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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Yeah Sanders doesn't exactly have a leg to stand on when it comes to putting ones own constituents above the health of the nation as a whole.
Still I suspect this vote was aimed either at Republicans or was a genuine attempt to lower drug prices that missed the fact that Canada has very lax regulation of exported drugs.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranThis WaPo article on the "MAGA" slogan is mostly just Trump's usual self-indulgent waffle,
but...
"That military may come marching down Pennsylvania Avenue. That military may be flying over New York City and Washington, D.C., for parades. I mean, we're going to be showing our military," he added.
This is not a drill, people. In two days Trump will have a literal army. And, being as shallow and brutish as he is, he will look for every excuse to show it off. Or use it.
My strong impression was that this was just political maneuvering designed to make the Republicans look bad, and Bernie took the opportunity to put Booker in the crosshairs. I mean, it wouldn't even have meant we would start importing from Canada - it just laid the budgetary framework, so that Enzi could start importing from Canada if he so chose. And it's worth mentioning that he voted against it, so he clearly had no intention of doing so even if he was given the authority.
It was a bill that was going nowhere no matter what, with a lot of potential concerns associated with it. Not that that's stopping people from decrying Booker as a traitorous sellout.
edited 18th Jan '17 6:50:50 AM by RBluefish
"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."I still say someone should be blaring this over the inauguration speakers
I'm probably not qualified to give an in-depth answer to that question. All I can say is that the concerns posed in the article - namely, that thanks to the peculiarities in Canada's drug regulations, pharmaceuticals exported to the US would be subject to no government safety oversight whatsoever - sound entirely valid to my ears.
"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."This article by contrast
, suggest that that there is little evidence that drugs from Canada are more dangerous then their American counterparts, however it wouldn't necessarily do much to correct the problem of drug prices in the US.
Given everything I've seen I really don't see much reason to assign any sinister or insincere motives to either Booker or Sander's side.
Well, as I understand it, the point is that government safety regulations are probably why Canadian drugs are no more dangerous there than they are in the US. And since exported drugs aren't subject to those regulations, companies (most likely small companies) could theoretically take advantage of that loophole and sidestep said regulations.
"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."![]()
Yeah, it'd be a bonanza for a literal Snake Oil Salesman.
(yes, I'm aware that actual snake oil has some medicinal properties, though it's no miracle cure-all)
edited 18th Jan '17 7:27:49 AM by M84
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Well it's not just Canada, it also applies to any to the quality of any industrialized nation.
Either way, it kind of misses the point since the reason drugs are cheaper in these countries has little to do with lower levels of regulation, but with the government's ability to regulate prices.
Not surprising. As someone who is forced to watch Fox on an almost daily basis you see a lot of disingenuous right-wing assertions that are not only taken at face value, but are treated as near fact.
They really do seem to exist in an alternate reality.
edited 18th Jan '17 7:41:27 AM by Mio
[[http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_587ed24fe4b0b110fe11dbf9
? The domestic conspiracy that gave Donald Trump the election is in plain sight]]
edited 18th Jan '17 9:00:38 AM by MadSkillz
Either that or they are really trying to suck up to Theresa May.
Given some of the things she tried as Home Secretary... saying that their interests coincide could actually be putting it lightly.
I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot![]()
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Yes, but it's also consistent with a belief that a return to a multipolar world is inevitable viewed from a purely realist* foreign policy perspective; if the US is simply first among the great powers in 2030, the incentives to participate in free and open trade instead of grabbing and holding spheres of influence are drastically decreased, because of the requirement of some degree of mutual trust to maintain such trade links.
*(as opposed to the mix of realist and constructivist thought that I personally prefer these days)
edited 18th Jan '17 9:14:35 AM by CaptainCapsase
So the FBI has become politicized, and we can no longer trust them to maintain professional impartiality in an investigation if their political beliefs are involved.
Putin's "game" is already won- I don't know why people are talking about "long term." Our ability to protect ourselves from foreign interference, specifically Russian espionage operations, appears to have been critically weakened, which makes us look weak and unreliable. Meanwhile, Putin and Russia look powerful, smart and successful. The whole world can see which way the wind is blowing.
I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.
Russia has serious manpower and economic issues that pretty much doom it to being the junior partner in a geopolitical relationship with either the United States or China. My suspicion is that he intends to play the United States and China against one another and use the distraction to bolster Russia's position on the global stage.

Axios' interview with Trump on Tuesday
. They think he's been sobered since some of the heavier briefings...
Nah.
Politico Magazine: Putin's Real Long Game
...I'm not sure if the author understands the concept of face.
I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot