First
Timers: US
corporations have now reported declining
profits for four consecutive quarters. In 12 of the 17 of the
times in post 1940 history when corporate profits declined for two
quarters, recession followed. The
last time earnings went negative for four consecutive quarters
without a recession or worse is... never.
Magical
Mystery Tour:
Every time the European economy falters even more, the ECB's Draghi
promises another final solution, and the markets zoom as though he
were, finally, telling the truth. The IMF is not
a believer.
The
Twilight Zone:
“The real economy and
markets are so far apart they look like ‘two parallel realities'”
She
Said: Hillary
Clinton says that a single-payer health plan “will never, ever come
to pass.” So she sees no point in pretending. She knows that no
matter what the people want, politicians – from both sides of the
political divide - understand that the profits of insurance
companies, pharmaceutical companies, medical testing firms, medical
equipment providers and for-profit hospitals are what lead to
campaign contributions, and thus will put profits before people.
Two
From Column A:
Democracy and national sovereignty are incompatible with global
economic integration, and will be discarded in the march for greater
profits for the 1%.
Ducks:
Following the
US airstrikes on an al-Shebab training camp that killed 140 people,
“helicopter-borne US troops” raided a town controlled by
al-Shebab. War? Sure it looks like, walks like, quacks like, but
really it isn't. It is just a bunch of US Special Operations troops
committing special operations.
Goose,
Cooked: At our
current rate of global per-person energy use, we'll reach 2ºC
of global warming not by the century's end, but by 2030. And
globally per-person energy use continues to increase.
A
Parting Shot:
2 comments:
Capitalism cannot afford the unemployed but it creates them to keep the employed fearful for their 'situation'. [People, sadly, do cop an attitude when they know they would be difficult to replace but, fortunately, NOBODY is 'irreplaceable', regardless of what they think.]
Skipping to the bottom we find another 'axiom' held forth...justice delayed is in fact justice denied. We all value justice highly [when it serves us] but will turn a blind eye when the outcome isn't clear.
Justice is like love...a 'half a loaf' just doesn't do it. Better to have none than to suffer having it both ways.
Two from column A: Adding another 'layer' of government [where the only thing you are allowed to do is vote for who will represent you without their ever asking you how you feel/think on the issues makes change impossible.] Which is why we're getting this 'backdoor' global government overseen by bought and paid for 'arbitrators'.
It's this sort of crap that leads to 'Ducks', our 'off the leash' military, engaged in 'missions' to 'protect' ever more murky 'American Interests' pretty much anywhere on the globe without any accountability at all.
Is it any wonder that to the rest of the world, the US is considered 'The Great Satan' [or No.1 Terrorist if you keep religion out of the equation...]
Really something to ponder as we prepare to watch another stolen election without uttering a word of protest. Worse, the stolen elections aren't just local, they're everywhere thanks to the corporate owned media.
Re: Laws are meaningless if they go unenforced.
Should be obvious to anybody watching the speeding criminals on the freeways.
(I'm sure those laws were meant to be broken tho. Isn't duplicity a wonderful thing?)
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