Daily Archives: February 24, 2021

MOTORISTS SUE NEVADA AUTO INSURANCE COMPANIES OVER RATES

MOTORISTS SUE NEVADA AUTO INSURANCE COMPANIES OVER RATES

Nevada drivers sue insurance companies over pandemic rates

Ten class-action lawsuits filed Tuesday accuse auto insurance companies of failing to reduce premiums sufficiently for Nevada policyholders as traffic declined during the pandemic.

“With fewer people driving fewer miles, there are fewer automobile accidents and, therefore, fewer automobile insurance claims,” the suits state. “The COVID-19 pandemic has thus led to a dramatic reduction in automobile insurance claims by Nevada residents.”

In the early part of Gov. Steve Sisolak’s stay-at-home order last year, statewide traffic volumes dwindled to as much as 70 percent in some areas compared with the same period a year earlier.

Yet insurance companies did not “provide and charge a fair and appropriate insurance premium,” according to the complaints filed by the Las Vegas firm Eglet Adams and Reno trial attorney Matthew Sharp.

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Nevada drivers sue insurance companies over pandemic rates

FEDERAL JUDGE HOLDS BIDEN DEPORTATION ORDERS

FEDERAL JUDGE HOLDS BIDEN DEPORTATION ORDERS


Federal judge deals Biden another blow on 100-day deportation ban
U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton granted a preliminary injunction
That blocks the moratorium the Biden administration announced on its first day.

A federal judge in Texas on Tuesday blocked President Joe Biden’s 100-day moratorium on most deportations, the latest blow to Biden on one of his signature campaign promises.

U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton, in a late-night ruling, granted a preliminary injunction that blocks the moratorium the Biden administration announced on its first day. It’s a victory for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who filed a lawsuit against the federal government over the 100-day pause, which was announced in a memorandum from the Department of Homeland Security three days into the Biden administration.

Last month, Tipton quickly issued a 14-day temporary restraining order — which he later extended an extra two weeks — to stop the moratorium from being enforced. He expressed then that the DHS memo failed to “consider potential policies more limited in scope and time” and “provide any concrete, reasonable justification for a 100-day pause.”

HERE IS THE ORIGINAL RESTRAINING ORDER:

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HERE IS THE MOST RECENT ORDER

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“This preliminary injunction is granted on a nationwide basis and prohibits enforcement and implementation of the [100-day pause] in every place Defendants have jurisdiction to enforce and implement the January 20 Memorandum,” Tipton, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, wrote in the 105-page ruling.

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WEIRD NEWS A NAMELESS TOWN IN TN

WEIRD NEWS A NAMELESS TOWN IN TN

Nameless, TN – That’s Really Its Name

Of the many unusual names of American cities, including Ugly, TX, Peculiar, MO, and Accident, MD, Nameless, TN, is one of the best. Legend has it that a long time ago when its residents applied for a post office, they left the name on the application blank, so the US Post Office Department issued applications back with “Nameless” stamped on the form. Sounds like somebody at the Post Office was trolling.

ATT SELLING RUMOR DUMPING DIRECTV

AT&T nears deal with TPG to sell large minority stake in DirecTV, U-verse at $15 billion valuation

  • AT&T is nearing a deal with TPG to sell a substantial minority stake in DirecTV, U-verse and AT&T TV.
  • Transaction will value AT&T’s video businesses at around $15 billion

AT&T is nearing a deal to sell a substantial minority stake in its DirecTV, AT&T TV Now and U-Verse business to private equity firm TPG, according to people familiar with the matter.

A deal could be announced as soon as this week, said the people, who asked not to be named because the discussions are private.

The deal will value the AT&T businesses around at $15 billion. AT&T acquired DirecTV in 2015 for $48.5 billion ($67 billion with debt).

AT&T has moved away from traditional pay TV in the past several years as it has centered its media strategy around HBO Max. DirecTV, U-Verse and AT&T TV Now are based around a linear TV business of broadcast and cable networks that is losing millions of subscribers each year.

AT&T lost nearly 3 million video customers last year and took a $15.5 billion impairment charge due to the company’s reevaluation of its domestic video business.

A sale will provide AT&T with additional cash to pay down its debt, which stands at about $150 billion and has consistently declined through the past year.

Hedge fund Elliott Management took an activist stake in AT&T in September 2019. In a letter to management, Elliott asked AT&T to focus its strategic operations while considering divesting noncore assets — including DirecTV. AT&T CEO John Stankey has resisted a full sale.

DAWG SAYS: PERSONALLY, I HAD DIRECTV FOR YEARS AND RECENTLY CUT THE CORD AS IT GOT WAY TOO EXPENSIVE AND HAVE OTHER MEANS FOR TV NOW.

NEWSOME GAVE NO BID CONTRACTS TO DONORS

NEWSOME GAVE NO BID CONTRACTS TO DONORS

Big Newsom Donors — Including Blue Shield —

Received No-Bid Contracts During COVID-19 Response

UnitedHealth has been good to Gov. Gavin Newsom.

In 2018, the health care giant made two contributions to Newsom for over $58,000. In December 2019, it dropped another $31,000 into his reelection campaign.

During the pandemic, Newsom turned to UnitedHealth to solve some of California’s most vexing challenges: COVID-19 testing and data tracking. The state awarded a no-bid contract worth up to $177 million to a UnitedHealth subsidiary to expand testing. In the months following, the state would award another $315 million in contracts to the company’s subsidiaries through an expedited bidding process.

