The speech I want to hear
Everyone knows that Obama will give a speech on Tuesday regarding climate change. Based on his history, the speech has the potential to be quite moving - for those who dote on his every word, while...
View ArticleObamacare: FL officials warn of big rate increases. Really?
I am puzzled by the announcement from the Florida Insurance Commissioner saying rates will jump - bigtime - under Obamacare. (I could provide other links, but it appears that all media outlets are...
View ArticleThis breaking news just in; day 7 and Healthcare.gov is still busted. (with...
This is pathetic. I'm beginning to give more credence to the complaints of the web site being really poor. Surely someone has successfully enrolled? I want to make it clear here that I'm in Florida...
View Article"This breaking news just in"; Day 10 and Healthcare.gov is still busted (with...
I published a diary three days ago describing my experience in attempting to enroll in a health insurance plan. I'm sorry to say that, while I'm a little further along, I'm once again stuck. And I'm...
View ArticleHealthcare.gov: Brick Walls Become Pebbles In The Road
First, let me say that, as far as I'm concerned, healthcare.gov is working. This diary describes a bit of how I got to this point.I've spent a long time trying to enroll in a plan in my state,...
View ArticleHealthcare.gov and Blue Cross; a real pain in the back end.
A journal of my experience after I enrolled in a plan on Healthcare.gov. I wonder when the "liberal" media is going to start slamming the insurance companies for their bungled process. ("Please...
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Beyond Gerrymandering
The redistricting process performed by Florida's heavily Republican legislature has been deemed unconstitutional. Considering the flagrant partisanship displayed by the legislature, and the state...
View ArticleAddendum to Beyond Gerrymandering
Ignore this diary. It exists only to display a table that I couldn't get to display correctly in the Beyond Gerrymandering diary.And here's the table I wanted to display in the other diary - somewhere...
View ArticleFYI: Oilsands pipeline rupture spills 31,000 barrels.
Nexen pipeline leak in Alberta spills 5 million litres. (5M litres is a bit more than 31K barrels, according to this site).The only reporting I've found on this is at Canadian sites. It appears to be...
View ArticleFL-Sen: Grayson and Murphy in the House
By their votes shall ye know them.I have read many comments here displaying an intense dislike of Alan Grayson. That's understandable for someone who is your neighbor, or is about to become your...
View ArticleCarbon fee & dividend; James Hansen still fighting the good fight.
James Hansen is still speaking out for a carbon fee & dividend system. In an interview with Yale 360 a few weeks ago, he saidThe one thing, which is most important, is the assertion by the fossil...
View ArticleFlint: look to the skies
Now that the Flint water system has been transformed into a toxin delivery system, the main conflict has revolved around what to do about the pipes distributing water to the populace. Democrats call...
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