Saturday, June 8, 2019

WHY the High Price of Prescription Drugging



Look to U.S. Public Office Holders and their Drug-Lord Paymasters
Powers behind Overpriced, Maintenance/Addiction driven, Overdosed: Dollar, Health, Death 
Costs of “legal” drugging.


T

en thousand to half a million-dollar Senators
Donations in the 2017-2018 election cycle, released by the Federal Election Commission Friday, February 1, 2019; numbers based on contributions from PACs and individuals giving $200 or more. Source: Center for Responsible Politics Open Secrets
Candidate
Amount
Casey, Bob (D-PA)
$538,003
Heitkamp, Heidi (D-ND)
$347,895
Donnelly, Joe (D-IN)
$271,195
Tester, Jon (D-MT)
$257,960
McCaskill, Claire (D-MO)
$249,055
Heller, Dean (R-NV)
$248,417
Hatch, Orrin G (R-UT)
$237,989
Barrasso, John A (R-WY)
$229,900
Menendez, Robert (D-NJ)
$190,636
Nelson, Bill (D-FL)
$172,480
Cassidy, Bill (R-LA)
$160,300
Carper, Tom (D-DE)
$158,580
2020 POTUS candidate Gillibrand, Kirsten (D-NY)
$153,087
Manchin, Joe (D-WV)
$149,969
McConnell, Mitch (R-KY)
$149,113
Jones, Doug (D-AL)
$139,011
Kaine, Tim (D-VA)
$135,069
Crapo, Mike (R-ID)
$131,300
Heinrich, Martin (D-NM)
$127,611
Baldwin, Tammy (D-WI)
$117,508
Murray, Patty (D-WA)
$111,428
Cruz, Ted (R-TX)
$103,616
Stabenow, Debbie (D-MI)
$100,924
Brown, Sherrod (D-OH)
$100,487
Portman, Rob (R-OH)
$96,350
Young, Todd (R-IN)
$95,650
Smith, Tina (D-MN)
$86,057
Tillis, Thom (R-NC)
$81,200
Wyden, Ron (D-OR)
$76,322
Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA)
$72,541
Murphy, Christopher S (D-CT)
$71,324
Blunt, Roy (R-MO)
$69,350
2020 POTUS candidate Warren, Elizabeth (D-MA)
$68,262
Isakson, Johnny (R-GA)
$68,000
Cardin, Ben (D-MD)
$67,374
2020 POTUS candidate Klobuchar, Amy (D-MN)
$66,101
Cornyn, John (R-TX)
$64,100
Alexander, Lamar (R-TN)
$62,700
Fischer, Deb (R-NE)
$61,800
Warner, Mark (D-VA)
$59,749
Scott, Tim (R-SC)
$57,700
Whitehouse, Sheldon (D-RI)
$54,806
Perdue, David (R-GA)
$53,250
Toomey, Pat (R-PA)
$51,626
Wicker, Roger (R-MS)
$46,300
Gardner, Cory (R-CO)
$45,250
Markey, Ed (D-MA)
$44,850
Thune, John (R-SD)
$40,600
Strange, Luther (R-AL)
$37,500
Graham, Lindsey (R-SC)
$36,100
Cantwell, Maria (D-WA)
$35,504
2020 POTUS candidate Booker, Cory (D-NJ)
$35,501
Collins, Susan M (R-ME)
$34,750
2020 POTUS candidate Bennet, Michael (D-CO)
$34,308
Hirono, Mazie K (D-HI)
$32,194
King, Angus (I-ME)
$28,732
Roberts, Pat (R-KS)
$27,500
Hyde-Smith, Cindy (R-MS)
$26,850
Enzi, Mike (R-WY)
$25,000
Hoeven, John (R-ND)
$24,770
Coons, Chris (D-DE)
$24,000
Rubio, Marco (R-FL)
$23,775
Cotton, Tom (R-AR)
$21,780
Johnson, Ron (R-WI)
$21,700
Hassan, Maggie (D-NH)
$20,613
Shaheen, Jeanne (D-NH)
$20,050
Paul, Rand (R-KY)
$20,000
Peters, Gary (D-MI)
$19,552
Duckworth, Tammy (D-IL)
$19,550
Blumenthal, Richard (D-CT)
$18,566
Masto, Catherine Cortez (D-NV)
$18,540
Burr, Richard (R-NC)
$18,500
2020 POTUS candidate Harris, Kamala (D-CA)
$18,109
Durbin, Dick (D-IL)
$17,803
Capito, Shelley Moore (R-WV)
$17,000
Flake, Jeff (R-AZ)
$15,200
2020 POTUS candidate Sanders, Bernie (I-VT)
$14,794
Kennedy, John (R-LA)
$14,350
Daines, Steven (R-MT)
$14,200
Murkowski, Lisa (R-AK)
$12,500
Grassley, Chuck (R-IA)
$12,000
Sasse, Ben (R-NE)
$12,000
Van Hollen, Chris (D-MD)
$11,201
Schumer, Charles E (D-NY)
$10,458
Schatz, Brian (D-HI)
$10,400
Moran, Jerry (R-KS)
$10,000
https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?ind=h04&cycle=2018&recipdetail=S&mem=Y


