I haven't been to a physician since I required a physical for "key man 
insurance" in our fiber optics start-up in 1983 (except some ear drops 
for an ear infection). I should get some vaccinations, but I get calls 
to keep donating blood to the Red Cross. Beware the Medical Industrial 
Complex.

As for Linux technology, (just to keep it on topic) I'm amazed by the 
XForms-toolkit. The maintainer, Jens Thoms Torring, is a Ph.D. chemical 
physicist (spectroscopy) now working in neurosciences. An early use of 
XForms-toolkit was a program called "rasmol," still available for Linux, 
that draws 3D proteins available from the "protein databank." I drew 
some peptide "electo-optic" properties on a ridiculous machine and 
suggested some nanophysics back in the day. A leader became the U of M 
supercomputer institute that got built where Otto Schmitt's lab was torn 
down, whom I helped when the bulldozer was at his door.

So I don't know what is going on. But I suspect we are well on our way 
to third world status and more wars every month. Understanding science 
and technology tools is the best survival resource we have. A country 
where nobody can feed, house, power themselves is unique in all history. 
You have a right to reach out, and I have a right to ignore your links, 
and you mine.

But thanks for a breath of life from the local Linux community.

Brian Wood wrote:
>
> Governor Dayton's recent remarks about Obamacare got
> me wondering if I could find an exemption to Obamacare
> taxes ($695!) for 2016.   And that will be going up next year.
>
> I started with this video:
> http://www.cchfreedom.org/about.php
>
> Then I found this:
> http://www.cchfreedom.org/files/files/Legal%20Alternatives%20to%20Obamacare.pdf
>
> (The Citizens' Council for Health Freedom is a St. Paul
> based organization and I'm thankful for their efforts.)
>
> Eventually I got to this page
> https://www.healthcare.gov/exemptions-tool/#/results/2016/details/death-in-family
>
> I had no idea that there was this sort of exemption and
> so am letting others know that the death of a relative is
> a way out of the headache known as Obamacare.  But
> applying for this exemption is a headache in and of itself
> and I'm not as free as I would like to be.
>
> Also I would like to mention an idea that I had after hearing
> Governor Dayton's remarks on Obamacare.  I think it would
> be good if there was an income-based subsidy for immunizations
> that people could get.   For example, $75 a year toward
> immunizations.  Getting rid of MN Sure would probably
> more than pay for the program.  What do you think?
>
> -- 
> Brian
> Ebenezer Enterprises - In G-d we trust.
> http://webEbenezer.net
>
>
>
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