This: …the speaker is torn between his personal feelings about the tape showing Donald Trump discussing grabbing women by the genitals and his desire to preserve the historic GOP majority in the House of Representatives. My reaction: A) Profile in Courage. B) Put his picture in the dictionary next to “Party Before Country” I have …
Zombie-Eyed Granny Starver
Of Course It Is, You Fucking Asshole
These sanctimonious pricks: Paul Ryan called the Democratic lawmakers’ sit-in Wednesday to protest inaction on gun laws a “publicity stunt,” saying that House liberals were more interested in headlines than solving the problem. The speaker of the House also told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on “The Situation Room” that he was not planning on actively fundraising …
Donald Trump for Rubber Stamp
Journalists who use the words “serious” or “thoughtful” or “integrity” should be first against the wall in the revolution: Donald Trump and I have talked at great length about things such as the proper role of the executive and fundamental principles such as the protection of life. The list of potential Supreme Court nominees he …
Their Brand Is Crisis
Valued commenter Rikyrah draws our attention to a post at No More Mr. Nice Blog in which Steve M argues that the Beltway press is setting Paul Ryan up to be the reedy voice of reason if the GOP goes down in flames in the coming election. An excerpt: There’s a widespread belief that Democrats …
Many Bothans Died To Bring Us These Tax Cuts
The practical upshot from the chaos in the House GOP with Orange Julius now gone and Paul Ryan now Speaker of the House is that the Austerity Death Star will soon be fully operational. The Wisconsin Republican who claimed the gavel last week is one of Congress’ preeminent tax experts, an ardent advocate of rewriting …
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Medicare 101: Part D
Yesterday we briefly talked about Medicare Part A and Part B. Part A covers in-patient/overnight stays at the hospital while Part B covers most other services that involve interacting with other people. When Medicare started, prescription drugs weren’t a big cost driver. Basic drugs were available, they treated most common cases to some degree of …
Cash flow of rejecting free money
Andrew Sprung at XPostfactoid is doing a great series on the individual states and their performance on Healthcare.gov. His post on Florida generated an interesting insight and one hell of a comment that I want to expand on. In Florida, 856,092 private plan enrollees — more than half (53.6%) of the total — had incomes …