In this edition
U.S. Health Care With Mandatory Abortion Fees
November 19. 2009
President Barack Obama
According to published reports, Democratic Senator Harry Reid, is
pushing a government run health plan that requires a monthly
abortion fee. Why should people subsidize that which they do not
agree with.
Roland Burris (left) and Harry Reid (right)
Many people do not agree with abortion and should not be forced to
pay such a fee. It is not going to sit well with a lot of people.
Some are still concerned about the price tag of the bill and this
news is going to sour them on the whole thing even more.
Sen. Reid’s Government-Run Health Plan
Requires a Monthly Abortion Fee
Posted by GOP Leader Press Office on November
19th, 2009 - Just like the original 2,032-page, government-run health care
plan from Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s
(D-NV) massive, 2,074-page bill would levy a new “abortion premium” fee on
Americans in the government-run plan.
Beginning on line 7, p. 118, section 1303 under
“Voluntary Choice of Coverage of Abortion Services” the Health and Human
Services Secretary is given the authority to determine when abortion is
allowed under the government-run health plan. Leader Reid’s plan also
requires that at least one insurance plan offered in the Exchange covers
abortions (line 13, p. 120).
What is even more alarming is that a monthly
abortion premium will be charged of all enrollees in the government-run
health plan. It’s right there beginning on line 11, page 122, section 1303,
under “Actuarial Value of Optional Service Coverage.” The premium will be
paid into a U.S. Treasury account – and these federal funds will be used to
pay for the abortion services...
http://republicanleader.house.gov
Senate health care bill adds new tax
increases, costs twice as much as promised
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The health care “reform” bill drafted by Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) adds new tax increases, and costs twice
as much as its promised $849 billion price tag.
Here are some of the tax increases (in
billions):
1. 40% excise tax on health coverage in excess
of $8,500 (individuals) / $23,000 (families). . .
2. Additional 0.5% Medicare (Hospital Insurance) tax on wages in excess of
$200,000 ($250,000 for joint filers) – begins in 2013 – $54 B tax increase
3. Impose annual fee on manufacturers and importers of branded drugs –
begins in 2010 – $22 B tax increase
4. Impose annual fee on manufacturers and importers of certain medical
devices – begins in 2010 – $19 B tax increase
5. Impose annual fee on manufacturers and importers of certain medical
devices – begins in 2010 – $60 B tax increase
6. Cut in half (to $500K) the amount of an executive’s compensation that a
health plan can deduct from its corporate income taxes – begins in 2013 . .
.
7. Impose 5% excise tax on cosmetic surgery and similar procedures – begins
for surgery in 2010 – $6 B tax increase!
The bill will cost far more than projected. The
bill uses deceptive “accounting tricks” to keep the short-term costs down,
by temporarily raising taxes before spending explodes...
http://www.examiner.com
Fort Hood Shooter Sent Disturbing Emails
November 19. 2009
Nidal Malik Hasan
Fort Hood shooter, Nidal Malik Hasan, sent
disturbing, upsetting emails to a Muslim imam known for inciting violence,
gleefully discussing Jihad, martyrdom and how useful his $92,000 salary is to
their destructive movement. Yet, amazingly, it didn't raise any red flags with
the FBI that deemed the emails "benign."
This is another reason it is appropriate that
Congress independently investigate the Fort Hood shootings, as the FBI's judgment
in overlooking key items is dangerous.
Story Source:
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/major-hasans-mail-wait-join-afterlife
Sony vs. iTunes
November 19. 2009
iTunes
Sony has announced a new service it says will rival Apple's
iTunes (LOL). If I didn't know better, I'd say C.E.O. Howard Stringer was
smoking something when he issued that quote. Sony is so delusional, as
nothing in their company comes close to anything at Apple.
Howard Stringer
In other news, Sony's stock continues to fall, along with
sales, as Stringer keeps getting rid of jobs and departments, as the
solution to the problem, instead of actually coming up with original
products, rather than what they currently do, stealing everyone else's and
slaping the Sony logo on it.
