Inappropriate Diversions From State TV

A Guardian of Global Capitalism Warns Capitalism Has A Problem - NPR "Wenjie Chen, an economist in the IMF's Research Department...gave us the sense that something fundamental in the economy has changed and that capitalism may be going haywire. The reason: companies are getting too powerful." Yes, but as we all already know, unregulated free market competition will solve all problems-economic and social. As well as making the titans of corporate capitalism part of the 1%. But they do it all with an eye towards our welfare.

As China Hacked, U.S. Businesses Turned A Blind Eye - NPR  "Technology theft and other unfair business practices originating from China are costing the American economy more than $57 billion a year, White House officials believe, and they expect that figure to grow. Government and business leaders interviewed by NPR and Frontline said individual companies were making millions of dollars in China over the past decade and a half and didn't want to hurt short-term profits by coming forward. They demanded secrecy, even in the face of outright theft. But now the impact of that secrecy is coming to light, they say. Companies are facing hundreds of millions of dollars in future losses from the theft, and U.S. officials say they are years behind trying to tackle the problem." Big Tech's Big Tax Ruse: Industry Splurges on Buybacks Not Jobs - Bloomberg "Some of the largest U.S. technology companies pushed for a corporate tax overhaul in 2017 by suggesting they wou...

Georgia girl, 6, dies after brother, 4, shot her accidentally U.S. CHILD GUN DEATHS: FIREARMS ARE SECOND BIGGEST KILLER IN AMERICA - Newsweek US leads the world in child gun deaths - Fox 20 Years On, The Background Check System Continues To Miss Dangerous Gun Buyers - NPR 3-year-old boy dies after accidentally shooting himself in face   - ABC News 4-year-old California boy talking a month after accidentally shooting himself in head - ABC News 2-year-old boy accidentally shoots, kills himself with gun he took from grandma's purse - ABC News This is terrible, awful, uncalled-for, unnecessary, revolting and more. However, bear in mind that good training and proper law enforcement could have prevented this tragedy. Right? Right!

Trump doubles down on plan to ship migrants to sanctuary cities, says ‘Radical Left’ should be happy - Fox News "Trump has repeatedly blasted sanctuary cities, which are areas where local authorities refuse to cooperate with federal immigration agencies. The cities are typically run by Democrats" We're showing those filthy, job-stealing, welfare-cheating illegals a thing or two at our border: Trump and His Aides Dismiss Reports of Disease and Hunger in Border Facilities - NY  Times Here's something else our patriotic, god-fearing administration did that really helps stem the root causes of illegal immigration <NOT>: Trump cuts aid to Central American countries as migrant crisis deepens - Reuters So, here's the unvarnished policy, the old "America: Love or Leave it" with a racist twist as practiced by our own President (#FDT): Trump Fans the Flames of a Racial Fire - NY Times Let's face it Trump could really bolster his base and ...

'A monopoly on information': Russia closes grip on internet Russian lawmakers approved Thursday a bill that would expand government control over the internet and whose opponents fear heralds a new era of widespread censorship.Russian lawmakers approved Thursday a bill that would expand government control over the internet and whose opponents fear heralds a new era of widespread censorship. The bill would install equipment to route Russian internet traffic through servers in the country. That would increase the power of state agencies to control information and block messaging applications, while users would find it harder to circumvent government restrictions. Internet Censorship In China The unchallenged leader in censorship and surveillance One surveillance camera for every 11 people in Britain, says CCTV survey “With potentially more than five million CCTV cameras across country, including more than 300,000 cameras in schools, we are being monitored in a way that few p...

Curbing dirty energy by raising its price “may be good for nature, but it’s not actually all that attractive to voters to reduce their income.” - NY Times "In economics, an externality is the cost or benefit that affects a party who did not choose to incur that cost or benefit. Externalities often occurs when a product or service's price equilibrium cannot reflect the true costs and benefits of that product or service. Externalities can be both positive or negative." - Wikipedia Externalities such as air pollution, mining wastes, habitat destruction and CO2 emissions do not appear on any financial statements so that artificially putting a price on them increases costs and ignites the flame of government overreach, over-regulation and the stifling of economic growth. So, we must continue:

