Go read Ed’s article for the details.
I have said many times that anyone who thinks we have a good health care system has never experienced it from the inside the way I have. The bureaucratic […]
Trump Got His Orders From Putin Yesterday
Source: Trump’s FBI Director Supports Horowitz Report and May Be Fired | Ed Brayton
This may well lead to Wray being fired, just like Comey. one of the parallels in the two situations is that Trump is meeting today with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, just as he did when he fired Comey. Why he would be meeting with the Russian foreign minister in a meeting closed to the media, now of all times, is beyond me.
I believe Trump is getting instructions from his boss Putin on what to do next to help the Russian dictator keep his puppet in power for four more years.
Betty Speaks the Truth
Trump Wants to Win Another Non-existent War
It’s incredible how easy it is to “win” wars that don’t actually exist.
Source: Old and Busted: the War on Christmas. All New Hotness: the War on Thanksgiving | Ed Brayton
The Chick-Fil-A of Browsers
For anyone who won’t give their money to the anti-equality chicken restaurant do realize that Brave is the browser equivalent. The founder/CEO is openly anti-marriage equality so use any one of the many other browsers that aren’t anti-equality..
Another Great Read from PZ
You want to see a truly deep delusion? I give you “Elizabeth Holmes Is a Visionary, and We Need More Like Her”. It’s an attempt to salvage the reputation of Elizabeth Holmes, who bilked investors to build a blood-testing machine that didn’t work …
Source: The capitalist fantasy world
A Must Read for Everyone
There is no easy antidote to the spread of dangerous zero-sum ideas. But perhaps the beginning of wisdom is to recognize the danger they pose, and understand why they are wrong:
Source: The Perils of Zero-Sum Worldviews Revisited – Reason.com
This is the reality of Trump Supporters
PolitiFact rates this claim as mostly false. I rate it as just another lie, one that fits a pattern. Time and time again we’ve seen Trump promise something, do nothing to make it happen and just declare that he has fulfilled his promise anyway. He knows his followers don’t really care whether it’s true or not. That’s not why they support him. They support him because he hates the same people they do and gives them permission to do so openly.
Source: Trump Lies About Drug Prices Going Down | Ed Brayton
Ed Nails It!
This is classic Trump: Declare a crisis, strike a deal that changes virtually nothing and declare the crisis averted.
Source: Trump’s Empty, Meaningless ‘Deal’ With North Korea | Ed Brayton
The Trump FCC Always Says It Wants Broadband Competition But Now It’s Considering Reducing Competition By Law
Whether intentional or not, the FCC will give landlords and their cable financiers grounds to reject competitive entry that did not exist prior to the FCC’s preemption. This also appears to prohibit cities from adopting forward-thinking open access fiber policies in the future through city code and other local laws. Not to mention, the FCC’s intervention in San Francisco doesn’t fulfill the agency’s actual job description: to promote competition.
Update July 10, 2019
The FCC’s Office of Economics and Analytics released a paper titled “An Empirical Analysis of Broadband Access in Residential Multi-Tenant Environments.” on Monday. This report appears to give strong backup to EFF’s position on this issue. Hopefully the commission will now drop it’s plan to boost ISP’s monopoly status by preventing competition.
Study: Mandatory Broadband Access Laws in Multi-Tenant Environments
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