Per the Heritage Foundation (Heritage), each year, American civilians use firearms defensively between 500,000 and 3 million times. Which is saying that they have been exercising their relatively newly lawful Second Amendment Right to bear arms for the purpose of self-defense a lot. Further research might indicate that the number is well below 700,000 (might even be as low as 11). As Heritage does make note, there is no way of really knowing. After...
Read More »With Social Security on Brink of Collapse, Dramatic Changes Coming
Dear Reader Dale Coberly: Bill has asked me to comment on an article appearing on the internet at wealthynickel.com under the title With Social Security on Brink of Collapse, Dramatic Changes Coming – Some With ‘Bipartisan Support’ written by Andrew Herrig, who calls himself a finance expert and says his expert financial advice has been featured on CNBC, Entrepeneur,Fox News, GOBanking rates, MSN, and more. Herrig says Lawmakers have a...
Read More »With Social Security on Brink of Collapse, Dramatic Changes Coming
Dear Reader Dale Coberly: Bill has asked me to comment on an article appearing on the internet at wealthynickel.com under the title With Social Security on Brink of Collapse, Dramatic Changes Coming – Some With ‘Bipartisan Support’ written by Andrew Herrig, who calls himself a finance expert and says his expert financial advice has been featured on CNBC, Entrepeneur,Fox News, GOBanking rates, MSN, and more. Herrig says Lawmakers have a...
Read More »Profit Motive Isn’t Working in Healthcare
Or with contract doctors . . . ER Dr. Ming Lin is calling attention to the increasing influence of large corporations in the practice of medicine and its detrimental effects on physicians and healthcare workers. What we have is one employee facing down a healthcare corporation. The chances of an employee winning are minimal unless the corporation action are overt and witnessed. Other people saying similar would add to the credibility of Dr. Ming Lin....
Read More »Profit Motive Isn’t Working in Healthcare
Or with contract doctors . . . ER Dr. Ming Lin is calling attention to the increasing influence of large corporations in the practice of medicine and its detrimental effects on physicians and healthcare workers. What we have is one employee facing down a healthcare corporation. The chances of an employee winning are minimal unless the corporation action are overt and witnessed. Other people saying similar would add to the credibility of Dr. Ming Lin....
Read More »Ruling with a Gavel and a Grudge
Ruling with a Gavel and a Grudge, Brennan Center for Justice, Michael Waldman, March 2023 We already know what took place with the cases before SCOTUS. The term ended just weeks ago. What still plagues us is judge shopping and one judge stymies a nation. Read on, it is a pretty good article. Constitution watchers brace for upcoming Supreme Court rulings on the Voting Rights Act, affirmative action, and the “independent state legislature...
Read More »Ruling with a Gavel and a Grudge
Ruling with a Gavel and a Grudge, Brennan Center for Justice, Michael Waldman, March 2023 We already know what took place with the cases before SCOTUS. The term ended just weeks ago. What still plagues us is judge shopping and one judge stymies a nation. Read on, it is a pretty good article. Constitution watchers brace for upcoming Supreme Court rulings on the Voting Rights Act, affirmative action, and the “independent state legislature...
Read More »Biden Administration Taking Action To Limit Junk Healthcare Insurance
About half of this is original and the other half is a rewrite. Just explaining things more than the author. What President Joe Biden is doing is repealing trumps Short Term Healthcare Coverage which today is less than 365 days. This was extended from prior 3-month coverage (maximum 4 months) when Congress failed to repeal the PPACA or ACA. President trump by executive order lengthened the 3-month coverage to one day shy of one year. By having...
Read More »Biden Administration Taking Action To Limit Junk Healthcare Insurance
About half of this is original and the other half is a rewrite. Just explaining things more than the author. What President Joe Biden is doing is repealing trumps Short Term Healthcare Coverage which today is less than 365 days. This was extended from prior 3-month coverage (maximum 4 months) when Congress failed to repeal the PPACA or ACA. President trump by executive order lengthened the 3-month coverage to one day shy of one year. By having...
Read More »We would’ve never been able to see cricket live on television
Basically, a story about big oil selling prosperity to a country by having their cricket team televised on TV and building a new stadium to be completed by 2025. Exxon and their partners were busy telling the story of fossil fuels as the solution to poverty. This story told as more and more Global North countries pass laws regulating emissions or incentivizing a shift away from fossil fuels. Their message is simple: Having your own fossil fuel...
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