Allow me to briefly recapitulate. The London Interbank Offer Rate, or Libor as it's commonly called, is supposed to be the interest rate international banks charge their most credit worthy customers, other banks.
It is primer than prime and the basis for most other calculations of interest rates, the amount charged to purchase money, throughout the global economy.
Amazing electoral maps by Real Clear Politics show Bernie with a commanding lead in electoral votes if election were held today utilizing current polling with Bernie vs. Trump
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/2016_elections_tr...
Robert Jeffress is pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas. If he were not a "man of God, ", we would probably be tempted to say he seems to have a bit of trouble with the placement of his foot, vis-a-vis his mouth. Maybe the "if" should be removed.
It all comes down to this: Bernie can win the General Election, and Hillary can't.
Wednesday May 23, 1906
From the Appeal to Reason: The Kidnappers' Special Poster
Is it possible (if Sanders does not get the nomination) to convince progressives in RED STATES to vote for or write-in Sanders or Jill Stein and garner enough votes to begin the process of turning Red States and Blue States to the color purple?
Here's a brilliant idea from someone I know on Facebook:
There are so many good reasons to support Bernie, but IMO the greatest is his understanding of the crisis of climate change and his commitment to address it with urgency.
Clinton is so blinded by her greed (and her donations from the fossil fuel industry), that she is unable to give the needed response to the greatest threat facing humanity.
Our freedoms are lost folks. The black box of Diebold and other computer voting devices are stealing our democracy and this man shows how the variance in these vote tabulators would constitute fraud in any other place.
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFjxYLsFDlQ]
It's a short essay because really, this man says it all.
Fortunately I studied Samuelson and Nordhaus who at least pay lip service to the seminal macroeconomic insights of Keynes. One of the concepts Keynes explores is that what is rational and logical behavior from a micro-economic standpoint can be profoundly counter productive.
Take the case of Cheese.
We are experiencing a cheese glut, 3 extra pounds for every man, woman, and child. Even if we gave it away to the 795 Million people who according to the United Nations World Food Program "don’t have enough food" that would be one and a half pounds apiece.
