Kevin Gibbs

I hope I can make everything a bit more interesting. Lets keep moving forward for Ocean City and our Easternshore/MD communities. BBN and Ravens!

[Matt Jones @KySportsRadio]

I will note that the official who made this call was the one the absolute farthest from the play and with his view completely blocked

[RedWave Press @RedWavePress]

Adam Carolla: “People say to me all the time, ‘Oh, you’re Republican and right-leaning. I go, ‘Listen, I don’t own a g*n, I’m not religious at all, I’m for abortion and pot smoking. How right can I be?’”

Bill Maher: “You put your finger on the thing that makes me so incensed about the woke and far-left… We need no further credentials to let you know that we are certainly not conservatives, we’re not right-wingers, we’re not whatever you think.”

“And yet, it’s never enough for them. It’s never enough.”

“We’re just not willing to go along with your insanity. That doesn’t make us conservatives.”

[Clinton Donnelly @CryptoTaxFixer]

I was listening to Ron DeSantis talk about eliminating property tax in Florida, and at first I thought, “There’s no way that works.”

Then I heard the details…and it actually made a lot of sense.

The idea isn’t to eliminate property tax for everyone.

It would only apply to primary residences , people who live in Florida full-time.

Snowbirds who come for a few months? They still pay.

Businesses and commercial properties? They still pay.

But, if you own your home and live there permanently, no more yearly tax just to keep what you already own.

And honestly, why should you be taxed every year on something you’ve already paid for?

I saw this in Sweden, property taxes are extremely low, and people can actually stay in their homes for life instead of being forced out when taxes rise.

In the U.S., especially in high-tax states, retirees on fixed incomes often get priced out of their own homes. Some are paying tens of thousands a year just in property taxes.

DeSantis said only about 20% of Florida property is primary residences. The rest is businesses, commercial property, and part-time residents, which makes the numbers more manageable.

The big question is how local governments replace that revenue, especially in rural areas. He mentioned possible state-level revenue sharing.

Personally, I think it’s a really compelling idea, and politically, it’s going to get a lot of attention.

What do you think?

Should homeowners pay property tax forever on their primary residence, or once you own it, should it truly be yours?

Curious to hear different perspectives

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

Ron DeSantis on property taxes: "If I go to Best Buy and buy a TV, I pay a sales tax—but I don’t keep paying taxes on it year after year!"

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

For those legislators who are working on healthcare legislation right now , here are some suggestions :

1. For intercompany medical charges, require them to be priced at Medicare rates. Ends gaming of MLRs
2. Require all insurance plans to apply any cash purchase against your deductible. Let plan holders shop.
3. Require all pharmacy purchases by a plan holder to be charged at net price after rebates. Right now YOU pay full retail price for branded meds in your deductible phase. You can think your insurance company PBM for lying to you when they say they negotiate better prices. They obviously suck at their jobs if the best they can do is get you retail price !
4. Require wholesale pharmacy pricing to be at net. This may seem like price controls. It’s not. The wholesaler buys at retail, gets a prompt pay/data discount of 5 pct from the manufacturer , then has the pharmacy buy from them at retail price minus a small discount. Which reimburses the wholesaler.

Wholesalers complain then don’t make money on brands. Indie pharmacies get crushed on brands. Manufactures don’t make more money this way either. Why ? Because they write HUGE rebate checks to the PBM!

Require pricing to be at net, and you improve cash flow and reduce reimbursement risk for indie pharmacies. Patients can naturally pay lower cash prices for brands because pharmacies will pay much less. The only loser in this ? The PBMs every one else gains

5. Create a moratorium on all acquisitions by ins carriers

6. If a medical provider of any kind, hospital , clinic , whatever , acquires another provider , they must retain the pricing ( pre any price increases meant to game this rule ) , for a period of 5 or 10 yrs allowing only for cpi increases

7. Investigate the acquisitions of providers by pharmacy wholesalers.

8. Allow doctors to own hospitals

9. Standardize contracts by insurance carriers by provider type. Every one contract with every hospital should have the same fill on the blanks with minimal variance. This will cut administration costs dramatically

I can go on for days. This is a start

[Daniel Mayakovski @DaniMayakovski]

Hoy que se habla de Groenlandia, recordar el cementerio tóxico que Estados Unidos dejó en Groenlandia, donde llegaron a tener alrededor de 50 bases militares nucleares en la época de la Guerra Fría.

