“This is what happens when you run a massive Ponzi scheme for six decades straight”

– U.S. Is Bankrupt and We Don’t Even Know It: Laurence Kotlikoff – Bloomberg

“Did the Pilgrims on the Mayflower sit around Plymouth Rock waiting for a return trip? They came here to settle. And that’s what we should be doing on Mars. When you go to Mars, you need to have made the decision that you’re there permanently. The more people we have there, the more it can become a sustaining environment. – Buzz Aldrin”

– Buzz Aldrin Is Not All That Impressed With Walking on the Moon | Little Gold Men | Vanity Fair

Health Care—Soaring Costs Force Canada to Reassess Health Model – CNBC

Scott Gottlieb: No, You Can’t Keep Your Health Plan – WSJ.com:

The bottom line: Defensive business arrangements designed to blunt ObamaCare’s economic impacts will mean less patient choice.

Acorn folds – Ben Smith – POLITICO.com:

Good riddance

20 Ways ObamaCare Will Take Away Our Freedoms

SpaceShipTwo Makes First (Captive) Flight | Autopia | Wired.com

Mother furious after in-school clinic sets up teen’s abortion | KOMO News – Seattle, Washington:

The mother of a Ballard High School student is fuming after the health center on campus helped facilitate her daughter’s abortion during school hours without her knowledge.

“They just told [the daughter] that if she concealed it from her family, that it would be free of charge and no financial responsibility.”

“In the aftermath of Google’s announcement, some members of Congress are reviving a bill banning U.S. tech companies from working with governments that digitally spy on their citizens. Presumably, those legislators don’t understand that their own government is on the list.”

– U.S. enables Chinese hacking of Google – CNN.com

“In case you’re wondering, this is unusual not only for early in the season — remember, winter hasn’t officially begun — but for anytime.”

– Yes, that stuff is snow – ContraCostaTimes.com