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Daylight Saving Time Is America's Greatest Shame

Daylight Saving Time [DST] is the greatest continuing fraud ever perpetrated on the American people. And this past weekend, the effect of this cruel monster reared its ugly head again.

Tell you representatives in Congress [Senate and House] you want to stop this insane practice. Let the representative know you want a change made to this outdated irrational Law.

On Sunday morning, Americans across the country were forced to set their clocks back one hour, and this week, the sun will begin its ambling lurch to set at 4:30 in the afternoon.

Technically-speaking, this sleep cycle-wrecking practice of setting our clocks back occurs so we can return to Standard Time after our flirty summer with DST. And the unsettling shift back to these hours, and the hour "we gain," is the back-end of the time-bargain we pay for setting our clocks forward in March to "maximize daylight"—a phrase probably better suited to organisms that rely on photosynthesis—during the spring and summer hours.

Why we try and "maximize daylight" like we're plants is actually an archaic practice first thought up in the late 1700s and often attributed to Benjamin Franklin. As some elementary school teacher may have explained to you, this was a practice to accommodate agricultural workers and farmers (wrong, and we'll get to this in a minute) or to lower the nation's electricity usage.

A lot of that is prime nonsense, pure b.s.. There is actually no benefit or rhyme or reason for why we had to endure this weekend's time shift and no reason we should even be playing with the idea of losing and gaining hours. Here's why:

The Energy Savings Are Minimal

A large push for DST has always been the idea that this time warp saved money and helped conserve energy. In the 1970s the energy crisis helped further this notion along. This is all a myth—the energy-savings are tiny. First off, did you notice any change in your energy bills between 2006-2008? I know that recalling electricity bills is asking a lot, but the reason I ask is that we actually extended DST by a month in 2007. The thought was that a month of DST would bring more savings.

That was wrong. The great energy-sucking state of California actually studied the impact of that extension and found it wanting. "Formally, weather- and lighting-corrected savings from DST were estimated at 0.18%," the California Energy Commission reported.

There was also another study on the state of Indiana, a state that went full DST in 2006. A team from Yale studied what happened post-DST, and found that the average Indianan was hit in the wallet by DST. National Geographic reported:

In their 2008 National Bureau of Economic Research study, the team found that lighting demand dropped, but the warmer hour of extra daylight tacked onto each evening led to more air-conditioning use, which canceled out the gains from reduced lighting and then some: Hoosiers paid higher electric bills than before DST, the study showed.

DST Is Bad For Your Health

Seasonal affective disorder [SAD], is when people get bummed out when the seasons shift. Sunlight plays a role into that, and you'd think that DST would be something everyone would be looking forward to. Wrong. In order to get more daylight during the day, DST short-changes the early-morning sun hours. Those hours are important for those affected by SAD. And it's also very important for your sleep patterns.

"Daylight savings time is anti-physiologic, and it’s a little deleterious, at least for several days," Dr. Nicholas Rummo, director of the Center for Sleep Medicine at Northern Westchester Hospital told Health.com, adding that "light earlier in the day is more helpful for them."

Research has also shown that DST, and shifts and the rupturing of sleep patterns is also linked to myocardial infractions (a.k.a. heart-attacks), car accidents, and medical equipment malfunctions.

Time Shifts Are Bad For Your Productivity

American exceptionalism is a phrase we've heard a lot recently, and it's usually prefixed by words like "dwindling" or "losing faith in...". If we want to continue this path, then we might as well have DST and shifting time patterns every few months. The weird shift in time messes with our sleep patterns and our bodies, and our work.

"We're encountering data of an increase in extra auto and workplace accidents on Monday or perhaps even carrying through the first week of the Spring time shift," Dr. James Wyatt, at Rush University Medical Center told ABC News in 2012. National Geographic spoke with Till Roenneberg, a chronobiologist, and he explained why:

Light doesn't do the same things to the body in the morning and the evening. More light in the morning would advance the body clock, and that would be good. But more light in the evening would even further delay the body clock.

