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From Paul Krugman

Attend to this.

blatham wrote:

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New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman...continues to investigate Exxon for allegedly intentionally misleading the public on climate change in a bid to hide risks from investors.

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Surprised?

Surprised that some idiotic Democrat in trying to put someone in jail for blaspheming their sacred religion, global warming? Not in the least. It's what PC fascists do. The Spanish Inquisition didn't have a thing on these modern-day religious fanatics where it comes to trying to punish "heretics."

Ya know Im noticing how Trump is slowly slipping into irrelevancy.
Anybody comment on that?

Is he worried?

But if the best physical health for the most people is the goal it's hard to make the case for a totally voluntary system since we know many people would rather spend their money on i-phones and flat screen TVs. Until they develop a chronic condition or are stricken with a serious disease.

Between local, state and the federal govt, there are over 170 social service programs in the US, the question is why are there so many? I'm not against helping those in need, but it should be strictly done on a means testing level. We can get rid of some of those programs and shift the funds to other programs that do very much the same thing, even increase individual spending per claim.

Sure, people don't want to pay for health insurance (as it's bloody expensive, especially without subsidies), but they sure as **** want health insurance. That's what CI said.

You're reading quite a lot into a snapshot of a man surrounded by reporters with microphones & recorders stuck in his face.

Do you have any facts to support this insight? Perhaps it's just another message circulating in the cocoon.

I think you're absolutely correct.

maporsche wrote:

Sure, people don't want to pay for health insurance (as it's bloody expensive, especially without subsidies), but they sure as **** want health insurance. That's what CI said.

You've spoken with all 14 million of them then?

fake news

Stopped reading there.

Monica Crowley Files To Lobby On Behalf Of Ukrainian Oligarch
After turning down a top national security communications role at the White House amid plagiarism allegations, former Fox News analyst Monica Crowley has taken up a new pursuit: lobbying on behalf of a Ukrainian oligarch who's advocated for better relations with Russia.

Yes. I've been very busy.

How many have you spoken with who don't want health insurance (if they didn't have to pay for it)

Breitbart News had a scoop on their hands: Audio tape of House Speaker Paul Ryan trashing then-nominee Donald Trump in a conference call with House Republicans after a vulgar video emerged of Trump saying he groped women with impunity. But the site didn’t release the tape until Monday, months after getting it.

The tape posted just hours after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released a damaging report predicting 24 million fewer people would be insured as part of Ryan's preferred health care plan. The exclusive audio was embedded in a story citing 15 "White House officials" who fear Ryan is bungling the Obamacare repeal process.

The release seemed to be for an audience of one, from the website led until August by Steve Bannon, now the White House chief strategist. It shows the enduring power of the site to torture Republicans deemed not conservative enough and to cause great consternation within the party.

"Breitbart's hit pieces entirely synchronize with what Bannon's interests would be," said Ben Shapiro, Breitbart’s former editor-at-large who worked for Bannon until last year. "Who's sitting pretty if this whole thing goes up in smoke? It's not Reince. It's not Paul Ryan."

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fake news

pssst... it's not working

Doesn't matter who says it, it remains bullshit.