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Pretty good 'toon. But the people who didn't have health insurance before, and don't have it now, MAY have it tomorrow, unlike yesterday when they couldn't have. Just saying…
I believe he's pointing out that even after people do sign up for Obama(non)care, they still rent any better off.
This is despite the fact that this boondoggle will cost over 2.6 Trillion in just the first few years.
Your research is fundamentally absent.
The shutdown can only affect discretionary spending, which is 20% of the government spending at most, and the ACA is not discretionary spending. You could present much stronger arguments if you had some facts instead of random assertions. But your opinion might not survive, so, carry on.
More like:
Before Obamacare: You can get health care but you'll go bankrupt paying for it.
After Obamacare: You'll go bankrupt paying for the insurance to pay for your health care then if you use it you'll go bankrupt a second time!
But here in America, we measure "successful" as "whatever puts the most cash in a CEO's pocket".
"The shutdown can only affect discretionary spending, which is 20% of the government spending…."
I don't know about the 20% number, but I had a friend that was required to work through this and wasn't going to get his next paycheck. How may others were under that gun? I don't know.
"Other industrialized countries have done it and get better results while spending a lot less money."
They also regulate much to all of the medical enterprise.
If you eat groceries or use electricity it is also your pocket. the harm done to the rich effects available money, which is why they deliberately hide the damage done by controlling the bank interest and lending rates through the Federal Reserve. But still, the economic damage is real, and the cost of doing business is greater, and so is the cost of doing business for the consumer. I never knew how rich I was until they started really putting the screws to the rich. Of course, I can't complain because I so wildly applauded the harm I was about to suffer, firm in my belief that only the rich would be harmed. You can't scam an honest man, they say.
Just to compare apples with apples: a Medicare Advantage plan is a subcontractor for Medicare….that is, a private insurance plan. And your Medicare Part D plan is also private insurance, mandated by the government, with a penalty if you don't enroll…..sound familiar?
So, the increases you are seeing are coming from private insurers. If you have heartburn, make sure you are crediting the proper source.
"This can be done, and has been done."
Well, yes, by Bezos, but not by Bozos.
That sure sounds good, but don't call them death panels. That's just not fair. They are only doing what is necessary to make health care affordable for the rest of us by limiting waste in treating people whose QOL won't be significantly greater and may as well just stick with a chill pill. It's cheaper, you know.
I, for one, cannot wait to see how our Glorious Leaders have provided an ideal solution to a practical problem, since they are not competent to provide a practical solution to an ideal problem. (Where an ideal problem is one for which their wits are a match.)
You should write that down, put it into an envelope and mail it to your representative with the instruction, "Do Not Open Until February of 2017". If only health care were a problem that could be fixed by, "Hulk smash!" I am enriched by your faith in the government. It's not how often the world knocks you down, but how often you run back into the propellers.
Other countries have health care as a public service, and all you have heard is what you have been told. I am thrilled that there are such people of innocence and faith, as to believe, in spite of all reason. It is truly inspirational. At least we won't be bothered any longer by those medical tourists coming to America to get help that they couldn't get from their free government healthcare provider. That will teach somebody something!
I give you 2017. If I am wrong, then I apologize for doubting your wisdom. Otherwise, this will serve as your, "I told you so." Of course, I win in either case, either by the lack of the usual bureaucratic SNAFU, or by the small comfort of the I-told-you-so. My experience with government bureaucracies suggests I will have only small comfort, though.
Sure. Of course. I misunderstand things all the time. That is certainly possible. The chances of the government doing more harm than good is hardly worth considering. Why, it is only the opposition to right thinking that causes any harm at all. I am eager to see if there are now going to be less than 10% malcontents rather than nearly 30M uninsured. Numbers are fun!
