...telling-us what's been painfully-costly-obvious for a very-long-while..!!

.."new ProPublica analysis found... doctors who receive-money from drug-makers related to a specific drug... prescribe that drug more-heavily than doctors without such financial-ties..
.. the pattern is consistent for almost-all of the most widely prescribed brand-name-drugs in Medicare".. !!

Doctors-Prescribe More-of-a-Drug.. IF.. Big-Pharma Pays-Them..!!

NO-Regulation  =  Outrageous-Price-Gouging..!!!

.."in 2018 alone, PhRMA―the lobbying-arm of Big-Pharma
..donated more than $2.5 million to a secretive-organization linked to House-Republican-leadership

..is it any-wonder that Republicans are doing PhRMA’s-bidding..?
..they’ve voted against HR3, the House bill that will lower prescription-drug-prices..& refuse to give it a vote in the Senate

..PhRMA is a member of the Partnership for America’s Health Care Future
..the health industry coalition dedicated to defeating Medicare for All & preserving their profits at the expense of American health

..Medicare for All NOW! has played a critical role exposing the Partnership’s ghostwriting for state lawmakers & its multi-million dollar ad-campaign in the first-in-the-nation primary caucus state of Iowa

..The Partnership spends millions-to-create the illusion of grassroots-support for the for-profit medical-industrial-complex."

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..there's LOTS to-be-tackled in the new-administration.. OR..
..it-can-ALL.. just-keep-getting MUCH-worse..!!

..there's ONLY-2-candidates to make-sure.. it all-tries to-get-better..
..and only-ONE.. with NO-history.. to-with-big-money .. !!

..folks have a hard-time relating to 'big-money'.. whey-they..
..can-NOT even-afford ANY-unexpected-bill[s] of even a-few-hundred-dollars..!!

THIS is why.. Sanders fights sooo-hard to get Medicare-for-ALL..!!

..and saying there are people 'do-not-deserve free-medical' is a very-shortsighted-belief..
..for these are EXACTLY-the-folks going-to-cost-society MUCH-more in the-long-run... !!

..cause.. once you fall-through this-one-crack.. you're more-than-likely to-be-falling-through MANY-MORE.. !!


..my age being no-secret.. and having government-medical for years-now..
..not that ALL-NEED-IT.. but those then know what it can do for those.. DO-NEED-IT .. !!

 government consistently-trying to take-back from its-citizens
giving them less-than-they-need & have-rights-to

is a government working-against-its-citizens
things-have-to-work.. when they don't.. they-must-get-changed

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... the public badly underestimates the expert climate-consensus, in what is called the 'consensus-gap'

..On-Climate-Denialism:

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.."humans are causing global warming is the position of the Academies of Science from 80 countries plus many scientific organizations that study climate science.

..95% of active climate researchers actively publishing climate papers endorse the consensus position... the greater the climate expertise among those surveyed, the higher the consensus on human-caused global warming.

..those who oppose taking action to curb climate change have engaged in a misinformation campaign to deny the existence of the expert consensus...(most times supported & funded by business interests)

..they’ve been largely successful, as the public badly underestimates the expert climate-consensus, in what is called... the 'consensus-gap'...

..only 16% of Americans realizing the consensus is above 90%.

..scientists back[ing] up their opinions with research & data that survive the peer-review process..

..over 97% of the papers taking a position on the cause of global warming agree that humans are causing it." (link)

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..the Republican-party is the party of business-interests... and

..climate-change-denialism suits perfectly their business-as-usual model

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...you know how you know.. civilization-is-screwed..

...count the number of seemingly-intelligent people you know..

..those havin kids & g-kids, whom they all-love-dearly..

..yet are still more-than-willing to ignore-all-science..

..to defend & support a political-party.. hell-bent on ending-it..!!

 'Climate change on pace to occur 10 times faster.. than any change recorded in past 65 million years'
...Stanford scientists say..!! (link)

...and just wait until the oceans are no-longer able to absorb all the heat they have to-date been taking-in... WOW...!!

..country needs.. REAL Progresive Ideology enacted.. NOW..!!

..it's been awhile since last posting here... this is very important..

..having several POTUS-candidates spread-over a bunch of varying progressive-ideas.. while

..there's only one that's a real-true progressive in their heart..
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..Warren wants to be president-badly.. blocking-Sanders in '16.. she's doing-it-again..

..wanting to be POTUS for quite-awhile.. (for Elizabeth)
.. not quite-as-progressive & moralistic as claiming to be..
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October 18, 2019
The Centrism of Elizabeth Warren
by Christopher Fons – Conor McMullen

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..folks better start getting onto this**...

