First. It seems the republicans and Donald Trump have a method to the things they are saying. For example, take the claims by DJT that Hillary Clinton's popular vote majority was based on illegal aliens voting. Trump makes the claim on twitter and where ever he speaks; Clinton won the popular vote only because the democrats got millions of illegal residents to vote for her, especially in New Hampshire where Trump says the illegals were bussed in from Massachusetts. Congress then determines to investigate the claim and a trump friendly congressman takes on the job. That committee "investigates" and determines that there is no evidence to support Trump's claim. You might think the issue is then finalized, but no. The committee and Trump then claim that the popular vote majority for Clinton can't be proven, thus we don't know if Clinton the won the popular vote or not. Trump claims that he won the electoral vote and no one knows about the popular vote.
Second. Alaska has a fund called the Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD). The fund pays every Alaskan citizen who can prove they have lived in the state for a year and plans to stay a yearly stipend, that is based on the oil wealth that comes out of Alaska. In 2015 that stipend was $ 2072 (per person; family of four over $ 8000). However, the fund only paid $ 1022 in 2016 (don't know why). I am not be-grudging Alaskans their free loot but it causes me to wonder why Alaskan don't lose the incentive to work by getting a handout from the state. It is also interesting to note that Alaska has just about always voted republican in national elections and republicans are highly critical of any government program that gives people "free shit".
Third. I will have to admit that this next thought is bizarre but then again the whole issue of abortion has been batted around since 1972. My thought is the position doctor (or nurse) might take on abortion should be influenced to some degree by where they received their medical training. If that training came from a state university then it seems that the law on abortion should be a factor in determine one's position on the issue. If that training came from a religious institution (like the University of Notre Dame) then a factor is determine one's position should be the moral position of that institution.
