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TAYA GRAHAM: The 2017 Republican tax bill was a watershed moment for this country, a nation already struggling with massive and near historic income inequality was forced to confront a new law that only made things worse. The bill not only offered the biggest break to the country's wealthiest, but it codified those gains for years to come. The damage can and will be far reaching. The debt incurred from the bill will soon make interest payments higher than what the U.S. government spends on health care, and many say the ballooning deficits may be used as a pretext for cutting popular programs like Medicare and Social Security.
To understand the far reaching implications of this policy, The Real News will be doing a series with tax experts and advocates for change, searching for a real assessment of the consequences and the most effective solutions. Today I'm joined by Matt Gardner, a senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan think tank where he has worked since 1998. Matt, thank you so much for joining us.
MATT GARDNER: Thanks for having me.
TAYA GRAHAM: So, Matt, just to give people a sort of primer on the Republican tax bill, what from your perspective are some of the worst changes with regard to benefiting the wealthiest Americans?
MATT GARDNER: Well, first and foremost, it's a big tax cut and one that offers very little to low and middle income families. And it is, in fact, targeted to the best off, as you mentioned. Probably the number one reason for that is the substantial cuts in the corporate income tax that were enacted as part of this bill, cutting the 35 percent corporate tax rate almost in half. Another big giveaway to that top end is the estate tax, where rather than reforming the taxes, really people have been arguing for a while, what this bill did instead was to double the exemptions. So, we're now at a point where one out of every 1000 estates is going to be subject to estate tax going forward.
The third element is that we cut the top marginal income tax rates and introduced a new tax break for passthrough income, what the Trump administration referred to as small business income but really isn't. This is business income that's reported on personal income tax forms. It is one of these single forms of income that is most highly concentrated in the hands of the top one percent. So, cutting taxes on these businesses is a big giveaway to the best off. So, between those four things, you have a tax cut that is one of the largest in last quarter century and also one of the most unfair.
TAYA GRAHAM: That's just incredible statistics. I was wondering, what are some of the long term fiscal consequences of the new tax law in terms of creating deficits and the ability of the government to fund programs like Social Security or Medicare?
MATT GARDNER: It depends a lot on what, if anything, Congress does in the next decade. But certainly, the best way of describing it is that we are in a pretty deep hole to begin with, before the tax cuts were passed, and we have now dug that hole a lot deeper. As you've seen, the headlines in the last couple of weeks were looking at a trillion dollar budget deficit for this year. That in itself is not new, we haven't balanced our general budget since I think 1999, during the last year of the Clinton administration. But we have been getting steadily more and more irresponsible.
What that means going down the road is that later congresses are going to have to make the hard decisions that this Congress and this president have chosen not to, which taxes are going to hike to help eliminate the budget deficit? Or, more critically, which spending areas are they going to eliminate or cut back? Right now, congressional leadership and the Trump administration have taken the approach that they don't need to make these hard choices because tax cuts will spur economic growth, and the deficits that we're seeing right now will somehow disappear down the road. But there's no evidence that that's working. There's no historical evidence that it ever has.
And so, there's going to be a reckoning. It could be as soon as 2025 when many of these tax cuts are scheduled to go away and probably won't. But if it doesn't happen then, at some point in the next two decades we're going to reach a crisis level when we simply can't afford to pay for even the most vital services that our government currently tries to provide. And at that point, it's going to be either permanent spending cuts of a sort that no American would support, or tax cuts, probably on low and middle income Americans. Again, something that most of us would not support. This is the inevitable choice we face from kicking the can down the road, as Congress has in the past year.
TAYA GRAHAM: Well, why do you think the Republican Party is essentially controlling the government right now? It's supposed to be the party of fiscal conservatism. Why are they kicking these hard decisions down the road? Can you speculate on that?
MATT GARDNER: I can think of a couple of reasons. One is that it's the easy thing to do, and certainly the Republican leadership, but also humanity more generally, tends to look for the easy solution. These are hard problems to deal with and they require political will. Second is that there has been a pervasive supply-side ideology taking hold over the last 30 years, where some very prominent elected officials have gotten elected and have tried to govern on this principle that tax cuts will pay for themselves. And if you say something over and over again to yourself, you can really convince yourself. I think there may be quite a few members of Congress who really do believe, despite the utter lack of evidence, that if they just keep cutting taxes, will generate enough economic growth that we'll all be all right in the end.
That's sort of the cheerful view. The more cynical view, I think, would be that Republican leaders in Congress know that their recent history is Republican leaders cut taxes and Democratic leaders, when they take power, clean up the mess and make the more unpopular decisions that are required to make things balanced. And frankly, that's the real concern going forward. If, as is likely, Democrats take over Congress in a month or so, the House anyway, they're going to be faced with a difficult question: do they let things sit where they are with spiraling deficits for the next 10 years, or do they try to clean it up? If they try to clean it up, they're the ones who are hiking taxes, who are cutting spending.
So, it could be a very cynical and clear-eyed political strategy designed to enforce this view that Republicans are the party of cutting taxes and Democrats are the party of hiking spending. It's a profoundly unfair outcome if it works out that way, but it's one that is allowed in our budgetary system because it's entirely legal for Congress to enact a budget that is not balanced, that is profoundly out of balance. An in fact, we've done it consecutively for almost two decades right now. So, there are a lot of reasons why they could be doing it. Some of them are sincere some of them profoundly cynical. I think it's probably a mix of the two.
TAYA GRAHAM: Well, some people have suggested that the tax bill was actually a precursor to defund programs like Medicare and Social Security, that it was quite purposeful. What do you think?
MATT GARDNER: That's another view that I think could certainly be true. One thing we know is that Americans like the notion of tax cuts taken on their own. Another thing we know every bit as well from polling data is that when it becomes clear that tax cuts have consequences, that tax cuts must be accompanied by spending cuts, the popularity of these tax cuts withers, it goes away. So, the trick, I think, that congressional leaders have tried to do is they can't get people to swallow this combination of tax cuts and spending cuts that are the recipe for the smaller government Republican leaders want to see. So, they pretend there's a free lunch, that they can cut the taxes and they don't have to worry about the other side of the equation.
And then, I think the thinking is, five years, ten years down the road when the tax system faces a crisis of sustainability, they can point to spending and say that's the problem, it's not the tax system it's the spending side, we're spending too much. And then, the hope is I suppose, Congress will be forced to make these spending cut decisions that Americans don't want, that through a crisis of sustainability will have to enact profound reductions in the size of government that no American would support on their face.
TAYA GRAHAM: Now, this bill that we're discussing I think also cut the estate tax, is that correct?
TAYA GRAHAM: I just want to ask; how has the estate tax been altered over the past decade and what does that mean for our budget going forward?
MATT GARDNER: I think there are three important ways in which the estate tax has changed. One is that the exemption has gone sharply up. There's always been a baseline amount of wealth that can be passed on from one generation to the next without incurring even a dime of tax. That was around a million and a half at the end of the Clinton administration and it's been sharply ratcheting upwards ever since then. Before the Trump tax cuts were passed, it was the case that you could have and estate as a single person of five million dollars. If you're a married couple, almost eleven million dollars, and not pay a dime of tax. The Trump tax plan doubled these numbers. So, now a married couple can have an estate worth twenty-two million dollars and not owe any estate tax at all, simply pass that on tax free to their heirs.
So, that's a really big impact. It gets us to a place, taken on its own, where roughly one in one thousand estates, zero point one percent of all estates, are not going to generate any tax going forward. Second thing is that the rates have gone down. And a third thing, I think this is probably the most significant, is that there has been a gradual erosion of the IRS's ability, from a spending, from an administrative perspective, to enforce the laws. And that's why you get headlines such as the one we saw in the New York Times a couple weeks ago, where the Times, which had the money to do this, did a big investigative report where they looked in detail at how President Trump's family has shifted income in between generations and found what sure looks like tax avoidance, if not illegal tax evasion, where they've undervalued assets before shifting them from one generation to the next.
When you handicap the IRS's ability to enforce the laws, as Congress has done for a couple of decades now, that opens the door to the sort of tax avoidance that really, I think outweighs the impact of cutting the rates and doubling the exemptions, as Congress has. If the rules can't be enforced, it's almost not worth having rules at all. And I think that has been the long term strategy of Congress with the estate tax. As a result, the budgetary impact is pretty profound. The estate tax really is an insignificant contributor to our federal budget right now precisely because it's been undercut in these three ways. And that's a shame, because right now, given the deficit situation we face in the short run and going forward, we do have a sort of budgetary zero sum game. Every billion dollars we're not collecting from progressive sources like the estate tax or the capital gains tax or the personal income tax more generally is a billion dollars that has to be made up somewhere else.
TAYA GRAHAM: So, this kind of leads me to my next question, is if an equitable estate tax could actually have a positive impact on the federal budget, would it make a difference to make the state tax more equitable?
