The only gift is a portion of thyself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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It turns out that Plano High students with at least a 3.6 GPA will be able to wear an honor stole (just not an NHS one).NHS students unhappy— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 3, 2016
Many NHS chapters have a community service requirement. (Not my own HS back then.) So many Plano students feel they've earned the honor.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 3, 2016
I had to wear something I didn't want at graduation. My south Texas high school adopted the University of Texas sports name (Longhorns).— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 3, 2016
We also adopted the UT colors of burnt orange and white. So my fellow seniors decided, over my vocal opposition, to wear orange gowns.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 3, 2016
We ended up buying the orange gowns because it cost only a couple of bucks over the rental price. But I had to give a speech in that gown.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 3, 2016
It's #NationalDonutDay. I remember donuts before Low Carbs.Glazed donuts after Sunday Mass at UH.Krispy Kremes in San Jose. Fav: cream-fill.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 3, 2016
One of my favorite early Dad moments was his taking me to a diner where I had a powdered donut and a glass of milk. #NationalDonutDay— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 3, 2016
Good news: Oberlin students complain of too much Karl Marx. Bad news: it's because the 19th century socialist wasn't racially conscious.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 3, 2016
The prof in me notes:Hopkins students are protesting a return to 1st-semester grades count.;Oberlin students want elimination of low grades— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 3, 2016
Britain's NHS denies PrEP access. PrEP is a proactive drug cocktail which can reduce the spread of HIV. Providers impacted by PrEP might sue— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 3, 2016
The PrEP controversy illustrates how the State regulatory regime acts corruptly against consumer interests and marketplace innovation.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 3, 2016
@ScottInSC No, I've been tweeting the same thing for months. I'm a pro-liberty conservative, and there's nothing pro-liberty in Trump.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 3, 2016
@ScottInSC First of all, don't be a hypocritical bastard. Trumpkin cultists have been assaulting others his whole candidacy.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 3, 2016
@ScottInSC One of the earliest examples was after Trump's racist anti-Mexican rants. Trumpkins beat up and pissed on a Latino homeless man.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 3, 2016
@ScottInSC Because you're just like the schoolboy bully Trump, and it's time people stood up to your type. As for violence, pro-liberty: NAP— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 3, 2016
A good Gray Lady piece trended early this morning: "Legal experts fear". I've tweeted hundreds of times on Trump's authoritarianism.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 3, 2016
I've tweeted on scholars mentioned in the piece, and Volokh Conspiracy is on my political blogroll. But just to give illustrative examples:— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 3, 2016
Trump routinely blurs the line between the federal and state governments, e.g., libel law, police, healthcare. He threatens companies.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 3, 2016
Trump talks initiating tariff hikes, despite trade laws on the book. Earlier in the campaign, he wanted to target the families of terrorists— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 3, 2016
Trump has singled out Muslims in unconstitutional immigration policy. He has implicitly threatened a federal judge on the Trump Univ. scam.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 3, 2016
Trump and his cultist goons have even threatened Speaker Ryan because he didn't immediately kiss Trump's ring.They still want to primary him— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 3, 2016
So you have this guy Trump running for POTUS who routinely trashes the media and has no respect for the separation of powers:SCOTUS,Congress— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 3, 2016
Trump is fond of saying the Hispanics love him, he loves the Hispanics. 3 Latino groups have sent him invitations ot speak, no response.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 3, 2016
The food police at the FDA are at it again. Remember the low fat craze? Now it's the low salt craze. Too little salt causes health issues.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 3, 2016
Trump cultists flame me constantly.The latest one called me 'fatso';how original. I can lose weight faster than a Trump cultist grows brains— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 3, 2016
#CookACeleb Jerry Fried Rice— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 4, 2016
#CookACeleb Bing Cherry Crosby— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 4, 2016
#CookACeleb Frank And Beans Sinatra— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 4, 2016
#CookACeleb Jack Mackerel Nicholson— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 4, 2016
#CookACeleb Bob Dole Bananas— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 4, 2016
#CookACeleb George Bush's beans— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 4, 2016
#CookACeleb L PB & J— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 4, 2016
#CookACeleb Dolley Madison cakes— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 4, 2016
#CookACeleb John Steel-Cut Oats— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 4, 2016
#CookACeleb Fig Newton Gingrich— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 4, 2016
#CookACeleb Pope Eggs Benedict— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 4, 2016
#CookACeleb Steph Chicken Curry— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 4, 2016
LP Success in 2016?#RIPMuhammadAli Not just an impressive sportsman and master promoter, Muhammad Ali was also a principled conscientious objector to the draft— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) June 4, 2016
The RCP polls I've seen to date show the LP getting 5-8 pts against Clinton and Trump and the Green Party getting about half that. Not impressive considering I had seen a few polls with LP nominee Johnson getting 10 pts. before the convention and I would normally expect a convention bounce. I would have to review poll specifics relative to the convention, but it doesn't look like Johnson is going to have a Ross Perot-like impact on the race. Johnson himself is a divisive figure in the LP--it took 2 ballots in a weak field; I still have issues with the Nazi cake stand.
Friedman v Bernie Sanders
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(LFC). The NHS (the UK's nationalized healthcare service) has announced that it will deny people access to a drug that can prevent HIV from spreading.
Why would they do this?
Because the drug might displace entrenched interests that offer a competing service through the NHS.
Or as Reason so ably puts it:
"Yes, that's right: These people cannot get these drugs through NHS because it could disrupt some other entrenched treatment provider who would sue.....This is the actual example that enemies of "big pharma" always point to: the idea that some powerful company would intervene to block treatment because it has a financial stake in the matter. But it's happening because the government controls healthcare."
When government gets to decide for you what kind of health care you get, it's going to decide in its own best interest....not in yours. (JA)
http://reason.com/blog/2016/05/31/nhs-again-denies-access-to-hiv-preventio
I'm totally against the NHS - (I work in it as a contractor) but I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with big pharma or even big government or indirectly - I believe it's because they literally cannot afford it. The NHS is as close to bankrupt as makes no difference - that their modus operandii is to put out fires not prevent them.
But why then offer a protectionist response?
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Musical Interlude: My Favorite Vocalists
Whitney Houston, "So Emotional". Her sixth straight #1.
