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The Spread: Kim Finch Is Adding To The Double Wide & Single Wide Family.
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Double Wide Owner Unveils A New Concept, Famed NYC Noodles Hit Plano And Blue Sake Offers Vegan Seafood. Plus More!
Welcome to The Spread, our weekly feature that aims to share all the area restaurant, food and beverage industry news that's fit to print. Except, this is the Internet, so space isn't a concern. Also: Good thing, because this is Dallas and this town always has breaking restaurant news going down like whoa.
Kim Finch, owner of Double Wide and Single Wide is adding a third member to the family. The latest concept, Thunderbird Station, will be located at 3400 Commerce Street, at the historic gas station structure that most recently housed Bowls and Tacos. Just a short walk from Double Wide, Thunderbird will have a more casual, nostalgic feel of a service station-meets-bar, complete with touches like frosted beer mugs. "It'll be very true to the neighborhood… laid back and classic," Finch said in a press release. As for the food, the menu will be simple yet affordable, complementing the bar rather than overshadowing it. Look out for an opening spring 2020.
Also in the neighborhood, a new DIY-themed bar called Upstairs Circus is debuting this week. Located at 2810 Main Street, the concept features a menu of more than 30 customizable projects for guests to enjoy over wine, cocktails and local brews. Projects include leather working, wood working, jewelry making and a host of other options. The drink menu features a list of themed cocktails such as the Circus Donkey (a spin on a Moscow mule), happy hour "project socials" during the week and bottomless "Making 'n Mimosas" specials during the weekend. Be on the lookout for discounted drinks and free giveaways throughout the week.
Over on Knox-Henderson, a newcomer called Dallas Proper is sliding into the scene. Located at 2918 Henderson Avenue in the former Mister Rich space, the concept will feature an innovative signature cocktail menu, "cocktail nibbles" by chef Jeffrey Kollinger (Fine China, Tillman's Roadhouse) and a bottle service program. Expect a retro cocktail lounge aesthetic circa the 1940s-50s, complete with live DJ sets. The cocktail lounge debuts on December 31, with daily hours following the opening.
Switching gears a bit, the DFW chain Blue Sushi Sake Grill is the first in the country to feature a new line of vegan seafood. Fish alternative Ocean Hugger Foods will be available at the restaurant's three metroplex locations, with options such as raw "tuna" made with roma tomatoes, "salmon" made from carrots and "eel" made from eggplants — all available in a variety of sushi rolls. The vegetables are processed using a proprietary technique, resulting in a fleshy, but firm texture.
Out in Plano, a beloved NYC ramen shop is relocating to the lone star state. Uncle Zhou is opening at 8200 Preston Road #110 in the former Minato Ramen and Izakaya space. The move to Texas follows the closing of the concept's 2018 shop in Queens. A sign on the new restaurant says they are now hiring, with a grand opening coming soon.
On the national wire, a few Texas institutions were named among Food & Wine's 10 Best Cafeterias in America list. While Houston stalwart Cleburne Cafeteria topped the list, Highland Park Cafeteria in East Dallas and Luby's were given honorable nods as some of "the best of the rest."
On to some expansion news, California-based sandwich chain Mendocino Farms is making its Dallas debut. The outpost at 2000 Ross Avenue is the chain's second foray into the lone star state, following a string of Houston stores. An opening is slated for early 2020.
Meanwhile, the beloved Filipino fried chicken chain Jollibee has its sights set on Dallas as well. The new outpost will be located at 1016 Preston Road in the former Pollo Tropico space. Construction is slated to begin in early 2020, with an opening expected in spring.
Over in the Design District, Matt McCallister's new restaurants in the Virgin Hotels Dallas have an official opening date. The Commons Club and The Kitchen are now accepting reservations for Sunday, December 15. Expect a menu of shareable entrees cooked in a charcoal burning oven, classic cocktails made with a "Virgin twist" and a host of other offerings. Hours run from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. for breakfast, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. for lunch and 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. for dinner with a limited menu available from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
In closing news, Deep Ellum says goodbye to its outpost of Get Fried Fry Cafe. The French fry-centric restaurant shuttered its doors at 2656 Main Street, Ste. #130 after about a year in the neighborhood, citing issues with the franchise. The owner is currently deciding on whether or not to open another concept in the space.
Out in Oak Cliff, Small Brewpub is also calling it quits. The critically-acclaimed concept is ending its run after five years, concurrently shuttering and celebrating its anniversary on December 7.
And finally, in craft beer news, two local breweries were honored at the 2019 European Beer Star competition. Deep Ellum Brewing Co. was awarded silver for its Local Legend in the Sweet Stout/Milk Stout category, and Rahr & Sons Brewing Co. also took silver for its Regulator in the German-Style Dunkler Doppelbock category. Both brews took home similar awards in 2017 and 2018 respectively.
Cover photo by Karlo X Ramos.
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Please join us for Mass on the Grass on Monday, May 28th at McMahon Field at 9:00am. Please call Donna if you are able to help Fr. Pete set up.
Bring your own lawn chairs! Please let our parishioners who need closing parking have the premier spots! In the event of inclement weather Mass will be held in Church.


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In just a one-hour drive from Prague, you can enjoy a true geological, archaeological, and cultural gem. An easy bike tour through the real Czech Paradise.
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Judaism's importance
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Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks speaks at Congregation Schara Tzedeck on April 28. (photo by Cynthia Ramsay)
"There is one thing about Judaism for which we were mocked for centuries, whose wisdom is just becoming clear in the 21st century," Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks told a packed Schara Tzedeck synagogue on April 28, after describing the world as "a terribly dangerous place" in which religion has "returned in some of its most violent and aggressive forms."
"We did not try to conquer or convert the world," he explained. "Why? Because we believe that God made a covenant with Noah before he made a covenant with Abraham and, therefore, you don't have to be a child of Abraham to be in a relationship with the Holy One, blessed be He.
"We believe that the righteous of every nation have a share in the World to Come and, therefore, we never sought to conquer or convert the world. Christianity and Islam sought to become, and did become, world powers, and they achieved great things, but right now their clash, which is threatening in some ways to take us back into the age of crusades, is so dangerous because our powers of destruction are so great."
Sacks was introduced to the crowd of approximately 700 people by Schara Tzedeck Rabbi Andrew Rosenblatt, who talked about Sacks' importance as an embodiment of the ethos of Modern Orthodoxy, which Rosenblatt said combines fidelity to Orthodox tradition with openness to the world. He commented on Sacks' ability to bring Jews of all kinds together, quipping, "Tonight, we have here rabbis from all stretches of Oak Street."
That was far from the only joke of the evening. When Sacks, who lives in London, England, took the stage, he asked the audience to forgive him if he rambled a bit, saying, "In my body clock it is now almost two in the morning and I am feeling very much like the man who once dreamt he was giving a speech in the House of Lords and woke up to discover that he was."
