Global Icing & Murder

"Climate madness you say? Well maybe there is something to this Global Warming hype—I'm for it!"

Euphemisms of Liberalism

Euphemisms of Liberalism: "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."—George Orwell

A Very Depressing Picture of Tax Complexity and Political Corruption | International Liberty

A Very Depressing Picture of Tax Complexity and Political Corruption | International Liberty:

72,536 pages of tax code & growing!

22andMe and Regulatory Capture

As an 'old' customer, I get to keep the same services from 23andMe, the innovative company that provides genetic testing and information, but new customers will not get the same information. That means that they will be less informed about their own bodies.

As the WSJ recently noted, «The not-so-benevolent paternalists at the FDA write that "serious concerns are raised if test results are not adequately understood by patients," and 23andMe's direct-to-consumer model may inspire people to "self-manage" their care. For example, a false positive for the BRCA1 genetic marker that increases the risk for breast cancer "could lead a patient to undergo prophylactic surgery, chemoprevention, intensive screening, or other morbidity-inducing actions."

Or maybe it would lead a woman to talk to her physician about the options and, er, double check the results before undergoing a life-altering operation.»

Networks Skip Special Treatment for Obama's Illegal Uncle, But Univision Hits 'Favoritism' | NewsBusters

Networks Skip Special Treatment for Obama's Illegal Uncle, But Univision Hits 'Favoritism' | NewsBusters: "The journalist wondered, "What probability does a person with a deportation order have that his case would be re-opened?" [See Spanish language video at link.]

Immigration lawyer Paula Solorio responded: "Almost none, because when Immigration detains a person with an old deportation order, the government is going to execute the earlier order."

She added, "Obama's uncle had the luck of getting an agreement with the U.S. ICE prosecutor to re-open the case. That's what happened. For any other person, the government is going to execute the order.""

GUN VIOLENCE - THEN & NOW

The difference between then & now is FIRST-PERSON SHOOTER VIDEO GAMES.  Read LCOL Dave Grossman's 'On Killing' and the CT Attorney General's report on the Adam Lanza shootings.  Young children can be programmed, especially if they are already prone to mental disturbance, to be mass killers. It sends chills down my spine to read that Adama Lanza was engrossed in pernicious video games and that the investigation found:

- Two videos showing suicide by gunshot
- Commercial movies depicting mass shootings
- The computer game titled “School Shooting” where the player controls a character who enters a school and shoots at students
- Screen shots (172) of the online game “Combat Arms” ...
- Images of the shooter holding a handgun to his head
- Images of the shooter holding a rifle to his head
- Five-second video (dramatization) depicting children being shot

COPYCAT CRIMES are not a new phenomenon.

(http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/Sandy_Hook_Final_Report.pdf)