It’s bad enough that these sparks of outrage and disruptions at townhalls about healthcare are being pushed by major lobbying companies and the insurance companies, but I think there is something even more disturbing there. These people already have access to our elected officials. They write them big checks, so that means they are given […]
It looks like Google is suffering some major problems this morning. Here is an example: It tells you that my site is badddddd and that I will mess your computer up. Of course I am not, and if you don’t believe me, well here is what happens when you Google the word Google, which of […]
This seems rather odd. Banks have been using devices to scan and archive checks that apparently breaks the patent of the company that invented the device. So what is the Republican answer to this? Don’t let the banks pay – let the taxpayers pay for it. That is the legislation laid out by Jeff Sessions. […]
So much compassion that they filibuster helping out our vets, elderly and poor: Senate Republicans blocked a move by Democrats on Wednesday to add more than $40 billion in checks for the elderly, disabled veterans and the unemployed to a bill to stimulate the economy. The 58-41 vote fell just short of the 60 required […]
That is what this administration has been good at. The latest comes in the form of Social Security: Come January, the nation’s nearly 50 million Social Security recipients will see the smallest cost-of-living increases in their monthly checks in four years, even though they are paying significantly more for such items as food, energy and […]
I know people hated the anti-spam image required for entering comments and many times it didn’t even show up. Today I finally got rid of it and put a new system in to help combat spam. This is the Akismet system that actually ships with WordPress and has undergone some recent improvements. The system works […]
This is how the Republican’s manage our government: The federal government erroneously has reimbursed about 230,000 Medicare recipients for monthly premiums they paid this year for prescription drug coverage. For many, the checks — totaling nearly $50 million — have already arrived. The refund will undoubtedly cause confusion, particularly because it comes with a letter […]