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Caveat lector--failings in modern medical information

Caveat emptor = let the buyer be ware
Caveat lector = let the reader be ware.

For those with an interest in health-related information please note the following (if you're a Dr. Oz fan, you probably should not read this--this also applies to Dr. Phil fans).

SOMETHING ROTTEN IN NY?

As far as the hilbots are concerned the data can't be real nor is the writer being honest. As I read through this article I had no qualms about the honesty and believable research. But as soon as the hrc train got rolling the screams of CT (?) started. Is this possible?

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/16/1516313/-There-s-Something-Rot...

Towards a Moral Economy

At the recently concluded Centesimus annus conference at the Vatican, leaders from countries around the world were invited to discuss the morality, or lack thereof, in the global economy, which Pope Francis has rightfully labelled as "the globalization of indifference".

Invitations to this conference were selective, made by the Pope himself. Having been schooled on the writings of Augustine and Thomas Aquinas, I found resonance with Francis's address before the conference.

Moral High Horses and North Carolina

My biggest pet peeve is people who get on their moral high horses and act like they are so superior to everyone else. I cut my youngest brother Jerry out of my life when I couldn't put up with his right wing garbage any longer. I was a caregiver to our Mom until she died. I tried to help my PTSD Vietnam Vet brother Mike until drink overcame him and he died. My younger brother Reid is with me and will be for the rest of his life.

Sanders' Banking Breakup Plan

Recently Bernie Sanders has been accused of not having a plan for breaking up "Too Big To Fail" financial institutions.

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Bernie has a plan. A complete plan. Part of it requires action under the existing Dodd-Frank legislation, the other part is laid out in detail in a pending bill he is sponsoring.

Anything else is a gross distortion.

Juan González: Clinton Has "Really Distorted" What Happened When NY Daily News Interviewed Sanders

So Simple Even The Washington Post Gets It

Time Magazine Front Covers this ignorant screed from James Grant, noted Inflation Hawk and Gold Bug, that contends that at $42,998.12 per person the United States National Debt is insupportable and a grave threat to our economy.

As everyone should know, the only problem with a National Debt of any amount is not it's sheer magnitude, but the relationship of its size to the National Economy. Not that household metaphors are appropriate (and they really aren't), nobody would think twice about signing a mortgage that represented 3 - 5 years of total income payable in installments over 30 years. How many people do you know that are pulling down $100K annually who don't live in $300K+ houses?

In fact the only negative effect from a debt that is too large is that people (lenders) are less willing to give you loans and charge you more money (interest) to offset the risk that you will default and refuse to pay them back anything at all. A side effect is that higher interest rates can fuel inflation because it raises the cost of capital (which is also measured in interest).

So what do we see?

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