Sony Unveils Its Answer to
Apple's iTunes
November 19, 2009, 10:11AM EST - Sony (SNE) is taking a page from Apple's
playbook (AAPL). On Nov. 19, Sony said it plans to launch an online store
selling music, movies, and books as well as other downloadable applications
for mobile products. Sony's top executives didn't specify when the Internet
store, tentatively called Sony Online Service, would go live or what it
would look like. But the online storefront, announced at a management
strategy meeting in Tokyo, is likely to bear some similarities to Apple's
iTunes store and would be Sony's most ambitious attempt to link its products
to its own vast library of digital content...
http://www.businessweek.com
Hollywood And Horror Films
November 19. 2009
"New Moon"
With the current spate of vampire films being released, such as
"New Moon" which critics have thoroughly panned, I have to
state, you do know vampires aren't real. I state that because in
watching a few minutes of an interview promoting the latest
"Twilight" film, it was being discussed as though vampires
are real.
Taylor Lautner
A vampire film that is disgusting, which I strong suggest you
avoid, is "Queen of the Damned" starring the late R&B singer,
Aaliyah. When it was first announced she was doing the film, I thought it a bad
idea. The finish product is so grotesque, sick and disturbing, it really was not
best for her audience.
Aaliyah
Other bad films in the horror genre that should be avoided are the "Exorcist" and "Poltergeist." The child star of the
latter film, died at a young age, under sad circumstances.
I'm not a fan of horror movies. It is
negative, violent, gives kids harmful ideas and can create dysfunctional
thinking.
Critics Slam New Moon
Thursday – November 19, 2009 – 7:07pm - New Moon pales in comparison to
Twilight, according to the critics. Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Ebert says "the
characters in this movie should be arrested for loitering with intent to
moan. Never have teenagers been in greater need of a jump-start. Granted
some of them are more than 100 years old, but still: their charisma is by
Madame Tussaud."
Ty Burr of The Boston Globe remarks: "Sorry, girls: The thrill is gone." He
says that "where the first film’s director, Catherine Hardwicke, plugged
into [author Stephenie] Meyer’s vision of supernatural teenage lust with
abandon, Chris Weitz is stuck with a sequel that’s a morning-after
mope-fest."...
http://www.usmagazine.com
Good And Bad Pharmaceutical Drugs
November 19. 2009
Ibuprofen
Modern medical science has presented the world with quite a few
discoveries. Some good, some bad. Take for instance, the Polio vaccine
did wonders for many.
The modern pharmaceutical industry sometimes exemplifies the
term "trial and error." They often guess and it becomes evident when
they run trials on a drug, it fails, then they change the disease or affliction
they wish to target (Flibanserin). That's called guesswork.
Ibuprofen is a drug that has helped many with pain relief, with
few, if any side effects. It is one of the better pharmaceutical drugs that have
been created, which has been well tolerated by many. However, it is not right
for everyone, as it can act as a blood thinner.
However, there are some horrific pharmaceutical drugs out there,
which create worse side effects than the medical problem they are designed to
address.
Topamax
For example, Topamax, is a terrible pharmaceutical drug. It is
meant to target migraine headaches, but many people have reported serious side
effects such as blurry vision, blindness, severe depression, hair loss, anxiety,
heart palpitations, psychosis, tingling in limbs, trouble finding words when reading,
confusion, aggressiveness, fatigue, feelings of dread, loss of appetite, memory
loss and in the worst cases, a
number of suicides (suicide
is not the answer - seek
treatment for depression).
Topamax
Is it worth all that to stop migraines - NO! Topamax has a
number of lawsuits against it and deservingly so. What it has done to the health
and well being of many is disgraceful.
Gabapentin
Neurontin (Gabapentin) is a drug currently embroiled in a number
of lawsuits for wrongful death, as it put some patients at a high risk for
suicide, resulting in a number of deaths. It also created severe anxiety,
shaking, dry mouth, throat pain, fatigue, stomach pains, confusion, kidney
stones, hallucinations, dizziness,
memory loss
and heart palpitations in many. It is supposed to target
seizures, but is being marketed for other uses such as relief from nerve pain,
which is debatable and the treatment of bipolar disorder.
It was recently discovered, pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer,
tampered with Neurontin studies. There needs to be transparency regarding
Neurontin, as the current lawsuits indicate there is deceptiveness on the
manufacturer's part. Consumers don't deserve that.
Tegretol (Carbamazepine) is another drug that has some issues, in that it is
meant to target items such as seizures, but it lowers the white blood cell
count, which decreases the effectiveness of the immune system. They need to work
on that.
When a person is sick, they need the best care available.
Conflicts of interest can arise, when some doctors are on a pharmaceutical
company's payroll, as has been found in a number of cases.
