI FROM BOARDING FLIGHT TO U.S.
Barghouti was stopped at Ben Gurion Airport on Wednesday and prevented from boarding a plane to the US even though he had valid travel documents
I like the link itself is "https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/BDS-founder-Omar-Barghouti-denied-entry-to-the-US-586558". 
So I guess Israel is in control of who can enter the US?

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT’S INDICTMENT OF JULIAN ASSANGE POSES GRAVE THREATS TO PRESS FREEDOMS



Snark

World Class snark from Jeffrey St. Clair's Roaming Charges: Tongue-Tied and Twisted always fun. A few examples but click the link... read them all.

+ The main difference between the anonymous leaks from US intelligence officials about RussiaGate peddled nightly on MSDNC, CNN, the NYT and the Washing Post and Julian Assange’s exposure of US war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan is that what Wikileaks published turned out to be true. In this system, you’re only held accountable for exposing the truth about imperial power.
+ Trump: “I know nothing about Wikileaks. Not my thing.”
In a two month period during the 2016 campaign, Trump mentioned Wikileaks or Julian Assange at least 160 times.
+ But good for Gabbard…

The arrest of is meant to send a message to all Americans and journalists: be quiet, behave, toe the line. Or you will pay the price.

21.9K people are talking about this

+ The Taliban control more territory now than any time since the 2001 US invasion. Call it a mighty victory and get the hell out of there.

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