After saluting the relative unity of the Vancouver Jewish community, Sacks took up his theme, which was the value of Judaism to both Jews and non-Jews, and the need for Jews to move confidently in the world as ambassadors of Jewish wisdom.
He noted how often it seems that non-Jews appreciate our strengths more than we do, and then he focused on seven things he felt Judaism has to offer the world: a sense of purposeful identity; a strength of community; the centrality of family; the prioritization of the intellect; a belief in the dignity of difference and an acceptance of religious and cultural pluralism; the sacred value of protest; and the importance of hope.
Sacks spoke of the essential human need for identity, pointing out that Moses' first question to God was, "Who am I?"
Of community, the rabbi cited research showing that "regular attendance at a house of worship extends your lifespan by seven years." He followed this up with a joke, saying that he told his wife, Elaine, "Maybe it just feels as though your lifespan has been extended by seven years."
With regards to family, Sacks shared the story of taking Penelope Leech, a childcare expert in the United Kingdom, to a Jewish school in London on a Friday morning. There they watched a mock Shabbat, complete with "5-year-old abba and ima, 5-year-old baba and zaida shepping naches [feeling proud]."
Sacks said Leech asked one of the boys, "What do you not like and like about Shabbes the most?" The boy responded, "What I don't like is not getting to watch TV! What I do like is it's the only time Daddy doesn't have to rush off."
Leech apparently told Sacks, "that Sabbath of yours is saving their parents' marriages."
To illustrate Judaism's appreciation of the intellect, Sacks told the well-known story of Nobel laureate physicist Isidor Isaac Rabi, who said his mother had made him a scientist by asking him every day when he came home from school not 'what did you learn today?' but 'Izzy, hot du fregn a gut kashya [did you ask a good question]?' What do we teach our children?" asked Sacks. "The Four Questions. Do you know how rare that is, to teach your children to question?"
Addressing one of his favourite themes, the dignity of difference, Sacks said, "You will meet with more diversity on a city street in one hour today than an 18th-century anthropologist would in a lifetime. We have to live with difference; we have to learn to respect difference. We have learned that the miracle of monotheism is not 'one God, one people, one book' – the miracle of monotheism is that it is the unity up there creates diversity down here."
On his sixth point, Sacks said, "Many faiths teach the virtue of acceptance – yes, there's injustice and suffering in the world, but in Olam Haba, in the World to Come, it will be OK; or, in Nirvana, where you escape from the sufferings of the world. Judaism is a religion not of acceptance but of protest." Rather than accepting the pain and injustice in the world, God tells us to be partners in making the world a better place, he said.
And, lastly, Sacks described Judaism as "the voice of hope in the human conversation."
"Optimism is the belief that things are going to get better," he said. "Hope is the belief that, if we work hard enough, we can make things better. It takes no courage, just a kind of naiveté, to be an optimist. It takes great courage to have hope. Let us go out and do what we are called to do, to be Hashem's ambassadors to the world. Let us, and not only non-Jews, recognize the value of what it is we've got."
Sacks' talk, which was sponsored in part by Cathy and David Golden to mark their 30th anniversary, was followed by services and dinner.
Matthew Gindin is a freelance journalist, writer and lecturer. He writes regularly for the Forward and All That Is Interesting, and has been published in Religion Dispatches, Situate Magazine, Tikkun and elsewhere. He can be found on Medium and Twitter.
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For more information consult the documentation of qmake.
In the header file must declare a class that inherits from QObject and QC_PluginInterface and implement virtual functions of the QC_PluginInterface base class. This class is used by LibreCAD for charge, communicate and execute the plugin.
The Q_INTERFACES and Q_OBJECT macros are mandatory for the Qt meta-object system.
In this class you can declare its own functions and properties.
This function is called by the program during the loading of the module and returns the module name, in this example "My first plugin"
This function is also called when loading the module and returns the menu where you have to install the module, in this example, in the 'Help' menu would appear a new entry called "My first plugin".
To install on a submenu, path should be separated with a "/". For example "Draw/Points " would go into the menu "Draw" submenu "Points".
If the returned menu does not exist, Creates one called "Plugins" and installed in it.
This function is called when you run the module. The parameter "parent" is a pointer to QMainWidget (see Qt documentation) useful for show modal dialogs.
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After years of being shipped as the official Dekaranger couple way back in 2004, Sen-chan and Umeko will finally tie the knot in next year's Uchuu Keiji Gavan VS Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger: Space Squad!
This will be a second time in Dekaranger and Super Sentai history that a female core member will be married. Also, well known voice actor Tomozaku Seki (as also seen in the image above) will portray the role of the priest that will wed the said couple.
I really love it when the nerd marries the hottie, regardless of gender. Cheers to the happy couple!
Cool. I love Sen-chan and Umeko as a couple.
Huh that's really nice for them. So now you wanna hurry up and give us a goseiger movie with green in it already toei.
It's about time. It's been 12 years, and Dekaranger was my first Sentai!
Too bad won't happen in the future since Red actor is busy with other non-toku related projects, while the other is busy with anime voice over, the rest are nowhere to be found and the other one already retired from showbiz because he wants to focus on law studies.


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Who doesn't love a light, fluffy cupcake?
I wanted to make a "Shirley Temple" cupcake using 7Up, but didn't want it to be heavy like the typical 7Up pound cake.
So, after some experimenting and trying to come up with my own "from scratch" recipe, I failed miserably.
Nothing could keep moist and light and fluffy.
Finally, I turned to a cake mix as a base.
If you work with a boxed cake mix it can come out so entirely different than what it suggests on the box.
I was going to go all "jell-o poke cake style and prick them and pour in some grenadine, but I decided to just add it to some of the batter and put it at the bottom.
I was super happy with the results, and these are my winning Shirley Temple cupcake recipe...for now.
Mix together the cake mix, oil and eggs.
Pour in the 7Up slowly and mix until combined.
Measure 1 1/2 cups of the batter and put in a separate bowl.
Add the grenadine syrup to the batter you separated.
Mix until it is combined.
Fill the remaining 2/3rds of the cupcake liner with the plain batter.
Bake for 12-14 minutes, until golden brown.
In a mixing bowl, cream butter, mix it for 2-3 minutes to get fluffy.
Add the powdered sugar, milk and cherry juice to reach your desired pink tint and cherry flavor.
Keep beating the frosting until it is fluffy and holds a soft peak.
Dry the maraschino cherries on paper towels to absorb the excess juice.
Garnish the cupcakes with a cherry on each, if desired.


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Iran's competitive bitumen market
Hamid Moradi, managing director of Jey Oil Refining Company, talks to Iranian News agency about the bitumen market and anticipated changes as Iran modernises key refineries, as well as how the company is positioning itself to compete. Jey Oil Refining Company is a bitumen production company with facilities located next to the Isfahan Refinery.
On exports and demand: "Almost 65-70% of our total production is exported to destinations ranging from East Asia and the Middle East to certain African countries, and in some cases Europe. Out of these, India has the largest bitumen demand, followed by the UAE."
• On Iran's refinery upgrades: "After the modernisation plan, we expect that the total production of bitumen in Iran will be less than what it is today. From 5 million tpy, it will come down to a maximum capacity of 3 million-4 million tpy."
Jey Oil Refining Company is a bitumen production company. Its production facility, located next to the Isfahan Refinery, is one of the largest in the Middle East. Established in 2003, Jey Oil today holds a share of 32-33% of Iran's total bitumen production and trade.
What are Jey Oil Refining Company's main activities?
Jey Oil Company is a leading company in the Iranian bitumen industry. At our bitumen refinery plant in Isfahan – the largest plant of its kind in Iran – we are producing an average of 1.5 million tpy of bitumen, with a total production capacity of 1.8 million tpy. The total national production in Iran is around 5 million tpy, and Jey's market share in Iran's bitumen production and trade is around 32-33%.
Almost 65-70% of our total production is exported to destinations ranging from East Asia and the Middle East to certain African countries, and in some cases Europe. Out of these, India has the largest bitumen demand, followed by the UAE.
What are the logistics of exporting bitumen from Isfahan?
Our products are mostly exported in drums. In terms of transport and logistics, the best way to transport bitumen from Isfahan to different export destinations is to pack it in different ways. In Isfahan, we have different packaging methods including drums and also bitumen bags, which are eco-friendly.
In the past, we had some problems with exporting bitumen in bulk because the transportation cost from Isfahan to Bandar Abbas is very high. That is why we established new facilities in Bandar Abbas, and now we have 24,000 tonnes of storage tank capacity there, as well as a production unit that is adding output to our Isfahan capacity. Our bitumen terminal is the biggest terminal in Iran.
How is Iran's modernisation plan for five of its largest refineries expected to impact bitumen output?
In the oil sector, refineries are targeting production of lighter products, which are more valuable, in the future. Since most Iranian refineries are running with old technologies, they are producing a high volume of heavy products such as bitumen or fuel oil. This is why there is a development plan to upgrade the production facilities of five major refineries across the country to produce lighter products.
Upgrade programmes at different refineries, including the Isfahan Refinery, are in the negotiation stage, with the goal of signing the contracts and securing the finance for these projects. Some of them have already had contracts signed.
For Isfahan, the commercial contract has been signed and negotiations are underway to finalise the financing. The duration of the project could be between three to four years. After four years, of course, the production capacity for heavy products in Iran will be lower than in the current period, including at the Isfahan Refinery.
It is expected that after this upgrading the average capacity of heavy products will be reduced by at least 50%. In spite of this, because of the long-term contract between Jey and the Isfahan Refinery, they will keep supplying feed for bitumen production at least at the rate of 1.3 million tpy.
After the modernisation plan, we expect that the total production of bitumen in Iran will be less than what it is today. From 5 million tpy, it will come down to a maximum capacity of 3 million-4 million tpy.
How will this affect Iran's bitumen export numbers?
Iran is exporting around 3 million tpy of bitumen, which makes us the world's second-largest exporter. Once implementation of the modernisation plan begins, and the refineries start shifting towards lighter production, the amount of bitumen exported will gradually decrease.
In terms of demand and growth expectations, what is your outlook on the domestic market and what is Jey Oil Company's position within it?
The local market depends strongly on the government and its infrastructure plans, which also involve growth. This year [March 2017-March 2018] we expect a growth of 30% in the local market. Jey is supplying nearly 40% of the domestic market demand.
Considering the new bitumen producers coming to compete into the market, we expect to get a minimum 35% market share in this year and the next. Based on the government budget, during the new Iranian year [March 2017-March 2018] bitumen demand in the local market will reach 2 million tonnes.
How do you assess the level of competition in the domestic bitumen market?
We are currently witnessing the highest level of competition in the market. There are many small private companies that have entered it. It's a very competitive market both for exports and local [demand]. Overall, this is not a good situation because each company is lowering its prices in order to compete and be able to sell its product.
This does not benefit the company or the country. That is why the main players, such as Jey Oil Company or Pasargad Oil Company, are looking to sit down together and find a solution.
In the region, the Iranian bitumen price is USD 50 less than that of competing markets such as Singapore, South Korea and Bahrain. It could certainly be higher than this, considering that our bitumen is famous for its high quality, and it is up to us – the market players – to find consensus, set the right price and reach the best possible outcome for all of us.
How is Jey Oil Company investing in R&D to meet different market requirements and standards?
Jey Oil Company has an R&D team. We also have a bitumen pilot plant, which is based on the best technology out there. Our R&D team is working very hard to fulfil the different standards for different market niches. Along these lines, we have moved from the penetration grade to performance grade and now we are supplying these for the construction of Iranian roads, providing a higher standard.
For other markets such as India which use viscosity grade (according to the British Standard), we have developed a different type of product standard. Currently, the only companies that can supply this bitumen grade are Jey Oil Company and Pasargad Oil Company. We are also able to supply bitumen according to the Australian standard based on its own requirements. Moreover, recently we started producing bitumen according to Chinese standard, which is well-known under the names AH 50, AH 70 and AH90.
What is the scope of Jey Oil Company's partnerships for transfer of technology and access to the latest production equipment?
We have an ongoing joint venture with an Austrian company, Pörner, which is granting us access to the best technology in the world for this industry. We are also producing bitumen in Pörner facilities, which are almost new and are based on the highest international standards. Since 2016, our laboratories have been equipped with the latest technologies out there.
We are also looking to co-operate with well-known trading and logistics companies to close strategic agreements to help our presence in international markets.
What is the company's mid-term strategy to gain market share both domestically and internationally?
Jey Oil Company is operating based on three different strategies. First, to develop new products based on the requirements of target markets. Our R&D department is working hard to fulfil our customers' requirements.
The second is logistics. To supply bitumen to different target markets, we should find suitable and competitive bitumen packaging systems in every market. Our third strategy is to keep expanding our strategic partnerships and conclude co-operation agreements in different markets.
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Punjab Assembly Elections 2022: Publication of Final Electoral Roll has been done on January 5, 2022
Chief Electoral Officer Punjab Dr S Karuna Raju on Wednesday handed over the final published Electoral Rolls for the Assembly Elections-2022 to the representatives of recognised Political Parties here in the form of DVDs.
Giving further details, Dr Raju said that the process of final publication of the photo electoral rolls has been concluded on January 5, 2022 as per the Special Summary Revision schedule issued by the Election Commission of India (ECI) January 1, 2022 as reference date. A meeting in this regard has been convened with recognised political parties in the office of Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab, in which they were handed over the DVDs of electoral rolls (without photos).
Representatives of All India Trinamool Congress, Bahujan Samaj Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Indian National Congress, Nationalist Congress Party, Shiromani Akali Dal and Aam Aadmi Party were present in the meeting.
