“Shingeki No Kyojin – nv-pf20130524”
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“Shingeki No Kyojin – nv-pf20130524”
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Eren is ready for a nap
“Only mother nature, or water privatization can solve this problem.”
Mother nature solved the problem, for now .. It’s pretty funny when mother nature comes through before politicians and governments do ..
6 Years Ago
“The Orange County city used a rate structure that charged customers who used small amounts of water a lower rate than customers who used larger amounts.”
“But the 4th District Court of Appeal struck down San Juan Capistrano’s fee plan, saying it violated voter-approved Proposition 218, which prohibits government agencies from charging more for a service than it costs to provide it.”
Which begs the question. How can such a scarce resource be so cheap to provide.
“Penalties aside, the court said that tiered water rates are legal as long as the government agency can show that each rate is tied to the cost of providing the water.”
Oh right, because government water doesn’t obey the laws of supply and demand and maintains a magically low cost of providing water.
“San Jose Water Company, which provides water to 1 million people, has tiered rates, but as a private company is not affected by Proposition 218.”
Hmmm, private company … Exactly.
A government can’t take away free services. It can only hand them out. Politicians want to keep their jobs. Private companies can’t be voted out of office.
Only mother nature, or water privatization can solve this problem.
California drought: Court rules tiered water rates violate state constitution
https://www.methylated.net/2015/04/21/the-orange-county-city-used-a-rate-structure-that/
How are they ever going to unwind this? .. Will they ever even attempt to?
Why Nothing Matters: Central Banks Have Bought A Record $1 Trillion In Assets In 2017 | Zero Hedge
Central banks (ECB & BoJ) have bought $1 trillion of financial assets just in the first four months of 2017, which amounts to $3.6 trillion annualized, “the largest CB buying on record.”
“Whenever we depart from voluntary cooperation and try to do good by using force, the bad moral value of force triumphs over good intentions. And you realize this is highly relevant to what I am saying, because the essential notion of a capitalist society, which I’ll come back to, is voluntary cooperation, voluntary exchange. The essential notion of a socialist society is fundamentally force. If the government is the master, if society is to be run from the center, what are you doing? You ultimately have to order people what to do.”
“What is your ultimate sanction? Go back a ways, take it on a milder level. Whenever you try to do good with somebody else’s money, you are committed to using force. How can you do good with somebody else’s money unless you first take it away from him? The only way you can take it away from him is by the threat of force. You have a policeman, a tax collector, who comes and takes it from him. This is carried much farther if you really have a socialist society. If you have an organization from the center, if you have government bureaucrats running things, that can only ultimately rest on force.”
“You must not question people’s motives. Maybe they are evil sometimes, but look at the results of what they do. Give them the benefit of the doubt. Assume their motives are good. You know, there’s an old saying about the road to hell being paved with good intentions. You have to look at the outcome, and whenever you use force, the bad moral value of force triumphs over good intentions.”
“The reason is not only that famous aphorism of Lord Acton. You all know it, you’ve all heard it: “power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” That’s the whole aphorism. That is one reason why trying to do good with methods that involve force lead to bad results, because the people who set out with good intentions are themselves corrupted. And I may add, if they are not corrupted they are replaced by people with bad intentions who are more efficient at getting control of the use of force.”
“The fundamental reason is more profound: the most harm of all is done when power is in the hands of people who are absolutely persuaded of the purity of their instincts and of the purity of their intentions.”
Milton Friedman – Socialism is Force
Milton Friedman discusses the moral values encouraged by economic systems and explains that a primary difference between capitalism and socialism is the diff…
Venezuela .. A democratic socialist country where you get to choose between socialists and liberals .. Yes, liberals are the right wing ..
The good news is that the “anti-socialist” liberals took control of the national assembly in 2016 .. Whether or not they can stop Maduro remains to be seen ..
Mass Protest against Socialism in Venezuela: Minute by Minute | Panam Post
6 million protesters have filled the streets of Venezuela, in what is being called “the mother of all marches.’ The Chávez-Maduro regime has turned high powered water hoses and tear gas on its own starving citizens, some of whom have jumped in the river to escape or erected improvised barricades. Th…
https://fee.org/articles/mass-protest-against-socialism-in-venezuela-minute-by-minute/
Seize the means of production .. Now that the government has nationalized the automobile production facility, Venezuelans can rest easy knowing they’ll soon receive better cars at cheaper prices ..
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“General Motors (GM.N) said on Wednesday that Venezuelan authorities had illegally seized its plant in the industrial hub of Valencia and vowed to “take all legal actions” to defend its rights.”
“The seizure comes amid a deepening economic crisis in leftist-led Venezuela that has already roiled many U.S. companies.”
“Venezuela’s car industry has been in freefall, hit by a lack of raw materials stemming from complex currency controls and stagnant local production, and many plants are barely producing at all.”
General Motors says Venezuela illegally seizes auto plant
General Motors (GM.N) said on Wednesday that Venezuelan authorities had illegally seized its plant in the industrial hub of Valencia and vowed to “take all legal actions” to defend its rights.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-gm-venezuela-idUSKBN17M08I
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Why the “moderate” FSA rebels won’t negotiate with Assad and the conflict continues to persist .. CIA pays them to reject the peace talks ..
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“He also said that in January the CIA told FSA factions it was funding not to join the Moscow-sponsored Astana talks in which Turkey participated along with Russia, Iran and the Syrian regime.”
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“A new military alliance of rebel groups in northern Syria aims to consolidate military control over Idlib province, the western part of Aleppo province and parts of Latakia province, according to a Free Syrian Army (FSA) commander.”
“Two sources from FSA have confirmed to Al Jazeera that the new military operation room, under discussion, will be supported by the “Friends of Syria” – a coalition of the US, Turkey, Western European and Gulf states – which have supported the Northern Front’s operations room, known by its Turkish acronym MOM.”
“The commander said that the rebel forces will fight against the Syrian regime in northern Syria. He denied media reports that their goal would be to attack Hay’et Tahrir al-Sham, a Salafist alliance dominated by Jabhat Fatah al-Sham (JFS, formerly known as al-Nusra Front) which formally renounced its affiliation to al-Qaeda in 2016.”
“The FSA commander confirmed that the funding and logistical support for rebel factions in northern Syria which the CIA froze in February have been restored to a certain extent.”
Syria’s ‘moderate rebels’ to form a new alliance
US funding for rebel groups in northern Syria has been partially restored, opposition sources tell Al Jazeera.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW8abIfknmo
Hiroyuki Sawano: BEST OF SOUNDTRACK – Epic Piano and Emotional Music [MiX] “No.17″ -【澤野 弘之】
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