Trump says the country can’t admit more people, but immigration is the answer to heartland depopulation. Decline in Chinese fertility threatens economy Japan's demographic time bomb Aging population on course to wipe out Germany’s finances within 30 years Here's an article from the crazies who think the earth is already over-populated: What is the optimal, sustainable population size of Humans? It's so obvious that we, and every other country, need more people to maintain the Ponzi scheme that promises eternal compound growth at the expense of the earthly systems that support it. After all, sustainable or steady-state economies, whatever that means, are simply leftist nut-job fantasies. Therefore:

If animals don't have souls neither do we - dominionmovement.com  Exposing the dark underbelly of modern animal agriculture through drones, hidden & handheld cameras, the feature-length film explores the morality and validity of our dominion over the animal kingdom. Now available to watch online for free. 10 Films To help understand how our factory meat is produced - The Standard You don't have to be a vegan to protest the inhumane treatment of the animals that feed us. But as real men know: Meat Good! Cook your burgers well this weekend: Beef tied to massive E. coli outbreak - Ars Technica Because, of course WE have been granted dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Any goddamn way we want!:

Are Plastic Bag Bans Garbage? - NPR Plastic haters, it's time to brace yourselves. A bunch of studies find that paper bags are actually worse for the environment. They require cutting down and processing trees, which involves lots of water, toxic chemicals, fuel and heavy machinery. While paper is biodegradable and avoids some of the problems of plastic, Taylor says, the huge increase of paper, together with the uptick in plastic trash bags, means banning plastic shopping bags increases greenhouse gas emissions. That said, these bans do reduce nonbiodegradable litter. Landmark UN plastic waste pact gets approved but not by US - AP Nearly every country in the world has agreed upon a legally binding framework to reduce the pollution from plastic waste except for the United States, U.N. environmental officials say. Asian countries take a stand against the rich world's plastic waste The shipments were part of a decades-old practice in which rich countries including the Unit...

Study The Great Nation - Xi's App The state-run news media teems with glowing reviews of the app, including stories about diligent hospital workers and kindergarten teachers who open Study the Great Nation as soon as they awaken, even before they drink water or go to the bathroom. Trumpism Extols Its Folk Hero The president’s devoted supporters have turned him into a legend of sorts. #FDT Juche, State Ideology Of North Korea As hard as it may be for Americans to grasp, millions of North Koreans appear to truly believe their government’s pronouncements. And the tool the state has used to convince of them of these ideas is a unique official philosophy called “juche” (pronounced JOO-chay). Why Chavez's followers are standing by Maduro President Hugo Chávez may have died six years ago but he is still watching over the Venezuelan capital. Wherever you go, you spot abstract images of his eyes graffitied on buildings. Propaganda In Iran The  Basij  are the local and grassroo...

Trump:Democrats would ‘leave Israel out there’  - AP The Jewish Democratic Council of America on Saturday said American Jews leaving the Democratic Party are a Republican fantasy. President Donald Trump warned on Saturday that a Democratic victory in 2020 could "leave Israel out there," as he highlighted his pro-Israel actions in an effort to make the case for Jewish voters to back his re-election. “Trump’s presidency has only solidified the fact that the Democratic Party has been - and will remain - the political home of the American Jewish electorate,” JDCA Executive Director Halie Soifer said in a statement. “This is because Trump’s policies and rhetoric are antithetical to Jewish values, and because anti-Semitism has increased to unprecedented levels due to Trump’s divisive words, policies, and willful blindness.” "The Democrats' radical agenda could very well leave Israel out there all by yourselves" - Trump Benjamin Netanyahu's re-election ma...

Winning the War on Poverty     "The Canadians are doing it; we’re not." - NY Times St00pid Ferners, This is how we do it in excpshunist 'Merica. #FDT

Hundreds of Taliban fighters storm check posts in Afghan border region  - UPI The US and Afghanistan: can’t win the war, can’t stop it, can’t leave  - The Guardian US watchdog: Peace with Taliban won’t resolve Afghan crises  - AP Taliban Talks Raise Question of What U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan Could Mean  - NY Times Still crazy after all these years and look at all that we have accomplished

Reparations for descendants of slaves emerges as key issue in 2020 Democratic field - Houston Chronicle And there are so many other long-standing mistreatments still to be addressed... And here's an another part of their future that conservative men find most repugnant

While the rich world braces for future climate change, the poor world is already being devastated by it  - CNN But we don't need to worry about them OR the planet that supports our affluenza...