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March 7th, 2013, 03:56 AM | #111 |
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Wasn't sure where to put this but here is as good a place as any.
The Southern Poverty Law Center has come out with a new report which has some amazing data. The report is on the explosion of hate groups in the US since Obama became President. A brief quote: "The SPLC found there were 1,360 Patriot groups in 2012 – an 813 percent rise since 2008, the year before Obama took office. The groups include 321 militias. These numbers far exceed the movement’s peak in the 1990s, when militias were inflamed by the 1993 Brady Bill and the 1994 assault rifle ban." 1,360 "Patriot" groups? Most organized in the last four years? Oh yes, racism is really dead! And I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you. http://www.splcenter.org/home/splc-r...ng-threat-of-v And if you're interested, there's an interesting interactive map where you can check out the hate groups in you're area: http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/hate-map |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/ny...-ban.html?_r=0 If you don't think Bloomberg is a Dictator, read this other Law passed by his administration: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/09/...-takes-effect/ http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/download...escription.pdf Last edited by Reclaimedwg; March 11th, 2013 at 08:55 PM.. |
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March 12th, 2013, 02:10 PM | #113 | |
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If you think, Bloomberg is a Dictator (in this 1. case), than welcome, join the Diabetes Type II division.
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http://dictionary.reference.com/brow...tor?s=t&path=/ These laws wouldn't have been approved unless a city council agreed with him. Anyway, as I said in my last post, I think its ridiculous that Bloomberg has to go to that type of extreme in order to wake up the people of NYC. But I can somewhat understand it. I have no doubt that whats behind this is that the Mayor is in his office looking at a spreadsheet showing current and projected health care costs for the city. And he's going through the roof trying to figure out how to prevent the City from paying those exorbitant expenses. The real problem is there is little he can do about it. Obamacare "might" help a little bit but very little. The problem is Obamacare did virtually nothing to reign in costs. Hospitals and other health care providers can (and do) charge whatever they want and their costs are based on somebody's whim. If you haven't seen it please read this excellent article by Steven Brill called "The Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us": http://healthland.time.com/why-medic...re-killing-us/ The very first sentence: Quote:
I can see Bloomberg looking at that spreadsheet and freaking out. He's got to do something to slow down those costs and banning huge cups of soft drinks is pretty simple. If it gets people to quit drinking the stuff, or at least not drink as much of it, then it could save the taxpayers a few bucks in the future. |
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March 12th, 2013, 04:18 PM | #115 |
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The Cost of Diabetes
The Cost of Diabetes
The American Diabetes Association (Association) released new research on March 6, 2013 estimating the total costs of diagnosed diabetes have risen to $245 billion in 2012 from $174 billion in 2007, when the cost was last examined. This figure represents a 41 percent increase over a five year period..... Read more... --------------------------------------------- Of course there are cases of adult - onset diabetes included. But - adiposity and extended sugar consume bear a very high risk of getting a diabetes illness. The harmfully side effects of this illness aren't joky too!!! I think they will not been included in the costs of the diabetes statistic, but at least I do not know for sure.
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March 12th, 2013, 04:51 PM | #116 |
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While I am doubtful that Jeb Bush will be elected President in 2016, I suspect he might run and if he does, he won't come last in the Primaries. A lot of people dismissed the Republican challenge in 2012 but like it or not, Mitt Romney had a lot of Democrats bricking it (British vernacular phrase which indicates a sudden loss of weight) in the final days before the November 2012 poll was taken. Had it not been for Hurricane Sandy, which threw into high relief the dogmatic nonsense of the Republicans wanting to privatise disaster relief provision and had it not been for the timely intervention of Senate candidate Todd Akin, who thinks women who have been raped shouldn't be allowed to have abortions and who couldn't resist the self-important urge to say what he thinks during his election campaign, no matter how fascist and loathsome his thinking is, I reckon Mr Obama could have been waiting for Florida to count the hanging chads.
Jeb Bush is a smart operator and would be at least as polished a candidate as Mitt Romney, and lest we forget, Mr Romney ran a much more effective campaign than people thought he would, and he definitely gained traction against Mr Obama in the TV debates. I think Jeb Bush shouldn't win; but I wonder who the Democrat will be in 2016. After eight difficult years and going to the polls with a ghastly deficit, as they inevitably will, the Democrats need to be thinking now about who they should pick to argue their case in three years time.
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Here you can't get denied from insurance companies, except the private one. Of diabetes type II one will lose the eyesight soon or later. One will get erectile dysfunctions on type I, high, high risk of arteriosclerosis, ongoing with heart problems. Degenerative joint disease, fungal deceases (because of a higher sugar level) and so on. No, that's not a joke.
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There will almost certainly be a primary election. I wonder who else the Democrats can field?
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