Author: W.

They even have health insurance for cats and dogs .. With a decent deductible of $250-$500, it comes out to around $20-$40 per month, and reimburses cancer treatment, injuries, etc. ..

That’s certainly cheaper than Obamacare with its $300 per month premium, it’s $4500 deductible, and $6350 out of pocket maximum ..

It’s pretty funny when cats get better and more affordable health care than humans do from a system designed by humans ..

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“I’m posting on this, partly to share my love for my cat, but mainly to point to the economic progress we have that allows us to buy medical care for cats. This was unheard of in my parents’ generation and probably not even heard of 20 years ago.”

“Indeed, if it hadn’t been for the medical progress that allows doctors to give chemotherapy to humans, there would likely be no chemo for cats. That is the story of progress. Think of the cell phone. The first people who benefit from it are the richest and they think of it as a luxury. Then the middle class. Then the poor. And the next step – we’re already there with cell phones – is that even most of the poor, at least in the United States, start to think of it as a necessity.”

“And now there’s a new twist, at least with chemo: the next beneficiaries in line are the cats of relatively wealthy families like us. But the prices are such that even middle-class families can now afford it.”

Capitalism Has Given Us Chemo for Cats | David R. Henderson

Earlier this month, we found out that our favorite cat, Joey, has small cell lymphoma. That’s the bad news. The good news is that they now have chemotherapy for cats. We inject a pill 3 times a week. All things considered, the pills are not expensive. The very existence of chemo for cats is due to b…

https://fee.org/articles/capitalism-has-given-us-chemo-for-cats/

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The only thing I’m alarmed by is the disregard our communist president is showing for property rights .. I’m ready for him to leave any day now .. What a pathetic way to end a pathetic legacy ..

About the “Russian Hacking” ..

The “allegations”, and that’s all they are, that the Russian government interfered in the election hasn’t been substantiated with any evidence ..

This, by the way, is the same CIA that told is Saddam had WMD programs, that armed Syrian rebels because Assad is almost gone, etc.

Wikileaks, which is the one that released the actual emails, has repeatedly said that the emails and documents were submitted to them by a DNC whistleblower who was disgruntled by how Bernie Sanders was treated by the DNC .. Not Russia ..

But the claim is that an anonymous “hacker group”, APT28, hiding behind a Russian IP address leaked DNC emails .. These anonymous hackers, exploit systems all the time for shits and giggles .. They weren’t “targeting” the election .. They target everything .. They just got lucky with the DNC because the DNC are a bunch of idiots who couldn’t tell the difference between a computer and toaster ..

And for context, I hide behind Russian IP addresses all the time .. Does that make me a Russian agent? I hope not ..

The alleged hack by APT28, the “hacker group” was conducted in summer of 2015 before Donald Trump even announced his candidacy .. Nobody was throwing the election to Trump at the time of the leak ..

APT 28, attempts to hack every high profile domain under the sun, unfortunately, the DNC, Hillary Clinton, and John Podesta were the only organization dumb enough to not take cyber security seriously .. Podesta’s passwords were littered throughout his emails ..

“Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike has said with a medium level of confidence that [APT28] is associated with the Russian military intelligence agency GRU” .. medium level of confidence .. so basically a guess ..

Of course this all completely ignores and deflects from the fact that it was the DNC and Hillary that were shit talking about Bernie Sanders in the first place and couldn’t keep their systems secure ..

Maybe Comrade Obama should sanction the DNC and Hillary Clinton and steal their property as well for running a reckless campaign and endangering the American electoral process ..

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“The Obama administration .. [ordered] sweeping new sanctions that included the expulsion of 35 Russians and the closure of two Russian compounds in the US.”

“The 45-acre site on the Eastern Shore waterfront near Centreville was purchased by the Soviet Union in 1972, a State Department official said.”

“The administration also moved to deny Russian access to another property in New York.”

“Russian operatives are suspected of hacking into the computers of the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton’s campaign officials and leaking private messages through sites including Wikileaks.”

President Barack Obama said. “All Americans should be alarmed by Russia’s actions.”

Obama administration to shut down Russian retreat on Eastern Shore in Maryland

WASHINGTON — Responding to what it described as a hacking campaign orchestrated by the Russian government to interfere with the U.S. presidential election, the Obama administration on Thursday sanctioned Russian intelligence officials and closed two properties — including one in Maryland — that offi…

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-russian-hacking-maryland-base-20161229-story.html

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Eren waking up from his nap

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Haha .. That’s pretty good ..

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfq66kgWusc

“Moderate” Rebels ..

Reality Check: Proof That Those “Moderate Rebels” in Syria are Really Jihadists. “These are not “freedom fighters” they are not looking to make Syria free, t…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfq66kgWusc

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Trump is in trouble. Now he’ll be on the hook for draining this alligator from the swamp, something he clearly didn’t want to be held responsible for.

Let’s see if he follows through.

Lock her up!

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“The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Tuesday reversed a lower court’s ruling that the State Department’s review of Clinton’s emails was sufficient — and that no intervention by the Justice Department was needed.”

“the three-judge appeals court panel on Tuesday said that State had not done enough.”

“”Even though those efforts bore some fruit, the Department has not explained why shaking the tree harder — e.g., by following the statutory mandate to seek action by the Attorney General — might not bear more still,””

““Absent a showing that the requested enforcement action could not shake loose a few more emails, the case is not moot.””

“Clinton deleted 30,000 emails in 2014 that she said were of a personal nature. The FBI recovered 15,000 work-related emails that Clinton did not turn over in the set of 30,000 that she returned to the State Department in 2014.”

““This ruling means that the Trump Justice Department will have to decide if it wants to finally enforce the rule of law and try to retrieve all the emails Clinton and her aides unlawfully took with them when they left the State Department.””

“Trump campaigned in part on the promise to pursue legal action against Clinton — often encouraging “lock her up” chants during his rallies — over the use of the server, but following the election has said that he will not go after the former secretary of State.”

Court resurrects Clinton email suits seeking AG involvement

Judicial Watch says the ruling opens the door for Trump to pursue legal action against Clinton.

http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/311971-court-resurrects-clinton-email-suits-seeking-ag-involvement

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+1 for Jeffrey Tucker

Capitalism Is About Love (Jeffrey Tucker – Acton Institute)

Is the market economy rooted in greed and self-interest? Jeffrey Tucker argues that these are not the core. Many degrees of love, as traditionally understood…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUDHZ5sYOZg

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