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Tue May 22, 2012, 11:45 AM

Mc Mike (713 posts)

10. The coalition you concieve would be beautiful to behold.

Palast covered the issue of Brazil, India, and Argentina making AIDS drugs dirt-cheap for Southern Africa in the '90's pandemic, and the subsequent WTO Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) attempts to reign those countries in, on behalf of big PHARMA profits ("The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" , pp 184 - 6.) He also mentioned that Glaxo's 'intellectual property' was in fact created by a professor using US taxpayer money, not by Glaxo paying big bucks for research.

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51 replies	Author	Time	Post
Austerity policies and the danger of fascism [View all]	HiPointDem	May 2012	OP
Why do I think parts of America are already there?	ananda	May 2012	#1
"the country would have enough cash to pay its workers and retirees" ?	dipsydoodle	May 2012	#2
That was Tsipras; if he is elected THERE WILL BE tax collection	kenny blankenship	May 2012	#3
He's dreaming	dipsydoodle	May 2012	#4
Over and over again. So much for any correlation between money and brains. K&R n/t	Egalitarian Thug	May 2012	#5
+1, Thanks. Good analysis.	Mc Mike	May 2012	#6
I like and agree with your second paragraph especially...........	socialist_n_TN	May 2012	#9
The coalition you concieve would be beautiful to behold.	Mc Mike	May 2012	#10
That's the way it usually works .........	socialist_n_TN	May 2012	#31
Dave C. Johnston's book 'Free Lunch' has a ton of good info on	Mc Mike	May 2012	#36
Yeah, we're a long way away from nationalization............	socialist_n_TN	May 2012	#42
Even Jon Stewart mentioned it at least twice.	Mc Mike	May 2012	#45
Thank you for the update on the SA country that have escaped the IMF, World Bank and disaster	jwirr	May 2012	#14
Para 1 & 2 of my post 6 are from Prof. Naomi's book	Mc Mike	May 2012	#15
I did not remember that part. I to am sorry that Chevez has cancer. I heard that he has set up	jwirr	May 2012	#16
That's from pp 576-8, paperback edition.	Mc Mike	May 2012	#18
I am one of the people who benefit from Citgo and the energy assistance from Chavez. We could	jwirr	May 2012	#19
That program shows real greatness.	Mc Mike	May 2012	#22
Euronews: Tsipras starts EU tour ahead of Greek elections	pampango	May 2012	#7
Well, yep, it's hard to seize power with no crisis as a pretext. nt	bemildred	May 2012	#8
It's already happening in some ways. Such as the takeover of cities (like detroit) because of	HiPointDem	May 2012	#20
I think of it more as things falling apart, with the clampdown as a consequence.	bemildred	May 2012	#21
The austerity policies imposed by Chancellor	hifiguy	May 2012	#11
How come the 1 percents never learn from the past?	Fawke Em	May 2012	#12
Hubris, narcissism?	bemildred	May 2012	#13
It simply amazes me that there is that amount of hubris in their thinking.	Fawke Em	May 2012	#17
it's working for them. that's what you're not getting. it's working well.	HiPointDem	May 2012	#24
Sorry, it's you that's not getting it here.	bemildred	May 2012	#25
it pays in the long run, too.	HiPointDem	May 2012	#27
See, that's what we mean about needing to read more history. nt	bemildred	May 2012	#30
I read plenty of history. A human being lives about 70-some years. Most powerful rich people	HiPointDem	May 2012	#33
We're talking apples and oranges here, bee.	Mc Mike	May 2012	#37
I'm talking long view (history, eh?) , he wants to restrict it to short-view only.	bemildred	May 2012	#39
Bee, I honestly didn't mean to offend.	Mc Mike	May 2012	#43
I'm not offended, he's right as far as that goes, but it's not what we were talking about.	bemildred	May 2012	#44
Not sure if your reffing h's # 24 reply to F's 17, or the #23 re to your 13.	Mc Mike	May 2012	#46
I have no problem, that I can see, with anything Fawke Em has said so far.	bemildred	May 2012	#47
If #24's wording was changed	Mc Mike	May 2012	#48
I'm OK with all that. nt	bemildred	May 2012	#50
Nice plug for Shelley there, BTW.	bemildred	May 2012	#49
Excellent read, new to me. +1, thanks. NT.	Mc Mike	May 2012	#51
For now, it's working well.	Fawke Em	May 2012	#26
Starting a DeFarge-style knitting circle	Mc Mike	May 2012	#34
the fact that ordinary people think things aren't being governed well doesn't have much relevance	HiPointDem	May 2012	#23
I worked for a Hah-vahd man once	deutsey	May 2012	#38
Yep, my back trail is littered with those guys.	bemildred	May 2012	#40
It's a Mental Sickness, that's why	fascisthunter	May 2012	#32
I dunno if I'd call it a disease.	bemildred	May 2012	#41
"austerity" is disaster capitalism to allow extremists etc. into power.	Fire Walk With Me	May 2012	#28
yes, i agree that a lot of things that are supposedly just the twists & turns of history are	HiPointDem	May 2012	#29
US intel jerks	Mc Mike	May 2012	#35

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