No doubt you've seen the headlines by now, or heard the news that Trump boasted North Korea "will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen," and North Korea's threat to nuke Guam. The usual anonymous sources are claiming that North Korea has far more sophisticated nukes then we used to believe. Well to those crisis mongers, all I can say is Chill the Fu#k Out.
Consumer debt and consumer savings usually have an inverse relationship, while consumer debt and debt defaults have a parallel relationship. With that in mind, consider this news.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has determined that the Walmart subsidiary Sam's Club violated both Title VII of the Vivil Rights Act of 1964 and the American's with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) in its dealings with transgender employee Jessica Shyne Robison.
The Hill had an article on Obamacare the other day with a surprisingly accurate statement.
Summary: 150 years ago, capitalists needed to construct the nation-state in order to demolish aristocratic rule and create the literate, regimented workforce needed for industrial capitalism... Like free markets, nation-states are not natural; they must be constructed. The Victorian-era bourgeoisie created the nation-state to enforce the free market and the horrendous conditions of the new working class.
Some who are left of center, especially those who are Gen X and older, reference "real" Democrats with admiration and longing. They seem to mean Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal, possibly also Truman and his Fair Deal and Lyndon B. Johnson and his Great Society, and maybe even John, Bobby and Ted Kennedy.*
As predicted by perhaps a large number of observers, this summer is going to be violent. In fact it already is violent. And becoming more so.
Just the other day I was thinking, "You know, we as American consumers, deserve to destroy more than just seven nations at a time (like Obama boasted). We should be killing innocent women and children in at least eight nations at the same time."