..a year is a long-time.. yet before we know it.. it will be over & gone.. (maybe along with us)
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.."..whether it’s her approach to healthcare, foreign policy, civil rights, monopoly pricing or most importantly labor, Warren’s policies fail to fundamentally alter power in the U.S...  
..Bernie Sanders' do...!!

..the distinction is [critically] important...
..a Warren presidency risks repeating the same mistakes made by the Obama administration.. [eventually]

..she will represent what they hate.. someone that talks a good game, but in the end represents the established order that has created the current malaise".
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..bottom-line.. **settling for Warren.. is a losing strategy..!!

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..like w Obama.. we could settle for her.. weathering 4 or 8 years..
..goes-w/o-saying.. w HUGE improvements over #45

..but unfortunately we don't have 'time'.. for a Warren-presidency
..climate's NOT to be allowing it..

..changing the U.S. power-dynamic cannot be a gamble this-time-round
..with a Handful-of-Years left to begin-enacting ENORMOUS-changes

..understanding this need-urgency.. is why,
..an intense & growing-majority of young-people 'get-it' & WANT-Sanders..!!

..they're oh-so-RIGHT..!!
..this could well-be last-chance-time of-meaning.. for all-of-'em..!!

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 ..we gave away the keys-to-the-democracy
..when we opened-doors to huge-money-in-politics

..now we've got-oligarchy.. & in-the-works, real-authoritarian-dictatorship

..we're slowly-wising up.. but it's going to remain..  ..a full-on battle 
..taking-back-control of the country from these mega-wealthy-profit-driven-men..!!
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..Sanders must-win.. not-deluding-ourselves.. there's little other-way.. 

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..in 50-years voting, only been three-pols I've donated to:

..Sanders... Warren... & ...Ocasio-Cortez....(dropped Warren bc her corporate-leanings)
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..mentioned this recently to a 1%-cult-member
..after freaking-out.. they quickly-turned & walked-away from the conversation..

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..heretic-hoards.. at-the-gates..

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Numerology Debunked...

Number Meaning Is Derived From Number Essence

A number's meaning can be thought of as the number's basic tone or vibration. As an overview, the numerology number 45 represents a composite energy containing the ideas of:

• Humanitarianism
• Compassion
• Pragmatism
• Conscientiousness
• Adventure

Interpretations of the number 45 relate to the number's numerology chart position, or the situation or circumstances where the number occurs. Interpretations are based on the number's meaning.

Here are example interpretations of the number 45.

1. If the number 45 is in the heart's desire position of the chart, it means the person really, really wants to do something with a large positive impact on the welfare of humanity.
   
2. If the number 45 is in the personality position of the chart, it means the person tends to present themself as a tolerant and humanitarian individual.
   
3. With a number 45 prominent somewhere in a person's environment, interpret the situation as if it included humanitarianism, idealism, getting things done, and/or whim.
   

The Basic or Core Essence of 45

The deep down basic essence of the numerology number 45 is humanitarianism, a results-focused and real concern for the welfare of humanity.

 

... NO more need be said ...

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..what we need and are NOT getting: ..JOBS.. HOUSING.. HEALTHCARE.. EDUCATION.. and a.. SAFE-ENVIRONMENT..

.. many not like hearing it.. but this is lookin to be our future..

   "Four Reasons Why Trump Is Cruising Toward Re-election"

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Several main things occurring in this country sending it over the edge to oblivion:

• ..entering into the Vietnam War started it.. then the ending of conscription.. setting off disastrous chain of events we're living with the effects of to this day

• ..allowing the MIC to take control of such a large portion of our economy & foreign-policy..  (Ike's dire warning in 1961 was totally unheeded & right-on-the-mark..!!)

• ...having the two main political parties in service of the same master.. electing leadership after leadership catering to business interests over those of the general population..   (they are NOT the same & harmful to the greater good).

• ..allowing big-money into power to completely control & dominate politics

• ..fifty years ago ignoring all evidence of warning signs pointing to the looming crisis of climate-disruption

• ..all coupled with the complete emasculation of the truly important powers of a 'Fourth-Estate'..allowing & encouraging the free-move over to the dark-side.

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We're now in impossible shape & huge trouble.. with one party lost completely to greed & influence of the very wealthy..

..the other so weakened by its desire to try and be all things to all segments of society as to make itself ineffective.
..and if that were not bad enough.. to actually actively try and undermine any real movement towards progressive policies that would help save the nation & life on the planet.