DST Is Not Financially Responsible

Think about what you could do with $147 million. That's how much the Air Transport Association estimated the 2007, one-month shift cost the airline industry because time schedules with the world (a lot of which does not believe in DST) were messed up.

DST Is Not Helping Any Farmers

Oh right, we almost forgot about farmers. I remember my second grade teacher told skinny, frail, 7-year-old me, "We do this [time shift] for the farmers." I didn't know any farmers, but I remember feeling noble and helpful. I did not know I was being lied to.

"That's the complete inverse of what's true," Tufts University professor Michael Downing, told National Geographic. "The farmers were the only organized lobby against daylight saving in the history of the country." The reason, Downing explains, is that DST left them with less sunlight to get crops to market.

DST affects dairy farmers the most, since cows' bodies and the milk they're tasked with producing are affected by the time changes.

You Don't Even Like DST

"God, I love getting up an hour earlier," said no one ever. "Me too. I can't wait to have my schedule messed up in the fall," no one replied.

A 2011 Rasmussen poll (for what it's worth, Rasmussen can be a bit skewed when it comes to conservative politicians but seems to have no known bias against time zones) found that 47 percent (ha, Romney, ha) of Americans said DST was not worth the hassle.

So how do we fix all of this? The real evil here is change. No one really minds if 4 a.m. is 4 a.m. They (and their possible heart attacks) mind if for some reason or another that 4 a.m. is now 5 a.m and will be 4 a.m. in a few months. It's time to stop this insanity.

To tell you representatives in Congress [Senate and House] you want to stop this insane practice complete the form attached to this post and either fax, electronically mail, or send the request form to your representatives via first class mail that will let the representative know you want a change made to this outdated irrational Law.

The tome in support of our position on the elimination of daylight savings time was created by The Wire and found on:

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/11/daylight-saving-time-americas-greatest-shame/354753/

Legislative Update 2-5-2016

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I. IN COMMITTEE MONDAY MORNING

CALLS NEEDED TODAY- SUPPORT

SB 543 Inverse condemnation proceeding; reimbursement of owner's costs

SB 543 was passed by for the day in the Senate Courts of Justice Committee meeting last Wednesday and is on the docket for the Senate Courts of Justice Committee on Monday, 2/8/16, (8:00 a.m.) in House Room B. Please contact the Senators TODAY and ask them to vote YES on SB 543. Attend the committee meeting, if possible.

Senate Courts of Justice

Sen. Mark D. Obenshain (R) 804-698-7526 district26@senate.virginia.gov (chairman)

Sen. A. Benton Chafin, Jr. (R) 804-698-7538 district75@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. R. Creigh Deeds (D) 804-698-7525 district25@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. John S. Edwards (D) 804-698-7521 district21@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. (R) 804-698-7522 district22@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. Janet D. Howell (D) 804-698-7532 district32@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. L. Louise Lucas (D) 804-698-7518 district18@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. Ryan T. McDougle (R) 804-698-7504 district04@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. A. Donald McEachin (D) 804-698-7509 district09@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. Thomas K. Norment, Jr. (R) 804-698-7503 district03@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. Bryce E. Reeves (R) 804-698-7517 district17@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. Richard L. Saslaw (D) 804-698-7535 district35@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. William M. Stanley, Jr. (R) 804-698-7520 district20@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. Richard H. Stuart (R) 804-698-7528 district28@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. (R) 804-698-7510 district10@senate.virginia.gov

II. UPDATE

SB 610 Recognition of out-of-state concealed handgun permits.

SB 610 passed the Senate (27-13) with a floor substitute made by Senator Reeves (chief patron).

YEAS--Barker, Black, Carrico, Chafin, Chase, Cosgrove, Deeds, DeSteph, Dunnavant, Edwards, Garrett, Hanger, Lewis, McDougle, Newman, Norment, Obenshain, Petersen, Reeves, Ruff, Saslaw, Stanley, Stuart, Sturtevant, Suetterlein, Vogel, Wagner--27.

NAYS--Alexander, Dance, Ebbin, Favola, Howell, Locke, Lucas, Marsden, McEachin, McPike, Miller, Surovell, Wexton--13.

