Beating Obamacare: Hospitals Across Borders

“You are stuck with Obamacare if you need health insurance. If you can pay for treatment, you can get treatment far cheaper with no waiting period. Here’s how. No rationing. No standing in line. I like the hospital ship idea. Get on board, sail 200 miles outside the USA, and you get cheap, efficient care. The envy-driven politicians will scream bloody murder. ‘The rich are getting good care! They can afford it. It’s just not fair!’ This raises some crucial questions. How are they getting good care? ‘By not having to deal with America-licensed doctors.'” Continue reading

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The Incredible Shrinking Computer

“It just might be that manufacturers of these microdevices are sowing the seeds for the next crop of young hackers (who will increasingly come from the developing world, as all of its nascent talents are released). Traditional PCs may soon be regarded like the mainframes of old, and vast networks of tiny, interconnected devices like this could be the next big leap forward. Super-cheap chips, ubiquitous wireless, small form factors, open sourcing, and a large and creative community all are coming together to support the ongoing computer revolution, which never stands still.” Continue reading

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Big Gun, No Bullets

Greg Steussel
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Listening to the interview that took place on the Chad Hasty Show (Monday January 14, 2013) with Texas State Rep. Steve Toth, I was very excited about his 2nd Amendment Protection Bill.  (Listen to the full interview here.)  His bill will mimic Wyoming’s Firearms Protection Act. However, toward the end of the interview, Rep. Toth was asked if this bill would be aimed at just executive orders or all federal legislation affecting the Second Amendment.

CHAD HASTY:  Would this law that you’re filing, would this bill still cover any federal overreach that does pass through the House?  That does pass through Congress?

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81 gold coins found during pub work

“Builders carrying out stabilisation work on an old pub building have unearthed one of the most significant finds of gold coins ever recorded in Ireland. Eighty-one coins, mostly guineas and half guineas dating back to the 17th century, were dug up from clay underneath floorboards in a fire-damaged premises on Main Street, Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary.” Continue reading

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China tells U.S. to slow money printing presses

“A senior Chinese official said on Friday that the United States should cut back on printing money to stimulate its economy if the world is to have confidence in the dollar. Asked whether he was worried about the dollar, the chairman of China’s sovereign wealth fund, the China Investment Corporation, Jin Liqun, told the World Economic Forum in Davos: ‘I am a little bit worried.’ China is the biggest purchaser of U.S. Treasury bonds, using its enormous foreign currency reserves primarily to buy U.S. securities as a long-term investment.” Continue reading

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Japan welfare payments to be slashed ¥74 billion to root out the comfortably poor

“Welfare benefits will be slashed by ¥74 billion over a three-year period starting from fiscal 2013, after a government panel found that some people are making more on the dole than the average low-income person who is not spends on living costs, it was learned Sunday. The decision to lower standard benefit payments by 6.5 percent was made by welfare minister Norihisa Tamura and Finance Minister Taro Aso. The reduction will hit in August.” Continue reading

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