In wake of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, CEO Dr Raju also sensitised the representatives of the Political Parties about the COVID-19 guidelines and extensively discussed Dos and Donts during the Elections. The Office of CEO also handed over copies of relevant sections of the The Disaster Management Act, 2005, Indian Penal Code and The Epidemic Diseases Act besides providing the copies of COVID-19 guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (GOI) and Department of Health and Department of Home Affairs and Justice (Government of Punjab). A manual issued by the ECI on "Broad Guidelines of General Elections/Bye-elections during COVID-19" has also been handed over to the Political Parties.
The CEO exhorted Political Parties to stick to the COVID-19 guidelines strictly and any violation will be dealt with iron hand once model code of conduct is in place.
He also asked representatives of Political Parties to inform him or his office, 'if anyone is allegedly using liquor or money power to induce voters' or 'matters of irregularities in voting' or any other illegal activities come into their notice. They were also informed about the C-Vigil Application, through which a complaint can be registered which will be addressed within 100 minutes.
He apprised political parties that all out efforts are being made for giving wide publicity to electors for making their votes. However, if anybody is still not registered as a voter, can register himself/herself as a voter even now via Voter Helpline app, NVSP or by contacting BLOs and their applications will be processed as a part of continuous revision of Electoral Rolls.
Dr Raju apprised Political Parties about the provisions of e-EPIC, wherein they can get the e-EPIC within 15 days after applying. e-EPIC is as good as the EPIC, he added.
The CEO asked each and every Political Party about their concerns regarding upcoming Punjab Assembly Elections 2022.
Meanwhile, Political parties expressed satisfaction at the pace of preparations for the Punjab Assembly Elections 2022 and they assured to share their apprehensions with the CEO.
*BOX: COVID-19 Guidelines*
1. Wearing of face masks is compulsory in public places, workplaces and during transport.
2. Maintain a minimum distance of 6 feet (2 gaz ki door) in public places.
3. Maximum gatherings of 500 persons indoors and 700 persons outdoors subject to an upper limit of 50% of the capacity allowed.
4. Provision for thermal screening, hand wash or sanitiser will be made at all entry and exit points and common areas.
5. Fully vaccinated (second dose) is compulsory for entry in large gatherings i.e Sabji mandi, grain markets, public transports, parks, religious places, malls, shopping complex etc.
6. Adequate vaccination teams to be deployed at places of gathering by district administration and health department.
7. Prompt notifications and strict perimeter control of containment zone, buffer zones should be done as per guidelines.
8. Engagement of community for curtailing the panic and misinformation about covid spread.
*BOX: Relevant Penal Provisions*
1. Section 51-60 of Offences and Penalties of the Disaster Management Act, 2005.
2. Section 188 of the IPC.
3. Section 3 of the Epidemic Disease Act, 1897.
4. For Strict enforcement, provisions of Sections 144 of CrPC, 1973 may be used.
5. Penal instructions issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Department of Health
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Politicians Paid Off By Monsanto! (Full Congressional List)
Posted by John Loeffler in Congress, Democrats, Dirty Politics, GMO Labeling, GMOs, Greed, laws, Lobbyists, Money, Monsanto, Monsanto Protection Act, Politicians, Republicans, slavery, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate
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Democrat, Republican, it doesn't matter. As long as you can help Monsanto slide its icy tentacles into the food chain, then there's some financial tip available to you. Thankfully, many such ties can be exposed through some data digging, and thanks to diligent readers who send comprehensive news tips and other researchers out there, we now have an extensive list of politicians getting paid cold hard cash from GMO juggernaut Monsanto.
Keep in mind these are the figures we know, which means that behind the scenes expect these numbers to multiply extensively. But what is most amazing is that these politicians just don't care that you know they're receiving thousands of dollars from Monsanto! They sweep it under the carpet, but they are openly taking money from this corporation that has been caught running 'slave-like' rings and disregarding public health. We're talking about a corporation that primarily aided in the creation of Agent Orange — the Vietnam-era chemical weapon that killed over 400,000 people and led to 500,000 plus birth defects.
Looking at these figures, over $260,000 was openly pumped into the House, and $122,000 was pumped into the Senate. And again, this is openly. I'm speculating, but I would imagine the real number to easily be in the millions. Can you imagine how much they must pay these politicians to shoot down GMO labeling bills that 90 plus percent of the entire country wants?
Or how about the nice chunk of cash that Monsanto paid Senator Roy Blunt to 'help write' the Monsanto Protection Act that grants Monsanto immunity from federal courts? Roy's cash payment is not included in this list, however RT reports he received $64,250 towards his campaign (*It turned out to be more than double that at about $168,000!) from the company. Surely they expected nothing in return.
Politicians Paid By Monsanto
House of Representatives:
Total paid by Monsanto to Democrats: $72,000
Total paid by Monsanto to Republicans: $190,500
Barrow, John (D-GA) $2,500
Bishop, Sanford (D-GA) $5,000
Boehner, John (R-OH) $10,000
Braley, Bruce (D-IA) $5,000
Camp, Dave (R-MI) $5,000
Cantor, Eric (R-VA) $10,000
Clay, William L Jr (D-MO)$10,000
Cleaver, Emanuel (D-MO) $5,000
Conaway, Mike (R-TX) $2,000
Courtney, Joe (D-CT) $4,500
Crawford, Rick (R-AR) $2,500
Fincher, Steve (R-TN) $8,000
Gardner, Cory (R-CO) $7,500
Goodlatte, Bob (R-VA) $4,500
Graves, Sam (R-MO) $5,000
Griffin, Tim (R-AR) $1,000
Guthrie, Brett (R-KY) $1,000
Hanabusa, Colleen (D-HI)$5,000
Hannemann, Mufi (D-HI) $1,000
Hartzler, Vicky (R-MO) $3,000
Holden, Tim (D-PA) $1,000
Huelskamp, Tim (R-KS) $2,500
Hultgren, Randy (R-IL) $2,500
Jenkins, Lynn (R-KS) $2,500
Johnson, Timothy (R-IL) $3,000
King, Steven A (R-IA) $2,500
Kingston, Jack (R-GA) $7,000
Kinzinger, Adam (R-IL) $3,500
Kissell, Larry (D-NC) $5,000
Labrador, Raul (R-ID) $2,000
LaMalfa, Doug (R-CA) $1,000
Landry, Jeff (R-LA) $1,000
Latham, Tom (R-IA) $10,000
Loebsack, David (D-IA) $5,000
Long, Billy (R-MO) $2,500
Lucas, Frank D (R-OK) $10,000
Luetkemeyer, Blaine (R-MO)$5,000
Lungren, Dan (R-CA) $1,000
McIntyre, Mike (D-NC) $1,000
Neugebauer, Randy (R-TX)$1,000
Noem, Kristi (R-SD) $1,000
Nunes, Devin (R-CA) $3,500
Owens, Bill (D-NY) $2,000
Peterson, Collin (D-MN) $10,000
Rogers, Hal (R-KY) $7,500
Rokita, Todd (R-IN) $5,000
Roskam, Peter (R-IL) $1,000
Schilling, Bobby (R-IL) $3,000
Schock, Aaron (R-IL) $5,000
Shimkus, John M (R-IL) $5,000
Simpson, Mike (R-ID) $10,000
Smith, Adrian (R-NE) $5,000
Stutzman, Marlin (R-IN) $5,000
Thompson, Bennie G (D-MS)$10,000
Thompson, Glenn (R-PA) $1,000
Upton, Fred (R-MI) $5,000
