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Fed Chair Jerome Powell reveals the cause of persistent inflation - economy is becoming uninsurable.
Jerome Powell, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, was nominated by Donald Trump in 2018 and confirmed by the US Senate. President Joe Biden renominated him when he entered office in January of 2021. The job of the Fed...
by Pakalolo 49 comments 175 Recs
The 6th largest economy in the world is hitting 100% solar periods on a daily basis
From Electrek (Industry blog) : In a major clean energy benchmark, wind, solar, and hydro exceeded 100% of demand on California's main grid for 30 of the past 38 days. Stanford University professor of civil and environmental engineering Mark Z....
by umbra 95 comments 419 Recs
Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine launches devastating attack on Crimean airfield
Ukraine launched a strike against Russia’s airfield in Dzhankoi, Crimea. Reports indicate ATACMS rockets may have been used and that 15 were wounded and 22 are missing. The photo shows the destroyed S-400 Triumph air defense system. The strike was...
by quaoar 58 comments 366 Recs
Isn't it odd that Melania and none of his kids are at his criminal trial?
I do. I find it odd that his own family that we know of is not at his trial. Not one sibling, not any family or if he has friends...where are they? I know if my husband or family member was on trial, I would try to be there at least one day. If Melania...
by Vetwife 399 comments 431 Recs
Just one note on the Mayorkas impeachment fiasco
Mitch McConnell: “Tabling articles of impeachment would be unprecedented in the history of the Senate.” Well, so was tabling the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, Mitch. But you had no qualms with that, did you? Maybe you should just...
by Dartagnan 7 comments 40 Recs
Arizona Republicans block repeal of 1864 abortion law ... AGAIN
Arizona Republicans pulled a lot of procedural bullshit in the Legislature today to keep a Democratic bill repealing the 1864 abortion law from being enacted, but the bottom line is this: Republicans had the chance to return the state to something...
by Mother Mags 28 comments 126 Recs
81 year old white Ohio man with handgun murders unarmed defenseless Black 61 year old woman
This story was first posted by maggiejean on 4/15. Story number 12 in the overnight news digest. www.dailykos.com/… An Ohio man was charged with murder after shooting a Black ride-share driver in an unprovoked attack, following the most recent string...
by Kevo2007 96 comments 164 Recs
PWB Kitties Love Bats
Today is International Bat Day…�Bats are beautiful creatures, and kitties appreciate their place in the world…�Let’s celebrate bats tonight… But first, the rules… You are all ...
by mamajo2k 38 comments 38 Recs
Boeing Crisis Ignites Call for Strict U.S. Stock Buyback Laws
I hate stock buybacks. I think they are one of the most self-serving things that corporate America does. Instead of investing in workers and in training and in research and in equipment, they don’t do a thing to make their company better and they...
by thomhartmann 80 comments 250 Recs
8 weeks Post Total Left Knee Replacement Surgery Update,
Good Evening. Where to start! I am doing very good, today I was at drakestone working on the trailer, I was drilling & tapping the almost 300 fasteners in the 6 pieces of 3/16 aluminum diamond plate. (I have 100 to go) Got there at 7:15 am & at noon I...
by eeff 26 comments 66 Recs
MAGA influencer tries his hand at jury tampering on social media. It backfires bigly
The fellah doing all the illegal jury tampering suggestin’ is one Clay Travis. What the hell is a Clay Travis? I dunno, but the apparent Megamind recently put that whole secret squirrel operation of Tank-Manhattan-Criminal-Court-Case-Against-Trump...
by sepiasiren 244 comments 629 Recs
Miscellany: Donald violates gag order (again) plus MTG wants space lasers at the border
Apparently non-senior Biden staff have a nickname for Trump. as MSNBC’s Laurence O’Donnell reports that a Trump posting on Truth Social violated the gag order. Protesters shut down San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge in both directions for hours Monday...
by annieli 11 comments 33 Recs

Late Night Insomniacs Vent Hole
SPOILER WARNING: A late night gathering for non serious palaver that does not speak of that night’s show. Posting a spoiler will get you brollywhacked. You don’t want that to happen to you.