RULE 36--0.

NOT VOTING--0.

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HB 1096 Firearms; regulation by state entities.

HB 1163 Concealed handguns; recognition of out-of-state permits.

Both HB 1096 and HB 1163 were on the docket of the Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety this morning, Friday, 2/5/16. We will let you know their progress in the next update.

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III. WE SUPPORT THESE BILLS

• Property Rights

SB 478 Eminent domain; reimbursement of costs

Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons

Eminent domain; reimbursement of costs. Provides that costs and fees may be awarded in condemnation actions where the amount the owner is awarded at trial as compensation for the taking of or damage to his property is 20 percent or more greater than the amount of the condemnor's initial written offer. Under current law, such costs and fees may be awarded if the amount awarded as compensation at trial is 30 percent or more greater than the petitioner's final offer. The bill removes an exception for meeting the requirements for payment of costs and fees for condemnation actions involving easements valued at less than $10,000.

The bill also replaces the word "petitioner" with "condemnor" in the provision of the Code allowing the court to award costs and fees and allows the court to order the condemnor to pay to the owner reasonable fees and travel costs incurred by the owner for up to three experts, or as many as called by the condemnor, whichever is greater, who testified at trial.

Status: (We support this bill)

01/12/16 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

SB 478 has been referred to the Senate Courts of Justice Committee which meets Mondays (8:00 a.m.) and Wednesdays (15 minutes after adjournment of the full Senate) in House Room B. SB 478 is not on the docket for Monday, 2/8/16.

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SB 543 Inverse condemnation proceeding; reimbursement of owner's costs

Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons

Inverse condemnation proceeding; reimbursement of owner's costs. Directs the court to reimburse a plaintiff for the costs of an inverse condemnation proceeding for "damaging" property if a judgment is entered for the plaintiff. Under current law, the court is directed to award costs only for the "taking" of property. The change made in this bill corresponds with the language of amendments to Article 1, Section 11 of the Constitution of Virginia, which became effective on January 1, 2013

Status: (We support this bill)

01/13/16 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

SB 543 was passed by for the day in the Senate Courts of Justice Committee meeting last Wednesday and is on the docket for the Senate Courts of Justice Committee on Monday, 2/8/16, (8:00 a.m.) in House Room B. Please contact the Senators TODAY and ask them to vote YES on SB 543. Attend the committee meeting, if possible. See above for a listing of committee members.

• Asset Forfeiture

SB 108 Forfeiture of property used in connection with the commission of crimes; finding of guilt required

Introduced by: J. Chapman Petersen | all patrons

Forfeiture of property used in connection with the commission of crimes; finding of guilt required. Requires that any action for the forfeiture of property used in connection with the commission of a crime be stayed until the person whose property is the subject of the forfeiture action has been found guilty of the crime authorizing the forfeiture, regardless of whether he has been sentenced. The bill provides that property may be forfeited even though no finding of guilt is made if (i) the forfeiture is ordered by the court pursuant to a plea agreement or (ii) the owner of the property has not submitted a written demand for the return of the property within one year from the date the property was seized.

Status: (We support this bill)

12/28/15 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

02/01/16 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (8-Y 7-N)

02/01/16 Senate: Rereferred to Finance

SB 108 passed the Senate Courts of Justice Committee (8-7) with a substitution. It is now headed to the Senate Finance Committee which meets on Tuesdays and Wednesdays (9:00 a.m.) in Senate Room B. SB 108 was not on the docket of the Finance Committee this week. We are evaluating the substitution and will let you know if we still support it.

• School Choice

HB 389 Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts established

Introduced by: Dave A. LaRock | all patrons

Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts established. Permits the parent of a public preschool, elementary, or secondary school student to apply to the school division in which the student resides for a one-year, renewable Parental Choice Education Savings Account that consists of an amount that is equivalent to 90 percent of all applicable annual Standards of Quality per pupil state funds appropriated for public school purposes and apportioned to the resident school division in which the student resides, including the per pupil share of state sales tax funding in basic aid and any state per pupil share of special education funding to which the student is eligible. The bill permits the parent to use the moneys in such account for certain education-related expenses of the student, including tuition, deposits, fees, and required textbooks at a private, sectarian, or nonsectarian elementary or secondary school or preschool that is located in the Commonwealth and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or national origin. The bill also contains provisions relating to auditing, rescinding, and reviewing expenses made from such accounts.

