China: Angry Parents Surround Official, Yell ‘Beat Him!’ over Vaccines

Friday, January 11, 2019

The SCMP quoted Chinese state media reports that 17 officials from Jinhu County have been “put under investigation, sacked, or expelled from the Communist Party over the scandal.” At the national level, a new Vaccine Management Law is under consideration that would allow citizens to sue pharmaceutical companies if death or serious illness results from faulty vaccines.

Source: China: Angry Parents Surround Official, Yell ‘Beat Him!’ over Vaccines

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Pretty bad when Chinese citizens can do what American consumers can’t!

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How Tainted Drugs Reach Market And Make Patients SickerKaiser Health News

Friday, January 11, 2019

The Food and Drug Administration is supposed to inspect all factories, foreign and domestic, that produce drugs for the U.S. market. But a KHN review of thousands of FDA documents — inspection reco…

Source: How Tainted Drugs Reach Market And Make Patients SickerKaiser Health News

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A great argument to make the FDA an ADVISORY body.  Could we do any worse?

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DC Comics Set to Release Superhero Comic Book Starring a Bungling Jesus Christ

Thursday, January 10, 2019

DC Comics is set to release a new book featuring an out-of-touch, bungling Jesus Christ in the lead.

Source: DC Comics Set to Release Superhero Comic Book Starring a Bungling Jesus Christ

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Wonder if they would do that if it was Mohammed?

I think it’s disgraceful to mock someone’s religion!

This is a “hate crime” if something like “hate crime” did exist.

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State Puts Innocent People’s DNA In A National Database

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

A suit alleges that California is retaining hundreds of thousands of innocent people’s DNA analyses in a system known as CODIS. The state of California is putting innocent people’s DNA in a national database for law enforcement. Specifically, two groups allege California collects DNA from people arrested but never convicted of crimes.

Source: State Puts Innocent People’s DNA In A National Database

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This is inexcusable.  But how can it be stopped, prevented, and purged?

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Rare Penny Found in Boy’s Lunch Money Could Fetch Up to $1.7 Million in Auction – Geek.com

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

A rare 1943 copper Lincoln cent — found by a Massachusetts teenager in his change after he paid for lunch at a school cafeteria — is expected to fetch up to $1.7 million when […]

Source: Rare Penny Found in Boy’s Lunch Money Could Fetch Up to $1.7 Million in Auction – Geek.com

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And folks wonder why I look at my change and dollar bills?

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Do YOU have genius-level IQ? | Daily Mail Online

Tuesday, January 8, 2019

A new IQ quiz from Playbuzz claims it can identify geniuses. The challenge features ten tricky questions across a variety of topics, including maths, and a score of nine out of ten shows a high IQ.

Source: Do YOU have genius-level IQ? | Daily Mail Online

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I only got 7 so now I know I’m not a “genius”.  So everyone can stop comparing me to Sheldon in the Big Bang Theory!

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POLITICAL: So much about “illegal immigrants” is unacceptable.

Sunday, January 6, 2019

2019-Jan-06

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6562309/Trump-quotes-Obama-Hillary-calling-better-borders-early-morning-tweets.html

‘Walls Work!’ Trump goes to bat for his wall again in early morning tweets as he quotes Obama and Hillary historic statements calling for better borders

  • Trump tweeted on Sunday quotes from former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calling for better borders
  • He added that the reason Democrats are against building a border wall is because ‘walls work’  
  • Senate minority Chuck Schumer revealed Trump threatened to prolong the  partial government shutdown for ‘months or even years’
  • The president confirmed this during a Rose Garden press conference and added he was ‘proud’ to do so
  • The shutdown began on December 22 and is now in its sixteenth day 
  • Trump added he’s considering declaring national emergency to get the wall built
  • Vice President Mike Pence floated a $2.5 billion compromise from Congress
  • The commander-in-chief rejected it and said he is asking for $5.6 billion 

By MARY KEKATOS and KEITH GRIFFITH and FRANCESCA CHAMBERS, WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT FOR DAILYDAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 09:59 EST, 6 January 2019 | UPDATED: 10:08 EST, 6 January 2019

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President Donald Trump went to bat for his wall at the US-Mexico border by quoting  his predecessors.

The commander-in-chief sent out tweets early Sunday morning that drew on past statements made by former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

‘”We simply cannot allow people to pour into the United States undetected, undocumented, unchecked…” Barrack [sic] Obama, 2005,’ the first part of the tweet reads, which was spoken by Obama at a December 2005 press conference in Florida.

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Clearly this is ALL political.  All politics all the time.  And tiresome.

For two years, when the R’s controlled everything, Obamacare was NOT repealed and the Wall wasn’t funded.  Now suddenly, it’s a problem.

Why do we have such problems on the Southern Border but not on the Northern one?

I think having “illegal immigrants” die in the desert of the Souther Border is unacceptable.

I think having “illegal immigrants” collecting welfare is unacceptable. (Anyone collecting “welfare” is unacceptable.)

I think having “illegal immigrants” being forced to come here illegally  is unacceptable.

I think that the politicians and bureaucrats politicizing “illegal immigrants”  is unacceptable.

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The American Dream is Being Held Hostage – Gold Telegraph

Saturday, January 5, 2019

If the current trend of cutting taxes without decreasing entitlement programs continues, the budget deficit will likely reach or exceed $2 trillion within the next ten years. It will bloat from 3.8 percent of GDP in 2018 to an excess of 7 percent of GDP in a decade. By 2018, the budget deficit will reach 10.5 percent of GDP. Within 20 years, the national debt with be 148 percent of GDP. Americans will become hostage to massive spending and out-of-control debt. With Democrats viewing increased spending and more government expansion as a magic carpet ride, the debt explosion may already be in sight. Their siren song of “Medicare for all” is attracting a great deal of favorable attention.

Source: The American Dream is Being Held Hostage – Gold Telegraph

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This is not going to bode well for the future of the USA.

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Grubhub Class-Action Suit Filed by Philly Indian Restaurant Chain Tiffin

Saturday, January 5, 2019

The thing is, points out Narula’s lawsuit, the phone number listed on the Grubhub app is not actually the restaurant’s phone number. We checked the Grubhub landing pages for several Philadelphia restaurants and, sure enough, a different number is listed than the one registered to the restaurant. When you call the number on the Grubhub landing page, the call is rerouted to the restaurant’s own phone number, and you have your conversation with the restaurant directly. Grubhub has no involvement.

Source: Grubhub Class-Action Suit Filed by Philly Indian Restaurant Chain Tiffin

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That seems like an unfair business practice.

No using grubhub for me.

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You picked on the wrong guy! Mugger attacked Florida man, 68, who was kickboxing world champ | Daily Mail Online

Saturday, January 5, 2019

Steve Shepherd, pictured, was heading to his car in West Palm Beach when the suspect hit him on the head with a bottle. Police say the suspect been seeking a victim for hours.

Source: You picked on the wrong guy! Mugger attacked Florida man, 68, who was kickboxing world champ | Daily Mail Online

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That is an UNDERSTATED headline.

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