White House Making Sure The Young Enroll In Obamacare
The White House is making sure that the young enroll in Obamacare. "Nonetheless, insurers and others fear that the initial group of enrollees will skew toward older people with medical ailments, who...
View ArticleBuilding HealthCare.Gov Cost $677 Million
HealthCare.gov cost $677 million to build. "The HHS has only spent $319 million of that amount so far, Sebelius testified in front of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, but commitments to...
View ArticleRachel Maddow: Conservatives Value Symbol Over Substance; Words Over Action
No matter how bad it seems for Democrats right now, said Rachel Maddow on her show Wednesday night, it’s worse for Republicans. In spite of the fact that the Obamacare roll-out was messy, the...
View ArticleNew Yorker Cartoon: Marriage
After several years of practice, physician friend E.M. observed that 15% of marriages are good, 35% disastrous, and the rest "Mexican stand-offs."Based on these findings, Ed chose not to marry.The odds...
View ArticleNew Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest, December 16, 2013. My Submission
Tell me. Any bacon cheeseburgers on Krypton?
View ArticleChomsky: U.S. Used To Have People Killed For Practicing What Pope Francis...
The United States waged a decades-long war against Catholics who practiced the teachings that got Pope Francis named as Time magazine’s person of the year, said political philosopher Noam Chomsky.He...
View ArticleTop Pollster Advises Democrats To Go On Offense With Obamacare
Alan:"No system is perfect. Refusing to recognize this fact, the GOP's insistence on perfection has become the cornerstone of American conservatism's pending collapse. From now on, there will be ever...
View ArticleHow Much Does A Self-Sustaining Household Solar System Cost In Each U.S. State?
Alan:These 2011 maps were produced by a commercial solar site and therefore I take them with a grain of salt.
View Article"We're At A Floodgate" Of A Solar Energy Boom
"The US Has 43 Nuclear Power Plants' Worth Of Solar Energy In The Pipeline"http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-us-has-43-nuclear-power-plants.html***United States Poised to Top Germany in...
View ArticleGringos Are Nuts: Sleeping With Guns
Feds: Ex-soldier stole military IDs for militiaDecember 12, 2013BY AMY FORLITIAssociated PressMINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota National Guardsman is facing federal charges for allegedly stealing the names,...
View ArticlePower Vampires In Your House. Shut Off Standby Power: 10% Of All Power You Use
You Have Power Vampires in your House Standby Power takes money from your wallet Here is something I see in almost every house I visit. The phone chargers are left plugged in all the time – makes it...
View Article"Obamacare Exposes Republican Hypocrisy On Health Care," Ezra Klein
Posted by Ezra Klein on December 12, 2013Now that HealthCare.Gov is on a clear path to functionality, Republicans are having to come to terms with the fact that Obamacare will not conveniently collapse...
View ArticleThe Dark Side Of The West's Oil And Gas Boom
"Republican Rule And Economic Catastrophe: A Lockstep Relationship"http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/05/republican-rule-and-economic.html***Posted by Brad Plumer on December 12, 2013 Over the...
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