Flax seed for natural allergy relief
I'm laughing to find myself writing this diary because when first I heard about this I laughed and said, "No way flax seed could help with allergies."But, being of the scientific persuasion, and...
View ArticleRepublican "small government" just not so
In the last 13 presidential terms most Democratic presidents (4 out of 6) reduced the size of government while most Republican presidents (5 out of 7) increased its size.Using government data one can...
View ArticleThe true story: Democratic presidents shrink government; Republican...
An assessment of 1) federal employment figures from 1962 to 2014 (excluding the military) and 2) year-upon-year increase in federal spending shows that 5 of the last 7 Democratic administrations shrank...
View ArticleFailure of Governance: Internet Fraud
I am pondering a major failure of governance to adapt to change. The internet, while a fabulous boon to all, also enables every sort of fraud. There appears to be a little self-policing on the...
View ArticleWhich Trump will be President on any given day? Bad-boy Trump on Mondays? New...
So, it was just playing a role. Pretty smart move there, Mr. Trump. But now I’m wondering which Trump would be President? Or maybe not just one. Could be President Bad-guy Trump on Mondays? President...
View ArticleFirst hour of Trump Administration—a 1.4% cut in income for 10% of Americans
The Trump administration, in its first hour, rescinded a scheduled decrease in FHA insurance rates that benefit lower-income and middle-class homeowners. This will be a $488 bite (average) to 12...
View Article47,424 US casualties in Vietnam. 55,902 will die from loss of health insurance.
The republican push to end the Affordable Care Act is truly appalling. Medical insurance matters. Mortality rate increases for those without health insurance. This is science. Wilper and his team,...
View ArticleDeath Sentences for 172,000 Americans?
Not having health insurance significantly increases the risk of dying. Research sees an increase in the mortality rate in the range of 50 to 100 annually per 100,000 population.So how many will die?...
View ArticleFar better choice for a military parade: Show up at a service academy or...
Dear President Trump,There are hundreds of truly excellent military parades every year in our country--at the weekly basic training graduations for those who enlist in our military services, and at the...
View ArticleMy Take: $11.54 Trillion Boost for American Businesses; $.60 Trillion for...
The disconnect between the stock market and the scene on the ground is just stunning. There’s an announcement about record unemployment—and simultaneously there’s a big JUMP in the Dow Jones Industrial...
View ArticleSimple Question. If TFG WERE Elected How Long Could He Actually Serve? 6 Months?
Funny thing. TFG’s mental decline is pretty obvious to us, and also to his own people. I haven’t heard or read a single comment to the point TFG cannot serve out a full term. It would be interesting to...
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