Raymond Zack 1st Anniversary of Death

One year ago today, Raymond Zack waded into the Shallow Waters off Alameda's South Shore Beach and for unknown reasons, lost consciousness & drowned. Dozens of people, before and since, have waded into those same waters, at the same time of year, and suffered no ill effects. We still don't know why he died, why his reflexes to keep him from inhaling water did not kick in. A complete post-mortem to ascertain what medical conditions he might have had or what medications might have been involved has so far not been done. but it seems reasonable to believe that if just one human being had waded out to him and physically put hands on him while he was still alive, this tragedy would have been averted. Instead, Alameda's Public Safety officers stood on the beach looking on, paralyzed by Genovese Syndrome [aka Bystander Effect], and acted as Public Safety Hazards. Unfortunately, just buying more & better boats is unlikely to address this underlying problem & prevent future untimely deaths.

US FDA Increases Price of Generic Drug 50X by Privatizing It

This subsidized privatization of publicly owned intellectual property is part of a broader trend toward theft from the public domain.^{[23][24][25]by the US FDA!
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30 Years???

Why is everything planned for 30 Years? What's so magical about that number?

The Half-percent Alameda Sales Tax on the June 2012 ballot
The MTC/ABAG/Agenda 21 PlanBayArea
The management contract for Alameda's Chuck Corica Golf Course

By 2040, we were all supposed to be driving around in Flying Cars [like the Jetsons]!