by sallym 1 comments 0 Recs
Overnight News Digest for April 17 2024
The Hill — Johnson turns to Democrats on Ukraine aid amid ouster threat Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will lean heavily on Democrats to move a series of bills in the coming days providing aid to Ukraine, Israel and other democratic allies overseas — a...
by jeremybloom 1 comments 1 Recs
Trying to fact-check an e-mail from my Senator. (Jim Risch - ID)
Okay, I got this in my e-mail, and since I was doing other weird research, it drew my attention, as the numbers seemed really high (On immigration). I’m pasting this all, then snipping it into bits. Democrats Blocked Secretary Mayorkas' Impeachment...
by CrystalHR 1 comments 0 Recs
Miscellany: Donald violates gag order (again) plus MTG wants space lasers at the border
Apparently non-senior Biden staff have a nickname for Trump. as MSNBC’s Laurence O’Donnell reports that a Trump posting on Truth Social violated the gag order. Protesters shut down San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge in both directions for hours Monday...
by annieli 11 comments 33 Recs
Just one note on the Mayorkas impeachment fiasco
Mitch McConnell: “Tabling articles of impeachment would be unprecedented in the history of the Senate.” Well, so was tabling the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, Mitch. But you had no qualms with that, did you? Maybe you should just...
by Dartagnan 7 comments 40 Recs
PWB Kitties Love Bats
Today is International Bat Day…�Bats are beautiful creatures, and kitties appreciate their place in the world…�Let’s celebrate bats tonight… But first, the rules… You are all ...
by mamajo2k 38 comments 38 Recs
Top Comments: TFG's Testimony
I’m sure he won’t testify. But that didn’t stop me from writing an approximation of how it would sound. But first, a word from our sponsor! Here at Top Comments we welcome longtime as well ...
by Tara the Antisocial Social Worker 5 comments 11 Recs
SCOTUS Suddenly Concerned About Overcriminalization...for J6 Insurrectionists: 'BradCast' 4/17/2024
Guest: LawDork's Chris Geidner Also: Scam GOP impeachment trial ends in one day AZ Repubs spike repeal of 1864 abortion law (again) Voter turnout doubles in AL's new majority minority U.S. House District... On today's BradCast: If only the corrupted...
by TheBradBlog 1 comments 2 Recs
8 weeks Post Total Left Knee Replacement Surgery Update,
Good Evening. Where to start! I am doing very good, today I was at drakestone working on the trailer, I was drilling & tapping the almost 300 fasteners in the 6 pieces of 3/16 aluminum diamond plate. (I have 100 to go) Got there at 7:15 am & at noon I...
by eeff 26 comments 66 Recs
Kitchen Table Kibitzing 4/17/24: Pony Up
Sixty years ago today was the debut of one of the world’s most successful cars, and my personal favorite, Ford’s Mustang . The first-generation Ford Mustang was manufactured by Ford from March ...
by jck 101 comments 27 Recs
Fed Chair Jerome Powell reveals the cause of persistent inflation - economy is becoming uninsurable.
Jerome Powell, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, was nominated by Donald Trump in 2018 and confirmed by the US Senate. President Joe Biden renominated him when he entered office in January of 2021. The job of the Fed...
by Pakalolo 49 comments 175 Recs
State Department Inertia
Brett Murphy of ProPublica reports that “SOS Blinken has not acted upon the recommendations of a Special State Department Panel that found that several Israeli military and police units do not qualify for US arms transfers under the Leahy law due to...
by AvoidAmnesia 3 comments 9 Recs
Taps...