MATT GARDNER: It absolutely would make a difference, both in fiscal terms and the sort of psychological terms, the public support terms that I mentioned. Right now, the estate tax operates in a larger framework though. It's best understood as a backstop to the federal income tax. And part of the reason why continuing to have an estate tax is so vital is that as long as it exists, it is at least a backstop against rampant tax avoidance on the personal income tax. The reason I say this is that even if a high income earner can escape all taxes on their capital gains income or their investment income over the course of their lives, at least you have this backstop that requires one level of tax at the end of people's lives as they try to hand over these huge piles of cash to the next generation.
So, I think the estate tax plays a vital role as a backstop in making sure that a personal income tax works in the first place. If it goes away, I think that will open the door to even more widespread tax avoidance on the personal income tax side. And that's a real concern, because the personal income tax is roughly half of all the revenue we get right now as a nation.
TAYA GRAHAM: So, how have these cuts affected local estate taxes, if at all?
MATT GARDNER: That's a great question. Before the Bush tax cuts of 2001, we had a federal estate tax system in place. Federal means there's a national component and a state component as well. And there was sort of an understanding that every state would be able to levy an estate tax, and the states were there first before the federal government started doing this, and that the federal government would do sort of a revenue sharing agreement with the state. In 2001, when Congress passed substantial estate cuts, they pretty much ripped up the agreement between the federal government and the state government and took away this implicit aid to state governments. What that meant was that state governments suddenly faced a choice. If they wanted to have an estate tax, it was all coming out of their own state residents' pockets. And that made the idea of having a state estate tax much less popular.
And within five years, something like two thirds of all the states repealed their estate taxes. So, now I think we're left with roughly one third of the states that have any estate tax revenue at all. That's the direct effect. The indirect effect, of course, is that the weakening of the federal tax on its own diminishes the ability of Congress to provide aid from the federal level to the state level for all ongoing services. So, without a question, these two mechanisms, indirect and direct, have made it harder for state and local governments to make ends meet, to pay for the things we all depend on from our local governments, especially education healthcare and transportation.
TAYA GRAHAM: Now, we have seen that a large share of the gains from economic growth have not just gone to the one percent, but an even smaller handful of people. So, how much has wealth for the richest of the rich in our country?
All indicators are that inequality is getting worse, that the share of wealth, including capital gains, dividends, other forms of unearned income that's going to the top one percent, is going up. All indicators like corporate profits are near all-time highs. But at the other end of the spectrum, median income, the inflation adjusted average income for working families, really has not changed at all. It's roughly where it was three decades ago. So, as prosperous as our nation seems to be from an aggregate perspective over the last decade or so since the recession ended, there is very little indication that this growth is benefiting low and middle income working families, and every indication that the lion's share of the benefits are going to owners of stock, owners of companies and those with potentially taxable estates.
TAYA GRAHAM: So, given the apparent inequity here, what can be done to fix the tax system and make it fair? What kind of major changes would you recommend.
MATT GARDNER: It's a really interesting time to ask that question because legislation just got introduced, I think today, earlier this week, in Congress by Senator Kamala Harris of California, which would enact a big tax cut in the form of the earned income tax credit, expanding the ITC, which is a targeted tax credit for low and middle income working families, in a way that is designed as an alternative to the big tax cuts that Congress enacted just a year ago. And it's not by accident, I think, that the ten year cost of these tax cuts proposed by Senator Harris would be substantially less than what Congress enacted last year and would still deliver much higher benefits, substantially higher benefits to everyone in the bottom 60 percent of the income district distribution, low and middle income Americans.
That alone, abandoning the Trump tax cuts and shifting more towards the approach that Senator Harris has proposed, is a very straightforward way of moving forward. It's not that simple. There are certain elements of the Trump tax cuts, I think, where it would be hard to put them back in the bottle so to, speak. Having cut the corporate income tax rate from thirty-five percent down to near twenty percent, it's going to be very difficult for Congress to simply increase it again. But undoing many of the most damaging tax cuts, like the marginal income tax rate cuts, certainly undoing the estate tax cuts and this gigantic new deduction for passthrough businesses that Congress has pushed through at the last minute last year, I think is a very sensible first step toward a more sustainable and fair tax system.
TAYA GRAHAM: I think you're absolutely right. And I think as long as income taxes are punitive to the lower and middle classes and they're not enforced for the wealthiest, I think it's going to be difficult to have that dialogue. But Matt, I just want to thank you so much for joining us. I'm your host, Taya Graham, and I want to thank you for joining me at The Real News Network.
McConnell, if you think you're going to get away with taking from seniors after you have given to the rich, you have another thing coming . We will not allow you to touch #SocialSecurity, #Medicare, or #Medicaid to make up for your wild tax cuts for corporations & the rich.
Georgia tried to stop a group of African Americans from early voting by pulling over their bus and forcing Seniors to exit. This wasn't in the early days of the civil rights movement but in 2018. LaTosha Brown with Black Votes Matter was on the bus when it happened and is building up her organizing effort to fight voter intimidation and make sure Georgia knows that Black Votes Matter.
Even in the smallest corners of New Hampshire, far from the doings of the great and powerful, the word is out and the fear is real.
From pipe bombs in the mail, to the killing of two black shoppers in Kentucky, to the synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh, the U.S. is grappling with yet a new round of white supremacist terror. But in the aftermath of this incident, and just days before the midterms, President Trump is ramping up the nativism and xenophobia that has stoked white supremacists. First, on Monday, federal officials announced plans to send 5,200 active duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border in response to a caravan of Central American asylum seekers fleeing violence in dire conditions at home.
SPEAKER: Our message to the organizers and participants of this caravan is simple: As the President and Secretary Nielsen have made clear, we will not allow a large group to enter the United States in an unsafe and unlawful manner. For those that seek to cross the border illegally. We will apprehend them and fully enforce the laws of the United States. For those that seek to make an asylum claim safely and lawfully in a port of entry, the governor of Mexico has already offered you protection and employment authorization. If you are fleeing alleged persecution at home, you have arrived at a safe place to make your claim.
AARON MATE: According to Newsweek, the size of the U.S. force on the border could top 14,000. This comes amid reports that Trump is mulling executive actions to shut down border entry entirely, and even suspend habeas corpus, which grants detainees the right to appear before a judge.
Then on Tuesday, Trump announced yet another potential executive action. Speaking to AXIOS, Trump said he might revoke birthright citizenship for babies of noncitizens and undocumented immigrants.
DONALD TRUMP: Now they're saying I can do it just with an executive order. Now, how ridiculous- we're the only country in the world where a person comes in, has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States for 85 years with all of those benefits. It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous. And it has to end.
REPORTER: Have you talked about that with counsel?
DONALD TRUMP: Yeah, I have.
DONALD TRUMP: It's in the process. It'll happen. With an executive order. That's what you're talking about, right?
Yeah, that's exactly what I was talking about.
That's very interesting. I didn't think anybody knew that but me. I thought I was the only one.
AARON MATE: Joining me to discuss Trump's latest anti-immigrant actions is Gerald Horne, historian and professor of history and African-American studies at the University of Houston. Welcome, Dr. Horne. Let me ask you first about this latest announcement from Trump today about birthright citizenship. Do you think that he even has the constitutional authority to end birthright citizenship for noncitizens? And if he doesn't, then as a historian, what do you make of what he's doing here?
GERALD HORNE: Apparently he does not have the authority to end birthright citizenship via an executive order. That is the impression I got from the words not only of Speaker Paul Ryan, but also from a survey of a number of leading constitutional scholars.
Having said that, we all know that the Republicans have packed the courts, the federal courts, in recent months and years. And many of these federal judges owe a debt of gratitude to the Republicans and Mr. Trump personally for him placing them on the court. And so it's possible that there could be a wildcard federal judge, and certainly a wildcard Supreme Court, that could pass on that. I doubt it. But we're in a different age right now. It's obvious that many of our liberal friends have miscalculated when they overestimated the democratic potential nature of the United States of America, and the Bill of Rights, particularly. And I'm afraid to say that many of us are going to pay the price for that miscalculation.
AARON MATE: As a historian, when you hear Trump speak like this, what historical parallels come up for you? I'll just say for myself that my thought today was I was recalling how the Nazis, back when they were formulating their own so-called racial purification laws, that they looked to the United States for inspiration.
GERALD HORNE: That's true. There's been a good deal of scholarship with regard to that, particularly how the Nazis looked the United States for so-called antimiscegenation laws. That is to say, laws in the United States that basically made it verboten for those defined as white to marry those defined as black. Obviously in Germany that was transferred to the German non-Jewish population and the Jewish population.
That is one striking parallel, but of course there are striking parallels from U.S. history itself. We should not forget the fact that when the Ku Klux Klan arose post-1865 in the wake of the U.S. Civil War, in many ways they were the armed wing of the Democratic Party. That is to say, the Democratic Party then being the party of Jim Crow, the party of Dixie. And that kind of terrorism that was inflicted, not least on black people post-1865, we hear echoes at least of that kind of policy in 2018 as enunciated by the present occupant of the White House.