O

ne Hundred Thousand to Four Hundred Thousand-Dollar U.S. House Members
Donations in the 2017-2018 election cycle, released by the Federal Election Commission Friday, February 1, 2019; numbers based on contributions from PACs and individuals giving $200 or more. Source: Center for Responsible Politics Open Secrets


Candidate
Amount
Walden, Greg (R-OR)
$452,200
McCarthy, Kevin (R-CA)
$394,450
Paulsen, Erik (R-MN)
$320,150
Brady, Kevin (R-TX)
$315,550
Neal, Richard E (D-MA)
$282,250
Roskam, Peter (R-IL)
$253,053
Pallone, Frank Jr (D-NJ)
$247,700
Walters, Mimi (R-CA)
$247,425
2020 POTUS candidate O'Rourke, Beto (D-TX)
$235,696
Guthrie, Brett (R-KY)
$228,950
Blackburn, Marsha (R-TN)
$227,696
Ryan, Paul (R-WI)
$219,370
Lance, Leonard (R-NJ)
$216,500
Peters, Scott (D-CA)
$212,016
Scalise, Steve (R-LA)
$205,555
Sinema, Kyrsten (D-AZ)
$199,012
Rosen, Jacky (D-NV)
$198,811
Rodgers, Cathy McMorris (R-WA)
$185,026
Sanchez, Linda (D-CA)
$170,054
Kind, Ron (D-WI)
$167,710
Burgess, Michael (R-TX)
$164,000
Walorski, Jackie (R-IN)
$163,711
Eshoo, Anna (D-CA)
$160,050
Shimkus, John M (R-IL)
$157,632
Upton, Fred (R-MI)
$150,350
Schneider, Brad (D-IL)
$147,964
DeGette, Diana (D-CO)
$147,400






Stivers, Steve (R-OH)
$145,600
Carter, Buddy (R-GA)
$144,902
Holding, George (R-NC)
$143,326
Bera, Ami (D-CA)
$137,655
Brooks, Susan (R-IN)
$134,800
Hoyer, Steny H (D-MD)
$134,000
McHenry, Patrick (R-NC)
$129,200
Bucshon, Larry (R-IN)
$124,802
Nunes, Devin (R-CA)
$123,950
Cardenas, Tony (D-CA)
$122,569
MacArthur, Thomas (R-NJ)
$121,863
Schrader, Kurt (D-OR)
$121,750
Reed, Tom (R-NY)
$119,850
Crowley, Joseph (D-NY)
$118,600
Lujan, Ben Ray (D-NM)
$116,450
Kennedy, Joe III (D-MA)
$116,049
Kelly, Mike (R-PA)
$111,000
Clyburn, James E (D-SC)
$110,200
Love, Mia (R-UT)
$108,412
Hudson, Richard (R-NC)
$108,250
Bishop, Mike (R-MI)
$107,950
Costello, Ryan (R-PA)
$106,750
Ruiz, Raul (D-CA)
$106,347
Swalwell, Eric (D-CA)
$103,978
Curbelo, Carlos (R-FL)
$101,200


 https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?ind=h04&cycle=2018&recipdetail=H&sortorder=A&mem=Y&page=4

