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Two of my father’s doctors no longer see Medicare patients. That’s the trend in California and apparently it’s spreading across the country. http://www.physiciansfoundation.org/uploads/default/Physicians_Foundation_2012_Biennial_Survey.pdf (See pages 7-9 for summary of key findings)...

WHO IS GOING TO STAND UP FOR OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS? Constitutional lawyer Jonathan Turley: “The painful fact is that Barack Obama is the president that Nixon always wanted to be. Four decades ago, Nixon was halted in his determined effort to create an ‘imperial presidency’ with...

http://boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/08/05/the_downside_of_diversity/ A Harvard political scientist finds that diversity hurts civic life. What happens when a liberal scholar unearths an inconvenient truth? IT HAS BECOME increasingly popular to speak of racial and ethnic...

Speaking of racists, no list would be complete without Jesse "Hymietown" Jackson and Al "Diamond Merchants" Sharpton. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: "Al Sharpton has done more damage to the black cause than [segregationist Alabama Gov.] George Wallace. He has suffocated the decent black leaders in...

Gun crime in the United States has plunged, but Americans think it's up, says study Los Angeles Times May 07, 2013|By Emily Alpert Gun crime has plunged in the United States since its peak in the middle of the 1990s, including gun killings, assaults, robberies and other crimes, two new...

FBI HOMICIDE DATA: http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-8 Gun Homicides (includes all guns): 8,583 Knife Homicides: 1,587 Hands, Punches and Kicks: 728 Blunt objects: 496

Last FBI data I saw estimated that about 75% of all gun homicides (85% in urban areas) are drug/gang related.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/10/20/obamacare-s-rollout-is-a-disaster-that-didn-t-have-to-happen.html Obamacare’s Rollout Is a Disaster That Didn’t Have to Happen by Gregory Ferenstein Oct 20, 2013 5:45 AM EDT How cronyism, secrecy, and authoritarianism doomed...

We're devolving into a police state. ========================================= Constitutional lawyer Jonathan Turley: “The painful fact is that Barack Obama is the president that Nixon always wanted to be. Four decades ago, Nixon was halted in his determined effort to create an...

WHO'S GOING TO STAND UP FOR OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS? Constitutional lawyer Jonathan Turley: “The painful fact is that Barack Obama is the president that Nixon always wanted to be. Four decades ago, Nixon was halted in his determined effort to create an ‘imperial presidency’ with...

The draft I saw last year exempted market makers. I'm not sure what was finally implemented.

Two of my father's doctors no longer see Medicare patients. That's the trend in California and apparently it's spreading across the country. http://www.physiciansfoundation.org/uploads/default/Physicians_Foundation_2012_Biennial_Survey.pdf (see pages 7-9 for summary of key findings) A...

Healthcare premiums tell only part of the story. For example, my health insurance company sent us a letter recently bragging about how they kept our premium increases (for a family of four) below the national average for three consecutive years. What they failed to mention was that during the...

We're currently paying $13,800 a year with $6,000 maximum out-of-pocket expenses. The policy covers me, my wife and two children. We've been told to expect a 20-30% increase in both premiums and out-of-pocket expenses in 2014.

Does anyone understand German politics well enough to explain the possible impact of upcoming elections on the proposed EU FTT? ******************************************* http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/21/us-germany-election-idUSBRE98K06220130921 Merkel concludes campaign...

There is no causality between guns and crime. The causality is between gangs and crime. According to FBI data, the US has over 1.4 million criminal gang members responsible for over 80% of all gun homicides.

There's nothing new about this behavior. The Los Angeles Times wrote about it almost two years ago. http://articles.latimes.com/2011/oct/31/opinion/la-ed-secrets-20111031 One of the most disappointing attributes of the Obama administration has been its proclivity for secrecy. The...

One of the most interesting (though not surprising) statements he makes is that a lawyer told him to lie. In my neck of the woods, Southern California, there's an entire industry of sleazy lawyers who do nothing but try to get drunks out of their DUIs. A couple of years ago, our family...

You sound like my retired old father who complains about TV shows, but won't change stations. If you don't like TED, change the freakin' channel! Watch something else!

TED is a private organization. They can present (or not present) anything they want. That's their choice under our Constitution. I often watch presentations on TED, but I don't worship the presenters. I sometimes disagree with what the presenters say. So what? TED is just one point of view...