Al abandonar las bases, los barriles con materiales tóxicos fueron enterrados por el ejército de EEUU bajo el hielo... pero con el paso de los años el hielo se derritió y las toxinas que debían permanecer enterradas, ahora están en la superficie.

Esto es lo último que EEUU hizo en Groenlandia, pero hoy dicen que debe invadirla para "protegerla" de Rusia y China... y así todo.

[Eagles Fan Central @PhilaFanCentral]

- OT rules changed just for him
- Built-in excuse every time he loses to KC (4x)
- 4 turnovers today, overthrew game-winning TD
- 7th year in playoffs, STILL can’t reach a Super Bowl

Josh Allen is the most overrated, overpraised “elite” QB of this era

[Kevin Oestreicher @koestreicher34]

Keep that same energy for Josh Allen that you have for Lamar Jackson

[Jason La Canfora @JasonLaCanfora]

Jesus man. They gave him Lamar's MVP last year. And they'll pretend like this shit ain't happening

[Travis Akers 🇺🇸 @travisakers]

Absolutely not.

The U.S. Constitution does NOT require American citizens to carry or present “proof of citizenship” on demand.Full stop.

The Fourth Amendment forbids unreasonable searches and seizures. Government agents cannot stop you, detain you, or demand your papers without individualized suspicion of a crime. Fishing expeditions are unconstitutional.

The Fifth Amendment guarantees due process. You do not lose your rights because a federal agency issues a vague “advisory.”

The Fourteenth Amendment affirms citizenship and equal protection under the law. Americans are not subjects who must prove loyalty on command.

This country rejected “show me your papers” governance in 1776.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Buttigieg: In a country that amended its constitution so you could not purchase a beer and then realized it was a bad idea and amended it back, surely we can have an amendment clarifying that a corporation is not a person and money is not speech.

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

.@jamestalarico: “For the past 50 years, the religious right convinced a lot of Christians in America that the two most important issues were abortion and homosexuality.

Abortion is never mentioned in scripture. Consensual same-sex relationships are never mentioned.

I'm not saying they're not important. I actually think both of those issues are very important. But to focus on those two things instead of feeding the hungry and healing the sick and welcoming the stranger — three things we're told to do ad nauseam in scripture — to me is just mind blowing.”

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

Want another reason why healthcare costs are insane ?

Hospitals will not only charge a facility fee and other random costs BUT ALSO , if they believe the insurance company is willing to pay MORE THAN WHAT WAS ON THE PATIENT BILL, THEY WILL INCREASE THE BILL to the insurance company.

Of course the insurance company then charges the self insured employer the higher amount.

Our healthcare has become a game of who can rip off who and get away with it.

Too Big To Care - all of it.

Break em up !

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

.@ezraklein: “What is, to you, the ‘rage economy’?”

@JamesTalarico: “The billionaires own the algorithms and the news networks. They have created for-profit platforms that divide us on an hourly basis — by party, by race, by gender, by religion. They elevate the most extreme voices very strategically to provoke our outrage, because that leads to more clicks, which leads to more money for them.

They are selling us conflict right into our bloodstream, and they’re calling it connection.

And I think it’s left people starving for actual community.”

[Matt Jones @KySportsRadio]

Now THIS Kentucky team is fun

[Ryan Ripken @ryanripkenshow]

I don’t want to hear a negative damn thing about Lamar Jackson’s heart, ability and clutch factor tonight.

[Cole Jackson @ColeJacksonFB]

The Ravens winning the division wouldn’t change my opinion of John Harbaugh

Just to make that clear.

[Baku 🐧 @Mazursky8895]

Steelers and Ravens fans realizing neither team is good enough for playoffs and all a win does is extend their HC:

[Bo Smolka @bsmolka]

The reason Tyler Huntley will start for the #Ravens with the season on the line tonight is because the guy Eric DeCosta initially signed to a two-year, $6M deal specifically for this job, Cooper Rush, proved to be incapable. One of several DeCosta whiffs this season

[ThePatrioticBlonde™🇺🇸 @ImBreckWorsham]

Dear Liberals,

You and I are not friends.

We disagree on everything from abortion to the Second Amendment. Your belief system is abhorrent to nearly every personal and political value I hold.

That said, you did try to warn us about Trump.

You screamed and yelled from the mountaintops that he was not what he presented himself to be, and I, like many, refused to listen.

I mocked you. I laughed at you when he won. I felt entitled to his victory because I dedicated eight years of my life to his campaign.

My eyes are now open.

This is not the man I voted for.

When I'm wrong, I say I'm wrong.

I am sorry.

I apologize.