Sandman is going to be a very rich young man

Note: It's another chemo week so hopefully I'll see you back here Friday. We'll see. 

After being slammed with a 250 million dollar law suit, the Caligula, D.C. Compost is back peddling on its Nick Sandman reportage. Last week the Compost issued a half-hearted non-apology apology for its BS coverage of the Sandman story.

Sandman is having none of it.  As a result, the Caligula, D.C. Compost may soon become the Covington Post.  The trial is going to be magnificent.  Can Sandman subpoena Big Chief Liar Face (no not that one) Nate Phillips?  It would be worth a $50 pay per view to see that piece of human debris laid to waste on the witness stand by Sandman's lawyer. I wonder what the over under on the number of lies that POS would have to admit under withering questioning by a good lawyer (supposing there is such a thing) while under oath would be. 

I don’t think that the Compost is going to want to defend its clearly false reporting when confronted with an hour of tape proving their reporters are full of crapola.  The tape will be the most dissected piece of tape since the Zapruder film.  It’ll be interesting to watch frame by frame of the tape trying to being explained away by Compost reporters and editors.  “Mr. Reporter this is frame 10,027.  Do we still see Mr. Phillips advancing on Mr. Sandman as in the previous 10,026 frames?”  “Uh, yes we do.”  “Okay, Mr. Reporter this frame 10,028.  Do we still see Mr. Phillips advancing on Mr. Sandman?”  and it goes on for another 20,000 frames.

Combine the damning video with the despicable azzbag Philips and my guess is that the Compost will make a very generous offer to Mr. Sandman to avoid a trial where they be shown to be total azzbag Dope water carriers.  Make them bleed Nick.           

Today’s JG rant
Re Stephanie Terry’s letter “Tax hike would aid anti-smoking effort” of Mar 3, 2019

If everything in Ms. Terry’s letter is true we ought to be talking about banning cigarettes not taxing them.  Smoking causes (contributes is probably a more accurate word) nearly 500,000 deaths a year.  That’s nuts.  Ban it.

Then we can work on banning alcohol.  Alchohol contributes to deaths of over 88,000 Americans every year.   

Then we can work on banning cars.  Cars contribute to the deaths of over 40,000 Americans every year.

Then we can work on banning ice skating.  Ice skating contributes to the deaths of hundreds of Americans every year.

There are literally 10,000 ways to die.  Instead of taxing them to cover the cost of individual life choices we ought to rely on the life and health care markets to set premiums to cover the costs of those questionable choices.

What’s dangerous is for the government to tax what the government considers to be bad choices or worse for  government funded “universal healthcare” to pay the consequences of those life choices.  That will allow government to tell you no smoking, no red meat, no cars that can accelerate to over 55 mph, no guns, no anything the government deems is bad for you. That sounds a bit like freedom sucking socialism to me.

I say smoke ‘em if you got ‘em, but pay for your own damn healthcare. 

Tax hike would aid anti-smoking effort

Historically, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. has lobbied for continued research and increased spending to address health disparities in minority communities and support for health and wellness programs for the African-American community. The sorority also supports the Raise It For Health Campaign and encourages the General Assembly to increase the cigarette tax.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, African-Americans usually smoke fewer cigarettes and start smoking at an older age, but they are more likely to die from smoking-related diseases than whites. African- Americans also attempt to quit more than other populations, but are less likely to be successful. This is possibly due to lower utilization of cessation programs and effective prevention messages. 

Smoking costs the state more than $7.6 billion a year in health care expenses, productivity losses and premature death. Tobacco prevention and cessation experts agree that raising the cost of cigarettes will significantly reduce smoking and generate the needed revenue to implement intervention programs to address drug addiction and infant mortality.

Research also demonstrates that community support and involvement are necessary to implement effective tobacco prevention and cessation. This is an opportunity to bring back interventions such as Not In Mama's House, a culturally tailored program to educate on the deadly consequences of secondhand smoke. The increase in funds would help position Indiana as a leader of innovative public health policy.

The Indiana chapters support closing the health disparity gap as well as improving health outcomes for all Hoosiers. This starts with a common-sense cigarette tax and comprehensive tobacco control programs. Let's take a stand and support reducing smoking in our state.

Stephanie Terry

Indiana state coordinator, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.