Senator Warren's new proposed law would punish companies for price gouging while being profitable already.

The Americans who cry "tyranny!" about masks and vaccinations are the same ones that are trying to abolish many substantial human rights that were established in the 1960s and 70s.

*Instead of sacrificing lives to a free-market insurance God, [Medicare for All] saves lives while retraining people in [the insurance business] for the life-affirming jobs of the future.*

The right-wing Australian government proposes to help Australians get the money to buy a house by letting them draw money from their retirement funds.

This will mean more competition for the available housing, thus forcing the prices up. It won't provide any net benefit for the non-rich. In other words, it is a swindle.

As Covid-19 evolves and becomes more transmissible, it also evolves away from the target that current vaccines are aimed at. Their effectiveness is gradually decreasing. But there is no special effort to accelerate development of better vaccines.

All this is happening as society in most countries has totally surrendered to the fools and jerks. The fools say, "What, me worry about Covid?" The jerks say, "I wouldn't wear a mask to save your life — or anyone's life."

Contrast this with Japan and South Korea, where people continue to reduce the number or cases by wearing masks.