Words
Is Words: The
TTIP,
which is “a
threat to democratic decision-making and regulation in the public
interest,” includes
references to ‘timely
information’, ‘unnecessarily burdensome’ and ‘pre-normative
research’. Please
define each of these in a way that will be most profitable to large
multi-nationals.
Sufficiency:
Hillary 'Sounds
Like Netanyahu' Clinton and
Donald Trump
gave
nearly
identical speeches at AIPAC, got
standing ovations - even
though Trump's comments do not agree with what he had said just
the day before.
Our
Size Fits All:
Under the rules imposed by the US, the
US Government will not
ratify the TPP
agreement until the
laws and practices of all the other countries
are consisten
with the US
interpretation of the agreement.
Shifty
Politics: In
February national polls showed Clinton leading Sanders 55/38, today
it's 51/44. Looks like Bernie's been putting on weight.
Noted:
The Republican elite
fear that working class voters will finally
realize that tax cuts
for the
wealthy and funding
cuts to programs
benefiting the
working class has not
brought them the promised prosperity and begin to understand that
their future rests in taxing the rich.
Less
Is Less, Much Less:
The global dry-bulk fleet will “contract significantly” this
year – for the first time since forever.
Opportunity
Knocked: In
the wake of the Brussels bombing, police agencies across the US are
seizing the opportunity to “increase security” - even though it
is still far safer to go to an airport in Europe than a wedding in
Afghanistan or a hospital in Yemen.
Truthiness:
Bill Clinton was caught complaining about “the awful legacy of the
last 8 years.” Trying to make it better the
Clinton campaign explained that “the
last eight years”
have
nothing to do with Obama at all.
A
Parting Shot:
1 comment:
Just as curious as today's headline, we see in today's NY Times a piece about automakers, citing lower fuel prices, are seeking legislative relief to cut fuel economy requirements.
You know it isn't going to take decades for that to happen...they probabaly already went ahead and did it figuring they paid enough for the politicians...the politico's will cover their backside, retroactively if necessary.
We can't buy a break on climate change but the whole fossil fuel industry is pretending it has nothing to do them.
Not to scare anyone but it's like they drank their own Kool-Aid! [ Everything will be just wonderful if you'd only let it happen!]
Yes, good citizen, the truth is finally out, climate change is YOUR FAULT!
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