INTERESTING: Marriage?

Saturday, March 22, 2014

http://www.strike-the-root.com/on-institution-of-marriage

On the Institution of Marriage
Column by PSYCHOTICNUT, posted on March 19, 2014
in Marriage
Column by new Root Striker Steven Holman.
Exclusive to STR

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Marriage began as an institution of force and control, has historically been an institution of force and control, and remains to this day an institution of force and control. Marriage as an institution, therefore, ought to be opposed if you follow the Non-Aggression Principle. Some may still cling to it as a security blanket, and I understand that. I was once a minarchist for the same reason. I believe the consistent, principled approach, however, is to oppose the institution of marriage.

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While I still maintain that the Gooferment could use “partnership” law to cover it … …

… … that would not satisfy “the politics”. Nor the ability of the Gooferment to stick its nose in everyone’s biz.

argh!

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Argh!

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POLITICAL: The FDA is a roadblock

Friday, March 21, 2014

http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/can-boy-s-life-be-saved_784914.html#

Can This Boy’s Life Be Saved?
The answer may depend on President Obama.
MAR 24, 2014, VOL. 19, NO. 27 • BY MICHAEL ASTRUE

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The January 31, 2014, Boston Globe front page included two life-and-death stories. One announced that the U.S. Department of Justice would seek the death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is facing trial for the Boston Marathon bombing. Animated debate about the proper penalty for Tsarnaev continues around Boston.

The other story snapped my head back because it involved a death penalty for Jack Fowler, a 6-year-old boy dying of the more virulent form of Hunter syndrome (also known as MPS-II). The drug he needs to survive, which he is being denied, is one that I had first proposed in 2003 when I was CEO of a small biotech company focused on rare diseases. In 2005, after two years of developing this drug, Shire Pharmaceuticals bought my company over my objections, and I lost touch with the program. Jack’s situation is particularly compelling, but hardly unique.

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As everyone knows the Gooferment is immoral, ineffective, and inefficient. 

What’s surprising about this is that BHO44 hasn’t jumped on it.

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JOBFINDING: Long Term Contracts in New York

Thursday, March 20, 2014

We are hiring immediately for Long Term Contracts in New York!

A Large Hedge Fund Allocator is looking for Sr./Mid Level .Net Consultants to help build out their Operating Platform.
Location: NYC
Rate: based on experience $75-$90 hourly
Duration: 6 months with the opportunity to extend for multi-year
The candidate Must Have:
– Front and Middle Office Application
– C# .Net, SQL

Strong Preference
– Financial Buy Side experience
– WPF

Please send resumes to sdastur@northps.com for immediate consideration.

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RANT: Another “untrue” storey about Obamacare

Thursday, March 20, 2014

“There are plenty of horror stories being told (about Obamacare) all of them are untrue.”

– Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), February 25th, 2014

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Sorry, but I know at least one is true.

A dear friend of mine has had no health insurance for a long time. (It’s expensive. She says she can’t afford it. I believe her.)

She developed sciatica. Very painful. 

Tried to tough it out but it didn’t get better. 

Spent several hundred dollars at Urgent Care to get drugs that made it tolerable.

Obamacare comes and she starts researching. She finds a policy with a 350$ month payment  and 2,500$ deductible. She’s hurting so she figures to “economize”. (Don’t know how that’s going to work.)

She investigates because the 2,500 has to be spent in network. Finds doctors locally who are in network.

Buys the insurance. (Not without its own saga. But it’s just long waits, misinfo, and general administrivia. Not very entertaining.)Then tries to book the appointment. 

She finds that all of the locals don’t do backs, only do kids, or only elbows and knees.

She’s forced to find someone.

Argh!

Goes to an out of network Ortho who says he needs an MRI to diagnose her.

Now she has to find a GP in network who will agree to rewrite the out of network ortho’s order for the MRI so she can now try and find an in network MRI place so that when she pays it counts towards her deductible.

Argh!

Anyone care to say nice things about Obamacare. She voted for him because he promised Health Insurance.

(I bit my tongue to keep from saying “how is that working out for you”.)

