Government nutrition policy has killed millions. One would think the push to right this obvious wrong would be desperate, all encompassing, and not cease until the problem is solved. But it's all, ya know, whatever.
Obesity and the cluster of diseases associated with it is the plague of our time. The lethality and misery caused by it make the last public health emergency: AIDS, look like swimming pools in comparison.2) How 'Cheating' Gamers Fueled Steve Bannon's Rise to Power http://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/news/how-cheating-gamers-fueled-steve-bannons-rise-to-power-w496340
Steve Bannon is the only person around Trump that I trust. If Bannon ever leased the White house the administration will -truly- be adrift. That he has this background in video game gold farming is highly amusing. His documentary films, despite overuse of comical stock footage, offer a great window into his mind. And we are both share a generational view of history presented in the books from Neil Howe and William Strauss.3) TEACHING CLIMATE CHANGE https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/08/teaching-climate-change
The more awkward problem is that climate change is real but there is no collective action solution to it. The human race must simply endure it's worst effects.4) Reporting on Climate Change Is Harmful if You're Not Offering Solutions https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bjm9q3/reporting-on-climate-change-is-harmful-if-youre-not-offering-solutions
Universal Basic Income is the card we have to play in the hope of a "comprehensive model". Also not amused with claiming that not eating animals is some kind of solution for climate change.5) Avoiding the Trap of Immigration Porn
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/opinion/immigration-porn-photography-deportation.html
A good way to avoid being ruthlessly exploited by dastardly photo journalists is to well...not break into the country. We cannot take care of our own. As we face the crises of our time: population overshoot, climate change, resource depletion we must have a crystal clear message that the border is closed and American citizens are our only moral priority. You must secure your own mask before assisting others.
I am well aware the violence and damage U.S. foreign policy has done to Central America and Mexico via the drug war. It is certainly a moral crime. But, this lifeboat is sinking already and open borders will send it to the depths.
Cheap foreign labor has been terrible for this Country. "We do the jobs Americans won't", is euphemism for: this wouldn't be economical without human slavery. These workers are treated terribly, paid slave wages, little access to the criminal justice system and broad swaths of our society -do not want them here-. It was a terrible policy from the start.
In other news: The president had a tweet storm today. I guess he is upset at Senator Richard Blumenthal. He accuses the senator that his heroism in the Vietnam war was a lie. It reminds me of his tiff with John Mccain. I think Trump might have insecurity over his own lack of martial bravery
I haven't delved into the story to see if there is much validity to the presidents claims, I sorta doubt it.
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