Large-scale rackets like sickcare cannot survive without a Central State that collects taxes and funnels the proceeds to the racketeers, who of course have bought political influence with their plundered profits
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Showing posts with label health care. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Headlines: January 6, 2009
TYRANNY OF THE TAX-EXEMPT
Domestic Disturbances (donor-conceived children)
Justice Requires 12 Angry Men
Small juries are less likely to get the verdict right.
How the U.N. Perpetuates the 'Refugee' Problem
Nowhere on earth do terrorists get so much help from the Free World.
Universal healthcare and the waistline police
We risk a nanny state contrary to American ideals.
Deaths caused by hospital mistakes 'up 60 per cent in two years'
The number of hospital patients killed by mistakes has risen by 60 per cent in two years, official figures show.
NJ Gov. Corzine Contemplates Budget Cuts
Fish: The 10 Best American Movies
Mr. Gore: Apology Accepted
Feel Like a Trillion Bucks
Only WWII was pricier than Obama's stimulus plans.
Domestic Disturbances (donor-conceived children)
Justice Requires 12 Angry Men
Small juries are less likely to get the verdict right.
How the U.N. Perpetuates the 'Refugee' Problem
Nowhere on earth do terrorists get so much help from the Free World.
Universal healthcare and the waistline police
We risk a nanny state contrary to American ideals.
Deaths caused by hospital mistakes 'up 60 per cent in two years'
The number of hospital patients killed by mistakes has risen by 60 per cent in two years, official figures show.
NJ Gov. Corzine Contemplates Budget Cuts
Fish: The 10 Best American Movies
Mr. Gore: Apology Accepted
Feel Like a Trillion Bucks
Only WWII was pricier than Obama's stimulus plans.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Headlines: January 2, 2009
"Ms. Garcia was a 'balsera,' one of the 38,000 rafters who fled Cuba in 1994. She said she left her suburb of Havana because her daughter needed medical care she could not get in Cuba for a brain tumor."
Thomas Jefferson's Views Perfectly Applicable to Present-Day Suffrage Agitation, Declares Pennsylvania Anti-Suffragist.
Moral Clarity in Gaza
Global Warming Science Questions?
U.S. governors seek $1 trillion federal assistance
Thomas Jefferson's Views Perfectly Applicable to Present-Day Suffrage Agitation, Declares Pennsylvania Anti-Suffragist.
Moral Clarity in Gaza
Global Warming Science Questions?
U.S. governors seek $1 trillion federal assistance
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Headlines: November 20, 2008
Prop. 8 gay marriage ban goes to Supreme Court: The California high court will review legal challenges to Prop. 8. A hearing is set for March. Prior to a ruling, gay weddings will not be allowed to resume.
GTT: The CA Supreme Court has already found that homosexual marriage is guaranteed by the equal protection clause of the CA Constitution. So they will certainly find that it violates the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Then it will be off to the U.S. Supreme Court and what will happen there is any one's guess.
Iceland Gets $4.6 Billion Bailout From IMF, Nordics (Update3)
Mussina Close to Making Retirement Official
Why the Drudge Report is one of the best designed sites on the web
More Sarahs, Fewer Arnolds
"One of the dirty little secrets hidden in the nation’s mortgage crisis is the fact that five million of those bad loans were given to illegal aliens! How many of those loans were in California?"
‘A Matter of the People’: Careening toward chaos in Caracas.
Higgs: The TARP Is Dead, Long Live the TARP
George Washington: The Thanksgiving Proclamation: New York, 3 October 1789
NBC's Curry Climbs 'Poster-Child' for Climate Change 'Today' show anchor misleads viewers about declining Mt. Kilimanjaro ice during network's 'green' week.
1994: CENSUS OFFICIALS PLAN BIG CHANGES IN GATHERING DATA
"By the mid-1990s, the rate of unmarried childbearing among new black mothers reached over three-quarters" (Abrahamson, Out-of-Wedlock Births, 32).
2006: 37 Percent of U.S. Births Out of Wedlock
2005:
Number of live births to unmarried women: 1,527,034
Birth rate for unmarried women: 47.5 births per 1,000 unmarried women aged 15-44 years
Percent of all births to unmarried women: 36.9
"In 1940, fewer than 10 in 1,000...unmarried women had a child"(Abrahamson, Out-of-Wedlock Births, 28).
The Obama Health Plan Emerges
Destructive Delusions: How therapists and 'victims' seized on the idea of repressed memory, leveling false charges and ruining lives.