AARON MATE: OK. So you mentioned 1865. So just 13 years later, in 1878, you have the signing of the Posse Comitatus Act, which bars military forces from playing a role in domestic law enforcement. Now there is talk of that being suspended, along with the suspension of habeas corpus, as I mentioned earlier, giving people the right to appear before a judge in this crackdown on the border, with Trump sending thousands of troops there, possibly over 14,000, which is about as many as are in Afghanistan right now.
And yesterday at the White House, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked about this, and whether these drastic steps, these suspensions of constitutional protections, is on the table.
REPORTER: Now those are options on the table?
SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS: Look, I'm not going to get into specific policies that we're considering. There's a number of actions that we're looking at taking. When we're ready to make an announcement on that front, we'll let you know.
AARON MATE: That's Sarah Huckabee Sanders. So Dr. Horne, if Trump is sending thousands of troops to the border, is he violating Posse Comitatus? And would there be a historical parallel for such an infringement, as he's apparently doing that?
GERALD HORNE: Well, once again I'd have to give a similar response as I gave to the previous question; that is to say, that there is an argument that he is in violation of the law, but there is a counter argument that if he goes before the so-called right judge, that will not matter. It reminds me of what Trump's lawyer Roy Cohn, the late Roy Cohn, the anticommunist fixer and colleague of Senator Joe McCarthy, once said. When he went into court he didn't want to know what the law is, he wanted to know who the judge is. And I think that that's the kind of philosophy that you see taking place with regard to Mr. Trump's actions.
Secondly, this removal or threat to remove habeas corpus is particularly dangerous. That is a long-standing writ that goes back to England hundreds of years ago which allows a prisoner improperly detained to go before a judge and be released. That suggests that there will be a mass roundup of some sort where people will not be able to go to a federal judge to be released.
And then thirdly, I think you have to look at the fact or the possibility that what Mr. Trump is saying is a desperate electoral gambit. That is to say, the midterm elections are taking place on Tuesday. There are polls that suggest that the Republicans will lose the House. More to the point, the Houston papers in particular are talking about a Beto bump; that is to say, senatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke, who's running against incumbent Ted Cruz. He's behind in the polls. But the so-called Beto bump might wipe out Republican Congressman Will Hurd, a former CIA analyst who is now in the Congress. He's running against a very strong Democratic candidate who is expected to benefit from the Beto bump. And it's possible that Mr. Trump is trying to prevent other Beto bumps by ginning up the right-wing base, particularly in southern Texas.
AARON MATE: So in terms of these threats to all these basic rights, now, there is a growing fear that this is not just being done to target undocumented people, but this is also part of a process that wants to gin up fear in order to justify cracking down on dissent on progressives at home, working people, to crush strikes. And I'm wondering, in this context, to what extent is the historical crackdown on working people, the crushing of unions- a huge theme especially in the 20th century- how has that contributed to what we're seeing today, and actually to the appeal and the power of white supremacy across the country?
GERALD HORNE: Well, I couldn't have asked a better question myself. One of the things I've been stressing in recent days, months, and indeed, years, is that you cannot underestimate the potency of the Red Scare, which not least routed progressive labor. I oftentimes cite the case of Harry Bridges, the leader of West Coast Longshore, who led the San Francisco General Strike of 1934. Happened to be born in Melbourne, Australia. And therefore it led to repeated efforts not only to deport him, but to weaken his progressive leadership. The Union, the International Longshore and Warehouseman's Union, had to spent a pretty penny out of its treasury in order to keep their leader from being deported. I could also cite the case of Ferdinand Smith, a black Jamaican who was number two in the National Maritime Union, who actually was deported in the early 1950s, which led to the demolishing, virtually, of the National Maritime Union, which he led, turning ships into floating slums.
That also led to a devastation of political education which has been particularly harmful to the working class. Particularly, I would say, those working-class voters who were seduced and [traduced] into voting for Mr. Trump in places like Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, et cetera. And it created an overall atmosphere of backwardness whereby the class question was downgraded, which inevitably lead like a seesaw to the rising of ultra right-wing white nationalism, which you just saw manifested in Pittsburgh, not least.
AARON MATE: I want to go to a clip of some of the xenophobia and chauvinism that has stoked by the media. Because it's not just Trump, it's also his allies on Fox News, especially. So I want to go to Lou Dobbs  speaking recently on his show on the Fox Business Network.
LOU DOBBS: The fear is, to be clear, the fear is that some of them are radical Islamist terrorists that have intermingled with this group of Central Americans. A further fear is that many of the, you know, so many of these, these migrants from Central America, frankly, are radical left-wingers. Their leaders are left-wing party members, for crying out loud, out of Honduras. This is- and no one other than the President at this point, we- you know, I keep expecting to hear Chuck Schumer Nancy Pelosi express their concern for America. But with a caravan that seems to be doubling every few days in size, they have said nothing.
AARON MATE: So that's Lou Dobbs speaking on the Fox Business Channel about the migrant caravan comprised of hundreds of people fleeing violence and persecution in Central America. Dr. Horne, As we wrap, where do you rate this moment right now in history, in terms of the level of white supremacy and chauvinism we're seeing being mainstreamed across the country? And if you have any comments on what Lou Dobbs said there, and especially about the role that that's stoking fear of immigrants has played in a historical context.
GERALD HORNE: Well, obviously Lou Dobbs is introducing a canard when he's speaking about so-called Middle Easterners who are part of this caravan of hope, which is making its way through Mexico as we speak. I find it also striking that the speaker in waiting, Kevin McCarthy, has demonized Jewish billionaires such as George Soros, Michael Bloomberg, Tom Steyer, who's leading the struggle to impeach Mr. Trump; and deleted his tweet demonizing them, but the stain still remains. Note as well that the New York Times just reported this morning that a leading executive of Campbell's Soup Company was recently ousted because he singled out George Soros as financing this caravan that's heading North. That is to say, like Kevin McCarthy, helping to whip up the kind of anti-Semitism that you saw recently manifested in Pittsburgh.
I would say this is a particularly dangerous moment, because unlike previous dangerous moments we don't have the necessary kind of international solidarity that the black liberation movement, for example, enjoyed for decades, but does not necessarily enjoy today. That means that the ultra right-wing white nationalists have wind in their sails as a result, and our climb as a result will be uphill, I'm afraid.
AARON MATE: We'll leave it there. Gerald Horne, historian, professor of history and African-American studies at the University of Houston, thanks very much.
The ghosts of a fascist past have erupted into a new American nightmare as violence becomes the new normal under Trump. This administration has created a social order and political movement that views violence as a tool for social and racial cleansing and is pouring fuel on a fire that produces endless assaults on those considered vulnerable, disposable and worthy of extermination.
If you have ANY doubts about the Republican PLAN to DESTROY MEDICARE and Social Security, as well as afforable employee health programs, this will make their mentes reae crystal clear.
Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN) has one hell of a closing ad in the last days of this election cycle, hitting the issue that everyone is talking about, for real. No, not the caravan. Their health care. His opponent, Republican businessman Mike Braun has been touting his experience as an employer, saying he understands all about protecting people's health care because of his experience as a boss. One of his former employees, Jim Songer of Hungtingburg, Indiana, tells the real story.
"At Mike Braun's company, I sold RV parts and towing parts. A few months ago, I got really sick, ended up in the hospital.
"So while I was in the hospital, Mike Braun fired me. And backdated my termination. So my insurance had been cancelled. I was devastated, stuck with a $30,000 bill and left with nothing.
"There is no such thing as health care when something happens to you and it gets taken away. And that's what Mike Braun's company did."
In a Tuesday night debate, Braun said that "Just like I've taken care of my employees, I'll take care of Hoosiers," which sounds a lot more like a threat than a promise once you've heard Songer's story. The ad has been running for a few weeks now, and "neither Braun's campaign nor his company has contradicted Songer's version of events."
Agelbert ADDED NOTE: Vote Republican and you can kiss ALL your health care AND Social Security benefits (that YOU WORK AND PAY FOR) away.
AND, while the Republican FASCISTS gleefullly and methodically destroy the benefits you have ALREADY EARNED on behalf of Wall Street crooks, they will go full Orwell by swearing on a stack of bibles that they are "protecting" Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid AND pre-existing condition health benefits in employee health insurance programs. They are following Hitler's Orwellian Mindfuck to the letter.
Definition: criminal intent; the thoughts and intentions behind a wrongful act (including knowledge that the act is illegal).
What is actually for-real frightening is the trillion dollars in tax cuts Trump and the Republicans gave to the rich and to corporations, their excuse for ballooning the deficit so they can go after Medicare. And Social Security. And Medicaid.
First Troops Arrive At US-Mexico Border For "Operation Faithful Patriot"
Donald Trump announced at the outset that he wanted this election to be about racism and, despite a few pesky bombs and a mass murder, that has certainly been the core focus of his rallies and statements going into the midterms. With days to go, Trump is still trying to maximize xenophobic fear and convince America that brutalized families hundreds of miles from the border represents a threat that requires thousands of armed troops and a waiting network of concentration camps. The capper for Trump's season of fear has been an ad so racist that it's made even Republican dirty tricksters turn away in shame. This isn't a dog whistle. Or a trumpet. Or a fog horn. It's just racism.
But as it turns out, it's not just racism. It's also a complete lie . As reported by the Washington Post, the ad opens with the horrific words of violent murderer Luis Bracamontes who bragged of his killings at trial and threatened to kill more.


