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"Fire in the Blood": Millions Die in Africa After Big Pharma Blocks Imports of Generic AIDS Drugs

Mon Mar 11 18:32:03 +0000 2013

This is why Democracy Now! is both the best and worst news program you'll ever find. Nobody else will bring you this gravely important story. I am a wiser person for having seen it. But what's with that headline? How does "big pharma" block imports to a whole country? What, does big pharma now employ a fleet of pirates to swashbuckle and maraud competitors on the high seas?

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and the United States

The No-Hire Emails That Incriminate Apple, Google, Adobe and More

Wed Jan 23 15:42:11 +0000 2013

The labor market at work.

http://constitution.org/mil/militia_debate_1789.txt

Thu Jan 17 07:36:17 +0000 2013

Elbridge Gerry tells us what militias are for.

The Second Amendment was Ratified to Preserve Slavery

Thu Jan 17 07:35:13 +0000 2013

Not "the reason" for militias, but I'm sure they did plenty of this.

The NRA Myth of Arming the Good Guys | Mother Jones

Sun Dec 30 17:32:17 +0000 2012

Uh oh! They've come back with a graph! Too bad it has nothing to do with the headline... wah wahhh.

Study Says Community Reinvestment Act Induced Banks To Take Bad Risks - Hit & Run : Reason.com

Mon Dec 24 05:02:25 +0000 2012

Know Your Gun Terminology! | Mother Jones

Thu Dec 20 06:43:12 +0000 2012

You mean you actually want your readers to understand the legislation they're advocating? That's actually a good idea. wtg, mojo!

Occupy Wall Street’s Debt Jubilee: A Gimmick with Tax Risk « naked capitalism

Wed Dec 19 20:14:45 +0000 2012

Fake Malaria Drugs Fuel Rise Of Drug-Resistant Disease : Shots - Health News : NPR

Wed Dec 19 15:38:41 +0000 2012

A facebook commenter writes: "But isn't this how the glorious, liberating "unregulated free market" is supposed to work?" We're talking about Myanmar an Congo, here. Need I say more?

Do Armed Civilians Stop Mass Shooters? Actually, No. | Mother Jones

Wed Dec 19 14:48:07 +0000 2012

The ban-the-guns crowd needed to respond to this very good point, and this was the best they could muster.

Peter Schiff: The Fantasy of a 91% Top Income Tax Rate - WSJ.com

Fri Dec 07 05:25:26 +0000 2012

"That year, according to Internal Revenue Service records, just 236 of the nation's 45.6 million tax filers had any income that was taxed at 81% or higher."

The Self-Destruction of the 1 Percent - NYTimes.com

Sun Oct 14 14:29:20 +0000 2012

She gets the point, but she doesn't. I cheer one paragraph and boo the next.

Correlation does not imply causation: How the Internet fell in love with a stats-class cliché. - Slate Magazine

Tue Oct 02 18:15:52 +0000 2012

The statement is true, without regard to whether the person saying it is a "blowhard".

Private city in Honduras will have minimal taxes, government

Thu Sep 27 23:07:35 +0000 2012

I'd like to follow this story and see what happens.

Computer Hackers Have Message For City Regarding Point Breeze Lot

Wed Sep 26 22:00:09 +0000 2012

Normally I would oppose inviting ones self onto someone else's land and re-decorating the place, but I don't quite recognize the city to be a legitimate landowner.

"Externalities"

Wed Sep 26 11:53:47 +0000 2012

Agree in part, disagree in part.

Paul Slansky: Paul Ryan Said Something That Should Force Him Off the Ticket, But You Probably Didn't Hear About It

Tue Aug 28 20:49:36 +0000 2012

Akin is a pariah because he believes that the female reproductive system prevents conception in the instance of rape. Paul Ryan is now a pariah because he believes that rape actually is a "method of conception". This whole conversation has just gone full retard.

Pitchfork Protest: Fauquier County Fines Woman for Hosting 10 Year Old’s Birthday Party

Mon Aug 13 15:49:24 +0000 2012

Huffington Post | Paul Abrams: I Pledge My Health Insurance Refund to President Obama's Re-Election. Will You Join Me?

Tue Jul 17 14:58:07 +0000 2012

The audacity is quite astounding.

The Freeman | The Market Doesn’t Ration Health Care

Sun Jul 15 14:38:31 +0000 2012

I tend not to agree with this author on this point. Anyone who spends as much time telling us what he's not saying rather than what he is saying is probably thinking too hard. He says: Let me be clear about what I am not denying. I am not denying that economic goods are by definition scarce and that at any given time we must settle for less of them than we want. I am also not denying that the marketplace is relevant in determining who gets how much of those scarce goods. I am denying that this is appropriately called “rationing.” This is a sort of hair splitting, I think, when the end result is the same. Where avoiding the term "rationing" clouds this end result, I'd rather just be up front and use it.