Status: (We support this bill)

01/06/16 House: Referred to Committee on Education

01/15/16 House: Assigned to sub: Subcommittee Education Innovation

01/19/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 4-N)

01/19/16 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations

01/20/16 House: Reported from Education (13-Y 9-N)

01/20/16 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations

01/25/16 House: Assigned to sub: Elementary & Secondary Education

HB 389 has been assigned to the Elementary & Secondary Education subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee and meets on Tuesdays (10:00 a.m.) in the 9^th Floor Appropriations Room. Tuesday’s docket has not been posted, yet.

• Firearm Related

HB 49 Right to keep & bear arms; codifies opinion of Supreme Court of U.S. in D.C. v. Heller

Introduced by: Mark L. Cole | all patrons

Right to keep and bear arms. Codifies the opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), that the right to keep and bear arms conferred by the United States Constitution and the Constitution of Virginia is an individual right.

Status: (We support this bill)

11/25/15 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

02/04/16 House: Assigned to sub: Constitutional Law

HB 49 has been referred to the Constitutional Law Subcommittee of the House Courts of Justice Committee and meets on the call of the chair. No docket has been posted, yet.

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HB 83 Federal firearms laws; enforcement.

Introduced by: Robert G. Marshall | all patrons

Federal firearms laws; enforcement. Provides that agencies and political subdivisions of the Commonwealth, and employees thereof, shall not knowingly aid any employee or entity of the federal government (i) in the enforcement of federal firearms laws that take effect on or after December 1, 2015, or (ii) in the conduct or enforcement of a criminal background check related to any intrastate sale, loan, gift, or other transfer of a firearm between citizens of the Commonwealth.

Status: (We support this bill)

12/10/15 House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety

01/15/16 House: Referred from Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote

01/15/16 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations

HB 83 has been referred to the House Appropriations Committee which meets Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays (½ hour after the full House adjourns) in the 9^th Floor Appropriations Room. Friday’s meeting was canceled and Monday’s docket has not been posted, yet. If HB 83 is on Monday’s docket, we will send out an additional update.

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HB 132 Risk management plan; coverage for injury or death on state property, concealed handgun prohibition.

Introduced by: Robert G. Marshall | all patrons

Risk management plan; coverage for injury or death on state property; concealed handgun prohibition. Provides that the risk management plan established by the Division of Risk Management shall include coverage for any claim made by or on behalf of a person possessing a valid concealed handgun permit who is injured or killed upon any buildings, grounds, or properties owned or leased by the Commonwealth as a result of the criminal act of a third party if the carrying of a concealed handgun on such buildings, grounds, or properties was prohibited by regulation. The bill also provides that, in addition to providing for the actual damages arising from the person's injury or death, the coverage shall include an additional amount of $350,000.

Status: (We support this bill)

12/18/15 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws

01/18/16 House: Assigned to sub: Subcommittee #4

HB 132 has been taken off today’s docket, 2/4/16. Subcommittee #4 of the House General Laws Committee meets Thursdays (immediately after the full committee meeting), in House Room C. Next Thursday’s docket has not been posted, yet.

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HB 133 Risk management plan; coverage for injury/death on college property, concealed handgun prohibition.

Introduced by: Robert G. Marshall | all patrons

Risk management plan; coverage for injury or death on college property; concealed handgun prohibition. Provides that the risk management plan established by the Division of Risk Management shall include coverage for any claim made by or on behalf of a person possessing a valid concealed handgun permit who is injured or killed upon any buildings, grounds,or properties owned or leased by a public institution of higher education as a result of the criminal act of a third party if the carrying of a concealed handgun on such buildings, grounds, or properties was prohibited by regulation. The bill also provides that, in addition to providing for the actual damages arising from the person's injury or death, the coverage shall include an additional amount of $350,000.

