Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) takes part in a rally to preserve union pensions on Capitol Hill in Washington September 10, 2015.
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Contempt for the vultures on Wall Street is one of the few things most Americans share. In the last few decades, neither party has done anything to curb the corruption and greed of the financial industry. Indeed, it was a Democrat, Bill Clinton, who did as much as anyone to deregulate the very banks that later wrecked the economy and plundered the public coffers. Although his mythology remains firmly in tact, Ronald Reagan is equally responsible for what happened in 2008.
Senator Elizabeth Warren
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Elizabeth Warren entered the intensifying battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, defending Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders from a new attack by the head of Goldman Sachs — a Wall Street behemoth whose executives have delivered hundreds of thousands of dollars to Hillary Clinton, her presidential campaign and her family’s foundation.
In an interview with International Business Times hours before Wednesday night’s Democratic town hall in New Hampshire, the Massachusetts senator — whose endorsement is coveted by both Democratic candidates — slammed Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein for asserting earlier in the day that Sanders’ criticism of Wall Street had created a dangerous environment in America.
“He thinks it’s fine to prosecute small business owners, it’s fine to go hard after individuals who have no real resources, but don’t criticize companies like Goldman Sachs and their very, very important CEO — that’s what he’s really saying,” Warren told IBT.
In January, Sanders pointed to billionaire Blankfein as a prime example of the corporate […]
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Good news for some in the high-BMI crowd: A new study from UCLA finds that some 54 million Americans who are labeled as obese or overweight according to their body mass index are, when you take a closer look, actually healthy.
The findings, published in the International Journal of Obesity, reveal that employers could potentially saddle people with unfairly high health insurance costs based on a deeply flawed measure of actual health.
“This should be a final nail in the coffin for BMI,” said lead author A. Janet Tomiyama, a psychologist at UCLA.
Body mass index is calculated by dividing a person’s weight in kilograms by the square of the person’s height in meters. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a “healthy” BMI is 18.5-24.9, an overweight BMI is 25-29.9 and an obese BMI is 30 or higher. The calculation has been seen as a slightly more nuanced way to measure health than weight alone.
“I come to represent the actual science,” is a bold opener for testimony against medical marijuana that includes bunnies getting high.
But it wasn’t too bold for Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Matt Fairbanks, who used it while arguing that if medical pot was legalized in Utah, the state’s ecosystems may be in danger. He meant, among other things, that dazed and confused rabbits would abound.
“I deal in facts,” Fairbanks said during the hearing last March. “I deal in science.” Shocked by his continued reference to “science,” FOIA expert MuckRock requested the agency hand over any and all documents showing the effects of marijuana—and its legalization—on rabbits.
“After reviewing your request,” the FOIA letter reads, “no responsive records were located.” The absence of any documents doesn’t mean no studies on rabbits and weed exist (they do) just that none prove legalizing medical […]
Former President Jimmy Carter
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter spoke out Wednesday about the 2016 presidential campaign, calling out Republican front-runner Donald Trump by name and blaming a Supreme Court decision for letting “legal bribery” corrupt the campaign finance system. In an interview with BBC Radio 4, Carter said he saw the parties’ focus on funding as the most significant change in American politics since he left office in 1981, the Guardian reported.
“I didn’t have any money. Now there is a massive infusion of hundreds of millions of dollars into campaigns for all the candidates,” Carter said in London. “Some candidates like Trump can put in his own money, but others have to be able to raise $100 million to $200 million just to get the Republican or Democratic nomination.”
Carter went on to blame the “erroneous” 2010 Citizens United decision that said corporations” and unions’ political spending was protected under the First Amendment. “As the rich people finance the campaigns, when candidates get in office they do what the rich people want,” […]
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