Valadao, David (R-CA) $2,500
Wagner, Ann L (R-MO) $10,000
Walden, Greg (R-OR) $1,000
Walorski, Jackie (R-IN) $2,500
Womack, Steve (R-AR) $1,000
Total paid by Monsanto to Republicans: $85,000
Akin, Todd (R-MO) $3,500
Baucus, Max (D-MT) $1,000
Berg, Rick (R-ND) $10,000
Blunt, Roy (R-MO) $10,000
Boozman, John (R-AR) $5,000
Casey, Bob (D-PA) $2,500
Chambliss, Saxby (R-GA) $5,000
Fischer, Deb (R-NE) $5,000
Gillibrand, Kirsten (D-NY)$1,000
Grassley, Chuck (R-IA) $2,000
Hirono, Mazie K (D-HI) $1,000
Johanns, Mike (R-NE) $1,000
Klobuchar, Amy (D-MN) $5,000
Landrieu, Mary L (D-LA) $1,000
McCaskill, Claire (D-MO)$5,000
McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) $10,000
Moran, Jerry (R-KS) $2,500
Nelson, Ben (D-NE) $13,000
Rehberg, Denny (R-MT) $2,000
Risch, James E (R-ID) $3,500
Roberts, Pat (R-KS) $9,000
Stabenow, Debbie (D-MI) $8,000
Thompson, Tommy G (R-WI)$5,000
Wicker, Roger (R-MS) $1,000
Wilson, Heather A (R-NM)$2,500
Source: http://naturalsociety.com/list-politicians-paid-off-by-monsanto/?utm_source=Natural+Society&utm_campaign=89f19637e9-Email+168%3A+5%2F28%2F2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f20e6f9c84-89f19637e9-323137773
CISPA CYBER-SECURITY BILL PASSES HOUSE!
Posted by John Loeffler in Americans, Barack Obama, CISPA, Civil Rights, Congress, Corruption, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protect Act, Cybersecurity Bill, D.C., Federal Government, Human Rights, Human Rights Violations, Intrusive, Invasion, Law, Lawmakers, Privacy, Surveillance, Technology, tyranny, U.S., U.S. Government, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Uncategorized, United States, Washington D.C., White House
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The US House of Representatives has passed the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protect Act (CISPA).
Lawmakers in the House voted 288-to-127 Thursday afternoon to accept the bill. Next it will move to the Senate and could then end up on the desk of US President Barack Obama for him to potentially sign the bill into law. Earlier this week, though, senior White House advisers said they would recommend the president veto the bill.
Should CISPA earn the president's autograph, private businesses will be encouraged to voluntarily share cyberthreat information with the US government. The authors of the bill say this is an effort to better combat the reportedly increasing attempts to harm America's critical computer networks and pilfer the systems of private companies for intellectual property and other sensitive trade secrets.
Read more here: http://rt.com/usa/congress-house-bill-cispa-031/
Help Save Local Farms, Food and Jobs!
Posted by John Loeffler in Agriculture, Farmers, Farming, food, Organic, Uncategorized
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After failing in the 112th session of the lame-duck Congress, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree reintroduced the "Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013″ on April 9, 2013 for the 113th Congress. I am not sure why after 77 legislator co-sponsors to the original bill that it did not succeed in passing, but it is of utmost importance that the new bill, with 18 co-sponsors so far and similar legislation in the Senate thanks to Sherrod Brown of Ohio, passes through this time to help out those farmers who do not want anything to do with Monsanto's built-in GMO poison! We need to support local, organic farmers, because that is precisely what America wants!
Please take a look at the new bill here: http://pingree.house.gov/images/113th_Congress_LFFJA.pdf
The new and improved bill gives reforms to better support farmers, increase access to healthy foods for consumers, and provides firm funding to a program that supports local agriculture.
Here is what the bill does: http://pingree.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=987:local-farms-food-and-jobs-act-what-the-bill-doe&catid=3:issues
Please support this bill by distributing it for others to sign in support of it, and share it with others who back local, organic farming, and farming sustainability for the benefit of American consumers!
Please add your reinforcement to the bill here: https://secure3.convio.net/ucs/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=3623&autologin=true&JServSessionIdr004=j285emtesa.app341a
Sen. Roy Blunt: Monsanto's Man in Washington
Posted by John Loeffler in Agriculture, Dirty Politics, FDA, Federal Government, GMOs, Monsanto, Obama, Occupy Monsanto, Politicians, Politics, Uncategorized, USDA
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"The Corruption Runneth Deep For Politicians We Elect To Keep!" – John Loeffler
As I reported a couple of weeks ago, a recent Senate bill came with a nice bonus for the genetically modified seed industry: a rider, wholly unrelated to the underlying bill, that compels the USDA to ignore federal court decisions that block the agency's approvals of new GM crops. I explained in this post why such a provision, which the industry has been pushing for over a year, is so important to Monsanto and its few peers in the GMO seed industry. (You can also hear my talking about it on NPR's The Takeaway, along with the senator who tried to stop it, Montana's Jon Tester, and see me on Al Jazeera's Inside Story.)
Which senator pushed the rider into the bill? At the time, no one stepped forward to claim credit. But since then, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) has revealed to Politico's ace reporter David Rogers that he's the responsible party. Blunt even told Rogers that he "worked with" GMO seed giant Monsanto to craft the rider.
The admission shines a light on Blunt's ties to Monsanto, whose office is located in the senator's home state. According to OpenSecrets, Monsanto first started contributing to Blunt back in 2008, when it handed him $10,000. At that point, Blunt was serving in the House of Representatives. In 2010, when Blunt successfully ran for the Senate, Monsanto upped its contribution to $44,250. And in 2012, the GMO seed/pesticide giant enriched Blunt's campaign war chest by $64,250.
Read more here: http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2013/04/sen-roy-blunt-monsantos-man-washington
Proof: Monsanto and U.S. Government Revolving Door!
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Our entire government has been corrupted with the evils of Monsanto which is a corporation that wants nothing more than to control the entire world's food supply. Luckily, most of the world has wised up, and over 50 countries now ban or severely restrict Monsanto's monstrous grip on our food that is grown with poison directly inside of it! Unfortunately for the U.S. and Canada, they are firmly gripped by Monsanto's tenacious tentacles! Money talks big time in America!
Even our own congress has accepted millions of dollars from Monsanto! How else can you explain secret biotech riders slipped into other government spending, like defense spending, that easily passes through both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate? Our elected legislators made it crystal clear that they side with large corporations and mega-banks, and so has our president. After all, President Obama was the one who appointed Michael "Monsanto" Taylor to lead the FDA back in 2010 which was three years after then-Senator Barack Obama promised to get GMOs labeled!
