Found when helping a friend clean out a parent’s home after said parent had moved on (to snazzy new senior digs, not the Great Beyond): Note to self: Time to go through boxes stashed on closet shelves, etc., and get rid of old Nirvana and Pearl Jam CDs, etc. All my shit’s on digital already, …
More On* Trump’s New Brain Trust
Trump’s new scampaign CEO Stephen Bannon…we know he’s from Breitbart’s MiniTruth, but where have we heard that name? Steve M. of No More Mister Nice Blog reminds us who this Bannon character is: Trailer for Palin film made by Stephen Bannon, Trump's new campaign chief.https://t.co/HbONVX2Bk8 — Steve M. (@nomoremister) August 17, 2016 Quitting Bull’s failed …
Louisiana Flooding and Donation Information REPOST and UPDATE
Photo from MG Miller Facebook post Reposting this from last night. And adding this update to the mix. From Nola.com How to help victims of Louisiana flooding By Chelsea Brasted, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune As New Orleans and North Shore residents look for ways to help those affected by the historic flooding in Baton Rouge and across …
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Aetna, cynicism and Pennsylvania
Jonathan Cohn reports on report on Aetna’s strategy on linking Exchange participation and the rapid approval of their merger. the move also was directly related to a Department of Justice decision to block the insurer’s potentially lucrative merger with Humana, according to a letter from Aetna’s CEO obtained by The Huffington Post. TLDR: Nice exchanges …
Wednesday Morning Open Thread: GOTV (and Run Out the Clock)
Dem odds of Senate takeover increasing by the day: 6 of 8 GOP candidates now polling worse than pre-convention: https://t.co/fYnnlMVUy2 — Susan Davis (@DaviSusan) August 16, 2016 Via front-pager Kay, from the NYTimes, “Early Voting Limits Donald Trump’s Time to Turn Campaign Around”: Advisers to Donald J. Trump keep reassuring Republicans that there is still …
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Revisiting MLR
Raven Onthill in yesterday’s post made a comment about the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) regulations that I’ve seen in a couple of places and I think it is an understanding that is wrong and needs to be discussed some more: more-or-less guaranteed 15+% gross profit isn’t enough to keep insurers in the exchanges? Capitalism is …
Late Night Paranoia Open Thread
Trump is bringing someone who openly works with Putin's propaganda channel Russia Today to get his first classified intel briefing. Amazing. — Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) August 16, 2016 Something happening here… I have absolutely no idea how to judge to quality of the latest Alarming Security News, which is why I’m sharing it with you …