In December, UnitedHealth contributed $31,000 to Newsom’s reelection campaign, and another $100,000 to his ballot measure committee.

UnitedHealth and Newsom deny any wrongdoing. And while there’s no evidence to suggest either broke the law, government ethics experts say even the appearance of wrongdoing raises serious red flags and threatens to erode public trust — especially if there’s a pattern.

A CapRadio investigation found an overlap of at least a half-dozen companies that made substantial contributions to Newsom and received no-bid contracts from the state, influential appointments, or other opportunities related to the state’s pandemic response. The contributions range from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars. The contracts range from $2 million to over $1 billion — including the one awarded to Blue Shield for vaccine distribution made public Monday, worth up to $15 million.

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SOMEHOW THIS GUY NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME. MYBE HE IS TRYING TO GET RECALLED.

JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED EVEN IN A PANDEMIC

JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED EVEN IN A PANDEMIC


For Victims and the Accused, Justice Is Delayed as COVID-19 Snarls Courts

On March 28, 2020, Janie Marshall lost her footing and stumbled near another woman while both were being treated for non-COVID-19 ailments at a Brooklyn hospital. With the pandemic raging, an encounter that days earlier might have ended in a friendly apology or a cluck of sympathy quickly turned ugly. Authorities say the other woman, Cassandra Lundy, shoved Marshall, 86, for having “got into [Lundy’s] space” and violating new social-distancing orders aimed at containing the virus. Marshall—who had dementia and was in the hospital for stomach issues—fell to the ground, hit her head and later died.

The city’s medical examiner ruled the death a homicide, and Lundy, now 33, was charged with manslaughter and assault. It was the city’s first homicide associated with COVID-19, and, nearly a year later, one more piece of evidence that the U.S. system of justice can be counted a casualty of the virus. Among its many impacts—none of them good—closed courthouses and canceled jury trials mean neither victims nor defendants, much less their anxious families, can be assured of attending trials in person. And there’s no telling when that will change.

“Every time I think about my aunt, I well up in tears,” says Marshall’s niece, Eleanor Leonard, 74. “I want this over. And I won’t have peace, and I don’t think my aunt has peace in her grave, until this woman is convicted.”

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VACCINES CAN YOU DECLINE?

VACCINES CAN YOU DECLINE?

None of this is true… Latrogenic reactions aren’t even a real thing.

IATROGENIC DEFINITION: EFFECTS OR RESPONSES ARE OUTCOMES INAVERTANTLY INDUCED BY A PHYSICIAN OR OTHER MEDICAL TREWATMANT OR PROCEDURES.

SO IT IS A REAL CONDITION OR RESULT

How to Legally Decline a Vaccine

Why do some folks think that they have to go out of their way to learn how to legally decline a vaccine?

How to Legally Decline a Vaccine

Of course, since vaccine mandates don’t actually force anyone to get vaccinated and protected, you don’t necessarily need to look for any extra legal ways to decline your vaccines.

You can simply say no, or in the case of vaccine mandates that require vaccines for school attendance or an employment requirement, if you don’t meet an existing exemption, you can make alternative plans.

But no, you are not going to get any kind of ‘Get Out of Vaccine Free Card’ because of some plan you read about on Facebook.

In fact, when presented with such a plan to decline vaccines, your health care provider, since they are bound by the Hippocratic Oath, should:

And then, if you don’t have any contraindications to getting the vaccine, since the answers to the above two questions are almost certainly “yes,” then instead of declining the vaccine, you should get vaccinated and protected!

How to Legally Decline a Vaccine

DAWG SAYS: I SUGGEST YOU GO TO THIS ARTICLE AND READ SOME OF THE COMMENTS BELOW IT, VERY INTERESTING.

BTW I AM NOT GETTING THE VACCINNE MYSELF.

PILOT REPORTS UFO OR MISSLE DURING FLIGHT (AUDIO)

PILOT REPORTS UFO OR MISSLE DURING FLIGHT

American Airlines not denying UFO spotting, says talk to the FBI
Pilot said it “looked like a cruise missile type of thing”

Pilot described ‘long cylindrical object’ moving over the top of the plane, according to radio transmission.

LISTEN HERE:

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An American Airlines passenger jet traveling from Cincinnati to Phoenix encountered a UFO over northeastern New Mexico Sunday afternoon.

The pilot on flight 2292 radioed around 1:00 p.m. CST that the UFO was flying right on top of them, according to a radio transmission recorded by Steve Douglass on his blog, Deep Black Horizon. American Airlines verified to Fox News that the transmission is from flight 2292.

“Do you have any targets up here?  We just had something go right over the top of us,” the pilot said in the radio transmission.

“I hate to say this but it looked like a long cylindrical object that almost looked like a cruise missile type of thing moving really fast. It went right over the top of us.”

“Following a debrief with our Flight Crew and additional information received, we can confirm this radio transmission was from American Airlines Flight 2292 on Feb. 21,” an American Airlines spokesperson told Fox News in a statement. “For any additional questions on this, we encourage you to reach out to the FBI.”

The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.

Flight 2292 was around 37,000 feet at the time of the sighting, and Albuquerque Center did not respond because local air traffic interfered, according to Douglass. The flight went on to land in Phoenix, Arizona.

American Airlines confirmed that the radio transmission is authentic but did not give any further comment on the possible alien encounter.