Loading ...goldi, I agree that getting the plan through congress will be tough
But the line has been drawn, at a minimum big pharma may be scared enough to start cleaning house by themselves (like the old jawboning tactic). But even an executive order is a lot of progress, and the big pharma people and their supporters will see that by fighting the President’s desire to reduce drug prices and a lot of medical costs, the lobbyists and Democrats who fight the President will be in a tough position ahead of the midterm elections.
Elliott
Unfortunately it will be most likely by executive order due to past bipartisan lack of fiduciary duty to the consumers, “citizens” or its economic effects to them as usual. They set their own schedule of irreverent over immediate tasks prenending their too busy and expect everyone else to arrange their lives even if it’s not and obvious not for the better around them to make their donors happy, and they’re one of them either directly or indirectly.
If someone else comes along later and chips away or unravels it due to incompetence and greed, least Trump did his job for the benefit of the people.
The Germans, French and British meet with Iran next Tuesday
We shall see what happens as a result of this meeting in Brussels. Russia and China also signed the deal, and have said that they will work to keep the deal intact. Of course the deal practically guarantees that Iran will legally have a nuclear weapon in 2025…and they will have ICBMs by that time too. Any bets? I am betting that nothing substantial will come out of the meeting.
If President Trump can beat the drug manufacturers, the doctors and the lobbyist who make it all happen.
Then Trump will be reelected in a landslide. Note: The big pharma companies, the American Medical Association and their lawyers are all big Democrat supporters and donors.
No, I do not believe that the USA, Russian and China have been and are allies
The on-going global chess game is serious business. So far, the game has kept the world out of World War 3. The last time these three countries were allies was during World War 2. Today, you can say that Russia and China are one man totalitarian regimes. China is working the most at present to supplant the USA as the world’s leading power Russia is trying to maintain itself as an equal partner with the USA and China. Each of these 3 countries have cooperated with each other and competed against each other based on sphere’s of influence, economic considerations, and engaging in military one-upmanship. In this contest, Russia is the loser as their tiny economy struggles to keep up its military threat while supporting a decent lifestyle for it’s citizens. Right now, in the long run, the main economic and military threat to the USA is China. The EU are still where they have always been, hiding under the US skirt.
Saying that “The main economic problems the world keeps having are related to the failure and breakdown of global socialism” is not supported by any facts known to me. Population growth, water supplies, crazy (and corrupt) dictators, and the economic and military competition between the USA, China, Russia and the EU are causes of the economic problems of the world. I can sum it up as “Greed and Stupidity”.
Finally
They’re going after drug manufacturers. Another swamp and probably the most money passed to lobbyists then to politicians and even doctors despite news anti kickback laws.
re Russia and Israel Cooperation, My View? Un-cooperation Is Fake.
The USA is and has been for decades, allies with communist USSR and communist China. That makes the USA partially communist, and those other global welfare recipients are SLIGHTLY less communistic. Israel is also part of the so called global commune-ity.
The main economic problems the world keeps having are related to the failure and breakdown of global socialism. Taxing the rich USA and giving to the so called “less fortunate” countries, until the effin bottom fell out in 2008.
No more money in the USA to share. 🙂 Now the bozos are scrambling and in panic mode trying to make the USA go from zero to 60 in 6 seconds. Its pot luck now if they waited too long.
Note: Everything the fake media reports is simply no different than somebodies classified add. Special interest advertisements.
Elliott @ 14:44
It makes for a safer world.
Erdogan is the one that worries me. Turkey’s taken a giant step backward after he solidified his power.
Ipso, re your 1140 post about Russia and Israel Cooperation
Yes, the Russians fear Iranian nuclear tipped ICBMs as much as the west. They also fear the growing Iranian influence with many millions of Shia living in Russia and on it’s borders. The Russians also fear the Iranian attacks on the Saudi’s and their allies. The Russians energy complex needs foreign money and the Russians play in the international markets. We have also seen a lot of cooperation lately between Saudi Arabia and Israel. The Iranians have only the Turks to schmooze with in that part of the world and I think the signs are already there that the Iran Turkish connection will grow. Turkey has the 5th largest Shia population in the world behind only Iran, India, Pakistan and Iraq.
scum acting up here…can’t have gold above $ 1320 for end of week
vital that it looks awfull….no matter the Dollar is down…but of course the SM has found that magical buyer.
Elliot re: Horwitz
Has the big move started?
No. Today is just another joke of a day, with pm’s and pm shares sucking wind. Horowitz knows nothing.
DOW was down for almost five seconds today though.
Big Reversal On Drug Prices Now. “The Party Is Over”
No more middle man, no more US subsidy for foreign discounts. $1 over there is $100 over here for the same drug. The massive amounts of drug commercials we see on TV? They never tell us the price on TV.
