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Two momentous events took place on Thursday, June 28th, the day I am writing this post.  First, the Supreme Court of the United States Upheld the legality of the Affordable Care Act, setting the stage for continued massive healthcare industry change including nearly universal health insurance coverage.  I could have written in depth about this topic, I suppose, but so much has already been written that I can hardly think what new angle one might take to make that reportage interesting.  I did see a quote from Rush Limbaugh saying he would leave the country if the ACA was upheld, so I was hoping to cover his departure, but so far I have not seen him at the Border.  One can dream.

The second news story of the day that caught my eye was the obituary of Barry Becher, the guy who made famous the late night infomercial phrase, “But wait, there’s more!” Becher was an advertising pioneer who brought a combination of sophisticated marketing techniques and Barnum-style grandiosity to the advertising of otherwise mundane and often barely useful household products.  Perhaps most famous for selling ginsu knives, Becher … (read the rest)