Friday

Big Data

"You can't hide" or "Toward the insurance group of 1" - How a Google Street View image of your house predicts your risk of a car accident.

"Insurance companies, banks, and health-care organizations can dramatically improve their risk models by analyzing images of policyholders’ houses, say researchers."

State Media

Zero Percent of Elite Commentators Oppose Regime Change in Venezuela



Corporate Media

Corporate Media's Open Hostility to Medicare-for-All

".. reading the financial press highlights the fact that corporate media oppose Medicare for All not because of legitimate queries and concerns about its implementation, but because they are owned by investors with stakes in highly profitable medical and pharmaceutical companies—the very same companies that supply them with millions of dollars each year in advertising. With so many candidates endorsing Medicare for All, it seems the 2020 election will force America to decide between the pain of tens of millions without adequate health care and the pain of wealthy traders losing investment opportunities in the for-profit health care industry." 

From the always good Jeffrey St. Clair's Roaming Charges

+ Russiagate was so useful politically to both Trump and the Democrats, and so valuable financially to both FoxNews and MSDNC, that they will all conspire to reanimate its decomposing corpse. 

Venezuela

You don't usually see articles like this from elite, east-coast media: How an Elaborate Plan to Topple Venezuela’s President Went Wrong

The United States thought all the pieces were in place for Maduro to leave. Then everything came crashing down.

Politics

 Guest Contribution: “No Moore Golden Era for Monetary Policy” - Good read here on the FED, Politics and Stephen Moore.

Good luck with that bill.  New House Bill Would Bar Israel From Using U.S. Military Aid to Detain Palestinian Children



Israel vs Palestine

US and Israeli media almost always present this as the Palestinians firing first. Debka 2019.05.02

Robot Apocalypse

Amazon Employees Hired and Fired by Robots -  Well.... I'd guess the robots probably have better personal skills than most HR people.



Medicare for All

Medicare For All's Moment Is Here. Don't Back Down.

Those who make billions from our broken health care system will spend enormous amounts trying to divide us. But we cannot rest, and we cannot back down.

From the always good Jeffrey St. Clair's Roaming Charges

+ Medicare: 2.5% of healthcare dollars are spent on overhead. 

Aetna: 17.8% of healthcare dollars are spent on overhead and company profits.