P

residential Elections: Road to the White House “Ballotpedia” Update
The following 26 elected officials and notable public figures—24 Democrats and two Republicans—have filed to run for president with the Federal Election Commission or announced exploratory committees.
1.     •Michael Bennet (D), a U.S. senator from Colorado, announced that he was running for president on May 2, 2019.[5]
2.     •Joe Biden (D), a former vice president of the United States, announced that he was running for president on April 25, 2019.[6]
3.     •Bill de Blasio (D), the mayor of New York City, announced that he was running for president on May 16, 2019.[3]
4.     •Cory Booker (D), a U.S. senator from New Jersey, announced that he was running for president on February 1, 2019.[7]
5.     •Steve Bullock (D), the governor of Montana, announced that he was running for president on May 14, 2019.[4]
6.     •Pete Buttigieg (D), the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, announced that he was running for president on January 23, 2019.[8]
7.     •Julián Castro (D), a former U.S. secretary of housing and urban development and San Antonio mayor, formally announced his candidacy on January 12, 2019.[9]
8.     •John Delaney (D), a former U.S. representative from Maryland, filed to run for president on August 10, 2017.
9.     •Tulsi Gabbard (D), a U.S. representative from Hawaii, announced that she had decided to run for president on January 11, 2019.[10]
10.  •Kirsten Gillibrand (D), a U.S. senator from New York, announced that she was forming an exploratory committee on January 15, 2019.[11] She officially announced she was running on March 17, 2019.[12]
11.  •Mike Gravel (D), a former U.S. senator from Alaska, announced he was running for president on April 2, 2019.[13]
12.  •Kamala Harris (D), a U.S. senator from California, announced that she was running for president on January 21, 2019.[14]
13.  •John Hickenlooper (D), a former governor of Colorado, announced that he was running for president on March 4, 2019.[15]
14.  •Jay Inslee (D), the governor of Washington, announced that he was running for president on March 1, 2019.[16]
15.  •Amy Klobuchar (D), a U.S. senator from Minnesota, formally announced she was running for president on February 10, 2019.[17]
16.  •Wayne Messam (D), the mayor of Miramar, Florida, announced he was forming an exploratory committee on March 13, 2019.[18]
17.  •Seth Moulton (D), a U.S. representative from Massachusetts, announced he was running for president on April 22, 2019.[19]
18.  •Beto O'Rourke (D), former U.S. representative from Texas, formally announced he was running for president on March 14, 2019.[20]
19.  •Tim Ryan (D), a U.S. representative from Ohio, announced he was running for president on April 4, 2019.[21]
20.  •Bernie Sanders (I)[1], a U.S. senator from Vermont, announced that he was running for president on February 19, 2019.[22]
21.  •Eric Swalwell (D), a U.S. representative from California, announced that he was running for president on April 9, 2019.
22.  •President Donald Trump (R) filed to run for re-election in 2020 on January 20, 2017.
23.  •Elizabeth Warren (D), U.S. senator from Massachusetts, announced she had formed an exploratory committee on December 31, 2018.[23] She formally announced she was running for president on February 9, 2019.
24.  •Bill Weld (R), a former governor of Massachusetts, announced that he was running for president on April 15, 2019.[24]
25.  •Marianne Williamson (D), an author and lecturer, announced she was running for president on January 28, 2019.[25]
26.  •Andrew Yang (D), an entrepreneur and author from New York, filed to run for president on November 6, 2017.

https://ballotpedia.org/Presidential_candidates,_2020?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjtrzuera4gIVBNNkCh3w8As_EAAYAyAAEgJ-0fD_BwE




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Saturday, June 1, 2019

Imperialism’s Self-Centeredness Costs Uncountable Human Lives


Callous Colonial Divide yields ENDLESS Conflict and Casualties.

Post-Balfour to Great March of Return

W
here an Arab majority and Jewish minority lived harmony, the British dividing Palestinian land, handing it to the Jews, and ever since (through the present day) suppressing the original  inhabitants of the land, have enabled more than 70 years of settler and foreign aggression—1948 – present


  • November 1947 – July 1949: 
J
ewish-Arab civil conflict becomes war

  • 1950s-1960s: Israel Defense Forces conduct Military operations against Arabs from Syria, Egypt, and Jordan

  • October 1956: Israel Britain and France attack Egypt with the intention of occupying the Sinai Peninsula and taking over the Egyptian waterway connecting the Mediterranean and Red seas

  • June 1967: Again Israel fights its Arab neighbors: Egypt, Jordan, and Syria; and expands its takeover of land: from Jordan, the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), from Syria the Golan Heights, from Egypt, Sinai and Gaza.

  • 1967–1970: Egyptians attempt to recapture the Sinai from the Israelis in a war fought by forces of the Egyptian Republic, the USSR, Jordan, Syria, the Palestine Liberation Organization against Israeli military, ending with land claimed by the Israelis retained.

