Friday, October 28, 2016

SAR #16302


Politics, like bullying, is a way of forcing conformity on others.
Surrender: After making it abundantly clear that these giganormous sovereignty renouncing trade deals are but window-dressing for the ISDS mechanism, the Walloons have reached a consensus in support of the CETA trade deal between the EU and Canada. Supposedly the Walloons are happy with a side deal to the Ceta agreement that would ask the European Court of Justice to clarify the ISDS. The addendum still needs the approval of Canada and other EU states. The concessions given to Wallonia may prompt other countries to take another look at the deal, then each of those demands will have to be met and approved before presenting the agreement to Canada. The mix of pressures,blackmail and bribes involved in the Wallonian deal were not made public.
The Story Of Us: Only 25% of Americans think the country is moving in the right direction, but 52% approve of the job Obama is doing.
Aggies: A Texas A&M coed got arrested after running into a cop car while taking a topless selfie to send her boyfriend.
Gone But Not Forgotten: Newly released FBI investigative notes indicate that most of Clinton’s 33,000 missing emails still exist and could be recovered, if an agent with a grand jury subpoena in hand showed up and asked for them. Or just ask the NSA for their copies.
Emetic: 'Bill Clinton Incorporated.' Do not read on a full stomach.
Primitive Laws: China is banning mortgage fraudsters from the banking industry for life; we can't even make them give back their bonuses.
Bye Wire Act: Google is severely cutting its Google Fiber high speed internet projects in Chicago, Dallas, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, Oklahoma City, Phoenix, Portland, San Diego, San Jose, and Tampa, and laying off an unspecified number of employees in that endeavor. In Nashville, where geology forced Google to seek above ground wiring, Comcast is suing to stop the implementation of a 'one-touch' rule that would helped Google's project. Analysts suspect Google will abandon the fiber-networks in favor of a wireless system.
Tail, Dog: The EPA hastily postponed a scheduled public meeting on the safety, if any, of glyphosate (Roundup) following “intense lobbying” by Monsanto and friends.
A Parting Shot:

2 comments:

Gegner said...

Since the 'happy medium' is Ordered Chaos we have to wonder if a 'workable mix' [between freedom and stasis] is achievable?

The answer is yes but the proviso is 'sometimes'.

If you look at our current 'playing field' we'd be stymied to determine which 'force' was gaining the upper hand from moment to moment.

How unfortunate 'uncertainty' isn't what it's cracked up to be?

Worse, stoicism is little help either...

Happy Friday all!

Anonymous said...

The more the press stacked the deck against The Donald, the more time I've spent searching out critical articles about Hillary. It's as though I've had to personally subsidize reasonable journalism for my own piece of mind. I confidently crossed Donald of the list long ago. But everyone has skeletons and it's only reasonable that we have a fair accounting of those that live in the leading candidates' closets.

The next few years are going to be a struggle, but for what it's worth I was able to vote to legalize weed yesterday. I personally don't partake, but I'm not ruling out running that option after a critical level of gold bedazzles the white house, or the corruption hearings start to elicit deja vu.