{"id":178211,"date":"2019-02-07T05:58:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T10:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2019\/02\/07\/linkage-91\/"},"modified":"2019-02-07T05:58:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T10:58:00","slug":"linkage-91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2019\/02\/07\/linkage-91\/","title":{"rendered":"Linkage"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.currentaffairs.org\/2019\/01\/the-kind-of-policy-we-must-never-make-again\">The Kind Of Policy We Must Never Make Again<\/a> (<i>Current Affairs<\/i>) Obama&#8217;s &#8220;Race to the Top&#8221; education cluster f%$#.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.disclose.tv\/undercover-police-posing-as-drug-buyers-arrested-by-undercover-police-poses-as-drug-dealer-330650?fbclid=IwAR1q_xJS21P2UUFs2XQddwUCgEQHp7BLKU5W7v3WFYT5gXD8UIvGU2iYVfk\">Undercover Police Posing As Drug Buyers Arrested By Undercover Police Posing As Drug Dealer<\/a> (<i>Disclose.tv<\/i>) I recall an episode of <i>Night Court<\/i> that turned out that way.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2019\/02\/do-democrats-really-want-medicare-for-all.html\">Do Democrats Really Want Medicare for All?<\/a> (<i>NY Mag<\/i>) Dems run on single payer, then walk it back after being elected.&nbsp; I wonder why voters don&#8217;t believe when Democrats promise to make their lives better.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/hiltzik\/la-fi-hiltzik-billionaires-20190201-story.html?fbclid=IwAR2cU_x8W9rwqi2CjdStbCglWFO_u2B3x0DrvECn4Xb6xIgrYEqF3u0NDUE\">America is falling out of love with billionaires, and it\u2019s about time<\/a> (<i>Los Angeles Times<\/i>)&nbsp; Eat the rich.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/portside.org\/2019-02-02\/economic-costs-and-benefits-airbnb\">The Economic Costs and Benefits of Airbnb<\/a> (<i>Portside<\/i>) Money quote, The economic costs Airbnb imposes likely outweigh the benefits.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.currentaffairs.org\/2019\/01\/mckinsey-company-capitals-willing-executioners\">McKinsey &amp; Company: Capital\u2019s Willing Executioners<\/a> (<i>Current Affairs<\/i>) Their role in Perdue Pharma&#8217;s Oxycontin marketing.&nbsp; Ethics, schmethics.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2018\/feb\/25\/us-healthcare-reform-medicare-for-all?CMP=share_btn_tw\">Why are Democratic party thinktanks still not backing universal healthcare?<\/a> (<i>The Guardian<\/i>) Because the folks paying their bills don&#8217;t want it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2019\/feb\/06\/call-for-retraction-of-400-scientific-papers-amid-fears-organs-came-from-chinese-prisoners\">Call for retraction of 400 scientific papers amid fears organs came from Chinese prisoners<\/a> (<i>The Guardian<\/i>) Pretty f%$#ing horrifying. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/duckduckgo-warns-that-google-does-not-respect-do-not-track-browser-setting\/291751\/\">DuckDuckGo Warns that Google Does Not Respect &#8216;Do Not Track&#8217; Browser Setting<\/a> (<i>Search Engine Journal<\/i>) Being evil.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2019\/02\/05\/we-may-finally-see-trumps-tax-returns-republicans-are-panicking\/\">We may finally see Trump\u2019s tax returns, and Republicans are panicking<\/a> (<i>Washington Post<\/i>) Pass the popcorn.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/how-monopolies-contribute-to-inequality-united-states-2019-1\">How monopolies are contributing to inequality in the United States<\/a> (<i>Business Insider<\/i>) They neglected to consider the effects of legally sanctioned monopolies like copyright and patent, which is a big part of this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;SpongeBob Singing &#8220;Sweet Victory&#8221;:<br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k9iYm9PEAHg\" width=\"496\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kind Of Policy We Must Never Make Again (Current Affairs) Obama&#8217;s &#8220;Race to the Top&#8221; education cluster f%$#. Undercover Police Posing As Drug Buyers Arrested By Undercover Police Posing As Drug Dealer (Disclose.tv) I recall an episode of Night Court that turned out that way. Do Democrats Really Want Medicare for All? 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