reposted from politico On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the 906-page health care reform law known as Obamacare. It was, as a live microphone caught Vice President Joe Biden exclaiming to his boss, a big deal, with Biden memorably inserting an extra word for emphasis—and for history—between “big” […]
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Absolutely Fabulous, Season two, Episode five, “New Best Friend”. SO, I am at that age when many of my friends think they can change their whole lives by trading in their cluttered apartments and houses for spare, modernist lofts. Their difficult, incomprehensible lives will somehow be streamlined and managed […]
One of the many assertions of stupid science is one that many of your otherwise reasonable, intelligent friends and co-workers are guilty of. I am talking about the banal assertion that antibiotics treat viruses. For years, public health experts have been begging people to stop taking antibiotics for a fucking cold. Listen to me: Antibiotics treat bacterial infections. Colds […]
“Why is it that the federal government owns 47% of western states, in our country?” (Why come this was never really an issue until that colored fella occupied the white house)? 1. The Federal government is US – We, the People. The Federal government is of, by, and for the people. So “we” own it. […]
I love this story, from NYTimes By COREY KILGANNONDEC. 21, 2015 Last week, Peter Mattaliano, 66, an acting coach and screenwriter, put up Christmas decorations in his Hell’s Kitchen apartment and laid out presents for the children: Mary and Alfred. These are not Mr. Mattaliano’s children, and they are no longer living. But a century […]