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Who in the world pays ANY attention to something Novak says when he's commenting on Democrats?

"Yes, folks, he really did say he didn't care what a bunch of rednecks think"

If the approximatly 5% unemployment rate is applied to a workforce of perhaps 200 million people, then there may be 7-10 million citizens meeting the unemployment criteria of actively seeking work. Not all are construction or landscape workers, or experienced apple, lettuce, or orange pickers, or domestics for the entertainment industry. But if paid a living wage, I suspect they would determine it was worth their while to migrate to Nevada or elsewhere where they would begin or learn new work capabilities. If Nevada's industries recruited and encouraged such folks, they might make a few millions less than by employing illegals willing to work for dirt cheap wages, but these industries needs for workers would be satisfied. And the fruits of their labors would then be plowed back into the economy for the benefit of citizens rather than those from elsewhere who are not here legitimately.

It is not surprising that a broad cross section of medical providers and consumers still oppose the terms of the merger. The only monopoly situation the Fed/State approval addressed was that involving Medicare HMO programs (UnitedHealth must divest Secure Horizons to Humana, thus maintaing two choices for seniors who can only afford an HMO...Senior Dimensions and Secure Horizons.) The requirement that United make broad charitable contributions does nothing to address non-Medicare HMO considerations.

I don't know why anyone is surprised that the docs in question would take the Fifth. That happens all the time in criminal cases. It is up to the prosecution to build a case based on other than their testimony if necessary. Or, some can be offered immunity to testify against others. By the same token, the nurses involved may be more likely to succumb to prosecution pressure to testify as to what they were told to do. Lots of prosecution avenues, I would think.
Civil cases? Not so sure.

John Robinson may deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. I imagine he will. But that is no reason to slander John Cooper. He had a credible record at AZ State and also at Ohio State, a big time school (and the legitimate "Scarlet & Gray" by the way). He was an excellent recruiter and his teams won most of their games in their conferences. His inability to beat Michigan was his downfall, but he brought Ohio State back to prominence after the departure of Woody Hayes and the so so reign of Earle Bruce.
He belongs in the Hall as does John R. Ultimately, who cares who went first?

Lack of cooperation among government entities in this monstrous debacle is the last thing that is needed. There might be some justification for protecting the identity a complaintant who had a reasonable expectation of confidentiality. But here it appears the initial refusal was broad brush about any such allegation. The entities which do not have police powers would be well advised to trust those who do, and to rely on the discretion of the DA and others about reasonable protections. If this kind of cooperation does not occur, this mess is going to expand exponentially.

Wow. Coincidental corporate restructuring? Who believes that? They are responding to the slowdown just like everyone else.

It is ludicrous to argue that enforcement of laws in this area is limited to the Federal government. Increasingly, states and localities have enacted provisions to deal with areas where failure to deal with issues encompassed within the umbrella of "illegal immigration" for political reasons has left a void. It is not surprising that vested interests have launched a rainbow of legal objections to prevent enforcement of such provisions, once they are enacted by legitimate state and local entities. There are a huge number of peripheral issues involved that clearly involve violation of existing state and local laws, let alone new ones. Forgery, fradulent representation, perjury, just to name a few. Unfortunately it seems our AG has opted for the easy way out to avoid dealing with a burgeoning but controversial issue in our state.

One of the fallacies of the caucus system exists where one candidate can garner a majority of the popular vote and yet end up with fewer of the delegates to the party convention. In Texas, this is exacerbated by a weird system where people can vote traditionally earlier in the day and then go to a caucus and vote again. In the final analysis who won depends on how you view it. If Sen. Clinton got the majority of the traditional vote, then from the perspective of the Electoral College in November, she has won the primary because in November there is no proportionality in the College, it is winner take all. And a party needs candidates who can garner the majority of votes in November.