I'm thinking the 'authorizer' is the doctor's office or hospital that prescribed the medication, and the pharmacy calls them to ensure they are getting the correct prescription. The insurance company itself would be incapable of doing that in the current setup. Doctors could send RX information to the insurance company first, then pharmacies could call the insurance company, which would work well enough until you realize that the insurance company doesn't know if the prescription the doctor sent in is actually the thing they need - the primary purpose of pharmacists and the authorization process in general.

My understanding, for the case of Stalin at least, is that religions were persecuted under his regime because they represented a threat to his ability to control the people. Which isn't really much different from any other tyrant persecuting any other group, to be honest.

So the only true and proper argument should be, "You first."

Isn't that a 'god of the gaps' fallacy? And doesn't that sort of make the idea of proving the book of Genesis false impossible? Nevermind that proving a negative, as a general rule, is impossible....

If corporations get their money from households, and households get their money from working for corporations, then where does the money come from?

If they went with any of the later stories from the expanded universe books, Han Solo ends up as a retired New Republic Admiral, Leia is still a diplomat (and mother of 3 with Han), and Luke becomes a mentor for a new Jedi Academy. In those roles, they don't have to be a significant part of the action in order to be integral to the plot.

Chairman Mao isn't actually buried. He's entombed in glass on display in Tienanmen Square. Creepy ._.

Are you kidding? We all know movies never make any profit.

"They think we are violent and terrible people, let's go be violent and terrible to prove them wrong!"

Heard a story about Chinese attempts to begin fracking recently. The government in China is being uncharacteristically cautious due to environmental concerns. At least, that's what they are saying. I think they just don't want to have to pay us to do it for them.

I don't think it's fair to look at the market share of Android versus the share of iOS devices, due to the fact that Google doesn't manufacture the majority of Android devices. Apple is the sole provider of iOS, so their 25% or whatever it is now of market share is entirely theirs. Whatever share Android controls is divided among every other smartphone manufacturer, and when you do that Apple is very far ahead of Google's Nexus phones.

There's a show on CW called Supernatural that's pretty awesome, if you're into monster hunter fiction at least...

Hypothetical:

US citizen A joins enemy army.
US citizen A takes action against US while in enemy army.
Is Citizen A guilty of treason?

Yes, he's guilty of treason. Given sufficient evidence for action against the US, Citizen A may even be convicted of treason without a trial.

Traitors are killed. Treason is the only law in the US Constitution that defines its punishment. Technically, they should be hanged, but somehow I don't think it really makes a difference.

Sounds like a win-win?

You can be sued for Mental Anguish or Pain and Suffering for severe emotional distress.