News agencies suck. Graphs moving sideways shouldn't make the news at all. There's a strong chance of it going up of course, but it shouldn't be their job to manufacture panic.

Isn't it sad that literate people have been trying to get this into the illiterate's heads for 2000 years? Same argument, different millennium.

You're the only friend I've ever had Tina :-) I love you.

Insulin was patented 100 years ago. Patents expire after 25 years. If private industry outright refuse to manufacture generic drugs at a reasonable cost, then the state of California should.

Public needs are going completely unmet. This child will likely die without help.

I just want to stop the nightmares in one place or the other.

It was about slavery yes, but at that time there was also some debate about whether all police would be federal, or state based. Without the second amendment we wouldn't have local cops. Cops are the "well regulated Militias".

"Always at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless.