May 5, 2014 - Pensito

Perry: Execution ‘Botched,’ Not ‘Inhumane’

May 5, 2014 Buck Banks

I don’t know whether it was inhumane or not, but it was botched.

— Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), quoted by The Hill, on Oklahoma’s trouble carrying out the death penalty last week for a convicted murderer.

Super Donor Avoids Meeting ‘Disappointing’ Candidates and Politicians

May 5, 2014 Buck Banks

I go out of my way to avoid meeting candidates and politicians. All too often, these people are so disappointing that it’s depressing. Most of these people you meet, they’re unemployable…. It’s just easier not to know.

— GOP super donor John Jordan, quoted by National Journal.

Blame Obama: Uninsured Rate Sinking Like a Stone

May 5, 2014May 5, 2014 Trish

Since healthcare is one of the few parts of the economy not yet easily outsourced overseas, the numbers mean economic growth across the board

A new Gallup/Healthways survey shows the number of uninsured has fallen to pre-recession levels, before so many Americans lost not only their jobs but their health insurance too.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but it wasn’t this way less than a year ago, even though the economy has long been picking up steam and employment continues to increase. Rather, at the end of last summer, the uninsured rate was about 18 percent, compared to 13.4 percent today.

What I’m trying to say is: Obamacare, Obamacare, Obamacare.

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Fewer Americans Don’t Have Health Insurance

May 5, 2014 Buck Banks

13.4%

The percentage of U.S. adults without health insurance in April, compared with 15.6% in the first quarter of 2014 and 17.1% in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to Gallup. The rate dropped most among blacks, Hispanics, and lower-income Americans.

Day: May 5, 2014

Perry: Execution ‘Botched,’ Not ‘Inhumane’

I don’t know whether it was inhumane or not, but it was botched.

— Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), quoted by The Hill, on Oklahoma’s trouble carrying out the death penalty last week for a convicted murderer.

Super Donor Avoids Meeting ‘Disappointing’ Candidates and Politicians

I go out of my way to avoid meeting candidates and politicians. All too often, these people are so disappointing that it’s depressing. Most of these people you meet, they’re unemployable…. It’s just easier not to know.

— GOP super donor John Jordan, quoted by National Journal.

Blame Obama: Uninsured Rate Sinking Like a Stone

Fewer Americans Don’t Have Health Insurance

13.4%

The percentage of U.S. adults without health insurance in April, compared with 15.6% in the first quarter of 2014 and 17.1% in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to Gallup. The rate dropped most among blacks, Hispanics, and lower-income Americans.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“They’ve invested heavily in AI labs. They’ve invested heavily in data centers. So, the first family has a financial stake in this industry, and as a result, the president of the United States is compromised.”

— “Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) on Monday said President Trump will likely not heed calls from technology leaders to implement guardrails on the development of artificial intelligence because of his family’s investments in the industry,” NewsNation reports.

— Jane Haman

“We’re working through some political issues in Israel. I think we agree with them on the end state. They just have a crazy election, and that makes them a little irrational in certain regards.”

— Jared Kushner, quoted by CBS News, on the lack of progress in Gaza.

Numerati

470

Reuters has documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Trump’s leadership – from federal employees and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.

$184 million

50%

38%

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