Needless to say she is <past tense synonym for urine output> off and wondering why she paying for insurance that is any good. 

I did point out she get free birth control. She was NOT amused!

(I was!)

I can’t wait to hear more.

Argh!

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INTERESTING: The Five Second Rule Will Make You Sick

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

http://gizmodo.com/the-five-second-rule-will-make-you-sick-and-maybe-dead-880976235

“Yewww.”

{Quoting the character Ramona Nowitzki to Howard in The Big Bang Theory (TV Series) Episode The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem (2008)}

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1256037/quotes

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RANT: No inflation?

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Dear ferdinand j. reinke,

We are writing to provide you advance notice that the price of your Prime membership will be increasing. The annual rate will be $99 when your membership renews on December 7, 2014.

Even as fuel and transportation costs have increased, the price of Prime has remained the same for nine years. Since 2005, the number of items eligible for unlimited free Two-Day Shipping has grown from one million to over 20 million. We also added unlimited access to over 40,000 movies and TV episodes with Prime Instant Video and a selection of over 500,000 books to borrow from the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library.

For more information about your Prime membership, visit our Prime membership page.

Sincerely,

The Amazon Prime Team

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POLITICAL: The problems with its ignition switches from 2001!?!

Monday, March 17, 2014

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304914904579435171004763740?mod=djemalertNEWS

BUSINESS
GM Now Says It Detected Ignition Switch Problem Back in 2001
GM Says Problem Occurred In Pre-Production of Saturn Ion

By JEFF BENNETT CONNECT
Updated March 12, 2014 8:11 p.m. ET
General Motors Co. now says it may have known about problems with its ignition switches dating back to 2001 when it was developing but had not yet launched the Saturn Ion.

In documents disclosed to federal regulators, GM said it had found some sort of issue contributing to the ignition’s inner workings which have now been linked to a recall of 1.6 million vehicles and 12 deaths.

The auto maker said an ignition switch design…

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So how much is this going to cost the Sheeple (aka taxpayers)?

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RANT: A coast-to-coast blackout if the Gooferment remains in charge!

Sunday, March 16, 2014

U.S. Risks National Blackout From Small-Scale Attack on Substations
The U.S. could suffer a coast-to-coast blackout if saboteurs knocked out just nine of the country’s 55,000 electric-transmission substations on a scorching summer day, according to a previously unreported federal analysis.

The study by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission concluded that coordinated attacks in each of the nation’s three separate electric systems could cause the entire power network to collapse, people familiar with the research said.

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The electric grid is to important to allow the Gooferment to be involved. At worst, it’s should be a corporation with the PSEGs and PEs of the country as its stockholders. No juice; sorry PSEG you don’t get paid. How happy will your stockholders be? Better than unelected bureaucrats in fancy suits with expense accounts and pensions, who will just exit stage left when the SHTF!

Argh!

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TINFOILHAT: Malaysia Flight Probe Sharpens Focus on Sabotage

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Malaysia Flight Probe Sharpens Focus on Sabotage
The investigation into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 sharpened its focus on sabotage, according to aviation and industry officials, amid strong indications that one or more people on the plane deliberately changed its course and tried to mask its location.

Officials suspect two different systems were shut off after the plane took off last weekend, one shortly after the other, people familiar with the investigation said. About an hour into the flight, the plane’s transponders stopped functioning, making it much more difficult for air-traffic control personnel to track or identify it via radar.

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Is this the “fog of war” that everyone talks about?

The folks want answers! 

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TECHNOLOGY: Google Glass and QR codes

Saturday, March 15, 2014

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/03/er-doctors-use-google-glass-and-qr-codes-to-identify-patients/#p3

ER doctors use Google Glass and QR codes to identify patients
Custom medical application for Glass keeps data off Google servers.

by Jon Brodkin – Mar 12 2014, 10:50am EDT

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Interesting.

But the lead photo shows doc with Google Glass learning quickly that this is room 45.

Laugh!

But I understand “security”.

I’d have put something better for him to “read”.

The hospital’s website, Google search, or anything but the room number. Makes it look trivial.

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