Conservatives so full of hate there trying to kill each other now

This story on Rush Limbaugh is really crazy.
Once in awhile I will listen to parts of his broadcasts just to try to keep my news balance.  I never finish because he is so disgusting but at least I try to listen to the Right Wing Extremists side of things.
In this broadcast reviewed by The Young Turks we see Rush Limbaugh claim media coverage of hurricanes is a conspiracy by small business retailers and the so called Deep State. He actually encourages his listeners to ignore the news and not take shelter or stock up on emergency supplies.

Meanwhile Sheriff Grady Judd will be using emergency shelters to arrest people with outstanding warrants. Think about that a minute.
Having the police check everyones paperwork in the middle of a Cat 5 Hurricane will...

• Slow down access to safety for his local citizens.
• Put his officers at risk hauling people off to jail during the storm.
• Possibly scare some people away from safety who fear they may have a warrant.

If these people are really dangerous why not serve the warrants under normal circumstances?

This is just an easy way for him to look tough but his stupidity and reckless disregard for human life (Including public safety officials) is what really comes through here.

The Insurance Mandate is back and more severe than ever

So The Hill reported that the Senate added a clause to the Health Care bill today.
If you have a lapse in coverage for more than 63 days your not eligible for coverage at all for 6 months.
The House version charged you 30% more on your premium.
These are to replace the tax penalty the AHCA had that was cited as the 'Coverage Mandate' that Republicans said was bad ad they wanted to repeal.

Now no one likes the mandate but to be fair to insurance companies without a requirement young and healthy people, especially men are less likely to get insurance.  That would mean insurance companies have more sick people and fewer healthy people they an bill and so profits would go down.  In fact it might very well be unsustainable at all.

However the 63 day requirement shows just how out of touch the GOP really is.
Most employee health insurance does not kick in till 90 days, plus there is the time your looking for a job.  So if you lose a job or even quit one to take another (say a promotion with a new company) this means you will likely have no insurance for at least 6 months.

How is this better for Americans?"
My suggestion is to combine both of those so people have the option of a 30% hike in premiums or wait 6 months.  The republican party said this was to give us more choice right?

Frankly Medicare for all or Single Payer looks better and better the more the GOP talks,

Related Medical Cost stories.

• How Prices can change dramatically based on where you live
• Texas/Arkansas border cost differences  Ok, I know most GOP supporters will dismiss this one because shes a black woman but the concept is still valid and applies to everyone.
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How are we doing on Family values?

Interesting and I think accurate article on the DNC.
Meantime Doing some research and it is nice ot see Teen pregnancy rates have declined under democratic leadership, though we still have a long ways to go.
Here are some stats on that.

Teenage Pregancy

• HHS.GOV Teen Pregancy
• Guttmacher Inistitute says the 2016 levels were the lowest in 4 decades!
• The national Campaign
• State by State list. How does your state rate? Oklahoma was 69/1000 tied with LA and ranked 6th worst state so we have improved a little over the years but still not a record ot be proud of.
• CDC Map
• Slate article

Domestic Violence

• Voices for Children
• Some sobering statistics
• Some Oklahoma statistics and the full state list to see your own
• Top 11 states by the last census (Oklahoma used to be on this list but evolved past it.  Yay us!)