How can the U.S. fight back against Monsanto's toxic GMOs that are slowly poisoning everyone to death when our leaders that we placed into power accept fistfuls of cash from Monsanto's lobbyists? How can we take back our food supply when Monsanto ships its workers directly over and into the U.S. government? Take a look at no less than 13 current and former Monsanto employees who work for our government! Click on their names, and notice how many times the word "lobbyist" pops up:
Link: http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.php?searchby=P&searchtext=Monsanto
Now if excessive greed does not bother you, then you may want to rethink your conscience!
Let congress and the president know that it is time for Monsanto to go!
U.S. House of Representatives: http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
U.S. Senate: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
U.S. President: http://capwiz.com/politicsol/mail/?id=3181&lvl=F&chamber=P
Source: http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.php?searchby=P&searchtext=Monsanto
50 Signs That The U.S. Health Care System Is A Gigantic Money Making Scam That Is About To Collapse
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The following are 50 signs that the U.S. health care system is a massive money making scam that is about to collapse…
#1 Medical bills have become so ridiculously large that virtually nobody can afford them. Just check out the following short excerpt from a recent Time Magazine article. One man in California that had been diagnosed with cancer ran up nearly a million dollars in hospital bills before he died…
By the time Steven D. died at his home in Northern California the following November, he had lived for an additional 11 months. And Alice had collected bills totaling $902,452. The family's first bill — for $348,000 — which arrived when Steven got home from the Seton Medical Center in Daly City, Calif., was full of all the usual chargemaster profit grabs: $18 each for 88 diabetes-test strips that Amazon sells in boxes of 50 for $27.85; $24 each for 19 niacin pills that are sold in drugstores for about a nickel apiece. There were also four boxes of sterile gauze pads for $77 each. None of that was considered part of what was provided in return for Seton's facility charge for the intensive-care unit for two days at $13,225 a day, 12 days in the critical unit at $7,315 a day and one day in a standard room (all of which totaled $120,116 over 15 days). There was also $20,886 for CT scans and $24,251 for lab work.
#2 This year the American people will spend approximately 2.8 trillion dollars on health care, and it is being projected that Americans will spend 4.5 trillion dollars on health care in 2019.
#3 The United States spends more on health care than Japan, Germany, France, China, the U.K., Italy, Canada, Brazil, Spain and Australia combined.
#4 If the U.S. health care system was a country, it would be the 6th largest economy on the entire planet.
#5 Back in 1960, an average of $147 was spent per person on health care in the United States. By 2009, that number had skyrocketed to$8,086.
#6 Why does it cost so much to stay in a hospital today? It just does not make sense. Just check out these numbers…
In 1942, Christ Hospital, NJ charged $7 per day for a maternity room. Today it's $1,360.
#7 Approximately 60 percent of all personal bankruptcies in the United States are related to medical bills.
#8 One study discovered that approximately 41 percent of all working age Americans either have medical bill problems or are currently paying off medical debt.
#9 The U.S. health care industry has spent more than 5 billion dollarson lobbying our politicians in Washington D.C. since 1998.
#10 According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the U.S. is currently experiencing a shortage of at least 13,000 doctors. Unfortunately, that shortage is expected to grow to 130,000 doctorsover the next 10 years.
#11 The state of Florida is already dealing with a very serious shortage of doctors…
Brace yourself for longer lines at the doctor's office.
Whether you're employed and insured, elderly and on Medicare, or poor and covered by Medicaid, the Florida Medical Association says there's a growing shortage of doctors — especially specialists — available to provide you with medical care.
And if the Florida Legislature goes along with Gov. Rick Scott's recommendation to offer Medicaid coverage to an additional 1 million Floridians — part of the Affordable Care Act that takes effect next January — the FMA says that shortage will only get worse.
#12 At this point, approximately 40 percent of all doctors in the United States are 55 years of age or older.
#13 In America today, many hospital executives make absolutely ridiculous amounts of money…
In December, when the New York Times ran a story about how a deficit deal might threaten hospital payments, Steven Safyer, chief executive of Montefiore Medical Center, a large nonprofit hospital system in the Bronx, complained, "There is no such thing as a cut to a provider that isn't a cut to a beneficiary … This is not crying wolf."
Actually, Safyer seems to be crying wolf to the tune of about $196.8 million, according to the hospital's latest publicly available tax return. That was his hospital's operating profit, according to its 2010 return. With $2.586 billion in revenue — of which 99.4% came from patient bills and 0.6% from fundraising events and other charitable contributions — Safyer's business is more than six times as large as that of the Bronx's most famous enterprise, the New York Yankees. Surely, without cutting services to beneficiaries, Safyer could cut what have to be some of the Bronx's better non-Yankee salaries: his own, which was $4,065,000, or those of his chief financial officer ($3,243,000), his executive vice president ($2,220,000) or the head of his dental department ($1,798,000).
#14 Health insurance administration expenses account for 8 percent of all health care costs in the United States each year. In Finland, health insurance administration expenses account for just 2 percent of all health care costs each year.
#15 If you can believe it, the U.S. ambulance industry makes more money each year than the movie industry does.
#16 All over America, people are reporting huge health insurance premium increases thanks to Obamacare. The following example is from a recent article by Robert Wenzel…
A California small businessman tells me that he switched healthcare insurance carriers in 2012. The monthly premium for him and his wife was about $400, but when he received his first bill in January of this year it was for $1,200. He hasn't been to a doctor in years, his wife has only gone for minor care.
Apparently there is some clause in the Affordable Healthcare Act that results in health insurance firms using a new method to calculate premiums. Those who have health insurance plans that have been in effect since at least 2010 are grandfathered under the old calculation method, but insurance carriers are using a new formula for new plans.
#17 Blue Shield of California has announced that it wants to raise health insurance premiums by up to 20 percent this year in an effort to keep up with rising health costs.
#18 Aetna's CEO says that health insurance premiums for many Americans will double when the major provisions of Obamacare go into effect in 2014.
#19 Close to 10 percent of all U.S. employers plan to drop health coverage completely when the major provisions of Obamacare go into effect in 2014.
#20 According to a survey conducted by the Doctor Patient Medical Association, 83 percent of all doctors in the United States have considered leaving the profession because of Obamacare.
#21 Approximately 16,000 new IRS agents will be hired to help oversee the implementation of Obamacare, and the Obama administration has given the IRS 500 million extra dollars "outside the normal appropriations process" to help the IRS with their new duties.
#22 During 2013, Americans will spend more than 280 billion dollarson prescription drugs.
#23 Prescription drugs cost about 50% more in the United States than they do in other countries.
#24 In the United States today, prescription painkillers kill more Americans than heroin and cocaine combined.
#25 Nearly half of all Americans now use prescription drugs on a regular basis according to the CDC. Not only that, the CDC also says that approximately one-third of all Americans use two or more pharmaceutical drugs on a regular basis, and more than ten percent of all Americans use five or more pharmaceutical drugs on a regular basis.
