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US/Japan Cumulative Case Data Jun 10, 2020

Case totals are cumulative and are as of June 1, 2020. Resident totals are projected 2020 totals. Japan: 16,884 cases / 126,476,461 residents = 0.000133470356  US: 1,757,522 cases / 331,002,651 residents = 0.00548514839  0.00548514839 / 0.000133470356  = 41.0963794 = ~41 times as many COVID patients in America than Japan, adjusted for population size

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Lockdown Suicide Math May 8, 2020

14.5 per 100,000 - 2019 suicide rate 8.7% - March 2020 real unemployment rate 22.8% - April 2020 unemployment rate 1.6% - Increase in suicide rate per point increase in the unemployment rate   (330,000,000/12)((14.5 + (22.8-8.7)(14.5x0.016)) - 14.5)/100,000) = 899.58 additional April suicides due to economic downturn  

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Coronavirus Data Mar 28, 2020

Link to data in Google Sheets: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16vyjveFm-Qc5SHY8qluly_OWfqJ5K_6RG9pqirj9ngU/edit?usp=sharing Confirmed Cases Infected Cases Showing Symptoms Reported Cases Left Untested Not by Fault of Patient (Conservative Estimate) All Symptomatic Cases Left Untesed Probable Total Cases All Cases Left Untesed 1-Jan 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-Jan 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-Jan 0 0 0 0 0 0 4-Jan 0 0 0 0 0 0 5-Jan 0 0 0 0 0 0 6-Jan 0 0 0 0 0 0 7-Jan 0 0 0 0 0 0 8-Jan 0 0 0 0 0 0 9-Jan 0 0 0 0 2 2 10-Jan...

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Drug Prohibition in the United States Feb 15, 2017

Drugs are a problem, and that’s something that no one can rationally ignore, whether they may be in support of or against the prohibition of drugs. Drug abuse is rampant throughout our communities, with our youth throughout the country becoming hooked on deadly substances. Unfortunately, it’s not an uncommon sight to see families torn apart by heroin, or a young person's life ruined by crystal meth. The truth simply is that this has become a growing epidemic, and it must be stopped. Washington bureaucrats have, for over century, used the coercive penalties of law and the violence of the police force in attempts to...

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Pres. George H. W. Bush and the Cali Cartel Feb 12, 2017

The administration of President George H. W. Bush, in a fit of neoconservative interventionism, set forth on an endeavor to eliminate the Panamanian military dictator General Manuel Noriega, a merciless political leader who was accused of being involved with an international money laundering and drug trafficking scheme. On December 20, 1989, the United States launched Operation Just Cause, an invasion of Panama intended to remove Gen. Noriega from office and to arrest him on charges of supposed involvement with Floridian drug smuggling. Bush had claimed the invasion was justified due to its necessity in keeping the estimated 35,000 American citizens in Panama, most of which were servicepeople...

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