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Information Clearing House - News you won't find on CNN : Acceptable Losses: Aiding and Abetting the Saudi Slaughter in Yemen." : Information Clearing H

Thu, 25 Aug 2016 19:44:59 +0000

The entire article contains no facts, but is based on the strange claim that if many bad people like Clinton, it proves Trump is better. However, many good people like Clinton, and Putin loves Trump. So?

Commentary Magazine : Obama Disassociates from Reality

Tue, 22 Oct 2013 21:24:09 +0000

Rather than the complex, convoluted Heritagecare -- excuse me, Ronmeycare -- excuse me again, Obamacare -- we should have fully paid, full coverage Medicare for every man, woman and child in America. Not only would this instantly bring us out of the recession, but it instantly would improve the health and vitality of all Americans. And lest you believe the government can't afford it, read: http://mythfighter.com/2013/07/27/i-just-thought-...

Commentary Magazine : Can the Obama Revival Succeed?

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 22:22:06 +0000

Not sure how to correct an erroneous statement without leading to your insults, but for educational purposes, I'll try: The following statement is not true: " . . . the dollars taken away from non-federal spending would then become, by definition, federal spending." The following statement is true: The dollars taken away from non-federal spending would be dollars taken away from GDP (assuming Federal Spending and Net Imports do not change.)

Commentary Magazine : Can the Obama Revival Succeed?

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 02:25:56 +0000

The facts, not polls, prove the shutdown cost America many billions of dollars, cost many people their jobs and their incomes, and accomplished absolutely nothing. No polls needed..

Commentary Magazine : Can the Obama Revival Succeed?

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 02:23:50 +0000

GDP = Federal Spending + Non-federal Spending + Net Exports. I didn't make this up. That is the formula for GDP. If the federal government taxed 100% of all wealth and income, what would "Non-federal Spending" total? Answer: $0. So what would that do to GDP? Think. Anyway, the federal government (unlike state and local governments) does not spend tax money, which you will learn when you understood Monetary Sovereignty. See: http://mythfighter.com/2013/07/27/i-just-thought-... So, there is not need for the federal government to tax 100% or even 1%, but of course, being ignorant of Monetary Sovereignty, you'll claim that's drivel, too.

Commentary Magazine : Can the Obama Revival Succeed?

Thu, 17 Oct 2013 21:00:27 +0000

" . . .cutting spending is possible. . . " GDP = Federal Spending + Non-federal Spending + Net Exports. Yes, as anyone with even a minor knowledge of algebra knows, not only is cutting spending possible, but the resultant cutting GDP also is possible. Inevitable, actually. GDP =

Commentary Magazine : The Obama Backfire

Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:41:25 +0000

You guys should try to get your stories straight. "We said repeal Obamacare, but we don't mean repeal, we mean defund -- or else." Here's what one of your brethren says: http://www.newsmax.com/NewsmaxTv/john-mccain-obam... Oops, McCain really isn't a brother. Sort of a cousin. And now Paul doesn't want to repeal or defund it. Gosh, it must be so confusing not knowing whom to parrot, today. Anyway, be sure to defund food stamps too, because you know THOSE people are shiftless, lazy "takers."

Commentary Magazine : The Obama Backfire

Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:05:41 +0000

Rick, ACA is THE LAW. How does Congress change a law it doesn't like? By threatening to bring down the entire government?? By threatening to destroy the credit of the United States?? By threatening a recession or depression?? Apparently, that is the Republican method. In previous years, when Congress didn't like a law, it VOTED for changes in that law, and if the President agreed, he would sign the changes. Or Congress would vote to override the President. But silly me, I thought that is the way our government is supposed to run. Apparently you disagree. What next? Outlaw abortion or we'll destroy America? Make machine guns legal or we'll impoverish the population?? Eliminate teaching of evolution or we'll destroy the economy?? The possibilities are endless, once stupidity is acceptable.

Commentary Magazine : The Obama Backfire

Thu, 10 Oct 2013 13:46:19 +0000

What is there to negotiate. The target keeps changing. ACA is a law passed by both houses of Congress, signed by the President and approved by the Supreme Court. Now you want to negotiate it?? But wait. It's not Obamacare; its something else. The debt? The deficit? Immigration? Abortion? Gay marriage? The religious right has thrown so many things on the table, no one knows what is to be negotiated. But, by heaven, they want negotiation. If they want to overthrow an existing law, do it the old-fashioned way: By votes in both houses and Presidential approval. Is negotiation now a replacement for the legislative process?