I hadn't thought about him for months. But during the Spring and Summer the windows tended to be open we'd hear him every night just at dusk. One minute of thumpity like music. Always the same melody, always the same duration of time. Then the Fall and...
by phcarb 3 comments 15 Recs
A Serious Proposal For A New Slogan For The Trump Campaign
"Gettysburg, what an unbelievable battle that was. The Battle of Gettysburg, what an unbelievable, I mean it was so much, and so interesting, and so vicious and horrible, and so beautiful in so many different ways. It represented such a big portion of...
by KeithDB 8 comments 15 Recs
Trump Caught Between Day(dreams) and Knight
Somehow, I stumbled upon the video shown below, and oh what delicious news it delivers! Apparently, the bond issuer chosen by Donnie DumbQuips (Knight Specialty Insurance Company) originally considered underwriting the entire $450M+ obligation set as a...
by Northern Pol 2 comments 12 Recs
Why information about the jurors could be a problem.
I know it’s public information when the jurors are questioned and things about their background are discussed. But how many of them maybe hunted down with the information published? The defense can’t say names and the judge has instructed only the...
by Dune 11 comments 15 Recs
Bob Graham accepted a dare to teach a civics class. It led him to the governor's mansion
Florida Democrat Bob Graham, who served as governor from 1979 to 1987 and as a U.S. senator from 1987 until his 2005 retirement, died Tuesday at the age of 87. Graham, who won all five of his statewide elections by at least 9 points, was one of the...
by Jeff Singer 5 comments 22 Recs
Popok explains How and Why it's Far more than a 'Hush Money' Payments Case
— — Here’s my take-away “summary” of the Michael Popok’s “hot take” video below. But please read this as an encouragement to watch the video yourself, as my summary is NOT a transcript: If it were just a “records falsification” case, under New York...
by jamess 5 comments 11 Recs
Attacks on Amtrak are just one story in the long, sordid saga of U.S. railroad rip-offs
In Xaxnar’s excellent post The truth about Amtrak, I began a comment that started to turn into its own essay, and I decided not to hijack the discussion and to write a standalone piece instead. Xaxnar begins: President Joe Biden has made it a priority...
by Meteor Blades 12 comments 58 Recs
John Bolton announces he's voting for Dick and someday voting for Liz because Caesar & Cleopatra
Because Roman Imperialism ain’t so different these days. Some people throw their votes away in a different direction. Former Trump national security adviser and longtime warmonger, John Bolton, will write-in Dick Cheney in 2024, he said on CNN. Why...
by annieli 19 comments 21 Recs

	A national health care plan in which hospitals, imaging facilities, and doctors practices are all owned by a national health service chartered to improve quality and reduce costs.
11%	4 votes
	A national health service in which all medical providers except for doctors are owned by the NHS, doctors bill to NHS.
5%	2 votes
	Single payer health care like the Canaidan model in which hospitals, doctors, etc, remain privately owned, but all health care is paid for by a single payer and costs are taken from taxes, All current premiums paid to insurance companies would end, no pri
60%	21 votes
	Single payer with a private option available after the NHS is set up, people get all basic services for free but can buy extra insurance for medical add ons like travel, cosmetic surgery, private rooms, their pets care, etc. i.e "Private Option"
11%	4 votes
	Private Mandatory/Public Optional - like the Obama Cooper plan that seems to be dead in the water because of its inability to do cost control, NO CONTROLS ON COSTS
0%	0 votes
	Voluntary private insurance for everybody, no price controls, changes to laws reducing ability of insurers to charge the sick more, or reject orthe sick. Higher prices for everybody because of sicker risk pool. NO CONTROLS ON COSTS. No drug coverage, beca
0%	0 votes
	No public plan, Mandatory private insurance for everybody who they accept, no controls on costs, civil penalties for free riders,
2%	1 votes
	Same as above but with jail terms for recidivists who "can afford insurance but don't buy it" for years in a row.
8%	3 votes
	Elimination of all insurance and all payment plans. Patents on drugs shortened to three to five years. Free market encouraged. People encouraged to organize flights to other countries to buy drugs. Large movement of Americans to emigrate and set up expat
0%	0 votes
	Complete free market system. Border controls abolished. Free travel and residence declared globally. Competition estabilished among politicians and political systems. Americans and Europeans and citizens of all other developed nations allowed to live any
0%	0 votes

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