4/20/14

Linkfest and Thoughts; 4/20/2014

Can asking for nothing be receiving everything?

Obamacare Triggers Jump in U.S. Consumers’ Health-Care Spending

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-17/consumer-spending-on-health-care-jumps-as-obamacare-takes-hold.html

Bank Defaults Seen as Dark Side of Deposit Vows: China Credit

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-20/bank-defaults-seen-as-dark-side-of-deposit-vows-china-credit.html

"The banks are the permanent government of the country
whichever party is in power.”
.
Lord Skidelsky
House of Lords, UK Parliament, 3/2011

News & Record's superficial endorsement of superficial candidate

http://roch101.blogspot.com/2014/04/news-records-superficial-endorsement.html

"if you owe a lot of people a lot of money, 
there's nothing better than to pay it back with cheaper money."

Potholes for Pensions: Color Me Paved And Confused

http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2014/04/potholes-for-pensions-color-me-paved.html

POLITICAL HIT PIECE CALLED “LAUGHABLE” BY GREENSBORO RESIDENTS

http://yescurrent.wordpress.com/2014/04/20/political-hit-piece-called-laughable-by-greensboro-residents/

It is the essence of a finite intellect not to understand many things,
& it is of the essence if a created intellect to be finite.

Descartes

Guilford Education Alliance

http://www.guilfordeducationalliance.org/aboutus/board.php

"The party would say 2 + 2 = 5
and you would have to believe it.
.
The logic of their position demanded it."
.
George Orwell

Parasitism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitism

Five Reported Killed In East Ukraine Following Ultra-nationalist Attack

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-04-20/five-reported-killed-east-ukraine-following-ultra-nationalist-attack

Weaker countries are reaching the point where they can't borrow more $, 
or stronger country's won't guarantee their debt anymore."

Matheny for Congress 4/15/2014 Campaign Finance Filing

http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/032/14960793032/14960793032.pdf#navpanes=0

'being too far ahead of your time
is indistinguishable from being wrong.'
.
- Howard Marks

Gun control, Ukraine and reality

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/04/gun-control-ukraine-and-reality.html?spref=tw

Ukraine, Through the US Looking Glass

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/23179-ukraine-through-the-us-looking-glass

"If there is more than one attorney involved,
no one knows what time it is."

New City of Greensboro Interim Attorney Thomas Caruthers

How Is Zack Matheny Earning His Piece?

http://www.triadconservative.com/2014/04/how-is-zack-matheny-earning-his-fee.html

Jordan Lake’s troubled waters

http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/07/13/3026345/jordan-lakes-troubled-waters.html

ZACK MATHENY:MR. 2%?

http://www.keepconservativesunited.net/1/post/2014/04/zack-mathenymr2.html

"The top 1% of 825,000 individual medical providers
accounted for 14% of the $77 billion in medicare billing in 2012"

U.S. No Longer An Actual Democracy

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/princeton-experts-say-us-no-longer-democracy

We’re almost out of money for roads

http://www.vox.com/2014/4/15/5617468/were-almost-out-of-money-for-roads

On capitalism and coercion

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/04/capitalism-coercion-2014417133923106962.html

Developer can’t pave over holes in city loan contract

http://yesweekly.com/article-permalink-18090.html

"Distance is his best feature"

"Troubled Currencies Project black-market exchange-rate data"

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/04/troubled-currencies-project-black.html?spref=tw

"The true measure of a man
is how he treats someone
who can do him absolutely no good."
.
Samuel Johnson

The world’s wealthiest generation forfeited their children’s financial future for present prosperity

http://hartzman.blogspot.com/2014/04/i-believe-worlds-wealthiest-generation.html?spref=tw


"29 percent of Americans believe 
that "cloud computing" involves an actual cloud."

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