Status: (We support this bill)

12/18/15 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws

01/18/16 House: Assigned to sub: Subcommittee #4

HB 133 has been taken off today’s docket, 2/4/16. Subcommittee #4 of the House General Laws Committee meets Thursdays (immediately after the full committee meeting), in House Room C. Next Thursday’s docket has not been posted, yet.

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HB 443 Carrying a concealed handgun; permit not required.

Introduced by: Jeffrey L. Campbell | all patrons

Carrying a concealed handgun; exception. Allows any person who regardless of having met the demonstration of competence requirement is otherwise qualified to obtain a concealed handgun permit to carry a handgun concealed in any place where such person could openly carry a handgun.

Status: (We support this bill)

01/07/16 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

HB 443 has been referred to the Constitutional Law Subcommittee of the House Courts of Justice Committee and meets on the call of the chair. No docket has been posted, yet.

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HB 1096 Firearms; regulation by state entities.

Introduced by: Michael J. Webert | all patrons

Regulation of firearms by state entities. Prohibits any state entity from adopting or enforcing any rule, regulation, policy, or administrative action governing the purchase, possession, transfer, ownership, carrying, storage, or transporting of firearms, ammunition, or components or combinations thereof unless expressly authorized by statute. The bill invalidates any such rule, regulation, policy, or administrative action adopted by a state entity prior to July 1, 2016. The bill does not prohibit a law-enforcement officer from acting within the scope of his duties, nor does it apply to the Department of Corrections, Department of Juvenile Justice, Department of State Police, Virginia National Guard, Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, or Department of Social Services. The bill allows entities to adopt or enforce rules or regulations necessary for compliance with the Fire Prevention Code or necessary for the operation of Reserve Officer Training Corps programs. The bill expressly authorizes the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to create certain regulations governing the possession, carrying, transportation, and storage of firearms, ammunition, or components or combinations thereof.

Status: (We support this bill)

01/13/16 House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety

01/18/16 House: Assigned to sub: #1

01/21/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 1-N)

HB 1096 was on the docket of the Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety this morning, Friday, 2/5/16. We will let you know its progress in the next update.

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HB 1163 Concealed handguns; recognition of out-of-state permits.

Introduced by: Michael J. Webert | all patrons

Recognition of out-of-state concealed handgun permits. Provides that a holder of a concealed handgun permit issued by any state who is at least 21 years of age is authorized to carry a concealed handgun in Virginia. The bill requires the Attorney General to enter into agreements for reciprocal recognition with other states that require an agreement to be in place before the state will recognize a Virginia concealed handgun permit as valid in the state. Current law recognizes concealed handgun permits issued by states that (i) provide a 24-hour-a-day means of verification of the validity of the permits issued in that state and (ii) have requirements and qualifications that are adequate to prevent possession of a permit by persons who would be denied a permit in Virginia.

Status: (We support this bill)

01/14/16 House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety

01/19/16 House: Assigned to sub: #1

01/21/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 1-N)

HB 1163 was on the docket of the Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety this morning, Friday, 2/5/16. We will let you know its progress in the next update.

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SB 610 Recognition of out-of-state concealed handgun permits.

Introduced by: Bryce E. Reeves | Jill Holtzman Vogel | all patrons

Recognition of out-of-state concealed handgun permits. Provides that a holder of a concealed handgun permit issued by any state who is at least 21 years of age is authorized to carry a concealed handgun in Virginia. The bill requires the Attorney General to enter into agreements for reciprocal recognition with other states that require an agreement to be in place before the state will recognize a Virginia concealed handgun permit as valid in the state. Current law recognizes concealed handgun permits issued by states that (i) provide a 24-hour-a-day means of verification of the validity of the permits issued in that state and (ii) have requirements and qualifications that are adequate to prevent possession of a permit by persons who would be denied a permit in Virginia.