#26 The percentage of women taking antidepressants in America is higher than in any other country in the world.
#27 In 2010, the average teen in the U.S. was taking 1.2 central nervous system drugs. Those are the kinds of drugs which treat conditions such as ADHD and depression.
#28 Children in the United States are three times more likely to be prescribed antidepressants as children in Europe are.
#29 There were more than two dozen pharmaceutical companiesthat made over a billion dollars in profits during 2008.
#30 According to the CDC, approximately three quarters of a million people a year are rushed to emergency rooms in the United States because of adverse reactions to pharmaceutical drugs.
#31 According to a report by Health Care for America Now, America's five biggest for-profit health insurance companies ended 2009 with a combined profit of $12.2 billion.
#32 The top executives at the five largest for-profit health insurance companies in the United States combined to bring in nearly $200 million in total compensation for 2009.
#33 The chairman of Aetna, the third largest health insurance company in the United States, brought in a staggering $68.7 million during 2010. Ron Williams exercised stock options that were worth approximately $50.3 million and he raked in an additional $18.4 million in wages and other forms of compensation. The funny thing is that he left the company and didn't even work the entire year.
#34 It turns out that the financial assistance that Barack Obama promised would be provided for those with "pre-existing conditions" under Obamacare is already being shut down because of a lack of funding…
Tens of thousands of Americans who cannot get health insurance because of preexisting medical problems will be blocked from a program designed to help them because funding is running low.
Obama administration officials said Friday that the state-based "high-risk pools" set up under the 2010 health-care law will be closed to new applicants as soon as Saturday and no later than March 2, depending on the state.
#35 In America today, you are 64 times more likely to be killed by a doctor than you are by a gun.
#36 People living in the United States are three times more likely to have diabetes than people living in the United Kingdom.
#37 Today, people living in Puerto Rico have a greater life expectancy than people living in the United States do.
#38 According to OECD statistics, Americans are twice as obese as Canadians are.
#39 Greece has twice as many hospital beds per person as the United States does.
#40 The state of California now ranks dead last out of all 50 states in the number of emergency rooms per million people.
#41 According to a doctor interviewed by Fox News, "a gunshot wound to the head, chest or abdomen" will cost $13,000 at his hospital the moment the victim comes in the door, and then there will be significant additional charges depending on how bad the wound is.
#42 It has been estimated that hospitals overcharge Americans by about 10 billion dollars every single year.
#43 One trained medical billing advocate says that over 90 percent of the medical bills that she has audited contain "gross overcharges".
#44 It is not uncommon for insurance companies to get hospitals to knock their bills down by up to 95 percent, but if you are uninsured or you don't know how the system works then you are out of luck.
#45 According to a study conducted by Deloitte Consulting, a whopping875,000 Americans were "medical tourists" in 2010.
#46 Today, there are more than 56 million Americans on Medicaid, and it is being projected that Obamacare will add 16 million more Americans to the Medicaid rolls.
#47 Back in 1965, only one out of every 50 Americans was on Medicaid. Today, one out of every 6 Americans is on Medicaid.
#48 Today, there are more than 50 million Americans on Medicare, and that number is projected to grow to 73.2 million in 2025.
#49 When Medicare was first established by Congress, it was estimated that it would cost the federal government $12 billion a year by the time 1990 rolled around. Instead, it cost the federal government $110 billionin 1990, and it will cost the federal government close to $600 billion this year.
#50 Even if you do have health insurance, that is no guarantee that medical bills will not bankrupt you. Just check out what a recent Time Magazine article says happened to one unfortunate couple from Ohio that actually did have health insurance…
When Sean Recchi, a 42-year-old from Lancaster, Ohio, was told last March that he had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, his wife Stephanie knew she had to get him to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Stephanie's father had been treated there 10 years earlier, and she and her family credited the doctors and nurses at MD Anderson with extending his life by at least eight years.
Because Stephanie and her husband had recently started their own small technology business, they were unable to buy comprehensive health insurance. For $469 a month, or about 20% of their income, they had been able to get only a policy that covered just $2,000 per day of any hospital costs. "We don't take that kind of discount insurance," said the woman at MD Anderson when Stephanie called to make an appointment for Sean.
Stephanie was then told by a billing clerk that the estimated cost of Sean's visit — just to be examined for six days so a treatment plan could be devised — would be $48,900, due in advance.
By the way, that hospital down in Houston made a profit of 531 million dollars in one recent year.
So what can be done about all of this?
Well, the truth is that the status quo is a complete and total disaster, and every "solution" being promoted by politicians from both major political parties would only make things worse.
In the end, the U.S. health care system needs to be rebuilt from the ground up, but we all know that is not going to happen.
Instead, our politicians and the health care industry will just find additional ways to extract money from all of us, and the level of care that we all get will continue to decline.
If you don't believe this, just check out what Paul Krugman of the New York Times had to say recently…
We're going to need more revenue…Surely it will require some sort of middle class taxes as well.. We won't be able to pay for the kind of government the society will want without some increase in taxes… on the middle class, maybe a value added tax…And we're also going to have to make decisions about health care, doc pay for health care that has no demonstrated medical benefits . So the snarky version…which I shouldn't even say because it will get me in trouble is death panels and sales taxes is how we do this.
Others are urging us to become more like Europe.
But do we really want what they have in the UK?…
Sick children are being discharged from NHS hospitals to die at home or in hospices on controversial 'death pathways'.
Until now, end of life regime the Liverpool Care Pathway was thought to have involved only elderly and terminally-ill adults.
But the Mail can reveal the practice of withdrawing food and fluid by tube is being used on young patients as well as severely disabled newborn babies.
One doctor has admitted starving and dehydrating ten babies to death in the neonatal unit of one hospital alone.
Writing in a leading medical journal, the physician revealed the process can take an average of ten days during which a baby becomes 'smaller and shrunken'.
In the end, my philosophy is just to avoid the U.S. health care system as much as possible. Most doctors are just trained to do two things – prescribe drugs and cut you open. In an emergency situation where you are about to die, those may be your best options, but otherwise I would just as soon avoid the gigantic money making scam that the U.S. health care industry has become.
