The biggest reason I have been very pessimistic about the possibility of us seeing health care reform this year is because of the problems in the Senate. I know a lot of people have maintained that we already have a bill that passed the Senate, but we do have to remember that our Congress is […]
They just got a little shorter thanks to the Chile earthquake this weekend: The earthquake that killed more than 700 people in Chile on Feb. 27 probably shifted the Earth’s axis and shortened the day, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientist said. Earthquakes can involve shifting hundreds of kilometers of rock by several meters, […]
An earthquake 1,000 times more powerful than the one that hit Haiti a few weeks ago has hit Chile: A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck Chile early Saturday, collapsing buildings, killing at least 16 people and downing phone lines. President Michele Bachelet declared a “state of catastrophe” in central Chile and said the death toll was […]
That’s how many people watched the White House’s live stream of the health care summit yesterday. That doesn’t include other services live streaming it, like CSPAN and MSNBC. It’s also online views only – not people watching it on TV. This really puts to shame the GOP argument yesterday that no one was watching the […]
Rep. Anthony Weiner totally reamed the Republicans today on the House floor. Watch the entire thing. You might think it’s over, but it isn’t.
In a vote of 406-19 the House passed a bill today that will allow health insurance companies to actually compete across state lines. That is something a lot of people have been pushing for for years, including Republicans. As matter of fact it has been a key of the Republicans “health care plan”, so it […]
You are about to get left behind. Starting on March 13th YouTube won’t care about you anymore: Over six months ago, Google announced it would start phasing out support for Internet Explorer 6 on Orkut and YouTube, and started pushing its users to modern browsers. The search giant has now given a specific kill date […]
I’ve been tied up for the past 3 days rebuilding one of my servers and haven’t had time to really look at any thing news wise, which totally sucks, so I was really surprised to see this bit of news today: On a local TV interview show on Friday Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) basically said […]
The healthcare Gestapo is up to their old tricks: Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today will release a new report showing more dramatic health insurance premium increases are proposed in Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Oregon, Rhode Island and Washington. Keying off the Obama administration’s recent probe into a planned 39 percent rate hike from […]
Following up on yesterday’s post, the number of senators singing the letter to urge Harry Reid to put the public option back in play is now growing. Here’s where the list stands: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) Michael Bennet (D-Col.) Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Al Franken (D-Minn.) Pat Leahy (D-VT) Roland Burris […]