Non-video thoughts from Bill Whittle.
Medicaid
And its devastating impact on the poor.
Like ObamaCare, this all comes back to the (deliberate) confusion between health care and health insurance.
We have a food-stamp program for those unable to (in theory) afford food. Why not a similar one for health care? Let the market work.
By Any Other Name
OK, so what’s to keep someone, or multiple someones (competition!) from setting up off-shore gambling sites where, based on their age, gender, medical and family history, people can make bets on whether or not their annual medical expenses will exceed some selected amount? Currency controls?
The fact that the federal government would fight this is a stark testament to what a huge encroachment on liberty this monstrosity is.
ObamaCare Penalty Avoidance
So all you have to do is get a utility canceled? That will seem pretty cheap compared to out-year penalties. After all, you can always reinstate with a deposit.
I wonder if that’s a changeable HHS rule, or in the law itself?
No, Veronique
The moon is not Antarctica.
Many of the “rocks have rights” crowd would like it to be, though. One of the problems with the Outer Space Treaty was that it was modeled on the Antarctic Treaty.
[Update a few minutes later]
Oh, Paul, please:
With launch costs of thousands of dollars per pound (and unlikely to come down significantly for the foreseeable future)
They are likely to come down to hundreds, or tens of dollars per pound within a decade, now that we have some actual competition and innovation happening in the industry.
Chris Christie Versus The Tea Party
Who’s better at getting Republicans elected?
Christie would be a disastrous nominee.
John Kerry’s Dream World
Triumphantly riding into the Middle East on a unicorn.
It’s frightening to contemplate how close this guy came to being president.
On the other hand, it would have been a Carteresque single term, and we’d have probably been spared Barack Obama.
Peak Office
Has America hit it? It’s probably the most likely trend to reduce traffic congestion in LA.
So Much For Trending Stories
In a sensible world, Randall Munroe would have just put a lot of “journalists” out of a job.
Obama And Gettysburg
Not all that stunning, really, to close observers. I assume he calculates that he’s already gotten as much political mileage as he needs, or is likely to get, from his faux association with Lincoln.