But just don't take my word for it. The following is some very sound advice from Dr. Robert S. Dotson…
Avoid contact with the existing health care system as far as possible. Yes, emergencies arise that require the help of physicians, but by and large one can learn to care for one's own minor issues. Though it is flawed, the internet has been an information leveler for the masses and permits each person to be his or her own physician to a large degree. Take advantage of it! Educate yourself about your own body and learn to fuel and maintain it as you would an expensive auto or a pet poodle. One does not need a medical degree to:
1. avoid excessive use of tobacco or alcohol or, for that matter, caffeine;
2. avoid poisons like fluoride, aspartame, high fructose corn syrup, and addictive drugs (legal or illicit);
3. avoid unnecessary and potentially lethal imaging studies (TSA's radiation pornbooths, excessive mammography, repetitive CT scans – exposure to all significantly increases cancer risk);
4. avoid excessive cell phone use and exposure to other forms of EMR pollution where possible (the NSA is recording everything you say and text anyway);
5. avoid daily fast food use and abuse (remember: pink slime and silicone) ;
6. avoid untested GM foods (do you really want to become "Roundup Ready?"):
7. avoid most vaccinations and pharmaceutical agents promoted by the establishment;
8. avoid risky behaviors (and, we do not need a bunch of Nanny State bureaucrats to define and police these);
9. exercise moderately;
10. get plenty of sleep;
11. drink plenty of good quality water (buy a decent water filter to remove fluoride, chloride, and heavy metals);
12. wear protective gear at work and play where appropriate (helmets, eye-shields, knee and elbow pads, etc.):
13. seek out locally-grown, whole, organic foods and support your local food producers;
14. take appropriate nutritional supplements (multi-vitamins, Vitamin C, Vitamin D3);
15. switch off the TV and the mainstream media it represents;
16. educate yourself while you can;
And, lastly…
17. QUESTION AUTHORITY!
Doing these simple, common-sense things will add healthy years to a person's life and help one avoid most medical encounters during his or her allotted time on earth.
Do you believe that the U.S. health care system is a gigantic money making scam that is about to collapse?
Source: http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/50-signs-that-the-u-s-health-care-system-is-a-gigantic-money-making-scam-that-is-about-to-collapse
Yes! Washington State to Try to Pass Domestic Partnership Bill!
Posted by John Loeffler in Gay, Gay Rights, U.S., U.S. Government, Uncategorized
Domestic Partnership, Gay, Gay Rights, House of Representatives, Seattle, Senate, U.S., Washington
February 2, 2009 by jelo1317 | Edit
It's about time that another state steps forward and does the equally right thing to do!
posted Friday, January 30, 2009 – Volume 37 Issue 05
Senator Murray and Representative Pedersen introduce Domestic Partnership expansion bill
by Nick Ardizzone – SGN Staff WriterOn January 28, State Senator Ed Murray announced the next incremental expansion to Washington's Domestic Partnership Bill. The latest expansion, which will be heard in the House and Senate on February 5, hopes to grant domestic partnerships all the remaining rights which were excluded from the first two bills, making civil unions equal to heterosexual marriage.
In attendance to support the bill were representatives for Equal Rights Washington, the ACLU of Washington, the Pride Foundation, and the Greater Seattle Business Association.
LEGISLATURE "ON BOARD"
Murray began the Olympia press conference by addressing the nation's financial troubles. "Today, as in recent days, the economic news has grown darker and darker, and families across this nation have grown more and more insecure. If there was a theme for this session and a theme for this bill, that theme would be 'family economic security.'"
He brightened when he spoke of the opposition to the domestic partnership bills. "The most remarkable thing about this bill is that it's unremarkable," said Murray. "Instead of the cultural wars that we have seen year after year, going back to the civil rights bill, we see a legislature that is mostly on board in moving forward and protecting all Washington's families." The bill has seen great support in the House.
Murray vowed to continue to fight for equality in Washington. "It's not marriage, but it is everything that heterosexual families have in this state currently," he said. "And while we need these protections, ultimately we will not be protected as Americans across this nation unless we achieve full marriage equality."
Not all aspects of the bill will become active immediately. "Some of the financial impacts of this bill, such as pensions for those of us who are state employees, will be deferred to at least 2012, in hopes that by then that this very serious depression or recession & will have ended," Murray said.
"EXACTLY THE SAME"
At the podium, State Representative Jamie Pedersen thanked Murray for his work in advancing the cause of marriage equality to its present state. "Two years ago, our families had no protection," he said. "We were stunned by a Supreme Court decision that said that the legislature was free to offer no legal protections to our families." This launched the work toward a comprehensive domestic partnership bill – a goal which is now within reach.
He explained how the first year of the domestic partnership bill focused on granting same-sex couples a basic 23 rights and obligations, while the second year dealt with economic and property rights. "This year, we're repeating that process by adding nearly 300 rights and obligations & to make sure that our families are treated exactly the same."
Nearly 5,000 couples from across Washington have registered with the Secretary of State's office for partnerships.
VOICES FROM HOME
Pedersen introduced four Lesbian couples, several with children in tow, who spoke on the importance of the bill's swift passage through the House and Senate.
"We'd like our daughter to grow up knowing that our family is as valued as any other family in our community," said Margaret Hobart, who has been in a relationship with her partner for 20 years.
Police officer Adrienne Purcella rose with her partner, Libby Cope. "Should something ever happen to me on the job, with the passage of this bill, I now know Libby would be taken care of, and that she would have the same protections as any other police officer's spouse," Purcella said, her voice cracking with emotion.
Seattle attorney Vickie Wallin spoke, holding her 7-year-old son, Sam, in her arms. "Even though we'll have equal rights, we won't have full marriage equality until we have marriage equality," she said. "It may not seem like a distinction of much difference, but today me and Sam were talking & and what he said was that if we're not able to get married, what it's really saying is that families with two moms or two dads, there shouldn't be such families.
"We can do much better, she said. "What I'm really hoping is this last step will be the final step before full marriage equality for same-sex couples in our state."
BRIEF DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY
"I have the honor this year of introducing the marriage bill in the house," said Vancouver, WA Representative Jim Moeller, who spoke passionately about the bill. "I have 42 signatories – sponsors – at this time, which is unprecedented in the history of this legislature. We have, to a commendable extent, rallied together for the common good of all the citizens of our communities."
"Men and women across Washington State have embraced a historic standard that discrimination based on a person's sexual orientation has no place in this community. And now, we as Washingtonians must pull together for the further establishment of fair, common-sense principles that strengthen domestic partnership rights and offer benefits for same-sex couples."
"Gay and Lesbian Americans in the past few years have entered into marriage through brief doors of opportunity, pledging their lives with and to one another," he said. "Let's be unambiguous in our discussion of this issue. Words are extremely important. Marriage is the word, and civil marriage is the goal."
"What we know is what we've known for a long time: Separate is not equal, and we will go for equality."
YEARS, NOT DECADES
In answering questions from the audience and press in attendance, Pedersen expounded on some of the new rights, which included death and pension benefits as well as "almost whimsical" new franchising and sea urchin fishing rights. About 100 of the 300 new rights have to do with public employees.
A member of the audience asked, "If this passes, what comes next?" "Marriage," Murray said, laughing.
Pederson, smiling, stepped in to clarify. "The purpose of this legislation is to talk about how our families are harmed concretely by their exclusion from civil marriage, so that's the conversation we expect to continue. We hope that, sooner rather than later, we'll be here talking about a marriage bill."
Murray, who has championed civil rights in Olympia for years, put the fight into perspective. "It will take some years, but it will not take the 29 years the civil rights bill took. I think this is a multi-year effort, not a multi-decade effort."