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What Happened on December 8, 1941?
Most people are probably aware of the events which took place on December 7, 1941. As Franklin Roosevelt said, "it was a day that would live in infamy."
However, the events of December 7 weren't limited to Hawaii, and they weren't even limited to December 7. It was part of a much larger operation, the other elements of which are often overlooked today.
Learn more about the events of December 8, 1941, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
This episode is sponsored by Audible.com
My audiobook recommendation today is Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness by Craig Nelson.
The America we live in today was born not on July 4, 1776, but on December 7, 1941, when almost 400 Japanese planes attacked the US Pacific Fleet, killing 2,400 men and sinking or damaging 16 ships.
In Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness, Craig Nelson follows, moment by moment, the sailors, soldiers, pilots, admirals, generals, emperors, and presidents, all starting with a pre-polio assistant secretary of the navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, attending the laying of the keel of the USS Arizona at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
It takes place against the backdrop of the imperial, military, and civilian leaders of Japan lurching into ultranationalist fascism, all culminating in an insanely daring scheme to shock the Allies with a technologically revolutionary mission in one of the boldest military stories ever told – one with consequences that continue to echo in our lives today.
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The date December 7th, 1941, has been burned into the minds of Americans just like how September 1, 1939, has been burned into the minds of many Europeans.
Most of you have probably heard the story at least at some level.
Just before 8 am local time, on Sunday, December 7, the US Naval facility at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was the subject of a surprise attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy.
An armada of 6 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, and 353 airplanes secretly crossed the Pacific in an attempt to knock out the American Pacific fleet. Their hope was to cripple the Americans such that it would take them years to recover.
This episode is not about that attack.
This episode is about the rest of the operation surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor.
While the attack of Pearl Harbor was the lynchpin and most important part of the Japanese operation, it was far from the only event and not even the largest.
This is what brings me to December 8.
When I talk of the events of December 8, I'm not talking about what the Japanese military did the day after. I'm talking about what they did at the exact same time as the attack on Pearl Harbor.
So, a discussion of December 8 is really an acknowledgment that the Japanese operation straddled the international dateline. The only part of the operation which was east of the dateline was the attack on Hawaii. Everything else took place west of the dateline on islands in the Pacific and in Asia.
The attack on Pearl Harbor was just one prong in a multiprong attack on American and British territories. The Japanese strategy was basically the end of every Godfather movie when all the family's enemies get killed at the same time.
So, what else was going on while Pearl Harbor was being attacked? Answer: A lot.
Taking out the American fleet in Hawaii was paramount, but the United States had other assets in the region that Japan sought to eliminate at the same time.
Going east to west, the next island which housed American forces was Wake Island.
Wake is a coral atoll in the middle of the Pacific. On the island were 450 US Marines, 68 navy personnel, and approximately 1,200 civilians. Wake Island was a major refueling stop for PanAm flights that crossed the Pacific and most civilians either worked for PanAm or were involved in construction projects on the island.
The attack on Wake began on Monday morning, December 8, about an hour after the Pearl Harbor attack when they received word by radio.
Wake was besieged for 15 days before finally falling to the Japanese. 49 Marines and 70 civilians were killed. Everyone else was captured and placed in internment camps.
Wake remained in Japanese control until their surrender. The US bombed the island, but there was never a concerted effort to retake the island.
The next part of Japan's December 8 plan was the island of Guam.
Guam had been a US territory since the Spanish-American war. While much larger than Wake Island, the military contingent on the island wasn't much larger with only 547 marines and sailors. However, there was a civilian population of about 23,000 people.
The governor of Guam was notified of the attack on Pearl Harbor at 4:45 am, Monday, December 8. At 8:30 am, a Japanese plane launched from the nearby island of Saipan began attacking military positions on the island. Saipan had been under Japanese control since World War I.
Guam only held out for 2 days. The island was simply too big for the small number of soldiers who had to defend it. American loses were 17 killed and 35 wounded. Again, everyone else was captured and interned.
Guam was retaken on August 10, 1944.
The other US territory in Asia was the Philippines.
The Philippines was a totally different beast than Wake Island or Guam. The invasion of the Philippines was vastly larger than what happened at Pearl Harbor.
The Philippines had a population of tens of millions of people, the Japanese saw it as a major element of the Japanese Empire.
The combined American-Filipino forces numbered about 150,000.
News of the Pearl Harbor invasion reached Manila at 2:20 am on December 8.
That morning, the invasion began with Japanese ground forces which sailed from the island of Formosa, now known as the Island of Taiwan, which was Japanese territory at the time. They landed on the northern end of the island of Luzon.
The first American conflict with the Japanese was the USS William B. Preston encountered Japanese vessels in Davo Bay.
The Philippines Campaign was one of the bloodiest of the war. 25,000 Americans and 100,000 Filipino soldiers were killed, and it is considered by many to be the worst American defeat in history. The Japanese invasion last through May 1942, and the country wasn't taken back in full until the surrender of Japan in 1945.
Estimates of the number of civilians killed in the Philippines during the war ranged from 100,000 to 240,000. Many of the stories from the Philippines during the war such as the Batan Death March and the Battle of Manila will be topics in future episodes.
I should also note that an American military riverboat on the Yangtze River, the USS Wake, was also captured on December 8.
These December 8th attacks were not the only ones that the Japanese conduction on that date. They were really busy.
When Japan declared war on the United States, it also declared war on the United Kingdom. Both nations were listed in the same declaration of war.
This meant that the Japanese also attack British assets in Asia as well.
In Hong Kong, the British had some advance warning. The Japanese had been assembling across the Sham Chun River, which is the border between Hong Kong and China, for the previous week. The British knew that an invasion was likely, so they had some preparations in place. Notice of hostilities was received at 4:45 am and at 5 am they detonated explosives that were placed on bridges that could be used in invasion routes.
The land invasion began at 6 am and the bombing of the Hong Kong airport commenced at 8 am.
The British had approximately 15,000 troops and the Japanese had about 29,000. The British held out for a little over two weeks and surrendered on Christmas Day.
The Japanese held Hong Kong until their surrender in 1945.
The invasion of Malaya also began on December 8. Malaya was the name given to the British Colony before the independence of Malaysia, and it also included Singapore.
The Japanese began the invasion at midnight on December 8, which was actually just ahead of the Pearl Harbor attack. They landed at Kota Bharu, which is in the northeasternmost part of Malaysia, near the Thai border, and on the Gulf of Thailand.
The amphibious forces came from the island of Hainan in China.
At 4 am, Japanese bombers also attacked Singapore.
They quickly established a beachhead in Kota Bharu and then spent the next several weeks and months working their way down the peninsula until Singapore fell on February 15. The fall of Singapore was the largest surrender of British forces in history.
The Japanese also invaded Thailand on the 8th, but it lasted only 5 hours before an armistice was signed. Thailand agreed to allow Japanese troops to pass through for the invasion of Burma, and it ended up becoming a quasi-puppet of Japan throughout the war, even declaring war on the US and UK.
The other interesting thing which happened on a very busy December 8th, 1941, is that the Netherlands preemptively declared war on Japan. The shocking thing about this is that their deceleration of war was announced before they got the news about Pearl Harbor. The Japanese didn't return the favor until January 11.
In hindsight, from a very short-term perspective, the Japanese plan worked amazingly well. Everything they attacked in their Night of the Long Knives was taken. The Americans were unable to respond and assist the defenders on Wake, Guam, and the Philippines. Likewise, the British were too far away and had too much on their plate at home to do anything about their colonies in Asia.
For six months, the Japanese were able to act without much resistance taking the Dutch East Indies, New Guinea, and many Pacific Islands.
Of course, from a long-term perspective, the decision to bring the United States into the war was foolish. The US was the world's largest economy, had the largest industrial capacity of any country, and was the largest producer of most strategic resources needed during that period, in particular oil and iron.
The Japanese had spread themselves very thin, very quickly. More grandiose plans of invading India, Australia, or Hawaii were impossible given the amount of manpower required to hold what they had, let alone the issue with oil and resources.
The war planners in Tokyo thought it would be years before the United States could fight back. Admiral Yamamoto, the head of the Japanese Combined Fleet who had studied in the US, thought that it would only give them six months.
Yamamoto was almost exactly right. The Battle of Midway, which turned the tide of the war in the Pacific, was in June of 1942.
December 7th is the day that most Americans at least, remember. FDR was right, that December 7 was a day that would live in infamy.
However, we shouldn't lose sight that the attack on Pearl Harbor was just one part of a much larger campaign, the rest of which all took part on the other side of the international dateline, on December 8th.
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module MingleConnector
  class MingleEventSource
    def initialize mingle, section
      @mingle = mingle
      @status_properties = section[:status_properties]
      @project = section[:identifier]
    end

