Yep, it's the party of stupid
Really, there ' s just no other word for it. You may have seen this tweet from Republican representative Marjorie Taylor Green -- and keep in mind that she got a huge majority of votes in her district. And oh yeah, this already had nearly 4,000 likes when snipped. If I have to explain to you why this is stupider than an 80 pound bag of portland cement, there is no hope for you. Then there is Senator Ron Johnson, who won the majority of votes in the entire state of Wisconsin,who accuses Anthony Fauci of " overhyping " the AIDS epidemic.Discussing the omicron variant, Johnson accused individuals in the U.S. of try...
Source: Stayin' Alive - December 6, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
How Erdogan ’s Pseudoscience Is Ruining the Turkish Economy
Mustafa AkyolOne of the most startling stories in the world these days is what the Wall Street Journal recently called “The Erdogan Lira Crisis. ” The crisis is that Turkey’s national currency has been plummeting at an astonishing rate: in 2012, 1 U.S. dollar equaled 1.8 Turkish liras. Today,after an accelerating downward spiral of the Turkish currency, 1 dollar equals 13.7 liras.This economic catastrophe is really an “Erdogan crisis,” because its key factor is what experts have called “Erdoganomics”: Turkey’s all‐powerful president believes in a bizarre economic theory that if the central bank low...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 3, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Mustafa Akyol Source Type: blogs
On China ’s Trade Practices, the United States Is Ramping Up Efforts with Allies
Inu ManakThis week, trade ministers from around the world were supposed to meet in Geneva to discuss a number of pressing trade issues, including new disciplines to rein in government subsidies in thefishing andagricultural sectors, and to develop a path forward to liberalize trade in areas such asenvironmental goods ande ‑commerce. These meetings are now postponed due to the emergence of the Omicron variant. These face to face meetings are not only important for addressing multilateral issues at the World Trade Organization, but also provide an opportunity for countries to discuss other trade challenges. While...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 1, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Inu Manak Source Type: blogs
Build Back Better Act Immigration Provisions – Summary and Analysis
David J. BierThe House has now passed the Build Back Better (BBB) Act (H.R. 5376), which the Senate may or may not pass through the reconciliation process. The bill includes several important immigration-related provisions. This post will explain them in detail.Sec. 60001 – Parole and Work Permits for Long-Term ResidentsBBB would authorize (or require)[1] the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to temporarily provide a legal status known as “parole” to any noncitizen in the United States (including both illegal immigrants and legal temporary workers and their families) who meets the bill ' s eligibility criteria.El...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 30, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs
The Marketplace of Ideas
That ' s a common metaphor for the political process. I haven ' t been able to find out who coined the specific phrase, but the underlying idea goes back at least as far as John Milton ' sAreopagiticaof 1644 and for modern political theorists is probably most associated with John Stuart Mill ' sOn Liberty of 1859. The basic idea is that if unrestrained speech and debate are allowed in the public sphere, truth and logic will ultimately win out because they have more inherent value than falsehood and irrationality. This idea was famously influential with the authors of the U.S. constitution and is the ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 30, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Now the CDC Controls Border Policy, Too?
Ilya Somin andIlya ShapiroSince March 2020, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), has used its supposed powers under Section 265 of the Public Health Service Act of 1944 to expel hundreds of thousands of migrants and asylum seekers crossing the southern border, citing a risk of COVID spread. Several of those affected challenged these actions, and the D.C. federal district courtruled in their favor. The government has now appealed to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals —and Cato filed anamicus brief supporting the lower ‐court ruling.The government ’s interpretation of the CDC’s powers would render the statut...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 22, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Ilya Somin, Ilya Shapiro Source Type: blogs
What it's really all about
I have presented polling data recently to argue that racism -- or perhaps better stated as attitudes and understanding about the nation ' s racist past and present -- are the basic polarizing element in U.S. politics. Very large majorities of voters support Democratic policy priorities, including abortion rights; gun safety regulations; preserving and strengthening Medicare and Social Security; and both the recently passed so-called Bipartisan Infrastructure bill and the Build Back Better act currently under consideration. But many of those same people vote for Republicans who oppose all of this.I happened to be in the car...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 19, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Revisiting the question: Should older politicians, and other leaders, undergo cognitive testing?
Nikki Haley calls for cognitive test for older politicians (The Hill):
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley suggested in an interview on Thursday that leaders in the government who are of an advanced age should undergo a “cognitive test.”
The Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody questioned Haley about her thoughts on the mental health of 78-year-old President Biden, the oldest man to hold the office, asking if she had any concerns.
