This is insanity! As I wrote in a former post, “Better Late Than Never?,” “I touched upon what is becoming more and more common, as of late, between citizens of this country [Canada] and the government that ‘represents’ them.” Well, here we go again, and it’s getting more and more ridiculous. Give it a listen…
Shudder To Think
Democracy Now spent, both, Thursday‘s and Friday‘s broadcasts, in their entirety this past week, discussing the current state of American health care and its prospective reform. Quite an interesting couple of hours, if not for anything else, than to give us Canadian’s a seemingly potential “heads-up” on what it is we need to brace for.
And contrary to what I’ve seen argued, what proponents of American privatized medicine are failing to disclose to those who are suggesting they try a “single payer” system in the U.S., is virtually everything they say is only part of the story. A flagrant half-truth.
And like so much of what people are exposed to, it is, without a doubt, the ugly half…
Free Markets?
Before I get into this I should state, of all the things I’ve ever written about here, this — being economics related — is the “issue” I know the least about. That said, it’s undoubtedly something I couldn’t possibly care less about changing, as well. Go figure.
Be that as it may, last nights installment of ZNet Daily Commentary: “Are Our Markets Being Manipulated By “Rogues” Or Firms?,” was exceptionally interesting…
‘What Comes Around Is All Around’
Who’d have thunk, a drunk Jim Lahey had it, exactly, right?
“On the morning of 29 June, the Spirit of Humanity set sail from Cyprus to the Gaza Strip carrying approximately three tons of medical aid, olive saplings, children’s toys and other humanitarian items for the area’s 1.5 million residents. The Spirit traveled through international waters when, at approximately 1:30am, several Israeli gunships surrounded the boat, jammed its GPS, navigation and radar systems and threatened to open fire. Heavily-armed Israeli naval commandos boarded the boat, ordered the Spirit’s passengers to lie face down, roughed up several, and ultimately forced the humanitarian volunteers to Israel where they were held for days in hot, crowded, cells before all but two (both Israeli citizens) were ultimately deported…”
“Is Israel guilty of piracy?” Radhika Sainath argues, quite convincingly, yes. But I think a more “accurate” question is, will Israel ever be held to account? I’m quite sure some would argue, much like the “Bush torture program,” probably not — in any meaningful way, at least.
So, indeed Jimmy, “what comes around is all around.” Or, much better still, same shit, different day…