    def events
      @mingle.feed(@project).
        map(&method(:event_from))
    end

    class Event
      def initialize entry, change, dev_complete_status
        @entry, @change, @dev_complete_status = entry, change, dev_complete_status
      end

      def type() 'mingle' end

      def development_status
        @change.new_value
      end

      def development_complete?
        @change.new_value.downcase == @dev_complete_status.downcase
      end

      def mingle_card_number
        @entry.card_number
      end

      def project() @entry.project end

      def handled
        @entry.read
      end
      alias :could_not_be_handled :handled

      def log logger
        logger.processing_status_changed_event mingle_card_number, @change.property
      end
    end

    class UninterestingEvent
      def initialize(entry) @entry=entry end
      def type() 'uninteresting' end
      def handled() @entry.read end
      def log(logger) logger.processing_uninteresting_event(@entry.ident) end
    end

    private
    def event_from entry
      @status_properties.each do |name, value|
        change = entry.change_to(name) and return Event.new(entry, change, value)
      end
      return UninterestingEvent.new(entry)
    end
  end
end

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Treatment of reflex bradycardia - methods Treatment of reflex bradycardia heart in men, women and children.
In various pathological conditions, especially in the case of defining organic lesions of the heart, reflex bradycardia may develop. Her appearance often indicates a deterioration in the health of the patient, although in some cases it is possible to determine the physiological disturbance of the rhythm associated with the effects of external environmental factors.
Reflex bradycardia is a symptomatic pathology that occurs on the background of many organic heart diseases. Also, a number of changes in the functioning of the internal organs and the brain leads to a reflex retardation of the heart rhythm.
In most cases, refractive bradycardia does not pose a health hazard, but there are cases where slowing down the rhythm may provoke a cardiac arrest.
Standard diagnostic techniques are used to diagnose a pathological condition (electrocardiography, ultrasound of the heart). If necessary, additional research is conducted in the form of trial texts with medicines. After setting the cause of the appearance of refractive bradycardia and its elimination, the heart rhythm is usually restored. In rare cases, specific treatment is required.
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Wearing tight clothing or jewelry, especially in the area of the carotid sinus (that is, on the neck).
Long press on the eyeballs.
Wrong use of antiarrhythmic drugs (in such cases, the reflex principle arises medication bradycardia).
Long staying in a cold room.
There are indirect, but equally important reasons for the development of reflex bradycardia, which if necessary, should be eliminated, after which the heart will contract in the normal rhythm.
Increased levels of cholesterol and glucose in the blood.
Hypothyroidism (dysfunction of the thyroid gland).
Reflex reduction in heart rate usually takes place independently. It is enough to eliminate the reason for the development of rhythm disturbance (untie the tie, warm up, stop the misuse of antiarrhythmic remedy). Therefore, the specific treatment for the presented pathology in most cases is not carried out. In extreme cases, a relationship of rhythm disorder with organic heart disease (myocardial infarction, IHD, hypertension, myocarditis) can be observed, then therapeutic drugs are selected.
Normal blood supply can be restored with Zelenin drops. This drug is widely used in cardiology. Its composition includes vegetable components (lily of the valley, valerianum, peppermint, grace), which advantageously distinguishes the remedy from synthetic medicines. With proper use it helps to eliminate manifestations of bradycardia, slightly reduces arterial pressure. It is recommended to take 15-20 drops before meals, two to three times a day.
Isoprenaline - often prescribed for bradycardia, which developed in the face of a hypertensive crisis. For the treatment, tablets are available which are absorbed under the tongue until complete dissolution. Under very low pressure, the drug is given intravenously at the rate of 2-3 mg per kg.
Isadrin - refers to isoprenaline analogues and is similar in effect to adrenaline (natural pacemaker), only efficacy is manifested for a longer time. For convenient and high-dose reception, sublingual tablets are produced that need to be slowly dissolved. It is recommended to take 3-4 tablets per day.
Removal of signs of bradycardia can be done with the help of eufillin and theophylline, but this is an extreme case, since their use is more practical in pulmonology due to the effect of drugs on bronchial receptors.
The above drugs are often used in the hospital, may be prescribed by the attending physician. The only unacceptable self-treatment is due to the high risk of heart failure.
There is auxiliary therapy, often used in combination with other medications from bradycardia. In particular, when it is prone to a slowed rhythm, it is recommended to use tinctures of eleutherococcus, ginseng. The beneficial properties are Chinese Lemongrass and Manchu Aralia. With the help of these means, stimulation of blood vessels is carried out, which results in an increase in blood pressure and heart rate.
If the patient was given synthetic drugs for the elimination of bradycardia, then when using them with the above-listed plant components, a more pronounced effect of action may be observed.
Reflex bradycardia in most cases goes on its own. To a lesser degree, medical treatment is required, and even less often - surgical intervention. The last method of therapy is often used in the event of an obvious risk of sudden cardiac arrest, so an artificial rhythm driver, ie, a pacemaker, is implanted. With a properly selected model and proper application, the EKS can serve for a long time. For this, a comprehensive examination of the patient is performed before surgery.