Commentary Magazine : Too Bad ObamaCare Works as Intended

Sat, 14 Sep 2013 21:22:03 +0000

We (the U.S.) don't look good: http://mythfighter.com/2012/07/07/no-its-not-your...

Commentary Magazine : Too Bad ObamaCare Works as Intended

Sat, 14 Sep 2013 21:14:33 +0000

We (in the U.S.) don't look good: http://mythfighter.com/2012/07/07/no-its-not-your...

Commentary Magazine : Too Bad ObamaCare Works as Intended

Fri, 13 Sep 2013 22:19:52 +0000

Romneycare (aka "Obamacare") is a program created by the wealthy to avoid the real solution to national healthcare: Federally funded, comprehensive Medicare for all. The wealthy don't want it because it closes the GINI gap, and it is the GINI ratio that is paramount to the rich. Being rich is not an absolute; it is a comparative. Were there no gap, no one would be rich, and the greater the gap, the richer one is. Medicare and Social Security close the gap, so are an anathema for the rich, who in cahoots with the rich-owned media and the rich-owned politicians, have brainwashed the poor into voting against it.

Commentary Magazine : Leftist Roots Trump Obama for J Street

Tue, 10 Sep 2013 01:42:29 +0000

"Though opposition to Syria intervention is widely unpopular . . . " Really?

Commentary Magazine : The Hazards of Hillary Hagiography

Thu, 8 Aug 2013 17:12:38 +0000

Please provide the source of your data. Oops, sorry. You have no source. You just made it up. I guess you bought the wrong clue.

Commentary Magazine : Marco Rubio's Folly

Wed, 7 Aug 2013 22:22:08 +0000

Right. Defund Obamacare. And then . . . er . . .ah . . . and then, what? Eliminate all health care? Exactly what is the right wing plan (other than to say "No" to Democrats)?

Commentary Magazine : Barack Obama's Learning Curve

Wed, 7 Aug 2013 22:18:18 +0000

Funniest line in the entire article: "Obama will find the courage of his convictions . . . " Are you kidding?

Commentary Magazine : The Hazards of Hillary Hagiography

Wed, 7 Aug 2013 00:37:12 +0000

Oh, now the problem for the GOP is lack of debates -- as though these ultra-right-wingers have something to say that will appeal to women and minorities (comprising at least 70% of the electorate). No it isn't debates or mis-communication that are the problems. The voters know all to well what the Tea-Republicans stand for: Help wealthy, white males at the expense of the rest of the nation. When will the GOP realize it's their policies that doom them?

Commentary Magazine : Detroit, Chicago, and Public Debt

Wed, 7 Aug 2013 00:32:24 +0000

Detroit, and indeed every city, county and state in America, is monetarily non-sovereign, as opposed to the U.S. government which is Monetarily Sovereign. A Monetarily Sovereign government never can run short of its sovereign currency. A monetarily non-sovereign government has no sovereign currency, so can survive long term only if it has money coming in from outside its borders, i.e. exports, tourism and federal spending. Increasing taxes and reducing spending (i.e. austerity) will not solve the problems of a monetarily non-sovereign government, as the euro nations have learned, they being monetarily non-sovereign. Detroit's financial problems are not due to unions, profligate spending or under taxing. The problems are due to too few dollars coming in from outside its borders -- a problem the federal government could and should cure at the touch of a computer key. Sadly, Mr. Tobin does not understand Monetary Sovereignty, so speaks from economic ignorance.

Commentary Magazine : What Rush Hath Wrought

Fri, 2 Aug 2013 21:38:28 +0000

His popularity only demonstrates how many bigots, fools and nuts there are in America. All of history's hate-mongers had big followings.

Commentary Magazine : If Benghazi’s No Scandal, Why a Cover-Up?

Fri, 2 Aug 2013 21:36:03 +0000

If only this were the worst thing he has done. This doesn't even make the top 10.