Private Government

The rise of the “private government” | Bill Mitchell – billy blog:

"I have always found it odd (read totally inconsistent) that people rail against government intervention as if it is a blight on our freedom, but ignore the ‘governance’ of workplaces by capital, who seek every way possible to destroy our freedom and initiative unless it is serving to advance their bottom line. We ignore the benefits of collective goods and laws that protect us, but turn a blind eye to the on-going, minute-by-minute, repression in the workplace."

Me too.....


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Medicaid Isn't Worth Its Cost

Medicaid Isn't Worth Its Cost - Marginal REVOLUTION:

"The Medicaid program cost about $532 billion in 2015 to cover 74 million people, or almost one in four Americans. The average full-benefit enrollee cost about $6,400 per year to cover in 2014."

Really? I'd love to have medical coverage for $6,400 per year. Right now I'm looking at closer to $12,000. Where do I sign up?

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Proud to be an American

Makes me proud.

From Dangerous Minds A SNOWFLAKE ON THE FOURTH OF JULY: HILLARY-LOVING LIBTARD WRESTLER BRINGS THE FIGHT TO TRUMP COUNTRY

Ds and Rs

Good article. Found at Naked Capitalism: Links 07.05.2017 along with a good lead...

"Unfair to Eisenhower. The top Federal income tax bracket in his day was 91% and he called those who wanted to abolish Social Security “stupid”.

The Democrats Are Eisenhower Republicans: 



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Healthcare

Fox Cult members won't see this.

'Don't take away our healthcare' says Trump country - BBC News:

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Cops vs the People

Your Human Right to Revolt: When is it OK to Overthrow Your Government? 4th of July Edition, 2017 »:

"..The badge carried by police was originally meant to be evidence that a community trusted an officer’s legitimacy — not a symbol of their immunity to the consequences of exercising illegitimate authority, .."

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Fox News Cult #2

The Fox News Cult programming their viewers with a headline blaming the Ds even though  there's pretty much bipartisan resistance to the voter fraud requests.  from NoMoreMisterNice

Fox News - Keeping their viewers in the dark

There are several charts here comparing the views of Fox watchers to those of other media but this one stood out.

Over 60% of Fox viewers blame the D's for Trump's inability to pass legislation even though the R's control both houses and the Presidency so could pass anything they want without a single D vote.

The R's could pass anything they want without a single D vote and Fox News watchers blame the D's !

I've always called Fox the "Propaganda Network" but I think that's being too easy on them.

I think "Fox News Cult" is more appropriate.

Israel vs What's right

Israel, such a nice country. Steal the land around a Palestinian village, then take the solar panels the Dutch donated so the village could have electricity.

From Haaretz: 

The Dutch government has lodged a protest with Israel over the confiscation of equipment donated to the Palestinian village of Jubbet Adh-Dhib's hybrid power system (diesel and solar powered), according to a written statement of the Dutch foreign ministry, sent to Haaretz by the Netherlands' office in Ramallah 

The Dutch government donated 500 thousand euros to the electrification project south west of Bethlehem in the West Bank, 350 thousand euro of which went to the electrification of Jubbet Adh-Dhib. The Dutch Foreign ministry had requested Israel return the equipment and is "currently assessing what next steps can be taken,"  it said. 

A source close to Dutch diplomats in the West Bank told Haaretz that these softly worded statements cover the anger brewing in the government of the Netherlands, a close friend of Israel's, at the damage to the humanitarian project.

A couple other links

http://imemc.org/article/army-confiscates-solar-panels-east-of-bethlehem/

http://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israel-dismantles-palestinian-solar-project-in-west-bank/

About that Swamp - Trump's buddies edition

Trump and his associates have been card carrying memebers of the Swamp crowd since day one.

Jay Sekulow and the culture of non-profit impunity