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This week Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by Bill Myers Jr., author of A Criminal Defense and founding attorney at the Myers Law Firm. The pair sits down to discuss Bill's new book and his unique focus in law, representing railroad workers who suffer catastrophic workplace injuries.
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Jaworze Dolne – wieś w Polsce położona w województwie podkarpackim, w powiecie dębickim, w gminie Pilzno.

W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość administracyjnie należała do województwa tarnowskiego.

Wieś leży na prawym (wschodnim) brzegu Wisłoki w sąsiedztwie wzniesień pokrytych lasem. W Jaworzu Dolnym, na leśnej polanie znajduje się ośrodek wypoczynkowy z bazą żywieniową. Jaworze Dolne i Górne leżą w granicach Obszaru Chronionego Krajobrazu Pogórza Strzyżowskiego.

Wierni kościoła rzymskokatolickiego należą do parafii Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Dobrkowie w dekanacie Pilzno, diecezji tarnowskiej.

19 lutego 1944 Gestapo i policja niemiecka zabiła kilku mieszkańców podejrzanych o ukrywanie Żyda Medela Elisteina. Ofiary Niemców to Maria Kałuża, Jan Psioda, Wiktoria Psioda, Józef Ryba i Mendel Elistein.

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One of the big concerns through the northwest…Canada and Alaska…is bears getting at our food. As they say, "A fed bear is a dead bear." If a bear connects humans with food it can easily translate into an attack. If that happens, the dead is hunted down and killed. Almost everywhere, there are trash barrels designed to eliminate the bears ability to get at the trash. You have to unlatch the top to put trash in it. Obviously, bears can do that but maybe a raccoon?
Since my last posting on Thursday when I was in Tok, I've left Alaska and traveled through part of the Yukon and into British Columbia. By the end of today, I'll be in Alberta.
When I left Tok, I took the Top of the World Highway through Chicken to Dawson City. Chicken was originally going to be called Ptarmigen for the Alaska state bird but no one knew how to spell it so they said it tasted like chicken so let's call it "Chicken". I don't know if the story is true but it's told by everyone throughout Alaska. One lady clerk at a gift store told me that's what she had been told for 40 years.
Dawson City is a unique town. As you approach the town on the highway, the road ends and you have to take the ferry about ten minutes across the river to town. The ferry carries 2-3 motorhomes and a couple of cars per trip. I had about a twenty minute wait and I was in town.
Town is kind of a throw back to the Klondike days. I took some pictures, grabbed a sandwich, and headed south. It seemed a little more authentic that Skagway but cruise ships don't come here. Tour buses from the cruise lines do.
I arrived in Watson Lake on the Yukon-BC border about 8:30pm Thursday night. I had been thinking that I'd like to get some bison pictures and was going over a brochure I'd picked up at the visitor's center earlier in the day. It looked like the best place was at MacKenzie River Bison Sanctuary. It's in the Northwest Territories near Yellowknife. The tourist office in Watson Lake was closed when I got in. I stopped at the Northern Lights Centre across the street which was still open. Two high school boys manning the gift store there took me into the office and we looked up MacKenzie River and found it would take about 23 hours from Watson Lake. One of the guys said you could do that or you could drive down the road about 20 minutes and you'll see a herd of them. Let's see 23 HOURS or 20 MINUTES.
I decided to spend the night and start out the next morning to hunt bison. Plus there was something else in town I wanted to photograph.
It's the Sign Post Forest.
In 1942 a homesick U.S. Army soldier from Danville, Ohio was here working on the Alaska Highway. He put up a sign pointing the way to his hometown with the mileage. Others followed his lead. In 1990, another Ohio couple put up the 10,000th sign. In 1992, the original soldier came back to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Sign Post Forest. A lady in the visitor's center told me that today there are more than 73,000 signs!
Some have made several trips.
Now, to find those buffalo….


