Predators Abound:
A new method of predation on the halt and the lame is coming to light. The New York Times reveals that benefit managers, the people big companies hire to help insure that their workers receive appropriate drugs for illnesses at the best prices, are colluding with drug manufacturers to bilk insurance companies and the very people they have been hired to protect.
The Times story leads with an outrageous example of the epilepsy drug H. P. Acthar Gel, which had been selling for $1,600 per vial and is now selling for $23,000.
The situation is like being arrested for a crime only to discover that your court appointed attorney is also the prosecuting attorney. Kafka's world realized.
Are you ready for the church bells to ring in Philadelphia?
A 5.2 level quake struck in southern Illinois yesterday morning that was felt from Chicago to Memphis, from Kansas City to Cincinnati. Fortunately, little damage occurred, and there are no reported injuries. The last quake to hit this zone occurred in 2002, but that was minor. A more serious quake occurred in 1968.
Many experts believe that a truly serious quake in the region is overdue, perhaps like the series of quakes that took place between 1812 and 1814, when the effects were so powerful that the Mississippi River flowed backwards, creating new channels and even lakes. And yes, the church bells rang as for away as Philadelphia and some say Boston. People wrapped themselves in sheets and mounted roof tops, expecting the rapture to occur. Napoleon, it should be remembered was widely advertised as the Antichrist. But then, in some circles, so was the Pope. (See The New York Times' story.)
$50 Million Air Force Contract Goes to Company Close to Air Force Officials:
The Washington Post reports on the letting of a multi-million dollar contract to "a company owned by people close to senior Air Force officials." According to the story, "A Defense Department Inspector General's report disclosed Thursday showed that senior officers pushed the contract to Strategic Message Solutions as part of an effort to improve the Air Force's Thunderbirds air show."
You can cry about pork all you want, but the real money has always been in the military industrial complex. Debt has always been directly tied to military spending.
A new method of predation on the halt and the lame is coming to light. The New York Times reveals that benefit managers, the people big companies hire to help insure that their workers receive appropriate drugs for illnesses at the best prices, are colluding with drug manufacturers to bilk insurance companies and the very people they have been hired to protect.
The Times story leads with an outrageous example of the epilepsy drug H. P. Acthar Gel, which had been selling for $1,600 per vial and is now selling for $23,000.
The situation is like being arrested for a crime only to discover that your court appointed attorney is also the prosecuting attorney. Kafka's world realized.
Are you ready for the church bells to ring in Philadelphia?
A 5.2 level quake struck in southern Illinois yesterday morning that was felt from Chicago to Memphis, from Kansas City to Cincinnati. Fortunately, little damage occurred, and there are no reported injuries. The last quake to hit this zone occurred in 2002, but that was minor. A more serious quake occurred in 1968.
Many experts believe that a truly serious quake in the region is overdue, perhaps like the series of quakes that took place between 1812 and 1814, when the effects were so powerful that the Mississippi River flowed backwards, creating new channels and even lakes. And yes, the church bells rang as for away as Philadelphia and some say Boston. People wrapped themselves in sheets and mounted roof tops, expecting the rapture to occur. Napoleon, it should be remembered was widely advertised as the Antichrist. But then, in some circles, so was the Pope. (See The New York Times' story.)
$50 Million Air Force Contract Goes to Company Close to Air Force Officials:
The Washington Post reports on the letting of a multi-million dollar contract to "a company owned by people close to senior Air Force officials." According to the story, "A Defense Department Inspector General's report disclosed Thursday showed that senior officers pushed the contract to Strategic Message Solutions as part of an effort to improve the Air Force's Thunderbirds air show."
You can cry about pork all you want, but the real money has always been in the military industrial complex. Debt has always been directly tied to military spending.
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