"I remember a burglar asking me, in the prison in which I worked as a doctor, why he continued to burgle, expecting me to say that it was because of his terrible childhood. When I told him it was because he was lazy and stupid, and because prison sentences were not nearly long enough, he burst into laughter."
1996: An Old Law Chastises Pregnant Teen-Agers
2006: One-Parent Families:Characteristics, causes, consequences, and issues (Canada)
Single-Parent Families - Demographic Trends
"Of all single-parent families, the most common are those headed by divorced or separated mothers (58%) followed by never-married mothers (24%). Other family heads include widows (7%), divorced and separated fathers (8.4%), never-married fathers (1.5%), and widowers (0.9%). There is racial variation in the proportion of families headed by a single parent: 22 percent for white, 57 percent for black, and 33 percent for Hispanic families."
GTT: The CA Supreme Court has already found that homosexual marriage is guaranteed by the equal protection clause of the CA Constitution. So they will certainly find that it violates the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Then it will be off to the U.S. Supreme Court and what will happen there is any one's guess.
Iceland Gets $4.6 Billion Bailout From IMF, Nordics (Update3)
Mussina Close to Making Retirement Official
Why the Drudge Report is one of the best designed sites on the web
More Sarahs, Fewer Arnolds
"One of the dirty little secrets hidden in the nation’s mortgage crisis is the fact that five million of those bad loans were given to illegal aliens! How many of those loans were in California?"
‘A Matter of the People’: Careening toward chaos in Caracas.
Higgs: The TARP Is Dead, Long Live the TARP
George Washington: The Thanksgiving Proclamation: New York, 3 October 1789
NBC's Curry Climbs 'Poster-Child' for Climate Change 'Today' show anchor misleads viewers about declining Mt. Kilimanjaro ice during network's 'green' week.
1994: CENSUS OFFICIALS PLAN BIG CHANGES IN GATHERING DATA
"By the mid-1990s, the rate of unmarried childbearing among new black mothers reached over three-quarters" (Abrahamson, Out-of-Wedlock Births, 32).
2006: 37 Percent of U.S. Births Out of Wedlock
2005:
Number of live births to unmarried women: 1,527,034
Birth rate for unmarried women: 47.5 births per 1,000 unmarried women aged 15-44 years
Percent of all births to unmarried women: 36.9
"In 1940, fewer than 10 in 1,000...unmarried women had a child"(Abrahamson, Out-of-Wedlock Births, 28).
The Obama Health Plan Emerges
Destructive Delusions: How therapists and 'victims' seized on the idea of repressed memory, leveling false charges and ruining lives.
"I remember a burglar asking me, in the prison in which I worked as a doctor, why he continued to burgle, expecting me to say that it was because of his terrible childhood. When I told him it was because he was lazy and stupid, and because prison sentences were not nearly long enough, he burst into laughter."
1996: An Old Law Chastises Pregnant Teen-Agers
2006: One-Parent Families:Characteristics, causes, consequences, and issues (Canada)
Single-Parent Families - Demographic Trends
"Of all single-parent families, the most common are those headed by divorced or separated mothers (58%) followed by never-married mothers (24%). Other family heads include widows (7%), divorced and separated fathers (8.4%), never-married fathers (1.5%), and widowers (0.9%). There is racial variation in the proportion of families headed by a single parent: 22 percent for white, 57 percent for black, and 33 percent for Hispanic families."
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Headlines: November 19, 2008
Last-minute Bush abortion ruling causes furor
Obama Hears a Giant Sucking Sound: His legacy is spent before he gets his hands on it.
Some Ammunition To Use In The Battle Against The Hate-America Gang
Williams: Evil Concealed By Money
Healthcare with a Conscience
Eric Holder: Confirming Fears
Dating Web Site Agrees to Provide Same-Sex Matches
Bush's Legacy: European Socialism
"Online dating service eHarmony is adding another personality trait to its 29 dimensions of computability. The California-based company will begin providing same-sex matches under as part of a settlement with New Jersey's Civil Rights Division."
Post Election Stock Market Nosedive Continues...
The Koran, punk rock and lots of questions
Obama Hears a Giant Sucking Sound: His legacy is spent before he gets his hands on it.
