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Small businesses more worried about taxes and regulations than about sales

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Making the Hippocratic Oath Illegal

A man walks into an emergency Room. He is obviously injured. He says he was mugged just blocks away from the hospital. This being 2013, he is first asked if he has insurance. He says no, that his coverage was … Continue reading

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And they said it was impossible

That a law could not be passed that would make it illegal to smoke in your own home. Oh, phsaw! This is the Obamanation! The California city of San Rafael might be one of the more beautiful places in the … Continue reading

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If you aren’t a fan of having your movements tracked

I’d stay away from downtown Seattle. The Stranger, one of Seattle’s alt-weeklies, ran a story a couple weeks back about these devices appearing on utility poles around town These are antennae for mobile phone networks. As the story says, if … Continue reading

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Unintended Consequences

While visiting relatives last week in California’s poverty-stricken Central Valley, my wife learned that one of her sisters, gainfully employed but still poor enough to have gone without health insurance for many years, checked out Covered California and found she … Continue reading

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Oh look!

A lead brick. Hagel Says Cuts to Pay and Benefits are Needed Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel warned Tuesday that troops and their families will be asked to sacrifice on pay and benefits to preserve readiness in an era of tighter … Continue reading

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They have an “understanding”

This isn’t likely to end well for folks who oppose Obamacare Reporters with the Society of American Business Editors and Writers received “training” on how to cover Obamacare’s rollout from a policy expert who works with President Obama’s former health … Continue reading

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It’s like Facebook

But it’s your government and they’ll use it against you. Obamacare Marketplace: Personal Data Can Be Used For ‘Law Enforcement and Audit Activities’ It is a pity that the stupidity is only painful to those who didn’t vote for Democrats.

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How to Avoid the NSA Online

Fun stuff.

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Tasty

Of course, I am not talking about hospital food. I’m talking about the patients Patient in long-term care has face nibbled by mice A patient immobilized in bed, waking up to find mice eating her face. It has the makings … Continue reading

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