  • October 6-26, 1973: again Egypt and Syria, a coalition of Arab states attempt to recapture “part of the territories” taken by Israel.

  • 1971–1982: Palestine Liberation Organization moves to South Lebanon, Israel Defense Forces invade Lebanon to remove PLO forces, the conflict escalates into war and concludes with the “expulsion of the PLO from Lebanon” and the creation of “an Israeli ‘Security Zone’ in southern Lebanon.”

  • 1985–2000: Israel Defense Forces and its Lebanese Christian proxy militias in that southern Lebanon “security zone” conduct war against “Lebanese Muslim guerrilla.”

  • (40 years after the taking of their land) 1987–1993; 2000–2005: First and Second large-scale Palestinian uprising against Israel (West Bank and the Gaza Strip)

  • 2006: Israeli military attacks Lebanon-based (Shi’a (Islam) Hezbollah paramilitary forces.

  • December 2008 – January 2009: Israeli military conducts “Operation Cast Lead” war on Gaza leaving Total killed: 1,417 (Palestinian Center for Human Rights figures); Total wounded: 5,303; Civilian (unarmed) deaths: 926 (PCHR); police and firefighter deaths: 255 and 236, respectively; Gaza residents displaced: 50,800+; Gaza homes destroyed 4,000+; damage to Gaza in dollars: est. $2 billion

  • November 2012: Israeli Military conducts “Operation Pillar of Defense” war on Gaza Strip leaving 105 Palestinians dead and 971 wounded (Palestinian claim) [The United Nations Human Rights Council reported in March 2013 total Palestinian deaths: 174 of whom 107 were civilians]  
  • July–August 2014: Israeli military conducts “Operation Protective Edge” war on the Gaza Strip leaving 2,125-2,310 Gazans dead and 10,626- 10,895 wounded (including 3,374 children, 1,000+ of them left permanently disabled); 7,000+ homes for 10,000 families razed, an additional 89,000 homes damaged of which roughly 10,000 were severely affected by the bombing; rebuilding costs estimated at $4–6 billion over a 20-year period (UN report)

  • March 30-December 31, 2018 – present “deadliest days of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since Israel’s 2014 war on Gaza” Palestinians’ “Great March of Return”: Reported Palestinian-sustained live ammunition casualties: 6,106; shrapnel injuries: 1,576; rubber-coated bullet injuries: 438; tear-gas canister injuries: 1,084.

F
ull human count and costs seem not yet. In late February 2019, a United Nations Human Rights Council’s independent commission found that of 489 cases of Palestinian deaths or injuries analyzed, only two were possibly justified as responses to danger by Israeli security forces; deeming the rest illegal.” 

The report concluded “with a recommendation calling on Israel to examine whether war crimes or crimes against humanity had been committed, and if so, to bring those responsible to trial.”



Sources

PressTV “Iran’s solution for the Palestinian question” Iran Today May 28, 2019
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2019/05/28/597168/Irans-solution-for-the-Palestinian-question


Wikipedia
Human costs not yet fully calculated: 1945-1995: 92,000 lives taken (74,000 military, 18,000 civilian from)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_conflict
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_conflict#Cost_of_conflict
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandate_for_Palestine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_War_(2008%E2%80%9309)#Casualties
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Israel%E2%80%93Gaza_conflict#Palestinian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Israel%E2%80%93Gaza_conflict#Palestinian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_War_(2008%E2%80%9309)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Israel%E2%80%93Gaza_conflict
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pillar_of_Defense#Palestinian_casualties
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Gaza_border_protests#Casualties

Al Jazeera “Palestinians’ Great March of Return: The human cost: As Palestinians marked 70 years of Nakba, Israel responded by firing live ammunition - killing dozens of demonstrators.” Alia Chughtai  May 16, 2018 https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2018/05/palestinians-great-march-return-human-cost-180516110538165.html
Palestinian protests began on March 30 for the commemoration of Land Day, when in 1976 six Palestinian citizens of Israel were killed by Israeli forces after protesting the confiscation of their land.
Demonstrations continued until May 15, which marked 70 years since the Nakba - the ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians by Zionist militias to make way for the state of Israel.
Vox “This chart shows every person killed in the Israel-Palestine conflict since 2000” by Max Fishermax@vox.com    July 14, 2014 https://www.vox.com/2014/7/14/5898581/chart-israel-palestine-conflict-deaths

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