Thursday, September 23, 2021

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NYT > U.S. > Politics43 minutes ago
Biden Hosts Virtual Covid Summit Aimed at Bolstering Global Response
President Biden has been under intense pressure from global health experts to do more to address the vaccine shortage. read more
 
Biden could seize the vaccine patents and make them free. 
Biden could nationalize the pharmaceuticle businesses.
Biden could allow medicaid to bargain for drugs.

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NYT > U.S. > Politics58 minutes ago
Harris announces $250 million in global funding to fight future pandemics.
The new fund was established to address a range of issues like disease surveillance, vaccine development and health care worker support in order to counter future biological threats. read more

World Population Clock: 7.9 Billion People (2021) - Worldometer

7.9 billion X .7=5.53 billion     25/553=.0452 dollars per person for pandemic preparedness.
          Lots of dead people.

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House Democrats Demand Answers About Treatment of Haitian Migrants
A letter from lawmakers on the Oversight Committee asks for Customs and Border Protection officials to brief the committee by the end of the week about the conduct of border agents. read more
 
The border patrole cannot answer. 
The Haitians have been released to seek asylum in the U.S. 
Texas will not be happy.

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Trump Sues New York Times and Mary Trump Over Leaked Tax Documents
Former President Donald J. Trump filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing Mary Trump and three Times reporters of conspiring to publish information about his tax records. read more
 
Trump does not have standing to sue.
This is a "slap"suit.
 
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Bipartisan Police Reform Talks Collapse on Capitol Hill
The collapse of negotiations all but closed off the possibility that Congress would act on an issue that President Biden has promised to tackle. read more
 
Black lives do not matter.
 
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Pressure Grows on U.S. Companies to Share Covid Vaccine Technology
Moderna accepted $2.5 billion in taxpayer money to develop its Covid-19 vaccine. But officials in the U.S. and overseas are having trouble persuading the company to license its technology. read more
 
Publish the research.  It should be public domain.
 
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Thousands of Haitian Migrants Are Being Let Into U.S., Official Says
Thousands of migrants who arrived in Del Rio, Texas, are being allowed into the country and must report to immigration officials at a future date, according to an official familiar with the matter. read more
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Colossus#Text_of_the_poem
 
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Biden Speaks With Macron, First Time Since Diplomatic Feud
The call came days after President Emmanuel Macron of France recalled his country’s ambassador to the United States. read more
 
France is not a great power.
France will sulk for a time.
 
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Podesta Urges Democrats to Scale Back $3.5 Trillion Bill
His message included a blunt call to progressives to accept a scaled-back price tag, in a bow to the party’s centrists. read more
 

House Passes Spending Bill and Debt Limit Increase Over G.O.P. Opposition
The measure now heads to the Senate, setting up a clash with Republicans, who have warned they will block any debt ceiling increase. read more
 
The senate has been and is the problem. 
Coal is their past.  It will not be again.

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Biden to Meet With Democrats on Pushing His Economic Agenda
The president will sit down separately with Democratic leaders and lawmakers from both chambers as he seeks to advance trillions of dollars in spending. read more
 
Keynes knew these problems and solved them.
 
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At U.N., Biden Calls for Diplomacy, Not Conflict, but Some Are Skeptical
The president said he wants global cooperation to meet challenges, but some allies and adversaries say his actions point to confrontation with China and unilateral action, belying his words. read more
 
There is no cheap way to slow Global heating.
There is just one planet and there is no place left for a dump.
 
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What’s at Stake in the 2022 Races for Governor
The attention may be on House and Senate campaigns, but these races — some of which will be true tossups — may be just as important. read more
 
Judgeships and house seats. 
Command of the National Guard.
 
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Images of Border Patrol’s Treatment of Haitian Migrants Prompt Outrage
The footage offered a glimpse of the chaos that has been unfolding in Texas and called into question President Biden’s decision to swiftly deport thousands. read more
 
Texas does not remember Tousant L'overture. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toussaint_Louverture

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Infrastructure Bill In Limbo as Biden Meets With Democrats
Liberal and moderate wings of the House Democratic caucus remain at odds over whether that measure should pass without work finished on the sweeping, $3.5 trillion economic package. read more
 
Pass the 4.5 trillion dollar plan.
It is cheap.
 
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House Passes Bill to Help Officials With 'Havana Syndrome'
The bill, which was approved by the Senate in June, now heads to President Biden’s desk. read more
 
These people are casualties while on active duty.
 
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American Airlines and JetBlue Face Antitrust Suit Over Alliance
The Justice Department said their partnership amounted to a merger in the New York and Boston markets and reduced competition more widely. read more
 
The airlines knew better.
 
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John Nkengasong, of the Africa C.D.C., Will Lead PEPFAR
Dr. Nkengasong will be the first person of African origin to oversee the U.S. government program combating H.I.V., which has ravaged the continent. read more
 
Opposition is racist.
He has the knowledge he is thought to need.
 
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A Botched Drone Strike in Kabul Started With the Wrong Car
An errant strike that killed 10 civilians has called into question the reliability of the intelligence that will be used to conduct future U.S. operations in Afghanistan. read more
 
Intelligence failure always looks ugly.
 
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Ian Welsh1 day ago
Ricardo’s Caveat
[image: Story 481335012] [image: Ricardo] Ricardo In 1817, David Ricardo formalized the Law of Comparative Advantage. Since then, it has stood the test of time as one of the very few laws that an economist can point to and say: “This is indisputably true.” It’s because of this law that you only rarely find an economist who doesn’t believe in unrestricted free trade. But Ricardo added an important caveat when he discussed free trade and comparative advantage and it’s one that most modern economists seem to have forgotten… Let’s quote straight from Ricardo: In one and the same coun... read more
 
The analysis looks good to me.   
The article is well worth your attention.

 

 

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