Red Wing Daily: March 30, 2024
"the more you know ..."
State
Allegations of Medicaid fraud have suspended payments for Little Rock’s Dr. Alonzo Williams’ Arkansas Diagnostic Center and the Gastroenterology and Surgery Center. A former member of the Arkansas State Medical Board, Williams is also Chief Medical Officer for a “medical cannabis consulting, investing and advisory business” focused on “helping businesses grow, investors find opportunities, and healthcare professionals understand the therapeutic
power of medical cannabis.” He is also a 16% owner of Natural State Medicinals, a cannabis dispensary in White Hall.You probably know that banks and credit card companies are targeting conservative individuals and organizations, removing their ability to conduct business by “de-banking” them (arbitrarily deleting bank accounts and credit card processing). In July 2021, Family Council (headquartered here in Arkansas) got the below notice from their credit card processor — a company owned by JPMorgan Chase. Their account was immediately terminated, cutting off their ability to accept online donations.
Unfortunately, we can no longer support your business. We wish you all the luck in the future, and hope that you find a processor that better fits your payment processing needs.
On March 7 Alliance Defending Freedom told the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government that story and others from around the country. Read the testimony here.
National
“The effort to finish off the gas-powered car is well-underway in eight states … Under one ‘low cost’ model EPA outlined … automakers must ensure 56% of light-duty car sales are battery electric and another 13% are hybrid by 2032.” (photo below: The Daily Mail)
If somehow you were thinking Robert F. Kennedy was some sort of a political moderate, his choice of VP running mate should be a wake-up call. Political novice Nicole Shanahan is a wealthy California attorney deeply embedded with the California tech industry who runs the Bia-Echo Foundation, a charitable organization that says it focuses its investments in "Reproductive Longevity & Equality, Criminal Justice Reform and a Healthy and Livable Planet." She obviously will give the independent’s campaign a much-needed financial lift as Kennedy-Shanahan pursue the goal of getting on every state’s November ballot.
Remember Nick Sandmann, the (former) Covington Catholic High School student who only smiled as a protestor beat a drum in his face in 2019 after a pro-life march in Washington? He sued for defamation and got a settlement from NBC, CNN, and the Post. His defamation case against ABC, The New York Times, Gannett, CBS, and Rolling Stone was dismissed in 2022, and the Supreme Court last week has rejected the case.
J6 protestor Victoria White has filed a $2 million civil rights suit against the Metro Police Department (MPD), saying police used “excessive force” when they struck her with steel riot batons and fists at least 39 times in a little over four minutes in the Lower West Terrace tunnel at the U.S. Capitol that day. The suit cites MPD policy for non-violent “passive resistors” calls for “low-level physical tactics to gain control and cooperation;” White was unarmed and attempted to cooperate with MPD. (screenshot below by The Epoch Times from MPD video footage)
Election confidence issues in Illinois: Over 10,000 mail-in ballots were “accidentally left out” of the unofficial tally for Chicago’s primary election. A Board of Elections spokesperson said he’d forgotten to add the 10,659 ballots delivered by USPS the day before the Tuesday primary. Also, counting for the Democratic Cook County State’s Attorney race continued for a while. On Wednesday after election day at least 2,838 more votes added from mail-in ballots from assisted living facilities and ballots put aside for additional review. Chicago’s primary turnout was estimated at 24.4%.
Why green energy is “not ready for prime time” — a hail storm in Damon, Texas, on March 22 hit the 3,300-acre Fighting Jays Solar project that powers 70,000 homes in summer heat, seriously damaging the solar panels there.
But don’t worry, “insurance policies are in place to cover” such events. In 2019, a Pecos County project lost more than 400,000 panels for an insurance loss that exceeded $75 million. Not only do premiums rise when insurance payouts go up (or insurance companies go out of business), older damaged solar panels can leak dangerous materials (cadmium, lead, polyvinyl fluoride) into the ground.
Big Pharma at work: “Novo Nordisk’s $1,000 diabetes drug Ozempic can be made for less than $5 a month, study suggests” — Researchers found a month’s supply could be made for about 89 cents to $4.73, including profit...
Tech
“World Back-Up Day” is Sunday, March 31st: an entire day devoted to saving important files. Studies show 75% of data losses were caused by human error. Make a website backup today to protect your hard work and your data.
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