H.R. 4789 - Public Option Act, or Medicare You Can Buy Into Act

Username — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:19:43 +0000

Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) introduced yesterday H.R. 4789, a bill amending the Social Security Act Title XVIII, Health Insurance for the Aged and Disabled (Medicare). If we won't get a public option through reconciliation, if the public polls are showing overwhelming support for a public option, and if we want to avoid creating a new agency, then let's open up Medicare in its own act and make some progress regardless of what happens with the HCR mess.

The. End.

vinteuil — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:35:14 +0000

Daniel Pipes writes:

"...my mood about Iraq could variously be described as depressed, despairing, despondent, dejected, pessimistic, melancholic, and gloomy.

The ePublishing Saga Continues--UPDATED

Kierkegaard — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:21:50 +0000

It was astonishingly difficult, but my first novel is now up at Amazon for the Kindle. Due to my "social networking", I've managed to generate about 50 hits on the page since launch (this, too, is by no means as easy as blogsites claim), but these have only resulted in a sale or two. I've been advised that this is due to the fact that when people get there, there have been no reviews to read.

Monday Open Thread

Model 62 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:34:52 +0000

Feels like spring and Monday can't change that.

Friday the Threadteenth

Jordan — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:29:35 +0000

Then he took the thread, gave it to his disciples and said, 'Take this, all of you, and post.'

Blogging in fives

Bird Dog — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:28:43 +0000

John Hawkins has five ugly truths, and they are:

(1) Entitlements must be cut.
(2) Our military is going to weaken.
(3) Taxes are going up.
(4) Economic growth is going to stagnate.
(5) We will have a world where the United States isn't a super power.

I take issue on #5, because I think we'll have a world where the US isn't the only super power. The first four sound about right.

Reply to Unz

vinteuil — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:06:46 +0000

Well, the wheels of right-wing publication may or may not grind exceeding fine, but there's no doubt that they grind exceeding slow.

And I'm sick of waiting for people to get back to me - so here's my "Reply to Unz," in all its final, conclusive, devastating glory:

Monday Morning Open Thread

Model 62 — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:36:01 +0000

I hadn't noticed until yesterday afternoon, but the medals they handed out in Vancoover looked as if they'd been run over by a Zamboni (or maybe a Fauxboni) and then left out overnight on the radiator.

Shrinky Dinks.

Vancouver Olympic Medals.

There's more to hockey goaltending than positioning and quick reflexes. Here's Ryan Miller's analysis of the game winner that got by him:

AfPak developments

Bird Dog — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:55:15 +0000

While trying to better understand the Taliban, David Rohde of the New York Times put himself at risk and was kidnapped by Taliban insurgents. He was held hostage for eight months, then escapted. His experience puts him in a unique position, as seen in his review of two books on the subject. Here are some of his observations:

Foxconn, and the modern labour movement.

mmghosh — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:59:08 +0000

Foxconn has been in the labour news for awhile.

China Labour Watch, thus.

Good Riddance

M Aurelius — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:41:40 +0000

Governor Paterson of NY has "decided"(like he had any other realistic choice) not to run for reelection.

With him, the last remnants of this disastrous term started by Eliot Spitzer will be gone. This is easily the most failed administration of any executive I have ever voted for. Together, Spit and Pat made Republican George Pataki look like a wise statesman, though in truth he was rather mediocre, on a good day.

Friday Open Thread

Model 62 — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:25:34 +0000

Thread is a type of yarn intended for sewing by hand or machine.

Please don't abuse it.