About: Centerist Cynic

Sometimes I wonder if Second Amendment or gun advocates object to any laws related to guns just because they can. Since the 1990′s a technology has existed called microstamping. Microstamping stamps a microscopic number on a bullet casing as it is fired from a semi-automatic weapon. This technology would supplement or replace ballistic analysis techniques Continue Reading

Steve Rattner showed this chart this morning on Morning Joe. It is very telling about Obama’s jobs record. Is the private sector doing fine? Yes, except if you are in the construction or finance industries. The drag on jobs comes from the decline in government, construction and finance jobs. If these sectors were just at Continue Reading

Nothing political here just some interesting links between sleep(or the lack of it) and ADHD. As a Mom, I know my kids get in more trouble, can’t concentrate and in general act crazy when they’re tired. Now doctors are figuring that out too. They’re finding that kids that have their sleep disrupted or simply don’t Continue Reading

The third day was devoted to discussing if the rest of Obamacare should be struck down if the requirement to buy insurance is struck down. The alternatives include leaving the rest of the law intact or having the justices strike down additional parts of the law that are related to the mandate. In the end Continue Reading

By most accounts, day 2 did not go well for the President’s health care bill. We will have to wait until June for the decision. SCOTUS BLOG has a nice compilation of high lights of yesterday’s hearings: http://www.scotusblog.com/2012/03/highlights-from-tuesdays-argument-about-the-individual-mandate/ Up to day – Severability