1. Good News
2. Product Highlight
3. Brainpower tip
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If you've talked with people who work at your grocery store (or at many other places you may do business with), you've very likely heard them complain about having their hours cut. Many people who had full-time jobs that they barely survived on now have two part-time jobs that they barely survive on but they no longer have paid benefits. And you know this started the year the Unaffordable Care Act was passed. This isn't anecdotal or limited to your immediate area. It's the new reality for the nation. Here's an article with more information: http://mercatus.org/publication/affordable-care-act-and-new-economics-part-time-work And this one, too: http://www.iwf.org/blog/2795084/How-Many-Jobs-Are-We-Missing-- Now, it's important to note that an economy is a SYSTEM. That means when one giant demographic is pummeled, the negative effects spread to just about everybody else. So the Unaffordable Care Act doesn't just hike your insurance rates and/or reduce the coverage you get. It also has many other pernicious effects on your personal finances even if you didn't lose your job because of it (millions did lose their jobs, but aren't counted as "unemployed" because they still work part-time). What can you do about the UCA? First, you probably know it's illegal in many ways. If you don't know this, then you have some serious catching up to do. Second, because of the devastation it's caused, the UCA is morally repugnant. Forcing people to lose their homes is not generally considered to be something nice. Third, the UCA is not about health nor is it really about medical care; it's about stealing. Some nations have different branches of government that act to check and balance each other. Ours (USA) is not one of those nations; else the UCA would not have been written by the Senate nor passed by the House. Nor would the Judiciary Branch have made a self-contradictory ruling that this is somehow Constitutional. We have a single branch, and it's unaccountable to the other two. No checks, no balances. Since CONgress refuses to follow the law, that leaves it up to The People. This illegal, morally repugnant "law" is something we must refuse to go along with. Practice civil disobedience to the extent you feel is tolerable. You might also wish to make a pest of yourself to your misrepresentatives so they know how much you do NOT like seeing millions of Americans shafted this way. The fact that the burden falls primarily on the poor and especially upon blacks (whom Obama seems to particularly despise) is also worth noting and should be pointed out to your misrepresentatives. The UCA is a failure in so many ways, the Obummer Misadministration has been illegally issuing one patch and exclusion after another. They know it's a failure, but they don't care. But don't wait for the UCA to simply fall apart; those who inflicted this won't be the ones bearing the burden. What needs to happen is this mislegislation needs to be repealed. Formally, officially, and permanently. The lower Courts already understand this, which is why the UCA has lost the decision in 91% of court cases that have been decided. So the Judiciary is siding with The People. We need CONgress to do the same. Be unrelenting in letting them know. Call or e-mail them every week; you can find their contact information online, easily enough. |
5. Security tip
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6. Health tip/Fitness tips
| In past issues, I've talked about the squat in glowing terms. That sentence you just read is exactly how I began this column in the previous issue. Mention the squat to your average gym rat, and they think "leg press." Wrong. That's an isolation exercise, and it comes nowhere close to giving you the benefits squatting does. Another image people have is the back squat. According to Dr. Frank Zane, a former Mr. Olympia, this is the worst type of squat to do and there's no reason to do it. Dr. Zane is fanatical about front squats, which happen to be my favorite as well. But there are other types of squats. For example, I follow my front squats sets with sissy squats sets; these target the core in different ways. When someone is new to training or is just afraid of the idea of "doing squats" I ask them to have a seat. Now, notice something. To sit on a typical chair (or toilet) you do an exercise called the half squat! But you do one half of it to sit down and the other half to get up. |
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If you haven't gotten into squatting yet, do this exercise. Go ahead, do a
set of five. Sit down, get up. Go that motion down? Next, do them without
the chair. But this time, keep going down until your butt about touches your
heels. That's a full squat. No weights needed, and you can get a killer
workout if you pay attention to what you're doing. For example, make it a very slow motion going down and then even slower coming up. Suck in your abs, and see how that changes the exercise. Always make sure, however, that you keep your knee from going out over your toe. I use exactly this exercise when weeding my lawn. This is the same movement Chinese rice growers use when working the paddies, except of course they aren't going slowly up and down. They do this because it's much safer than bending over at the waist. That's one type of squat. Another type is the prayer squat. This is an interesting variation, because it stretches your anterior and posterior upper leg muscles. That stretch will help prevent muscle imbalance. It's actually a yoga position. You get into the prayer squat, rather than "do" prayer squats. Here's a link that will let you see how it's done: http://www.bing.com/search?setmkt=en-US&q=prayer+squat The squat is bar none the most beneficial exercise you can do. And, yes, squats do build your knees rather than weaken them. The myth that squats give you bad knees is the opposite of reality, unless you are doing them incorrectly. It's really such a simple exercise, in its basic form. You can do many different variations, depending upon what your goals are. Though squats in their various forms do work your legs, they are not "a leg exercise." The squat is a compound exercise that involves multiple joints and multiple muscle groups. The deadlift is the only other exercise that comes close to the squat in terms of stimulating the hormonal adaptive response. The squat is the single best exercise for preventing osteoporosis, building muscle, and losing fat. It also, if done right, gives your heart an excellent workout that joggers can only dream of. | |
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At
www.supplecity.com, you'll find plenty of informative, authoritative
articles on maintaining a lean, strong physique. It has nothing to
do with long workouts or impossible to maintain diets. In fact:
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7. Factoid
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Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density. Since members of CONgress seem particularly dense, does that mean they are all high? Given what comes out of Washington, DC (District of Corruption), the answer seems to be either "yes" or "they have to be doing some serious drugs." |
8. Thought for the Day
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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) |
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The views expressed in this e-newsletter are generally not shared by criminals, zombies, or brainwashed individuals.Except where noted, this e-newsletter is entirely the work of Mark Lamendola. Anything presented as fact can be independently verified. Often, sources are given; but where not given, they are readily available to anyone who makes the effort.
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