Bah
The Dodgers have been shut out in four of the past five games they’ve played and my mouth still hurts. Worse, the doctor doesn’t like the biopsy results. I’m going back to bed.
Archive of entries posted on June 2012
A basic misunderstanding
So “rising Republican star” Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana says his state will not create the health insurance exchanges the ACA requires. We’re not moving forward with the exchanges, we’re not going to be implementing ObamaCare here in the state of Louisiana. Instead, we’re going to do everything we can to defeat President Obama, get …
Relief, with reservations
While I’m very glad I was wrong about the outcome, I’m still surprised that four Justices felt that the entire Affordable Care Act should be overturned. Not just the mandate but the entire thing. That implies they (Kennedy, Alito, Scalia and Thomas) feel all federal authority is up for grabs. In their argument that the …
Hype or real deal?
Jonathan Bernstein at WaPo’s The Plum Line: What happens at the Supreme Court tomorrow is not being overhyped: it really is that important. [snip] The Court’s decision will matter, substantively, in two ways. First, depending on what the Court says, either millions of people will soon be able to get health insurance, or they won’t. …
Ack
If you want a new experience, try having a little bit of your uvula snipped off under local anesthetic. About a month ago I felt a little pain while swallowing food. I went to the doc and she thought she saw a little white spot on the uvula, so she told me to see the …
So it’s ACA Thursday
Once again a Supreme Court decision day has come and gone and the health care pronouncement has not been made. That leaves Thursday as the very last day on which it can be done. The justices are not going to carry it over till next year. Personally I think they’re going to say the mandate’s …
Sunday come-to-meeting
Want some links to lie and hypocrisy debunking? Go read Fred Clark. Among the lies: the false claim that the EPA is using drones to spy on farmers. The truth is, it’s using small planes to inspect water safety. Also: the odious Tony Perkins of the equally odious Family Research Council justifying the organization giving …
Prioritizing
I want to test the Mini’s handling on a nice windy road today. Instead I’m watching the As – Giants game while reading 1634: The Baltic War and thawing a hunk of London Broil for dinner. I’ve already bought some fresh mushrooms to slice up and sauté to go with it; now I need someone …
Vote, vote, vote (except you Democratic constituencies)
A nice roundup of what Republican-held legislatures have done in swing states to suppress voting in November. Since 2011, 18 states have enacted voter-suppression bills, with similar ones pending in 12 more. In the presidential race, it’s hand-to-hand legal combat, with almost every battleground state embroiled in a struggle over voter eligibility. Michigan’s bills attack …
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1 for 2
Bah. The Dodgers lost their third straight game to the Oakland Athletics this afternoon. They got a whopping 8 hits in the 27 innings they played against the As during the series. Can you say team-wide hitting slump? I thought you could. On the brighter side, the U of Arizona is leading Florida State 10 …