More Hogwash! Another ACA Empty Threat
In the latest scare tactic used and repeated over the last week is that doctors are going to refuse to accept Health Insurance Exchange policies. Reince Preibus said that to Chris Jansing Friday...
View ArticleBully or A Joke
There are two unrelated stories out last week that struck a common theme with me. It has to do with respect for others, civility and accepting people for who they are.Who doesn't want to be part of the...
View ArticleThe ACA Saves Lives, Money & It's a Dang Sight Better Than What I Got Now!
The last month has been a bumpy ride for the ACA. It could have gone better.In 2010 in the lead up to the ACA passing there were probably 50-60 health care diaries every day. We were anything but...
View ArticleThis is a BFD: Prosecutor Jailed In Misconduct Plea Deal
This is huge. The Michael Morton case started in 1987 when then Prosecutor Ken Anderson withheld exculpatory evidence from the defense which led to Morton being jailed for 25 years. The Innocence...
View ArticleACA Concern Trolling
Oh the hand wringing! The numbers are out and not nearly enough people have enrolled in the new health plans! What are we going to do! If you hear the news shows as they go on and on; you'd think the...
View ArticleSo There's This Matt Forney Guy Thing
My daughter came home from college all jazzed up. Apparently, Matt Forney, a 25 year old blogger who hails from Ithaca, New York wrote on his blog about his "love" for insecure women. His archaic...
View ArticleSlavery is Abhorrent
Why people can't get it is beyond me. We live in a world that still has slavery. It's reprehensible. It's offensive. If you've never been enslaved, then you don't know what slavery means. If you don't...
View ArticleVacation's Over & ....
It's been just over a year since my husband's mother passed away. She died mid December 2012. We were on auto throughout the 2012 holiday season. Since she died, we've grieved. We settled up her...
View ArticleA Casket Is No Place For a Toddler
Yet, there she was. The funeral home cosmetologist laid her out as if she were sleeping. A sprig of Baby's Breath in her hand. Her other arm raised over her head as if she was about to wake up and...
View ArticleSwiftboating Wendy Davis UPDATE
On the National scene, the Wendy Davis nontroversy is dying down, but in Texas it's just getting started. The Wendy Davis story and all it's "nuances" came out in September 2013. It was published by...
View ArticleFL Supremes Approved Medical Marijuana For Nov. 2014 Ballot
John Morgan, the personal injury lawyer heading up Florida's medical marijuana ballot initiative only had about 135,000 of the 683,149 required voter signatures in early December (2013). The latest I...
View ArticleSee? This is Why We Don't Talk About Sex Abuse
This diary could easily trigger a sex assault victim, so please be warned:POSSIBLE TRIGGERS BELOWThe back and forth playing out in the media concerning Dylan Farrow reminds me why people don't often...
View ArticleMichael Sam Needs to Ace His NFL Combine Performance
Congratulations to Michael Sam for telling it like it is. Too bad he had to. I never thought I would be required to stand up and tell my potential future employer, "Hi! I'm heterosexual. Is that OK...
View ArticleIt's Pi Day!
Today is3.14Pi DayHappy Pi Day!An obscure, unappreciated day.Pi is the:Circumference(of a circle)/diameterIt's the number that can't be resolved that goes on and on and on and on and on and...
View ArticleStuck Dealing with Libertarians and Republicans
My life got very complicated this year right after the holidays. I've spent a lot of time in Orlando dealing with my family and that means being in the same room with Republicans. If I'm not in...
View ArticleShe Called Herself a Whore
It's hard for many here at dkos to get an understanding of the religious right. The mind set is quite different. Recently, I had a very bizarre conversation with a closet Democrat who hides her party...
View ArticleI Have Never Done This Before. Help!
My daughter's friends are good kids. Yes, they are 23 and 21 years old. They lived with their single parent father and his brother since the oldest was 8 years old. We've known them since 2000 when our...
View ArticleMedical Billing Fraud Made Easy
The bill arrived for $1,300 dollars. Payable now in it's entirety. She had 4 other invoices for smaller amounts ranging from $50 to $300. She came to me for help.The largest invoice was for the...
View ArticleThank You For Your Help
A couple weeks ago I wrote about two young adults who were going to lose their childhood home to back taxes. They started a crowd source account and it was going no where. After posting the diary here...
View ArticleDiscussion of UCSB Pivoted to The Friendzone
It's been a week since the UCSB shooting. There's lots of coverage on it. Some thoughtful, provocative pieces and some unbelievably dense observations from the shootings and stabbings.I ran across a...
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