Friday, 29 June 2012

Obamacare and the Supreme Court: Do We Need Government Help with Health?

It is the best of times, if you are an Obamacare supporter. It is the worst of times, if you are against it.
Or is it? Commentators have pointed out that this was a very complex ruling, and it will be a while before everything is sorted out. Some, like State's TOM Scocca, are asking whether defecting and swinging the vote in favor of the Affordable Care Act was a “canny” move on the part of Chief Justice Roberts to restrict regulatory power under the commerce clause. Randy Barnett calls this ''a weird victory for federalism'',Richard Epstein''claims that Roberts’ argument that going without health insurance is now something the government can tax “like buying gasoline or earning income” is ''little short of absurd'' ,” It will be a while before this is all untangled.

Magic Mike Puts A Spell On Southeast Texas

 The hottest movie of the summer is packing Southeast Texas theaters.

"Magic Mike" starring Channing Tatum and Matthew McConaughey, highlights the fantasy world of male exotic dancers.

In light of all the hype surrounding the movie, Fox 4's Brian Glenn will expose the reality of this industry.

He visited with the traveling male revue show, Thunder From Down Under, and he also talked to dancers from Houston's La Bare Club.

Brian's special reports will begin airing Thursday, July 5th at nine, and continue every Thursday in July after that.

Each report will have an encore presentation on Fridays at 4 p.m.

Tuesday, 26 June 2012

Cardinals 8, Marlins 7 (10)

Cardinals 8, Marlins 7 (10): Rafael Furcal stroked a 10th-inning RBI double to put St. Louis ahead for good as the Cardinals rallied from a late five-run deficit to win their fourth straightTyler Greene singled with one out in the 10th off Chad Gaudin (1-1) and scored on Furcal's big hit. Pitcher Joe Kelly's RBI single made it 8-6. The Marlins scored one in the bottom half on John Buck's RBI single, but Jason Motte closed it out for his 15th save
Miami took a 6-2 lead into the ninth but Heath Bell could not hold it, allowing a two-run homer to catcher Yadier Molina to cap the tying rally.
The Cardinals have scored 38 runs during their win streak. Carlos Beltran reached base five times Monday, scoring twice.
Leadoff hitter Jose Reyes had a pair of RBI hits and Ricky Nolasco pitched 6 2/3 sterling innings for the Marlins, who lost for the 16th time in 19 games.
Nolasco, who had lost his last three starts, left with a 2-0 seventh-inning lead with the bases loaded and two outs. After a passed ball made it 2-1, Matt HollidayĆ¢€™s hard grounder toward first hit runner Shane Robinson to end the inning.
Hanley Ramirez and Giancarlo Stanton drew bases-loaded walks off Eduardo Sanchez to make it 4-1 Miami in the eighth.
Jake Westbrook again pitched well for St. Louis, allowing two runs on six hits over six innings.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Cards 2B Daniel Descalso went 0-for-4 with a walk, ending his career-best seven-game hitting streak. ... Nolasco allowed four hits and no earned runs

Lesnar, St. Pierre winners at UFC 100

LAS VEGAS – Brock Lesnar retained the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title by stopping Frank Mir in the second round and Georges St. Pierre put on the performance of his career in blanking Thiago Alves at UFC 100 on Saturday at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
Lesnar took Mir down and pounded him with rights along the cage, forcing referee Herb Dean to stop it at 1:48 of the second. After the win, Lesnar made an obscene gesture to the crowd with both hands.
St. Pierre, who was all class, won by scores of 50-45, 50-45, 50-44
Lesnar, who lost to Mir last year at UFC 81 on a first-round submission, shouted to the crowd, “I love it! Keep booing! Keep booing!”
Mir only had one offensive move, a knee early in the second round. Lesnar took Mir down in the first and pounded him with rights, then did much the same in the second until it was stopped.
St. Pierre never allowed Alves into the fight. He took him down almost at will and was constantly working on the ground. The powerful Alves was able to force his way off the mat and get back to his feet, but he took a load of punishment from a champion who may have earned the outright pound-for-pound top status.
St. Pierre injured his groin in the third, but it hardly seemed to affect him in what he repeatedly called the toughest fight of his career.