Status: (We support this bill)

01/13/16 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

01/27/16 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 3-N)

01/29/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)

02/01/16 Senate: Passed by for the day

02/02/16 Senate: Passed by for the day

02/03/16 Senate: Passed by for the day

02/04/16 Senate: Read second time

02/04/16 Senate: Committee substitute reconsidered (39-Y 0-N)

02/04/16 Senate: Committee substitute rejected

02/04/16 Senate: Reading of substitute waived

02/04/16 Senate: Floor substitute printed to Web only (Reeves)

02/04/16 Senate: Substitute #1 by Senator Reeves withdrawn

02/04/16 Senate: Floor substitute printed (Reeves)

02/04/16 Senate: Reading of substitute waived

02/04/16 Senate: Substitute #2 by Senator Reeves agreed to

02/04/16 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute

02/04/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)

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Daylight Saving Time [DST] is the Greatest Continuing Fraud ever perpetrated on the American people !!! Tell your representatives in both the U.S. House and Senate it is time to repeal DST; you want them to end DST.

Daylight Saving Time Is America's Greatest Shame

Daylight Saving Time [DST] is the greatest continuing fraud ever perpetrated on the American people. And this past weekend, the effect of this cruel monster reared its ugly head again.

Tell you representatives in Congress [Senate and House] you want to stop this insane practice. Let the representative know you want a change made to this outdated irrational Law.

On Sunday morning, Americans across the country were forced to set their clocks back one hour, and this week, the sun will begin its ambling lurch to set at 4:30 in the afternoon.

A lot of that is prime nonsense, pure b.s.. There is actually no benefit or rhyme or reason for why we had to endure this weekend's time shift and no reason we should even be playing with the idea of losing and gaining hours. Here's why:

The Energy Savings Are Minimal

That was wrong. The great energy-sucking state of California actually studied the impact of that extension and found it wanting. "Formally, weather- and lighting-corrected savings from DST were estimated at 0.18%," the California Energy Commission reported.

There was also another study on the state of Indiana, a state that went full DST in 2006. A team from Yale studied what happened post-DST, and found that the average Indianan was hit in the wallet by DST. National Geographic reported:

DST Is Bad For Your Health

"Daylight savings time is anti-physiologic, and it’s a little deleterious, at least for several days," Dr. Nicholas Rummo, director of the Center for Sleep Medicine at Northern Westchester Hospital told Health.com, adding that "light earlier in the day is more helpful for them."

Research has also shown that DST, and shifts and the rupturing of sleep patterns is also linked to myocardial infractions (a.k.a. heart-attacks), car accidents, and medical equipment malfunctions.

Time Shifts Are Bad For Your Productivity

Light doesn't do the same things to the body in the morning and the evening. More light in the morning would advance the body clock, and that would be good. But more light in the evening would even further delay the body clock.

DST Is Not Financially Responsible

Think about what you could do with $147 million. That's how much the Air Transport Association estimated the 2007, one-month shift cost the airline industry because time schedules with the world (a lot of which does not believe in DST) were messed up.

DST Is Not Helping Any Farmers

Oh right, we almost forgot about farmers. I remember my second grade teacher told skinny, frail, 7-year-old me, "We do this [time shift] for the farmers." I didn't know any farmers, but I remember feeling noble and helpful. I did not know I was being lied to.

DST affects dairy farmers the most, since cows' bodies and the milk they're tasked with producing are affected by the time changes.

You Don't Even Like DST

"God, I love getting up an hour earlier," said no one ever. "Me too. I can't wait to have my schedule messed up in the fall," no one replied.

A 2011 Rasmussen poll (for what it's worth, Rasmussen can be a bit skewed when it comes to conservative politicians but seems to have no known bias against time zones) found that 47 percent (ha, Romney, ha) of Americans said DST was not worth the hassle.

So how do we fix all of this? The real evil here is change. No one really minds if 4 a.m. is 4 a.m. They (and their possible heart attacks) mind if for some reason or another that 4 a.m. is now 5 a.m and will be 4 a.m. in a few months. It's time to stop this insanity.

