how much I loathe and detest the "free market" ness of the US health system? Once little E was born, the hospital sent us a flood of bills -- oh maybe 20 of them. One of these was for $154.45. Some 9 months later, they, apparently, decided they should bill the service in a different way, so they resent the bill to our insurance company. As a ( Read more... )

It's nearly 1 am and the sea front outside our window is hopping -- we can hear children, by the sounds of it quite young, shouting and laughing away. Luckily the pounding music of passing cars is somewhat less than last night. Tomorrow to Himera where the Greeks defeated and were defeated by the Carthaginians. We bought E his first pair of ( Read more... )

owns Fox news.  Enough said.  Sign the petition against him scooping up more media channels.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_rupert_murdoch_3/?copy

Click here and hear him filibustering the massive tax cuts for the top 1% and etc ( Read more... )

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Reliable sources report that Kevin Brady (R-Texas) spends two months a year in 'Daffodil Fields' a private mental health facility for conspiracy theorists.  Last night's NYT editorial that exposed John Campbell (R-Lalaland) as a partner in 'Sudangels' a drug ring that inserts small amounts of poison in popular cereal  brands that gives eaters ( Read more... )

Why are wealthy right wing bastards allowed to monopolize the Health Reform debate on the radio?

How are they allowed to blather about the 'glorious choice' of the present quicksand-system and warn about the cost of a national system, when the current system only actually gives choice if you can pay for it and the damn system as a whole is the most ( Read more... )

Dear Blue Cross PPO Insurance Provider ( Read more... )

In 60 years, Michigan is going to be a tropical jungle. We've got 90F heat, alternating with massive downpours. The tigerlily flowers by the front porch seem to think they're in a rainforest and have grown up to my shoulder. The neighbour's new rosebushes are blooming madly, though the blossoms keep getting smashed by the violent rain ( Read more... )

Wait -- this is even more bizarre. I've got Murph listed as my friend, not the other way round. How did I do that? When did I do that?