We need to save ourselves and in order to do that we are going to need massive investment in:
    ..JOBS.. HOUSING.. HEALTHCARE.. EDUCATION.. and a.. SAFE-ENVIRONMENT..

..these should all be thought of as BASIC-RIGHTS of all individuals everywhere..!!


And where does all the money come from.. where it should have been coming from all along:

• ..FAIR & EQUITABLE TAXATION.. with NO give-a-ways to the rich.. 

• ..REDUCED WAR SPENDING .. "We Have Spent $32 Million Per Hour on War Since 2001" ... all 'Wars-For-Profit' must be immediately ended.. and

• ..ELECTING PROGRESSIVE LEADERS..  those wanting to make these BASIC-RIGHTS a continuing & integral part of their agendas.

If we do or don't have enough time before climate rules completely over us, should have nothing to do with our desire to make all this happen..

..it's what's needs to get-done..!!  ...(most especially should we have less time remaining).


In any event, mother-GAIA had taken exceptional care of us for thousands of yeas.. until WE decided we knew much better, and began our extreme abuse of the world around us..

..she'll remain.. though ours is of a very precarious & limited future.

WHAT WILL OUR WORLD BE LIKE IN 2050...??

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Albert Einstein (1879-1955) 'one knows from daily life one exists for others'

The man is a genius.. his quotes are genius..  BrainyQuote.com/authors/Albert_Einstein

..one of the most difficult things to do in life: selecting a singular favorite Albert Einstein quote.
..a huge fan of this man's words... when you look inside one of the most brilliant minds the world has known.. what's the downside.. ..all those shown here keep changing..
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• I live in that solitude painful in youth, but delicious in years of maturity.

• We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.

• The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

• Logic gets you from A to B.. imagination takes you everywhere.

• If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

• Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

• I do not believe civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with atomic bombs. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.

• The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

• The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything except our modes of thinking..  thus we drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.

• The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

• That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.

• My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.

• Force always attracts men of low morality.

• I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless people themselves refuse to go to war.

• As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.

• Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

• The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

• Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.

• Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

• He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.

• We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.

• Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds.

• I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - a somewhat new kind of religion.

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.
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Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/albert_einstein_148804

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/albert_einstein_148804

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/albert_einstein_148804

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/albert_einstein_148804

• Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.

• The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.

 
03.07.19

How much do you know about palm oil..?

..there are just sooo many things our civilization does.. creating such damage & destruction
..yet are totally intertwined in most all our lives, and we know so little about them

...found today in half of all consumer goods...our insatiable demand for palm oil has fueled one of the most pressing environmental & humanitarian crises of our time..!!

Our insatiable demand is wreaking havoc on the planet—and our climate

..equivalent of 300 football fields of rainforest is destroyed every hour to make way for palm oil plantations
..decimating the habitat of endangered species like orangutans and Sumatran tigers, displaced indigenous communities, contributed to a regional smog problem linked to tens of thousands of premature deaths & is a significant driver of climate change.

.. this Christmas advert has been banned from TV for being too political.. .. what's happening to our rain forests should be banned for being criminal to life on earth..!!

..companies cannot be trusted to police themselves (shocking..!!)
..deforestation continues, threatened species still being put at risk..
..and there’s also evidence labor abuse including child labor & forced labor are still commonplace across Malaysian & Indonesian plantations

..deforestation for palm oil plantations

..Borneo lost more than 16,000 square miles of ancient rainforest.. critical habitat for a wide variety of creatures
..almost 150,000 critically endangered Bornean orangutans were killed between 1999-2015, partly because of palm oil.

..just not seeing real changes taking place..
..people don’t realize is how much of an impact palm oil has on our future climate stability
..tropical deforestation is responsible for between 15-20% of global warming emissions.. 
...more than emissions from cars & other forms of transportation.

..scientists warn we have just 12 years to avert the worst effects of climate change..

..world consumption of palm oil will increase by 60- 90% in coming years
..same broken agri-industrial model of palm oil production in Indonesia & Malaysia is now being replicated in parts of Africa...
..54 million acres of land in west & central Africa could be converted to palm plantations over the next 5 years...(size of the state of Utah)
..you can just see the disaster slowly unfolding

..rainforests originated sometime after 100 million years ago.. they were the dominant forest type at the time of the disappearance of the dinosaurs (65 million years ago)...they represent the world’s oldest extant biome...

..we have absolutely NO idea what precious resources we are destroying forever... and for what..!!! ... an array of consumer products..

..can we get these companies to act responsibly..
..should big changes not happen over the next decade.. it is an enormous challenge..!!

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