Some Ammunition To Use In The Battle Against The Hate-America Gang
Williams: Evil Concealed By Money
Healthcare with a Conscience
Eric Holder: Confirming Fears
Dating Web Site Agrees to Provide Same-Sex Matches
Bush's Legacy: European Socialism
"Online dating service eHarmony is adding another personality trait to its 29 dimensions of computability. The California-based company will begin providing same-sex matches under as part of a settlement with New Jersey's Civil Rights Division."
Post Election Stock Market Nosedive Continues...
The Koran, punk rock and lots of questions
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Headlines: October 16, 2008
Massachusetts: Patrick to cut 1,000 jobs from state payroll: Will slash budget $1b; local aid is left intact
"Some of the heaviest cuts, $293 million, are in the state's Medicaid program, known as MassHealth, but there will be no reduction in benefits or eligibility for covered residents....Instead, hospitals and doctors who provide care for MassHealth patients will receive lower reimbursements for the services they provide....Last night, the Massachusetts Hospital Association issued a statement that said the cuts will create 'extreme hardship for many hospitals and the communities they serve.'"
Infant Deaths Drop in U.S., but Rate Is Still High
(The rate is high because our medical care is so advanced that we try to save the lives of babies that other countries don't even count as live births.)
Cuba vs. the United States on Infant Mortality
Myths about single-payer health insurance
Child survival crisis in Caucasus and Central Asia
(Hat tip: Best of the Web and here)
Venezuela’s government looking to establish new 6-hour workday
U.S. officials: Missing Afghan students found in Canada
Officials: FBI investigates ACORN for voter fraud
About 200K Ohio voters have records discrepancies
24,000 Felons Getting Ballots, Despite Eligibility Questions
What Crisis? Kremlin downplays financial woes
Obama Distorts His Abortion Record In Third Debate
Bush Declares Exceptions to Sections of Two Bills He Signed Into Law
Everybody Else Did It: Chris Dodd's mortgage blame game.
"Ludwig remains proudest . . . of his efforts to compel bank compliance with fair-lending laws and his revitalization of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), a 1977 law requiring banks to invest in poorer neighborhoods and improve lending and service to low- and moderate-income borrowers. Although branded an 'activist' for his vigorous support of the act . . . he points to the cold, hard facts to justify his tactics. After just one Justice Department referral in the OCC's previous 129 years, Ludwig's tenure witnessed 27 fair-lending cases, resulting in tens of millions of dollars in fines against violators."
ACORN sign-ups in Harris seem legitimate: Nearly 40% of vote forms denied, but registrar sees no intentional foul as group draws fire nationwide
ACORN Does Philadelphia
U.S. official has new evidence of Iranian meddling in Iraq
Regulations of Mass Job Destruction
Should people do not know anything about politics be allowed to vote? (video)
"On Wednesday October 8 the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, and four other central banks lowered interest rates in an emergency coordinated bid to ease the economic effects of the financial crisis."
"Some of the heaviest cuts, $293 million, are in the state's Medicaid program, known as MassHealth, but there will be no reduction in benefits or eligibility for covered residents....Instead, hospitals and doctors who provide care for MassHealth patients will receive lower reimbursements for the services they provide....Last night, the Massachusetts Hospital Association issued a statement that said the cuts will create 'extreme hardship for many hospitals and the communities they serve.'"
Infant Deaths Drop in U.S., but Rate Is Still High
(The rate is high because our medical care is so advanced that we try to save the lives of babies that other countries don't even count as live births.)
Cuba vs. the United States on Infant Mortality
Myths about single-payer health insurance
Child survival crisis in Caucasus and Central Asia
(Hat tip: Best of the Web and here)
Venezuela’s government looking to establish new 6-hour workday
U.S. officials: Missing Afghan students found in Canada
Officials: FBI investigates ACORN for voter fraud
About 200K Ohio voters have records discrepancies
24,000 Felons Getting Ballots, Despite Eligibility Questions
What Crisis? Kremlin downplays financial woes
Obama Distorts His Abortion Record In Third Debate
Bush Declares Exceptions to Sections of Two Bills He Signed Into Law
Everybody Else Did It: Chris Dodd's mortgage blame game.
"Ludwig remains proudest . . . of his efforts to compel bank compliance with fair-lending laws and his revitalization of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), a 1977 law requiring banks to invest in poorer neighborhoods and improve lending and service to low- and moderate-income borrowers. Although branded an 'activist' for his vigorous support of the act . . . he points to the cold, hard facts to justify his tactics. After just one Justice Department referral in the OCC's previous 129 years, Ludwig's tenure witnessed 27 fair-lending cases, resulting in tens of millions of dollars in fines against violators."