“Well what I’ll tell you is, rather than making this about a person, we seriously need to have a conversation that if you’re gonna have anyone above a cer...
Source: SharpBrains - November 15, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health cognitive test cognitive-screening cognitive-testing Nikki Haley President Biden President Trump Source Type: blogs
What is the “ Right ” to Health Care Worth? It Depends
By MIKE MAGEE
In my course this Fall at the University of Hartford, titled “The Right to Health Care and the U.S. Constitution”, we have concentrated on the power of words, of precedents, and the range of interests with which health has been encumbered over several hundred years.
The topic has been an eye-opener on many levels. On the most basic level, it is already clear that the value of this “right” depends heavily on your definition of “health.”
We’ve highlighted three definitions worth sharing here.
The first is attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt. In 1948, as lead for the United Nations De...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 12, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Public Health health care health care access Mike Magee right to health WHO Source Type: blogs
Crazy, yes, but exactly how?
Jonathan Karl thinks TFG is delusional, and Tom Sullivan agrees. However, I think that gives him too much credit, in one respect, and not enough in another. The too much credit part is that it lets him off the hook for moral depravity. The not enough is that it doesn ' t recognize the method in the madness.Clinical psychologist Alan Blotcky agrees: Trump is not detached from reality at all. He knows exactly what he is doing. He knows the difference between truth and a lie — he just doesn ' t care about that, if a lie gets him what he wants. He is devious, conniving and hell-bent on satisfying his needs, wants&n...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 9, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
" I've done my own research "
I refer you to Aldous J. Pennyfarthing, who discusses Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rogers, who after " doing his own research " decided not to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and to lie about it to the public and his teammates. He goes on to complain -- on television, after doing a press conference the day before -- that he has been " cancelled by the woke mob. " He sure has the proper bullshit memorized. Yeah, I ' m woke alright. I learned what it actually means to do research, and how to do it. through 7 years in graduate school and 25 years as a real researcher after that. Firing up your web browser and r...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 6, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
In Biden ’s Steel Tariff Deal with Europe, Trump’s Trade Policy Lives On
Inu Manak andScott LincicomeThis weekend, the White House announced anarrangement with the European Union (EU) to suspend longstanding tensions over U.S. “national security” tariffs on steel and aluminum imports implemented in 2018. Many news outlets have described the agreement as a significant change in course for U.S. trade policy – a “roll back” of President Trump’s tariffs and shift away from a policy of bellicose bilateralism toward s one more supportive of trade and U.S. allies. Look a little more closely, however, and we see that the deal merely replaces the tariffs with a different, more opaque and dis...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 2, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Inu Manak, Scott Lincicome Source Type: blogs
Big Tech and Antitrust
Peter Van Doren and David KempInternal Facebook documents recently released by whistleblower Frances Haugen, and her subsequent Senate testimony, have reignited the discussion about big tech companies and antitrust. Over the past few years, politicians as disparate as Senator Elizabeth Warren and former President Donald Trump have complained about the supposed monopoly power of companies like Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Apple. Some have interpreted information in the leaked Facebook documents as a loss for the social media company in its battle against antitrust regulators; aPoliticoarticle earlier this week declared tha...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 29, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Peter Van Doren, David Kemp Source Type: blogs
Different Green Card Recapture Proposals Offer Wildly Divergent Outcomes
David J. BierThis Congress has shown increased interest in increasing the green card limits by “recapturing” the number of green card cap numbers that went unused under the annual immigration caps in prior years largely caused by bureaucratic delays. But Congress has not arrived at a uniform approach. Instead, members are proposing legislation that adopts wildly divergent approaches to re covering lost green card numbers.Table 1 shows the number of unused green cards in each category since the current green card allotment system took effect in 1992. The number of unused immigration slots available for “recapture” u...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 28, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: David J. Bier Source Type: blogs
Godwin ’s Law and the Rise of Hyperbole on MedTwitter 🙄
By @roguerad
I first clashed with authority when I was eight. Every Saturday bunch of brown kids, children of Indian immigrants to Britain with an identity crisis who longed for the culture they left behind, attended a class in the temple about “our culture” taught by a joyless scholar of Hinduism – a pundit – whose major shtick was punctuality. When I turned up late, even by a minute, he’d make me stand outside, even if freezing. Some kids called him “Hitler,” or “Hitler uncle,” the qualifier “uncle” indicated that because he was as old as our fathers, he deserved respect.
Then, I believe...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 28, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Public Health Godwin's Law Hyperbole MedTwitter Misinformation Saurabh Jha Source Type: blogs
