Deeming Regulations have been released!!!!

[ScottP]

Finally may we get to the heart of the matter…

"Critics call executive agencies the “fourth branch” of the U.S. government. They say officials in this so-called administrative state are unaccountable to voters and allow unelected bureaucrats to usurp the functions of governmental branches. Congress, they say, is supposed to make the laws of the land, but lawmakers have steadily ceded that body’s constitutionally prescribed powers to the administrative state, to the overall detriment of society.…

If this happens, it could help work a smaller-government revolution that tears away at the legal underpinnings of the modern administrative state."

Supreme Court Hears Case About Medical Benefits That Could Shake Administrative State

Good luck all.

We can hope. I have been telling that to people for years. Our regulatory agencies create exponentially more "laws" than Congress does and they do it without any representation from the people and without any of them being signed by the President. IMHO all regulatory agencies are unconstitutional.

 

[Bronze]

We can hope. I have been telling that to people for years. Our regulatory agencies create exponentially more "laws" than Congress does and they do it without any representation from the people and without any of them being signed by the President. IMHO all regulatory agencies are unconstitutional.

Agree!! And while the current agencies have been eliminating regulations at an unprecedented pace let’s stay on a roll and put the clamps on them so this trend does not reverse because we all know at some point it will.

 

[mikepetro]

Survey of Adults' Perceptions of E-Cig Safety Yields Surprise

 

[Rossum]

Survey of Adults' Perceptions of E-Cig Safety Yields Surprise

If you repeat a lie often enough....

 

[DaveP]

The need they're filling is selling to kids. I don't know if they set out to do that or not but that's what's happened. You've got high schoolers who don't even know the words vape or vaping talking about getting themselves a juul. At my son's high school he tells me there's about a dozen kids with them. Not one other vape product, all Juuls. The Juul has become the new smoking. While that may be a healthier scenario for the kids, it's really bad for us.

Apparently, it's easy for an underage kid to buy a JUUL, but not as easy to buy a real mod and the juice for it. Looks like the vape shop owners and FDA controls are performing as designed. Not so with convenience stores, though.

Or, maybe the JUUL is the next cool thing because it's easy to hide and you don't have to shell out $100+ for a mod, tank, juice, and a box of coils to get started. Juul can be had for as low as $35.99 with 4 pods and a charging dock.

 

[stols001]

I'm bombproof and can't be shocked at this point.

The old Chinese Curse, "May you live in interesting times," comes to mind.

And... They're communists, which also comes to mind when I encounter propaganda on a multiple time per day moment. It's THE WORST. That is all I have to say.

Nope there is more.

I'm starting to think we need a really good war to get things straightened out. I mean, no war is "really good" but like some sort of viable HUGE enemy that we can come together and fight against. A Hitler type wanting to take over the globe. I really hate that I'm saying this, but I kind of hate communism more. I'd send my kiddo off to war if it meant like, the One World Communist Government that certain folks have been gunning for FOREVER does not appear.

I have lived in Socialist nations and they don't work as well as advertised, and I have seen Communism in action and it looks Totally Horrible to Me in All Ways.

Anna

 

[Bronze]

I'm bombproof and can't be shocked at this point.

The old Chinese Curse, "May you live in interesting times," comes to mind.

And... They're communists, which also comes to mind when I encounter propaganda on a multiple time per day moment. It's THE WORST. That is all I have to say.

Nope there is more.

I'm starting to think we need a really good war to get things straightened out. I mean, no war is "really good" but like some sort of viable HUGE enemy that we can come together and fight against. A Hitler type wanting to take over the globe. I really hate that I'm saying this, but I kind of hate communism more. I'd send my kiddo off to war if it meant like, the One World Communist Government that certain folks have been gunning for FOREVER does not appear.

I have lived in Socialist nations and they don't work as well as advertised, and I have seen Communism in action and it looks Totally Horrible to Me in All Ways.

Anna

We're ready for a civil war here. Don't need any Hitlers.

 

[CMD-Ky]

We're ready for a civil war here. Don't need any Hitlers.

No matter how reprehensible the actions of some, each will always have those who defend them, understand them, encourage them and enable them, to the utter dismay of ole CMD.

 

[CMD-Ky]

I have lived in Socialist nations and they don't work as well as advertised, and I have seen Communism in action and it looks Totally Horrible to Me in All Ways.

But Anna, everything is paid for by the tax payers, what could go wrong?

 

[stols001]

Yeah I civil war would be okay too.. I say we band with Mexico to get that done.

And I say that because despite the really bad rap Mexico seems to be getting, most of the ones I meet up here near the border when/as they cross are a) healthier (OMG SO MUCH healthier) b) really kind of smart c) work hard d) holy goodness SO RESOURCEFUL. I really want to gather me some Mexicans if the civil war starts. Got a few in mind already....

Then it could be a kind of civil plus enlisting another country in a way war... I don't think the Mexicans "enlisted" in Safe Harbor Cities (Tucson was one, I know) are going to be as effective as the ones who are like, "I just want to work hard."

