As I mentioned in the morning thread comments, the walking collection of untreated personality disorders who will be president in two weeks took time out of his busy schedule to trash his reality TV show replacement’s ratings: @realDonaldTrump Seriously — seek help! https://t.co/b45ahlhEao — Betty Cracker (@bettycrackerfl) January 6, 2017 Some folks believe Trump is …
I must now cheer for the Patriots of college basketball
Good morning everyone. Duke University’s Margolis Center for Health Policy has a very important (to me) bio page: David Anderson Research Associate, Health Policy Evidence Hub My primary interests are currently examining Medicare end of life payment reform models and a personal interest in the distributional impacts of different health insurance reform proposals. Skills: Insurance …
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Friday Morning Open Thread: Pioneering Figures
Something I did not know, via McClatchy DC: More than 100 astronauts have visited the International Space Station since it was first launched in 1998. Of the 101, the U.S. has accounted for 49 of those visitors, a fraction of the hundreds of astronauts NASA has sent into space over the decades. But now, for …
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Late Nightmare Open Thread: Intel Epiphany Eve
WSJ source: Trump is planning to restructure CIA because he thinks intelligence has become "completely politicized." https://t.co/DHKyxVVZtu — Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 4, 2017 CNN, at 1:35am Friday (Feast of the Ephipany) morning: US intelligence has identified the go-betweens the Russians used to provide stolen emails to WikiLeaks, according to US officials familiar with the …
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Floriduh Woman: Personal Grooming Edition
Don’t do this! Internet punsters are celebrating Megan Barnes as Florida’s “Pubic Enemy,” others are chattering about her “razor sharp focus.” The 37-year-old Barnes catapulted to instant fame for an alleged multi-tasking mash-up that earned the bottle-blonde’s mug shot a spot on hundreds of Web sites. According to a startled Florida Highway Patrol trooper, Barnes …
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The Republican Study Committee and Blue state experimentation
The Republican Study Committee is the policy group of the most conservative Republicans in Congress. They have a health insurance bill out and there is a lot to say. I only want to highlight one item though in Section 401: ‘‘SEC. 2796. APPLICATION OF LAW. ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 601(d) of the American Health Care …
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Open Thread: Only If You’re A Republican
It's only January 4th but this will be in the running for most ridiculous utterance of 2017 https://t.co/scrieGLiku — Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) January 5, 2017 McConnell: "The American people simply will not tolerate" Democrats blocking Trump's SCOTUS nominee https://t.co/9b6sqFrQTM — CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 4, 2017 How long Merrick Garland waited for a hearing, per …
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