Reality Is Not Optional

Saturday, August 3, 2019

(Don Boudreaux) Tweet In my most-recent column for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review I imagine a wholly unrealistic – as in, politically wholly unrealistic – response to one of Elizabeth Warren’s foolish statements . A slice: “Consider health care.

Source: Reality Is Not Optional

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“Therefore, relieving us Americans of having to pay directly for our medical care will oblige government to ration care. That’s an inevitable result of causing the demand for many kinds of health care to exceed the supply. There’s no avoiding the need to prevent people from consuming all the medical care they seek to consume when they don’t pay for it directly.

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Seems obvious!  Call it “death panels”, “rationing”, or whatever euphemism you can come up with but it’s going to happen.

Look at Canada, UK, the VA, Indian Healthcare, it’s all about “rationing”.

And, even Medicare / Medicaid is “limited” by the limited number of doctors who  will accept it.

Politicians and bureaucrats can no deny the Laws of Economic than they can the Laws Of Physics.

Argh!

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Elon Musk’s Las Vegas Tunnel Kind Of Sucks?

Friday, August 2, 2019

Airport people movers, close relatives to whatever the hell The Boring Company is building in Las Vegas, have been driverless for decades. Just last month, for example, I had a lovely, quick journey on Denver International Airport’s driverless people mover, which opened in 1995.

Source: Elon Musk’s Las Vegas Tunnel Kind Of Sucks?

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Seems like this is all a pipe dream.  Maybe the legalization of weed in Nevada has something to do with it?

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Joe Biden at Democrat Debate: Eliminate Coal, Fracking, Fossil Fuels | Breitbart

Thursday, August 1, 2019

DETROIT, Michigan — Former vice president Joe Biden declared at the second Democrat debate in Detroit on Wednesday evening that he would fight climate change by eliminating coal, fossil fuels, and fracking.

Source: Joe Biden at Democrat Debate: Eliminate Coal, Fracking, Fossil Fuels | Breitbart

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While that might be something all D’s agree on, they are ALL out of their minds.  It can’t be done.  Even rolling out a huge nuclear program, like France and Germany, there are not enough kilowatts to do it.  Ignoring that not all kilowatts are equal.  (That is a solar power kilowatt is intermittent and would need to be stored to be useful. Whereas a fossil fuel kilowatt is on demand.)

Argh!

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What Dish swooping in to save T-Mobile-Sprint means for you – CNET

Thursday, August 1, 2019

Why do the state AGs not like this deal? There are several reasons why they don’t like the deal. Some of them relate specifically to Dish, but their biggest beef is that they don’t like the government propping up a competitor to replace Sprint as the fourth major wireless operator.

Source: What Dish swooping in to save T-Mobile-Sprint means for you – CNET

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Now the politicians and bureaucrats are again picking winners and losers.  That’s the function of a free market and its invisible hand!

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Apple Card – How It Works – Apple

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Buy things in stores, on websites, and in apps. Or make a payment on your Apple Card. Or pay back a friend in Messages. Or send it straight to your bank account and watch it add up. The money on your Apple Cash card can be spent using your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac.

Source: Apple Card – How It Works – Apple

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If there’s no number on the physical card, how do you type it in if you buy something on website?

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Wednesday, July 31, 2019

https://nypost.com/2019/07/30/paperclipping-and-other-lousy-new-dating-trends-haunting-your-dms/

Also named for a type of clothing: Pocketing. It’s when your significant other has built a wall between you and their family. It’s a huge red flag— it means they don’t see a future with you, so they’re not going to bother introducing you to the important people in their life.

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Who knew that there was a taxonomy of these ways to dump communication.

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What many diabetics don’t know: you can buy inexpensive, over-the-counter insulin in U.S. | Sharyl Attkisson

Monday, July 29, 2019

Medscape notes Walmart sells its own brand of over the counter insulin, ReliOn (made by Novo Nordisk) for approximately $25 for a 10 mL vial.

Source: What many diabetics don’t know: you can buy inexpensive, over-the-counter insulin in U.S. | Sharyl Attkisson

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Who knew?

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Where Do We Go From Here?*, by L. Neil Smith

Sunday, July 28, 2019

Novelist Victor Koman was dead right, when he said (in his great work, Kings of the High Frontier) that the actual mission of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration—its not-so-hidden agenda, having nothing to do with the development of space travel and exploration—is to keep scum like you and me from ever getting into space.

Source: Where Do We Go From Here?*, by L. Neil Smith

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Sadly I agree.

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Donald Trump Taunts Nancy Pelosi and ‘Failing’ San Francisco

Sunday, July 28, 2019

“Speaking of failing badly, has anyone seen what is happening to Nancy Pelosi’s district in San Francisco.” Trump wrote on Twitter. “It is not even recognizable lately. Something must be done before it is too late.”

Source: Donald Trump Taunts Nancy Pelosi and ‘Failing’ San Francisco

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I agree with his calling out “shitholes”, wether they be foreign countries or American cities.

It’s especially embarrassing when they are American Cities.  I notice that they all have D’s mayors and representatives.

Wonder when “We, The Sheeple” in those cities will wake up?

Argh!

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Whistling Past The $70 Trillion Debt Graveyard

Sunday, July 28, 2019

Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Market Review & Update Last week, we discussed the setup for a near-term mean reversion because of the massive extension above the long-term mean. To wit: “There is also just the simple issue that markets are very extended above their long-term trends, as shown in the chart below.

Source: Whistling Past The $70 Trillion Debt Graveyard

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When this self-induced tragedy hits, “We, The Sheeple” will have no one to blame but their voting to blame.  Get rid on incumbents!  It doesn’t matter who you vote for, just not the incumbent.  Can they possible be worse?  What can they do it two years that can not be fixed by voting them out too.

Argh!

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