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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and digital innovator Patchwork have won an award for digital transformation at the HSJ Partnership Awards 2019.
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Atlanta beat San Diego today, 2-0, as John Smoltz pitched a complete-game shutout for the Braves. For San Diego, our old friend Mike Piazza went 1-4 with a single and a strikeout, and is now hitting .226 on the season. Mike Cameron is recovering from his strained quad and should be back with the club sometime next week. Dave Magadan (remember him?), the Padres hitting coach, said Cameron "looked good" in his rehab work.
The Angels lost to the Orioles, 3-2. I only note this game because it was sad to see that Edgardo Alfonzo went 0 for 3, and is still hitless in 8 at bats this season. He's a free agent at the end of the season and is still hoping to land a starting job somewhere. Fonzie is a class act and I hope he can revive his career.
The Cardinals beat up on the Reds, 9-3. Braden Looper helped the cause with a perfect 8th inning.
Marco Scutaro had three hits and an RBI today, helping the A's beat the Rangers, 5-4. He's hitting .350 on the season so far.
Finally, Ty Wigginton helped the Devil Rays beat the Royals, 6-3. Ty had 3 RBI's in the win, and he's now got 4 HR's and 11 RBI's for the season. He's getting some playing time because Aubrey Huff is injured. Doug Mientkiewicz went 1 for 4 with a double in the loss for Kansas City and is now hitting .258 on the season.
Life as a transplanted Mets fan. Check out the websites of some other transplanted Mets fans in the right hand column of this page: Mets Guy in Michigan, Lonestar Met, and Irish Eagle. If you're a transplant and have a site, post a comment with your URL! If you have any tips for making the life of a transplant any easier, please post those as well.
Today's game featured appearances by two players who need tickets off this club. I'm not panicking or anything, but Valentin and Julio have no business in the big leagues right now. Valentin's 0 for 6 and Julio is just a flat-out disaster. Someone's gotta ask Omar how much rope we're giving to these guys to hang themselves already.
While we're at it, can we ship Diaz off to Norfolk so he can play every day before he loses any more trade value?
The Mets and Major League Baseball honored Jackie Robinson before today's game. Jackie's widow was on hand, and the winner of a Jackie Robinson-named scholarship threw out the first pitch. She was a bit of a hottie, by the way. And the scholarship winner was cute too.
A "42" was etched into the infield dirt and each base was tagged with a plaque honoring the day. I'm assuming these will show up in some kind of auction. I'll let you know if I see anything about that.
Trachsel started today's game for the Mets, as they try for their eighth straight win. Looks like a gorgeous day in New York. Gary Cohen and Ron Darling are doing the announcing for SNY. Gary looks a lot better without the spectacles.
Trach allowed a leadoff single to Brady Clark, but Clark was caught stealing by Ramon Castro as JJ Hardy batted. Hardy struck out and Jenkins, the next batter, grounded out to Delgado. Not technically a 1-2-3 first inning for Trachsel, but he did face the minumum to start things off... He looks good.
LoDuca has the day off, so Castro starts behind the plate and Anderson Hernandez takes his spot in the order (the two-hole). After Jose Reyes struck out, Hernandez reached first on a bunt single. Carlos Beltran killed the early rally by grounding out into a double play to end the inning.
In the top of the second, with two outs and two strikes, Ricky Weeks was hit by a pitch. Prince Fielder moved him over with a single and Moeller drove him in ith another hit. Trachsel struck out Ohka to end the inning. Brewers lead 1-0. This might be the first time this season the Mets haven't scored the first run of a game.
Castro's making the most of his start today. He threw out a basestealer in the first, and drove in Carlos Delgado with a sacrifice fly to tie the ballgame 1-1 in the second.
Mets have to play catch up for the first time this season. Trachsel wasn't sharp today, giving up four runs in five innings. Heading to the bottom of the fifth it's 4-1 Brewers.
In the bottom of the sixth, Carlos Beltran led off with a double, moved to third on a groudout to first by Delgado, and scored on a sac fly by David Wright. 4-2 Brewers.
The Brewers got the run back in the seventh with a long homerun to left by Carlos Lee off Darren Oliver. 5-2 Brewers at Seventh Inning Stretch time.
Jorge Julio has yet another rough outing. He drills Moeller, who moves over to second on a groundout. Julio induces another groundout to clark, but can't stop J.J. Hardy who singles to left to drive in Moeller to make it 6-2. Julio started doing the Benitz shuffle on the mound, hanging his head and just looking lost, and proceeds to give up a two run bomb to Jenkins. 8-2 Brewers. Beltran stops the bleeding with a nice catch at the wall of a long shot by Carlos Lee.
Why don't we see more of Chad Bradford? This dude is tough. Although Koskie managed a double off him, Weeks and Fielder both struck out and Moeller hit a weak grounder back to teh mound to end the inning. Headed to teh last of the ninth it's still 8-2 Mets.
Game over. Tip your cap to Tomo Ohka. He shut down the Mets today and the final score is the same as the Mets record - 8-2. Rubber game is tomorrow against Ben Sheets. Lets Go Mets!
Seo - 10 hits, 4HR's, 1 walk and 8 strikeouts in eight innings pitched over two games. A 9.00 ERA.
Sanchez - 2 hits, 2 walks, 8 strikeouts in eight innings pitched over five appearances. A 0.00 ERA.
While my wife finishes watching Oprah Winfrey on TiVo, I'm "watching" the game on MLB.com Gameday.
Mets are up 1-0, thanks to a solo shot by the X-Man.
Glavine was excellent tonight, and the Mets put up four runs for him, but Heilman put the win in jeopardy. He was unable to retire a batter in the seventh. Two runs were charged to him, one of which scored on a sacrifice fly given up by Sanchez, but heading to the bottom of the seventh it's still 4-3 Mets.
I love Keith Hernandez's work as a color man, but tonight Ron Darling filled in and it was a nice change of pace. He brings a pitcher's perspective to the broadcast, and does a nice job at it. Ralph Kiner also showed up for a few innings, and it's amazing how sharp and astute he still is. Maybe more than he was in his prime!
Except for a monster foul shot by Carlos Lee, Billy Wagner looked sharp closing it out. Mets Win 4-3, Tommy G gets the win. He deserved it, striking out 11 Brewers over 6 innings. Mets win their seventh straight to go 8-1 on the season. Trachsel vs Ohka tomorrow at 1:10. Lets Go Mets!
I don't think I've ever seen the Mets on top of the weekly list on ESPN before.
Tonight's game has been delayed by rain, but they'll play the Brewers (#11) when the rain delay is over (now scheduled for 8:40 PM) tonight.
Julio gave up two hits, including a solo homerun to Nick Johnson, and struck out two in one inning of work yesterday.
Jorge Julio - 9 hits, 8 runs, 2 HR's, 2 BBs and 6 K's in 2.2 innings pitched over three appearances.
That's a 16.88 ERA, by the way.
Kris Benson - 1-1, 1.93 ERA (9 hits, 4 BB's and 8 K's in 14 innings over two starts).
Some of the shots are better than others, and I haven't added comments yet, but these photos should give you a feel for what it's like to see a game from RFK.
Why is Jose Valentin still on this team? He stunk last year, he stunk in Spring Training, and for the season he's 0 for 5 with 3 strikeouts. Shouldn't he just retire already? My cousin says he's this year's version of Brian Daubach.
The Mets battered Livan Hernandez and The Expos today, including four homeruns off the starter, winning 13-4. The Mets record is now 7 and 1, and Victor Zambrano won his first start of the season. Anderson Hernandez had the day off, and replacement Chris Woodward made the most of the start, with two hits and 3 RBIs on the afternoon.
Next up on the docket is the Milwaukee Brewers. The Brewers have had a tough series in St. Louis, losing the first two games but showing some chutzpah by beating Jason Isringhausen in extra innings today.
For those not ready to jump on the Mets bandwagon just yet, the next 16 games of the season should tell us what these Mets are made of, as they face the Brewers, Braves, Padres, Giants and Braves again before starting another series against the Gnats on May 1.
Pedro Shuts Down Expos, Guillen in D.C.
I had a blast watching the Mets beat the Nationals yesterday, in person, in a close and exciting game. Beltran looked excellent in the field, and Pedro was a ton of fun to watch as well. The highlight of the game was seeing Pedro induce Batman Guillen into an inning ending double play in a big spot. Heilman looked good in relief, and Wagner showed off his highest velocity of the season thus far, reaching 99 on the radar gun to get his 2nd save of the year.
If you think Shea Stadium is in rough shape, you should head to RFK which makes Shea look like paradise. The bathrooms are especially noteworthy for how badly they are outdated. We saw one flooded very early on, and keep in mind this was just the second game played there this season!
We got to the park nice and early to see batting practice, and saw Delgado hit some particularly impressive shots out of RFK, which is a very tough place to hit a homer out of. There are no "cheapies" at RFK.
I have some photos to post later on (of Pedro, not the restrooms), and came away from the game even more impressed with this team than before. My wife and I plan on visiting D.C. at the end of September, conveniently during the time the Mets are in town for the final series of the season.
Today I'm back at work, listening to the Mets pummell the Expos again on MLB Radio.
"I think there's a chance in five days, but there's four days in between. We'll see how everything feels," Sheets said. "I'd like to pitch Sunday in New York."
You sure you want that start, Ben? New York in April, against the first place Mets? (I can't believe I just wrote that). Wouldn't you rather pitch Monday, in warm weather Houston?
The Internet is a beautiful thing. Been listening to the WFAN broadcast of the Mets game on MLB.com. I had read and heard from friends in New York that Tom McCarthy sounded exactly like Gary Cohen on the radio. I'm not sure about that, but McCarthy does a nice job with the games. It's been fun listening to Eddie C and him do the game today. With a day game on Thursday, I'll be listening at work that day as well.
The one downfall is having to hear this BoTox commercial over and over again. They are advertising BoTox injections, well known for making women's foreheads smooth as ironing boards, for use in controlling excessive underarm sweating. Left unsaid is the added benefit of wrinkle-free armpits. Yay!!
Oh yeah, Bannister pitched great, and the Mets' hitters continue to slug the ball around the ballpark. 5-1 Mets, heading into the 9th.
Beltran socked a homer in the 9th to make it 7-1. Sandman comes into the game in the bottom of the inning to try and close it out. If the Mets continue this offensive output, it will be tough for Wagner to add to his save total!
Wagner stikes the kid out to preserve Brian Bannister's first major-league win. Mets Win, 7-1.
Meanwhile, I'm off to D.C. first thing in the morning to catch these guys live! I probably won't be able to post until Thursday. Lets Go Mets!
Let's Get Ready To Rumble! Also, WFAN Finally Streaming.
Brian Bannister takes on Jose "Batman" Guillen and the Nationals this afternoon. I'll be listening on MLB GamedayAudio.
Speaking of Internet broadcasting, WFAN is supposed to start streaming the audio of their fine radio programming today. I checked their website, which seems to have been refreshed, but I don't see any links for streaming. Shmuck and his Lap Dog are going to do a special "internet-only" broadcast during today's Mets game, as the games won't be simulcast online. You have to fork over the $15.00 (good for the whole season) to MLB to get the internet broadcast of the game, but the rest of WFAN's broadcast is free.
UPDATE: Listen to the live stream of WFAN by going here. You will need to enter a name and e-mail address, but I don't right now see any evidence that the information has to be authentic. The stream sounds pretty good, at least for the last 90 seconds I've been listening. Al Leiter is on with Joe Benigno right now.
Over at San Diego Seranade, Conor made a video re-enactment of the amazing Game 6 comeback, using, of all things, RBI Baseball. If you ever played that game on Nintendo, you were instantly addicted and have memories playing it. It is hilarious to see the re-enactment, complete with Vin Scully's play-by play audio, in this fashion. Best eight and a half minutes you can spend on a Mets off day.
How much does it stink to have an off day today? I guess the boys deserve a day off like anyone else, but when the Mets are playing the way they are playing, you don't want to stop the momentum! There's not much around baseball to catch Mets fans attention either. The Braves and Phillies start a three game series today, and I guess we should just root for a 2-1 split of the games in the Phillies favor, which would mean a 3-6 record for the Phillies and a 4-6 record for the Braves heading into the weekend. The longer both teams stay sub-.500 the better for the Mets.
If we want to really stretch things a bit, we can also hope the Cardinals cool off the red-hot Brewers (I can't believe I just wrote that) over the next three games as the Cards open their new stadium against first-place Milwaukee (I can't believe I just wrote that). The Brewers arrive at Shea for a three-game set on Friday, followed by Atlanta.
Scott Kazmir pitched really well today for the Devil Rays, coming to within an out of a complete game, while outpitching Roy Halladay and beating the blue Jays 5-2. He's now 1-1 on the season, while Zambrano, the guy he was traded for, pitches for the first time on Thursday against the Nationals, who got beat by Andy Pettite and the Astros today.
The Braves got beat today by the Giants, 6-5,with Chris Reitsma blowing a save in the ninth to lose the game. Smoltz pitched well, but the Braves fall to 3-4 on the season. Barry Bonds went 1 for 7 in the series, with six walks and no homers. Chipper Jones sprained his ankle in the eight inning and is day-to-day at this point.
In San Diego, Mike Piazza went 1-4 with an RBI in a losing cause for the Padres who lost 10-4 to The Rockies. Mike is hitting .200 on the season, with 3 hits in 15 at atbats including his Opening Day homerun. No word on when Mike Cameron will come off the DL.
Glavine will pitch Friday at home against the Brewers, and Trachsel will pitch Saturday.
There was an article in today's Newsday about how much Rickey Henderson helped Jose Reyes in spring traing with base stealing tips. Jose might have to call his mentor after the game today because he almost got picked off twice by Dontrelle Willis.
Damn, Dontrelle just dominates the Mets, doesn't he?
Tommy G was pulled from the game down 2-0. Guess win #277 will have to wait.
What a crowd for today's game! Keith Hernandez said what I was thinking - reminds me of the mid '80s.
Wright ties up the game with a two run triple! Rightfielder Hermida should have held up on the ball instead of trying to catch it - would have saved a run at least. As they say, it's a whole new ballgame into the eighth.
Anderson Hernandez got his second hit of the season in the third, bringing his average up to .111, but there's still no pressure on him, as the Mets are in no rush whatsoever to activate Metsui. Instead, Hernandez continues to show chutzpah in the field, hanging in there to try and convert a double play with the runner bearing down on him. Completely unlike the way Robbie Alomar played the position for the Mets.
Way to go Willie for bringing in Billy Wagner in the ninth inning despite it being a non save situation. Too many managers are scared to bring in their closer except in save situations, but that's just asinine because a manager should bring in whoever is the best available pitcher at the most crucial spots in games. Kudos to Willie for giving the Mets the best chance to win. And now if Wagner can hold the Fish, the Mets will have a shot at their bullpen because Willis is out of the game after eight innings.
The Marlins send a kid, Carlos Martinez, up to pitch the ninth who prior to this season had never pitched above Single A ball and the Mets make short work of the kid. They only need three batters, including a sacrifice fly by David Wright, to score a run and win the game 3-2. Off day tomorrow and then it's off to D.C.!


