https://prospect.org/article/insulin-racket
Patent ownership does nothing to encourage innovation. Most of the innovations are based on prior research, and most are done in publicly funded labs that would do the research regardless of the profit motive. Allow full competition to work or you end up with a corrupt version of capitalism.
Both are basically healthy and doing well. I am holding them 3-8 hours a day (6 yesterday and 6 today). Laurel is here probably 8-10 hours a day. We love our babies!
Kate is doing better overall than Griffin. Griffin is having his worst day today. He did well while I held him during his feed with a couple of minor short spells.… read more “Griffin and Kate Update”
My nipples are a disappointment.
TLDR;
The difference between my experiences at Long Beach Memorial Hospital and St. Mary’s Long Beach Dignity Health Hospital has been night and day.
I injured my knee and went into the ER at St.… read more “Long Beach Memorial Hospital VERSUS St. Mary’s Long Beach Hospital”
The future will be ruled by a totalitarian state. Dictators will have access to weapons that make them omnipotent with a very small group over all other citizens. They will have spy tools making them omniscient as well. You can already see this in the rapid growth of dictatorships worldwide.
Without the blood of patriots and tyrants, freedom always dies. Most of human history is a story of enslavement.
http://www.columbia.edu/~col8/lobsterarticle.pdf
Plato’s comments:
Laurel and I are proud to announce the birth of our twins, Kate and Griffin.
They were born last week prematurely, but are healthy as is their mom. Kate is 3 pounds 7 ounces and Griffin is 4 pounds 3 ounces.
They were on CPAP machines for a short while but now are breathing on their own.… read more “Griffin and Kate”