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"Frankly speaking, we all know that provoking military and political instability, regional, and other conflicts is a helpful means of distracting the public from growing domestic social and economic problems in certain countries. Such attempts cannot be ruled out, unfortunately." ~ Vladimir Putin "The decision-making process in the White House does not let most issues get up to the President. The Council thought opening up global markets to derivatives that would destabilize other countries wasn't likely to create a lot of jobs in the U.S. and might adversely affect U.S. interests by…

"The narcissist devours people, consumes their output, and casts the empty, writhing shells aside." ~ Sam Vaknin "The thing about narcissistic people is that they don't think they're being narcissistic." ~ Michael Ian Black "Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them." ~ T. S. Eliot "I don't think Trump is a deeply self-aware person. But he's absolutely off the charts as a narcissist. He is the consummate narcissistic salesman. He is in fact a sick man. And that's potentially very…

"By the way, my tax cut is the biggest since Ronald Reagan. I'm very proud of it." ~ Donald Trump "Well the thinking is we have the highest tax rate in the world. In the entire world, we have the highest tax rate. There's gridlock in Washington because there's no leadership. So what I'm doing is a large tax cut especially for the middle class and they're gonna- we're going to have a dynamic country. We're going to have dynamic economics. And it's going to be something really special. And people are going back to work." ~ Donald Trump "It's tax day and while many Americans are filing their…

"History is replete with examples of empires mounting impressive military campaigns on the cusp of their impending economic collapse." ~ Eric Alterman "The idea wasn't to make a direct political statement since the current economic collapse hadn't begun when we started on the book. The parallels I'm most interested in are the ways that human nature never changes, no matter how far back in time you look." ~ James Vance "Capitalism, the ogre of those protesting Wall Street, has suffered a public relations crisis in the wake of the global economic collapse. But any remedy to the systemic…

"The notion that big business and big labor and big government can sit down around a table somewhere and work out the direction of the American economy is at complete variance with the reality of where the American economy is headed. I mean, it's like dinosaurs gathering to talk about the evolution of a new generation of mammals." ~ Bruce Babbitt "The corruption will come back to haunt the Trump administration. But mostly, it'll come back to haunt the American economy, as companies decide they can make money by rent-seeking, by getting money from government rather than earning it the…

"Love him or hate him, Trump is a man who is certain about what he wants and sets out to get it, no holds barred. Women find his power almost as much of a turn-on as his money." ~ Unknown "As one person said to me , Republicans know [Donald] Trump is a stain on their party." ~ Mara Liasson "We must confront the reality that his [Donald Trump] comments have provoked, and consider whether we want to import such hatred to this country." ~ Tulip Siddiq Trump’s tariffs are framed as a protection of American manufacturing industries and jobs, but they are also used as a bargaining tool. While…

Capitalism, racism and inhuman technocracy quietly develop in their own way. The causes of misery are no longer to be found in the inner attitudes of men, but have long been institutionalized. ~ Jürgen Moltmann Technocracy wants to do everything by machinery. Machinery is doing just fine. If it can't kill you, it will put you out of work. ~ Will Rogers The human mind, in taking us down the path of technocracy, has become the adversary of life itself and collaterally the adversary of the human soul. ~ Konrad Lorenz If the technocratic class often invokes technology, it is because these…

If the Schengen system (of border-free travel) is destroyed, Europe will be seriously endangered politically and economically. That is why we Europeans have to invest billions in Turkey, Libya, Jordan and other countries in the region as quickly as possible everybody as much as they can. ~ Wolfgang Schauble "The only technology that helps to create a plethora of business and employment opportunity while promoting the green environment, is serving good for the society and, therefore, the sustainability." ~ Anuj "What is the recipe for successful achievement? Choose a career you love. Give…

"Goods produced under conditions which do not meet a rudimentary standard to decency should be regarded as contraband and not allowed to pollute the channels of international commerce." ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt "That's at the root of the human interaction: fair trade." ~ Billy Corgan "But I believe in fair trade, and I will tell you, I have many, many friends heading up corporations, and people that do just business in China, they say it's virtually impossible. It's very, very hard to come into China. And yet, we welcome them with open arms." ~ Donald Trump "I just want to be fair. I want…

"What protectionism teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us in time of war." ~ Henry George "We shouldn't be putting tariffs on anything. That hurts working men and women in US. What we should be doing is making our manufacturing more competitive." ~ Rick Santorum "Tariff policy beneficiaries are always visible, but its victims are mostly invisible. Politicians love this. The reason is simple: The beneficiaries know for whom to cast their ballots, and the victims don't know whom to blame for their calamity." ~ Walter E. Williams President Trump's…

"Liberation is the path of transcendence. Manifestation is the path of immanence. Both lead to the same place: the divine." ~ Anodea Judith "The greatest force of personal liberation is the decision to widen our circle of compassion, moving from focus on self to focus on service." ~ Marianne Williamson "The liberation of language is rooted in the liberation of ourselves." ~ Mary Daly "As history has repeatedly proven, one trade tariff begets another, then another - until you've got a full-blown trade war. No one ever wins, and consumers always get screwed." ~ Mark McKinnon Aboard Air…

"Products made in China are cheap through the exploitation of the workforce. Every time we shop, we are driving the nail further into the coffin of American manufacturing jobs." ~ Joe Baca "We've lost an edge that we used to have in scientific innovation applications to goods to be sold. In many ways, that is also changing in the electronic field. Almost all of the materials that we use now are of advanced technology, I have an iPad and also an iPod, both of which are made in China. Although we have designed them here with Apple, for instance, they are manufactured overseas." ~ Jimmy…

"The reality of Canadian history is that we've been willing to do the important things the world demanded of us: fighting in World War II, in Korea, in the Balkans, where we were involved in offensive military operations, and in Afghanistan, where we have made disproportionate contributions." ~ Chris Alexander "There are two miracles in Canadian history. The first is the survival of French Canada, and the second is the survival of Canada." ~ F. R. Scott Canada is a highly stable geopolitical and economic country. One of the most secure, most stable, nation on earth. Canada is a…

"I will sign a universal health-care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family’s premium by up to $2,500 a year." ~ Barack Obama "America must deal once and for all with an utterly irrational health care financing system that allows private interests to make billions in profits from the pain and suffering of their fellow citizens. America is the only country in the industrialized world that does not provide tax-supported universal health care coverage in some form." ~ Suzanne Gordon "Remember our proud history…

"You can't come up against the world's most powerful intelligence agencies and not accept the risk. If they want to get you, over time they will." ~ Edward Snowden "Everyone should understand that when they add their friends to Facebook, they are doing free work for United States intelligence agencies in building this database for them." ~ Julian Assange "Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior." ~ Julian Assange "There is thus little or no ability for an internet user to know when they are being covertly propagandized by…