Some pharmaceutical drug makers mean well, but some are reckless
and looking for a profit at any cost, even if it means putting a product on the
market that test trials revealed is very dangerous.
It's one thing when a drug company does not know what the side
effects and long term effects are, but it is quite another when they do, but
rush the product out anyway, killing people, for a quick buck.
Another issue is drug interactions, as quite a few drugs are not
meant to be taken in tandem with others. A number of celebrities have
overdosed in this manner.
Life and health are so precious.
At the end of the day, everyone deserves proper medical care and the best
pharmaceutical products available. Drug companies, doctors, nurses and
hospitals should bear that in mind when they show up for work, as when you
put yourself ahead of the patient, you will fail. Then it becomes about you
and not making people better.
Pfizer Broke the Law by Promoting Drugs for
Unapproved Uses
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Prosecutor Michael Loucks
remembers clearly when lawyers for Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drug
company, looked across the table and promised it wouldn’t break the law
again.
It was January 2004, and the attorneys were
negotiating in a conference room on the ninth floor of the federal
courthouse in Boston, where Loucks was head of the health-care fraud unit of
the U.S. Attorney’s Office. One of Pfizer’s units had been pushing doctors
to prescribe an epilepsy drug called Neurontin for uses the Food and
Drug Administration had never approved.
In the agreement the lawyers eventually
hammered out, the Pfizer unit, Warner-Lambert, pleaded guilty to two felony
counts of marketing a drug for unapproved uses.
New York-based Pfizer agreed to pay $430
million in criminal fines and civil penalties, and the company’s lawyers
assured Loucks and three other prosecutors that Pfizer and its units would
stop promoting drugs for unauthorized purposes.
http://www.bloomberg.com
Justice eyes marketing at J&J, Forest
November 10, 2009 — 12:23pm ET - It looks
as if yet another U.S. drug-marketing investigation is about to be settled.
As Dow Jones reports, Forest Laboratories has reached a tentative deal with
the feds, which would settle civil allegations that it mismarketed
antidepressants and a thyroid drug. But the deal wouldn't cover the
government's "ongoing investigation into potential criminal law violations."
So Forest isn't exactly out of the woods yet...
Or if you're Johnson & Johnson, you disclose a
laundry list of subpoenas from the feds on both coasts, plus grand jury
summons, related primarily to the marketing of antipsychotic Risperdal, as
well as the seizure drug Topamax and congestive heart failure remedy
Natrecor. As In Vivo recounts today, J&J was mentioned in a press release
about last week's Justice Department deal with Omnicare, and recent SEC
filings detail the many investigations the company is now dealing with.
Whether the probes spawn civil and/or criminal settlements remains to be
seen.
http://www.fiercepharma.com
Bloggers That Take Payment For Posting Stories
November 19. 2009
Recently, the U.S. Government announced it intends to compel
bloggers to disclose payments, gifts or incentives they receive, for blog
posts that contain product placements or undisclosed paid endorsements.
This is a good move, as some bloggers have gotten carried
away, actively deceiving the public into thinking they are being honest and
impartial, especially with their recommendations and compliments, when some
of them are paid by individuals and corporations, to write exactly what they
tell them to, via email. Some even take payment to defame and terrorize
others online.
Considering certain parties in Hollywood essentially bribe
some pop culture bloggers for favorable coverage, does that not defeat the
purpose of having a blog, as it defies the candid, cutting edge and
supposedly spontaneous nature of said internet publishing.
The political blogs often display the views of the writers,
but some of them have written stories because they were written checks.
Audiences deserve to know the truth.
However, what happens when bloggers venture into felonious
criminal territory, posting unlawfully obtained information, such as data
lifted from top secret files, items from illegal wiretaps/bugs, hidden
cameras, medical files or scoops that violate attorney client privilege.
In this edition
Government Challenged On Afghanistan
November 18. 2009
Barack Obama
Bereaved parents have confronted the U.S. government on the wars in
Afghanistan and Iraq,
which have claimed their precious
children's lives. They want answers from the government for themselves and the
nation, regarding
the administration's plans for combat in the region, as they want it stopped. Obama certainly didn't start this mess, but
he can
finish it. Bring the troops back to America and Britain (Prime Minister Gordon
Brown) to their families.
U.S. commanders in Afghanistan
should have known situation, father says
updated 6:43 p.m. ET, Mon., Oct .
