Tag: government
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No one wants to be a cop anymore… why would they?
Part of the problem is the militarization of the police force. This has been happening for decades. I’ve often thought military style training and equipment makes the people look like the enemy in the eyes of cops. When police show up to a domestic disturbance in tactical gear and armored vehicles it’s hard to trust…
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NOTAMs are now more inclusive!
The FAA had to ground all domestic flights this morning because of an outage in the NOTAM system. While a big deal, every system, especially old ones like NOTAM, should be expected to go down every once in a Blue Moon. What’s news to me is their was a change to the acronym. NOTAM used…
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The Medical Research Industrial Complex is Anti-Science
An article in The Free Press today, discussing the search for a cure for Alzheimer’s Disease, highlights how the Medical Research Industrial Complex over decades has stifled research on new therapeutics for the disease. When you come across articles like this you have to realize the same issues persist in any scientific research field. That…
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Two governors and two states moving in opposite directions
The midterm elections of 2022 proved I was right to get the hell out of Illinois. Georgia re-elected Brian Kemp and Illinois re-elected JB Pritzker. Not only did the citizens of Illinois re-elect Pritzker they also voted in favor of changing the Illinois Constitution to codify special rights to labor unions. The State of Illinois…
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Shortage of everything except bad government policies
You’ve most likely heard we have a shortage of baby formula, nurses, teachers, and such. But did you know there is a shortage of accountants, Amoxicillin, diesel fuel, natural gas, jet fuel, Adderall, veterinarians, Thanksgiving turkeys, and bus drivers? Go to Google News, search “shortage”, and scroll through the ugly truth. Who would’ve thought shutting…
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Why is a local crime being treated as a federal crime?
DePape allegedly broke into Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi’s house. He allegedly assaulted Paul Pelosi, Nancy’s husband. How did this get elevated to attempted kidnapping? He could not attempt to kidnap Nancy Pelosi because she wasn’t home. If DePape is as nutty as he’s been portrayed and if he was advised of…