ACORN sign-ups in Harris seem legitimate: Nearly 40% of vote forms denied, but registrar sees no intentional foul as group draws fire nationwide
ACORN Does Philadelphia
U.S. official has new evidence of Iranian meddling in Iraq
Regulations of Mass Job Destruction
Should people do not know anything about politics be allowed to vote? (video)
"On Wednesday October 8 the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, and four other central banks lowered interest rates in an emergency coordinated bid to ease the economic effects of the financial crisis."
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Headlines: October 14, 2008
Decline in illegal alien population: 12.5 to 11.2 million
Queens woman Candida Diego who was left for 2 hours in emergency room wins $10.7M
Vote drives defended, despite fake names
Obama Tells Tax-Burdened Plumber the Plan is to ‘Spread the Wealth Around’ (video)
Wright 101Obama funded extremist Afrocentrists who shared Rev. Wright’s anti-Americanism
U.S. Investing $250 Billion in Banks
"Pelosi said last week that her plan's price tag could reach $150 billion - largely to expand government unemployment benefits and food-stamp programs."
BOGUS VOTER BOOTED AMID PROBE OF ACORN: 4,000 OF LEFT-WING GROUP'S SIGN-UPS ARE SHADY
Obama and Acorn: Community organizers, phony voters, and your tax dollars.
Obama shields ACORN from Criminal Prosecution in the Economic Crisis
"True liquidity is based on savings and capital; it cannot be created by decree. Decrees end up creating money out of thin air, which ends up overriding market preferences and generating inflation. Everything officials do to fix the crisis ends up prolonging it."
"U.S. household debt hit a record $11.4 trillion in last year's third quarter, which ended Sept. 30, after shooting up at the fastest rate since 1985, according to Fed data." (2006)
"A USA TODAY analysis found that the nation's hidden debt — Americans' obligation today as taxpayers — is more than five times the $9.5 trillion they owe on mortgages, car loans, credit cards and other personal debt." (2004)
Queens woman Candida Diego who was left for 2 hours in emergency room wins $10.7M
Vote drives defended, despite fake names
Obama Tells Tax-Burdened Plumber the Plan is to ‘Spread the Wealth Around’ (video)
Wright 101Obama funded extremist Afrocentrists who shared Rev. Wright’s anti-Americanism
U.S. Investing $250 Billion in Banks
"Pelosi said last week that her plan's price tag could reach $150 billion - largely to expand government unemployment benefits and food-stamp programs."
BOGUS VOTER BOOTED AMID PROBE OF ACORN: 4,000 OF LEFT-WING GROUP'S SIGN-UPS ARE SHADY
Obama and Acorn: Community organizers, phony voters, and your tax dollars.
Obama shields ACORN from Criminal Prosecution in the Economic Crisis
"True liquidity is based on savings and capital; it cannot be created by decree. Decrees end up creating money out of thin air, which ends up overriding market preferences and generating inflation. Everything officials do to fix the crisis ends up prolonging it."
"U.S. household debt hit a record $11.4 trillion in last year's third quarter, which ended Sept. 30, after shooting up at the fastest rate since 1985, according to Fed data." (2006)
"A USA TODAY analysis found that the nation's hidden debt — Americans' obligation today as taxpayers — is more than five times the $9.5 trillion they owe on mortgages, car loans, credit cards and other personal debt." (2004)
Friday, October 3, 2008
Headlines: October 3, 2008
Biden Focuses Only on Negatives Of McCain's Health-Coverage Plan
Schwarzenegger to U.S.: State may need $7-billion loan: In a letter obtained by The Times, the governor warns that tight credit has dried up funds California routinely relies on and it may have to seek emergency aid within weeks.
Both Sides of the Financial Crisis
Towards a Monopoly of Big Business and Big Government: Why the House Must Resist the Bailout
Commentary: Bankruptcy, not bailout, is the right answer
Chomsky vs Buckley (video)
Schwarzenegger to U.S.: State may need $7-billion loan: In a letter obtained by The Times, the governor warns that tight credit has dried up funds California routinely relies on and it may have to seek emergency aid within weeks.
Both Sides of the Financial Crisis
Towards a Monopoly of Big Business and Big Government: Why the House Must Resist the Bailout
Commentary: Bankruptcy, not bailout, is the right answer
Chomsky vs Buckley (video)
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