19, 2009 - WASHINGTON - Stationed at a remote, undermanned Army outpost in a
dangerous patch of northeastern Afghanistan, Stephan Mace knew trouble was
brewing. His father says U.S. military commanders should have known that the
troops there "were sitting ducks."
Larry Mace's soldier son was buried Monday at Arlington National Cemetery
with full military honors, one of eight U.S. troops killed earlier this
month in Kamdesh in northeast Afghanistan when several hundred militant
fighters armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades stormed
Combat Outpost Keating.
The attack at Kamdesh, along with a similarly costly battle a year earlier
in Wanat, have emerged as powerful symbols of the challenges the Obama
administration faces as the war in Afghanistan enters its ninth year...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com
Mother's final duty to soldier
son: Escort his body home
PURCELLVILLE, Virginia (CNN) -- When the Army flew home the body of Spc.
Stephan Mace from Afghanistan, his mother climbed aboard a small jet with
the flag-draped coffin for the last leg of his trip.
Vanessa Adelson escorted the body
of her son, Stephan Mace, on the final leg of the journey from Afghanistan.
"I brought him into this world,
and he was my baby," she said. "I thought it was my responsibility as a
mother to bring him home."
Mace and seven other soldiers were killed this month in a Taliban attack on
their remote outpost in eastern Afghanistan, making it the deadliest battle
for U.S. troops in Afghanistan since July 2008...
A seven-member firing party launched three volleys, a bugler played "Taps,"
and a bagpiper played "Amazing Grace."...
http://www.cnn.com
The photo was reportedly taken by a woman in a hotel room,
when his son fell asleep. She sent it to the Worldstar Hip Hop site with a
unkind story and they published both items, violating his privacy.
"The Dirty" website could have taken the photo down, as could the
other two dozen websites running it, according to Google Blog
search. However, from a legal standpoint, yes, "The Dirty" can be
sued, but apparently the original source of the malfeasance is Worldstar Hip
Hop.
"The Dirty" may have received an email from the anonymous
woman as well, but the site was
not the first to be sent the item. Worldstar Hip Hop is in possession of the original
email, with the IP address and information that can be obtained via
court order, if the site decides to shield the cowardly, cruel acts
of the anonymous woman.
While we are on the subject of L.A. Reid, I do not agree with
him for letting his son hang around the likes of Jay-Z and other hardcore rappers and lascivious
singers, from a very early age. They are a destructive force
and exposed him to things he did not need to be around.
He is now aspiring to join his dad in the music industry, one of
Hollywood's worst components, that is corrupting people's children everyday.
His mother, Perri Reid, formerly the singer Pebbles, who is now a
minister, was on TBN a couple years ago, speaking about her concern for
him in this regard.
Aaron Reid's first projects are a group called Overdoz (overdose), which I
think is a terrible, suggestive name for a band and his second
project is a show he is referring to as the black "Entourage"
- alluding to
the HBO r-rated show of the same name.
"Entourage" is a bad influence, as it glorifies the
promiscuous sex, drugs and rock
and roll aspect of Hollywood. There is nothing cool
about that show. Experimenting with drugs and being promiscuous will
damage anyone.
Simply put,
Hollywood is not a good place. Do not let anyone deceive you into
thinking otherwise. It turns child stars into dysfunctional drug
addicts with severe emotional problems only God can fix.
If you are a gifted teen, watch out, they will exploit you for your
talents as well.
There is another well-documented incident, regarding when I was a
minor of 15-years-old,
where Sony targeted and exploited me, in conjunction with
another label, as I was a child prodigy. Their behavior in said
incident, which I
will go into shortly, was nothing short of greedy and depraved.
Any kind of industry that can target, exploit and savage kids, is
one of barbarians and savages that you need to protect yourself and
your children from. Hollywood is the destroyer of lives. Avoid them
like the plague. It is full of crazy people, who believe in sick
cults such as
Scientology and
Kabbalah.
They rob innocent people on a weekly basis. They pay thugs to
harass, assault and murder others, who simply disagree with them in
business or pose a financial, competitive threat to them. They hire
PIs such as Anthony Pellicano and Gavin DeBecker, to stalk, threaten
and invade the privacy of innocent people, they target for reasons
known only to them, as they are insane and mad with what they
perceive to be power. Bar none, the worst industry in the world,
constantly contributing negativity to society.