Little by little, artificial jobs will end. The MILLIONS of EPA jobs. Think about it. What the HELL do they do all day?? Imagine new phony scientific statistics, create more stupid rules while jerking off all day and get paid?
Because TPTB exported millions of real tax PAYING jobs for the foreign good on welfare, then to over ride the losses, they created tax ABSORBING jobs, and unneeded unproductive environment expenses, and screwing the masses to support occupation creation fake jobs is ending.
Todd “Bubba” Horwitz says
“Yesterday we wrote that the metals were getting ready to make a big move in either direction based on the pattern that was being formed. Gold has rallied from a low of $1,304 and is now trading at $1,325, and silver has traded as low as $16.30, now $16.80. Has the big move started?
Both metals are approaching key resistance levels — gold at $1,328 and silver at $17. If they can break through those levels, the big move could be up. Failure at those levels keeps $1,280 in gold and $16 in silver as part of the equation.
The next couple of days are very important in deciding if this is a real rally and the big move is up or this is just a dead-cat bounce and the big move is down. This is a great time to observe; like a great horse race, these markets can go either way.”
goldielocks @ 11:52
Lots of truth there goldie!
Looks like NJ has some crackpots too.
So they can take jobs nobody wants? Haven’t heard that excuse in awhile.
NJ Governor signs bill allowing free tuition for illegal immigrants.
https://finance.yahoo.com/video/nj-governor-signs-bill-allowing-161654059.html
Ipso 9:37
You can bet it’s more about critizing Muslims for their acts or beliefs that are illegal or include death threats. Any Christian racist or other insults will likely not be included. They think they can mix these people together and force them to get along when all they’re doing is unleashing hostile non civilized and expecting the civilized to remain civilized ” law abiding” while the hostile remain hostile.
Meanwhile, Christian girls are encouraged to wear scarves among Europe or Christians and other religions themselves to stay away from certain areas called no go zones or worse. Girls are preyed upon given addicting drugs and prostituted to these creeps with threats not to tell their parents. Is that in their religion too? Crime, drugs, prostitution, slavery and human trafficking? Parents who find out get little help. The few who do get sentenced never talk about deportation. Their swamps dirty secrets UK and EU citizens have to deal with.
Just what will be defined? To Muslims anything against their acts will be defined.
Gays a oxymoron. Will Muslims be excused because it’s part of their religion to kill them.
The infiltration of Gov. begins.
UK proposes six-year prison sentence for criticizing Islam
Interesting article. Russians and Israelis seem to be getting on very well … to Iran’s detriment.
Missile attacks reflect changing strategic landscape
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Here are the key points to consider:
Russia was informed by Israel ahead of the attack on the Iranians, a fact that was officially stated by the Israel Defense Ministry spokesperson and reported by the Russian press. It is noteworthy that there were only two foreign visitors to Russia’s 73rd annual Victory Parade and its March of the Immortals: the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, and Netanyahu.
When President Putin offered to pin the Ribbon of St. George to their jackets, Vučić refused. Netanyahu accepted. The Ribbon of St. George is a ribbon of remembrance of the participants in World War II and also is a nationalist symbol. Netanyahu also marched with President Putin and, like the nearly one million Russians who joined the march, carried a placard with a photo and name of a loved one lost in the World War II conflict.
Netanyahu’s presence in Moscow represents in the strongest possible terms that the two leaders have achieved an operational modus vivendi, allowing the Israeli and Russian militaries to work out a deconfliction system for their air forces and air defenses. Russia has consistently demonstrated its willingness to tolerate attacks by Israel against shipments of weapons and weapons depots that are either supporting the Iranians or Hezbollah.
more http://www.atimes.com/article/missile-attacks-reflect-changing-strategic-landscape/
U.S. net neutrality rules to end on June 11, FCC says
WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission said in a notice Thursday that landmark 2015 U.S. open-internet rules will cease on June 11.
The FCC in December repealed the Obama-era “net neutrality” rules, allowing internet providers to block or slow websites as long as they disclose the practice. The FCC said the new rules will take effect 30 days from Friday.
An FCC spokeswoman confirmed the new rules will take effect on June 11.
A group of states and others have sued to try to block the new rules from taking effect. The revised rules were a win for internet service providers like AT&T Inc and Comcast Corp but are opposed by internet firms like Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc.
The U.S. Senate is set to vote as early as next week on whether to reject the FCC repeal of the net neutrality rules.
Ipso, Equisetum
Ipso – no clue what Russia could get out of it.
Equisetum – sorry, three up days in a row are not allowed right now. You’ll have to live awhile longer. 🙂
Buygold @ 11:06
Kind of a surprising decision. I wonder how the conversation went between Putin and Netanyahu? What does Russia get out of it? Did Israel say that they’d attack any S-300 installation in Syria? That may be it. Mostly it’s Iranian and Hezbollah assets which have been attacked.
Ipso -that’s too bad
Syria should have the best equipment to protect themselves to from the unprovoked attacks.