Anna

 

[Baditude]

Survey of Adults' Perceptions of E-Cig Safety Yields Surprise

Not a big surprise to me. I routinely post what I consider positive news on my Face Book account the latest studies or news stories of the health benefits of vaping. One lifelong friend of mine always posts negatively against whatever I post about the subject. He's a recovering addict and has successfully quit smoking along with all of the other stuff. He says I need to just quit everything like he did.

Since smoking has become increasingly uncommon in todays world, and former smokers tend to judge vapers as being "cheaters" or whatever, I think those who don't smoke or vape are looked upon as second class citizens. Add all the anti-vaping propaganda created by Big Tobacco, Big Pharma and Big Government, and all the fake news tends to sway public opinion against vaping.

These people don't understand the concept of "harm reduction".

 

[CMD-Ky]

I'm bombproof and can't be shocked at this point.

The old Chinese Curse, "May you live in interesting times," comes to mind.

And... They're communists, which also comes to mind when I encounter propaganda on a multiple time per day moment. It's THE WORST. That is all I have to say.

Nope there is more.

I'm starting to think we need a really good war to get things straightened out. I mean, no war is "really good" but like some sort of viable HUGE enemy that we can come together and fight against. A Hitler type wanting to take over the globe. I really hate that I'm saying this, but I kind of hate communism more. I'd send my kiddo off to war if it meant like, the One World Communist Government that certain folks have been gunning for FOREVER does not appear.

I have lived in Socialist nations and they don't work as well as advertised, and I have seen Communism in action and it looks Totally Horrible to Me in All Ways.

Anna

I fear that we no longer have the stomach for war, within days of declaration (should congress have enough stomach to actually declare war) someone of our ruling class would stand up, give a speech about how the war can't be won, accuse the other party of treason or some such and say that we had no business entering such a travesty. Then they will wonder aloud what we did wrong to irritate the opposing armies.

 

[Rossum]

Since this isn't the Outside, I'll bite my tongue, except to say: War is horrible and should be avoided if at all possible.

 

[ScottP]

if it meant like, the One World Communist Government that certain folks have been gunning for FOREVER does not appear.

Except that it will not be stopped. It will happen. The only question is when and can I please be dead before it does.

 

[stols001]

Yeah, it's inevitable.

I am firmly convinced that there is life all over the dang universe (or was) but they all die out once a certain amount of "society" is reached.

We are close.... Ugh. My lab work it is too good and now my doc has me taking vitamin D (apparently per her 80% of North America is, I have all this ENERGY dude.

Oh well. I always WANTED to go out on a horse, waving a sword, and like, if it is meant to be I am sure my Creator will make that happen.

Like 48 acres is a LOT of room for horse... I have however decided it is also a ton of work. I could probably afford to rent lots of horses, that is a thing.

Only the types who would rent a horse... Not really one you wanna ride.

I have learned my lesson though if I get A Horse I am gonna take my sweet time about it and get the perfect one, not some broke down racehorse because I feel sorry for it (you should have seen it once it gained 300 lbs, a lot less um, well behaved as it were) and etc.

I am going to buy an Expensive Well Trained Horse and ride it where the sword tells me to go. I think I have time for that.

Anna

 

[leftyandsparky]

Yeah, it's inevitable.

I am firmly convinced that there is life all over the dang universe (or was) but they all die out once a certain amount of "society" is reached.

We are close.... Ugh. My lab work it is too good and now my doc has me taking vitamin D (apparently per her 80% of North America is, I have all this ENERGY dude.

Oh well. I always WANTED to go out on a horse, waving a sword, and like, if it is meant to be I am sure my Creator will make that happen.

Like 48 acres is a LOT of room for horse... I have however decided it is also a ton of work. I could probably afford to rent lots of horses, that is a thing.

Only the types who would rent a horse... Not really one you wanna ride.

I have learned my lesson though if I get A Horse I am gonna take my sweet time about it and get the perfect one, not some broke down racehorse because I feel sorry for it (you should have seen it once it gained 300 lbs, a lot less um, well behaved as it were) and etc.

I am going to buy an Expensive Well Trained Horse and ride it where the sword tells me to go. I think I have time for that.

Anna

I think I need some vitamin D!

 

[Katya]

I always WANTED to go out on a horse, waving a sword,

 

[MacTechVpr]

Too many windmills, too little time.

Good luck.

 

[zoiDman]

Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on new efforts to advance treatment strategies for helping youth addicted to nicotine as a result of the epidemic rise in teen use of e-cigarettes

 

[MacTechVpr]

I've got a Juul. I had high hopes for it. (And I've been vaping for I'm not sure how many years now.) Thought it would be a nice light weight mod to carry around in my pocket. Well it was, but I really did not like the juices.
That said, I did not think they were evil, before the investment in them by big tobacco, nor after that.
Not to my taste. But, if they help smokers, that's a good thing, regardless of who their financial partners are.

Nothing is more addictive or inescapable than the collusion of government and industry.

Good luck.