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• Not All Parts of Obamacare Are Objected to by Three Major Insurers…

  

  While we’re waiting for the Supreme Court to make a decision on the health Care law, at least three major insurers promised yesterday to continue following... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2012 SOCIETY

• If Obama is Bad for Business, Why Are Foreign Investors Racing to Invest in...

  

  From CNN Business: “The State Department expects to issue over 6,000 “investor visas” in the current fiscal year, which would be an all-time record. Other... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2012 SOCIETY

• Character Actor Frank Cady Dies at 96

  

  Cady as Sam Drucker If you remember Petticoat Junction or Green Acres or The Beverly Hillbillies, you’ll remember General Store proprietor Sam Drucker, who was... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Good Article Today Over at PoliticusUSA.com (Updated):

  

  Mitt Romney: The Economic Guru Who Specializes In Killing Jobs (here’s a snip, but go read the whole article HERE.) Romney has yet to offer any solutions to hel... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2012 SOCIETY

• Good Article Today Over at PoliticusUSA.com:

  

  Mitt Romney: The Economic Guru Who Specializes In Killing Jobs (here’s a snip, but go read the whole article HERE.) Romney has yet to offer any solutions to hel... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The 2012 Tony Awards

  

  Neil Patrick Harris hosts the Tony Awards I’ve gotten frustrated watching the Academy Awards with its long and boring production values, and other awards... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2012 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, THEATRE & OPERA

• The Tony Awards… Still the Best Awards Show on TV

  

  Neil Patrick Harris hosts the Tony AwardsI’ve gotten frustrated watching the Academy Awards with its long and boring production values, and other awards program... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2012 SOCIETY

• “Miss Me Yet?” – George W. Bush

  

  George Bush Is the Least Popular Living President According to Time.com: Since leaving office, George W. Bush has stayed largely out of the spotlight and away... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2012 SOCIETY

• Don’t Forget His Flip-flops… Keep Them in Mind Whenever You Hear Him Lie.

  And let’s review Romney’s flip-floppery for his whole “Poltical” career:If I say we should never forget, please keep all of this in mind, too. Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2012 SOCIETY

• Quotes of the Decade – Mitt Romney in 2008

  

  On saving the Auto Industry with the bailout proposed by Obama (and Bush before him): IF General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2012 SOCIETY

• Cartoon(s) of the Week – Do the Republicans Keep Us Focused on Their Issues?..

  

  M. Wuerker in Politico: Who knew the Koch Brothers were so dominating?… Oh, we did! - and - Jim Morin in the Miami Herald: … and who knew Republicans would limi... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is Beard Length a Police Department Requirement Or Religious Persecution?

  

  An Orthodox Jew who was weeks away from becoming a New York City police officer says he has been kicked out of the police academy for refusing to trim his beard. Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2012 SOCIETY

• She Hid Mob Boss Whitey Bulger for 16 Years…

  

  Catherine Greig, … and now they want to see to it that Catherine Greig, 61 year old girlfriend to the 82 year old Bulger, is sentenced to 10 years for... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2012 SOCIETY

• Paul Krugman’s Book “End This Depression Now” is Available…

  

  … and I bought a copy yesterday at my favorite bookstore (The Four Seasons, in Shepherdstown WV). I have to admit I received a discount since I had a $5. Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2012 SOCIETY

• Quotes of the Decade – A New Series

  

  I’ll start with a recent quote by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R – KY):“This is certainly the most anti-business administration since the Carter... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2012 SOCIETY

• Quote of the Day: Obama on Fixing the Economy

  

  If we take the steps that I laid out to make sure that we’re not seeing teacher layoffs and we’re not seeing police officer layoffs, and we’re providing small... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2012 SOCIETY

• Click and Clack Ending New “Car Talk” Broadcasts

  

  So NPR will be losing the Magliozzi boys’ new programs every week… but let’s hear it from them:RAY: Hey, you guys. My brother has always said, “Don’t be afraid... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2012 SOCIETY

• Bob Welch Dies at 66; Fleetwood Mac Guitarist and Singer

  

  Guitarist and singer Bob Welch, whose work in the early 1970s for Fleetwood Mac set the stage for the band’s multi-platinum success later in the decade, died... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC, SOCIETY

• Conservatives Don’t Like Left-wing Government-run Solutions

  

  But, oddly enough, both have had a share in creating Government-run health care plans. Here’s part of an article by Jonathan Cohn called Another Signpost on... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2012 SOCIETY

• Conservatives Don’t Like Left-wing Government-run Solutions; Liberals Don’t...

  

  But, oddly enough, both have had a share in creating Government-run health care plans.Here’s part of an article by Jonathan Cohn called Another Signpost on the... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2012 SOCIETY