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*A horrible tragedy inspires a billionaire to fund medical advances.

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Back in February, finance billionaire Bill Ackman's family suffered an unspeakable tragedy, when his daughter was found in her home with a brain hemorrhage. His story is both horrific and inspiring. Here it is. At midnight on February 6th, earlier this year, the doorbell to our apartment rang. The doorbell was followed by a pounding …

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The World Cup is gone from Seattle. Now what?

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Now what? Just back to the way things used to be three months ago, and maybe worse. The people in the Chinatown-International District are taking their anger (at the dumping on their already dirty, crime-filled streets of the homeless criminals and addicts from the SODO area to keep them from disturbing the international tourists) to …

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Socialized Medicine and its inevitable result. In Canada, woman offered “Medical Assistance in Dying” in lieu of the surgery she needs.

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One of the major characteristics of a socialized medicine system, where ALL of medical care is paid for by Government (in the US, Obama called it "Single Payer"), there is never enough care or money to go around. If something is "free" (no charge) people will always use more of it, sometimes unnecessarily. In Canada, …

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