Hatred...

Alan...

Alan B. Krueger, advised two presidents and helped lead economics toward a more scientific approach to research and policymaking, was found dead at his home in Princeton, N.J. He was 58.   He taught at Princeton University for more than three decades.   

Mr. Krueger was an assistant secretary of the Treasury from 2009 to 2010, as President Barack Obama’s administration tried to lead the United States out of its worst recession since the Great Depression. Mr. Obama later named him chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, a post he held from 2011 to 2013.

He was the Labor Department’s chief economist under President Bill Clinton from 1994 to 1995.

Mr. Krueger was part of a new wave of economists who pushed the field toward a more empirical mind-set, with an emphasis on data rather than theory. He applied that approach broadly: to education, health care, labor markets and terrorism, and even to more lighthearted subjects like the rising price of concert tickets. His latest book, due out in June, is on the economics of the music industry.

Guess...

Jonah...

But this time the beast will swallow the item whole.

Robin...

Mayor Robin Hood de Blasio portrayed himself as a protector of the working class while proposing a redistribution of wealth  in his sixth State of the City address.

“Brothers and sisters, there’s plenty of money in the world. There’s plenty of money in this city. It’s just in the wrong hands,” said de Blasio, who owns two homes and collects $258,750 a year as mayor.

So for that we are giving Amazon the best space next to Manhattan with 3 Billion dollars to get them started their program to increase congestion, displace the middle and low income families out of the area, and enrich the Real Estate companies. All this would be great for his plan of Congestion pricing, extra taxes on middle and low income who can rely on the subway system that he personally neglected.

If you couldn't do right by the subway system riders, the NYSHA residents, Sandy storm victims and six inches of snow that drowned the city. 

Re-Education...

China claims it has arrested 13,000 “terrorists” in Xinjiang over the last five years, as it launched an aggressive propaganda campaign in defence of its restrictive measures in the far-western region.

China’s state council released a white paper on “the fight against terrorism and extremism” and “human rights protection in Xinjiang”, in which Beijing attempted to quantify the campaign.

Since 2014, Xinjiang has destroyed 1,588 violent and terrorist gangs, arrested 12,995 terrorists, seized 2,052 explosive devices, punished 30,645 people for 4,858 illegal religious activities, and confiscated 345,229 copies of illegal religious material,” the report concludes.

Human rights advocates believe more than 1 million Chinese minorities, Uighurs as well as Kazakhs and other groups, are being systematically forced to undergo political re-education.   Just a thought.

Dutch...

A gunman shot dead three people and wounded nine on a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht and police said they were hunting for a 37-year-old Turkish man in an apparent terrorist attack.

Dutch authorities raised the terrorism threat to its highest level in Utrecht province, schools were told to shut their doors and paramilitary police increased security at airports and other vital infrastructure and also at mosques.

Prime Minister Mark Rutte convened crisis talks, saying he was deeply concerned about the incident, which came three days after a lone gunman killed 50 people in mass shootings at two mosques in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand.

"The police asks you to watch out for 37-year-old Gokmen Tanis (born in Turkey) in connection with this morning's incident," Dutch police said in a statement.

Vaccines...

Parteee...

Top...

Bill, an employee at Walmart, had been suffering from mild neck pain and a tremor in his hands. A local surgeon recommended spine surgery.

Walmart decided to send him and his wife on a flight to a hospital in another state, all expenses paid, for a second opinion. He saw a team of clinicians at Geisinger Medical Center in Pennsylvania. They noticed a subtle shuffle in his step and diagnosed him with Parkinson's Disease.

The employee avoided a painful, expensive surgery that he did not need. Walmart saved about $30,000, and benefited when Bill went back to work after his symptoms improved. A win for every body.

U.S. employers are getting increasingly fed up with the U.S. medical system. Companies pay for about 49 percent of Americans' health care, and are facing rising costs without any real improvements in outcomes.

Walmart's Lisa Woods and the director of spine surgery at Geisinger, described how they've focusing on more than just lowering costs and improve overall health outcomes for their workers by offering travel programs.