I wonder if we will find out what kinds of countertops these kids have.
Honestly, the level of sociopathy among the wingers stuns me. Death threats against children, fantasies about beating up children on the subway….family values, I guess.
by DougJ| 201 Comments
This post is in: Assholes
I wonder if we will find out what kinds of countertops these kids have.
Honestly, the level of sociopathy among the wingers stuns me. Death threats against children, fantasies about beating up children on the subway….family values, I guess.
by John Cole| 84 Comments
This post is in: Open Threads
Tammy sends along this pic from the dog slumber party last night:
Apparently everyone else is away, too, so I thought I would throw up an all-purpose open thread before I am occupied for the day. If anything interesting happens, fill us in. Also, college football.
BTW- the lexicon still has definitions that need to be filled out, as well as some of the definitions need to be cleaned up a little bit. We need an example for rebunking, and some of the entries need sourcing.
Also, if there are any glaring omissions, chuck them in here.
by John Cole| 43 Comments
This post is in: Domestic Politics
Here:
Uninsured dialysis patients who could be cut off from their life-sustaining care lost a court challenge on Friday when a judge ruled that Grady Memorial Hospital could close its outpatient dialysis clinic. But the hospital gave the patients a temporary reprieve.
Ruling largely on technical grounds, a state court judge dissolved the restraining order that prevented last weekend’s scheduled closing of the clinic at Grady, the Atlanta region’s safety net hospital. The hospital, which is deeply in debt, quickly announced it would close the clinic within a week. It agreed, however, to pay for up to three months of dialysis at private clinics for the 51 patients who will be dislocated.
The simple refusal to admit that we already ration care in the United States is maddening. We ration all the time- poor people don’t get it, or if they do, it is in the most costly and inefficient way possible.
This post is in: Dog Blogging, Open Threads
I need one. Here is one of yours:
I’ve been assured Lily is doing fine, but she refuses to pee for Tammy.
At any rate, a shiny new thread for you. Because I care. Really, I do. And I will respect you in the morning.
by John Cole| 46 Comments
Just had dinner in the hotel restaurant, and because God hates me, one of the tv’s had the always disgusting Sean Hannity on, prattling on with Marsha Blackburn about Keith Jennings. Fortunately the sound was off, but the graphics were great:
New Details Emerge about Safe Schools CZAR!
Land of Czars!
The last time I saw Marsha Blackburn, she was in whole hog on the Death panels bullshit.
It just never, ever stops with these people. Ever.
by John Cole| 79 Comments
This post is in: Domestic Politics
The folks at True Slant have the next round up:
Faces of American Health Care, Part 2: Former Pro Skater, Lee Bender from austin considine on Vimeo.
Make sure you stop by for the backstory.
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Got to the hotel in one piece, but I have to say I am a little pissed at some of you readers. How come never told me there is an all Dead channel on XM radio? Listened to an awesome show from Piscataway in 1981 which had a great Franklins/Estimate/Eyes. Nice way to spend the afternoon on the highway.
Another thing- really not sure why people rag on American cars so much- two weeks ago we had a Ford Focus, which was a little small for the two of us as we are both over 6’0″ and 200 lbs (an argument could be made we were two people away from a clown car), but it rode very well. This time, they did not have the kind of car we ordered from the rental place so we ended up with 2010 Buick Lucerne with 400 miles on it. The car was a great highway car- seemed to just eat up the highway, wasn’t boat, seats were comfortable, no road noise, great sound system, AC went all the way down to 60. And the mileage seemed pretty good. One of the nice rides I have had in a while.
I’m just not getting this whole “American cars suck” thing.