We sold most of our positions this week as we decided that the upside is limited and downside more likely in the next few months. We will continue to trade earnings misses in quality stocks but we will be more comfortable on the sidelines at this time. The value stocks we like to trade are not in favor and may not be until a decent correction occurs.
The economy is doing fine and Greece will soon be settled so we don't see any catalyst for a correction. But we also don't see any catalyst that will move prices much higher.
For the first half of the year accounts are flat to up a few percentage points which is the same as the performance other DJIA(flat) and S&P 500 (up 2%). Most bond indexes are flat to down on the year.
Next week should be slow since it is the 4th of July holiday lead up week.
When fear of losing money overtakes fear of not making money the correction will arrive.
We sold our GM position on Thursday after it was announced that GM had hired investment bankers to consider Fiat Chrysler's interest in merging the two companies. Activist investors- also known as hedge fund vultures- have decided that GM is not rising fast enough in price and so they are seeking some catalyst to get the stock price higher so they can sell. These vultures already caused GM to agree to spend part of its cash reserve to buy back shares and raise the dividend.
We don't think these actions are positive for GM in the long run and so we are moving on. We will continue to trade the news but management needs to stand up to hedgies who may know how to trade for money but don't know how to manage an auto company (i.e. Eddie Lampert at Sears Holding). In days of yore auto companies would pay special dividends once a year if they thought their cash reserve would allow but they also knew to maintain a huge cash reserve for the bad times.
Ford almost went and GM did go bankrupt in 2008 because they had squandered their cash from the good times at the urging of these same investment bankers and hedgies. Hedgies and Investment banker loyalty is with their own colleagues not the companies that hire them. But clients never seem to be aware of that fact.
We also added a small amount of Twitter to accounts for a trade as it touches yearly lows on changes in management and bad mouthing on the street.
Up 1% and the next day down 1% seems to be the pattern. Corrections can also be accomplished over time but the high flyers still are getting buying and until they correct and take the rest of the stocks with them we remain ready to move quickly to cash.
Katie returns from her 2500 mile bike ride tonight. Hooray.
During the week we repurchased Urban which we sold last week when it dropped $2 on negative comment from Jim Cramer. We also bought more Sprouts on negative comments from Cramer and repurchased AT&T and Verizon for the July dividend and/or a short trade.
Stocks headed south Monday and Tuesday but on Wednesday the major measures popped over 1% on "?" news. And so go the summer doldrums. Our guess is that present levels remain at least until month/quarter/fiscal year end June 30 for many institutional accounts. After that it's all a guess.
The economy is strong but rising interest rates and the Supremes' Obamacare decision are the current potentially negative wild cards. Greece default seems to be a ho hum for now.
Oh Lord, the Unemployment Rate is down to 5.5% and the economy added 280,000 new jobs in May. What more can go wrong???
Predictably, markets swooned on the wonderful- for workers- Employment Report, since such news suggests the Fed will probably start placing its foot upon the brakes to begin letting interest rates rise. Of course Europe remains in the doldrums and China growth is slowing so who knows.
During the week we switched GM common to the warrants to maintain our position while raising a little cash. We paid a 1% premium for the warrants versus the stock sale but since the warrants don't expire till 2019 we think that premium is worth it for the cash it makes available to increase our position by buying more warrants at lower prices if the markets don't treat us well. GM is our largest holding and it is currently considered a value trap—i.e. it is very cheap but none of the big boys and girls want to own it and until they do it will remain out of favor. With a huge cash pile and over $200 billion in sales it is a significant stimulus and an integral part of the American economy. Eventually we are guessing/hoping/expecting the gurus to tire of paying 100 times earnings for concept stocks and maybe return to value. At least one can hope.
We also took short profits in Urban, and Ralph Lauren (which we bought last week when it broke and sold this week) and bought Verizon and added to PG.
We are enjoying the nice weather and being home from a hectic one week tour of the East Coast, seeing our bride of 50 years (who thankfully is close to the end of her amazing ride), getting lost in Philadelphia, and enjoying reconnecting with a lot of old folks who were a lot younger when we first knew them and them us. And the beat goes on.


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