The tome in support of our position on the elimination of daylight savings time was created by The Wire and found on:

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/11/daylight-saving-time-americas-greatest-shame/354753/

Fix Virginia's Corrupt Legal System Report Bad Judges To the Virginia Senate

SB 543 Inverse condemnation proceeding; reimbursement of owner's costs

Senate Courts of Justice

Sen. Mark D. Obenshain (R) 804-698-7526 district26@senate.virginia.gov (chairman)

Sen. A. Benton Chafin, Jr. (R) 804-698-7538 district75@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. R. Creigh Deeds (D) 804-698-7525 district25@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. John S. Edwards (D) 804-698-7521 district21@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. (R) 804-698-7522 district22@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. Janet D. Howell (D) 804-698-7532 district32@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. L. Louise Lucas (D) 804-698-7518 district18@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. Ryan T. McDougle (R) 804-698-7504 district04@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. A. Donald McEachin (D) 804-698-7509 district09@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. Thomas K. Norment, Jr. (R) 804-698-7503 district03@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. Bryce E. Reeves (R) 804-698-7517 district17@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. Richard L. Saslaw (D) 804-698-7535 district35@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. William M. Stanley, Jr. (R) 804-698-7520 district20@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. Richard H. Stuart (R) 804-698-7528 district28@senate.virginia.gov

Sen. Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. (R) 804-698-7510 district10@senate.virginia.gov

II. UPDATE

SB 610 Recognition of out-of-state concealed handgun permits.

SB 610 passed the Senate (27-13) with a floor substitute made by Senator Reeves (chief patron).

YEAS--Barker, Black, Carrico, Chafin, Chase, Cosgrove, Deeds, DeSteph, Dunnavant, Edwards, Garrett, Hanger, Lewis, McDougle, Newman, Norment, Obenshain, Petersen, Reeves, Ruff, Saslaw, Stanley, Stuart, Sturtevant, Suetterlein, Vogel, Wagner--27.

NAYS--Alexander, Dance, Ebbin, Favola, Howell, Locke, Lucas, Marsden, McEachin, McPike, Miller, Surovell, Wexton--13.

RULE 36--0.

NOT VOTING--0.

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HB 1096 Firearms; regulation by state entities.

HB 1163 Concealed handguns; recognition of out-of-state permits.

Both HB 1096 and HB 1163 were on the docket of the Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety this morning, Friday, 2/5/16. We will let you know their progress in the next update.

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III. WE SUPPORT THESE BILLS

• Property Rights

SB 478 Eminent domain; reimbursement of costs

Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons

Status: (We support this bill)

SB 478 has been referred to the Senate Courts of Justice Committee which meets Mondays (8:00 a.m.) and Wednesdays (15 minutes after adjournment of the full Senate) in House Room B. SB 478 is not on the docket for Monday, 2/8/16.

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SB 543 Inverse condemnation proceeding; reimbursement of owner's costs

Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons

Status: (We support this bill)

• Asset Forfeiture

SB 108 Forfeiture of property used in connection with the commission of crimes; finding of guilt required

Introduced by: J. Chapman Petersen | all patrons

Status: (We support this bill)

• School Choice

HB 389 Parental Choice Education Savings Accounts established

Introduced by: Dave A. LaRock | all patrons

Status: (We support this bill)

HB 389 has been assigned to the Elementary & Secondary Education subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee and meets on Tuesdays (10:00 a.m.) in the 9th Floor Appropriations Room. Tuesday’s docket has not been posted, yet.

• Firearm Related

HB 49 Right to keep & bear arms; codifies opinion of Supreme Court of U.S. in D.C. v. Heller

Introduced by: Mark L. Cole | all patrons

Right to keep and bear arms. Codifies the opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), that the right to keep and bear arms conferred by the United States Constitution and the Constitution of Virginia is an individual right.

Status: (We support this bill)

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Tell your representatives in both the
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Report Bad Judges To the Virginia Senate

HB 389 has been assigned to the Elementary & Secondary Education subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee and meets on Tuesdays (10:00 a.m.) in the 9^th Floor Appropriations Room. Tuesday’s docket has not been posted, yet.