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I used to play a set of solitaire games called Thieves And Kings, which for some reason is no longer available to download. I particularly enjoyed a game called Fortitude. Does this game exist under other names? I'd love to find a tablet version. [more inside]
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text: Testing by Frans Pop indicated that in the 2.6.30..2.6.31 window at leastthat the commits 373c0a7e 8aa7e847 dramatically increased the number ofGFP_ATOMIC failures that were occuring within a wireless driver. Revertingthis patch seemed to help a lot even though it was pointed out that thecongestion changes were very far away from high-order atomic allocations.The key to why the revert makes such a big difference is down to timing andhow long direct reclaimers wait versus kswapd. With the patch reverted,the congestion_wait() is on the SYNC queue instead of the ASYNC. As asignificant part of the workload involved reads, it makes sense that theSYNC list is what was truely congested and with the revert processes werewaiting on congestion as expected. Hence, direct reclaimers stalledproperly and kswapd was able to do its job with fewer stalls.This patch aims to fix the congestion_wait() behaviour for SYNC and ASYNCfor direct reclaimers. Instead of making the congestion_wait() on the SYNCqueue which would only fix a particular type of workload, this patch adds athird type of congestion_wait - BLK_RW_BOTH which first waits on the ASYNCand then the SYNC queue if the timeout has not been reached. In tests, thiscounter-intuitively results in kswapd stalling less and freeing up pagesresulting in fewer allocation failures and fewer direct-reclaim-orientatedstalls.Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <firstname.lastname@example.com>--- include/linux/backing-dev.h | 1 + mm/backing-dev.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++--- mm/page_alloc.c | 4 ++-- mm/vmscan.c | 2 +- 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.hindex b449e73..b35344c 100644--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ static inline int bdi_rw_congested(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) enum { BLK_RW_ASYNC = 0, BLK_RW_SYNC = 1,+ BLK_RW_BOTH = 2, }; void clear_bdi_congested(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, int sync);diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.cindex 1065b71..ea9ffc3 100644--- a/mm/backing-dev.c+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c@@ -736,22 +736,41 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_bdi_congested); /** * congestion_wait - wait for a backing_dev to become uncongested- * @sync: SYNC or ASYNC IO+ * @sync: SYNC, ASYNC or BOTH IO * @timeout: timeout in jiffies * * Waits for up to @timeout jiffies for a backing_dev (any backing_dev) to exit * write congestion. If no backing_devs are congested then just wait for the * next write to be completed. */-long congestion_wait(int sync, long timeout)+long congestion_wait(int sync_request, long timeout) { long ret; DEFINE_WAIT(wait);- wait_queue_head_t *wqh = &congestion_wqh[sync];+ int sync;+ wait_queue_head_t *wqh;++ /* If requested to sync both, wait on ASYNC first, then SYNC */+ if (sync_request == BLK_RW_BOTH)+ sync = BLK_RW_ASYNC;+ else+ sync = sync_request;+ +again:+ wqh = &congestion_wqh[sync]; prepare_to_wait(wqh, &wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); ret = io_schedule_timeout(timeout); finish_wait(wqh, &wait);++ if (sync_request == BLK_RW_BOTH) {+ sync_request = 0;+ sync = BLK_RW_SYNC;+ timeout = ret;+ if (timeout)+ goto again;+ }+ return ret; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(congestion_wait);diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.cindex 2bc2ac6..f6ed41c 100644--- a/mm/page_alloc.c+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c@@ -1727,7 +1727,7 @@ __alloc_pages_high_priority(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order, preferred_zone, migratetype); if (!page && gfp_mask & __GFP_NOFAIL)- congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50);+ congestion_wait(BLK_RW_BOTH, HZ/50); } while (!page && (gfp_mask & __GFP_NOFAIL)); return page;@@ -1898,7 +1898,7 @@ rebalance: pages_reclaimed += did_some_progress; if (should_alloc_retry(gfp_mask, order, pages_reclaimed)) { /* Wait for some write requests to complete then retry */- congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50);+ congestion_wait(BLK_RW_BOTH, HZ/50); goto rebalance; } diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.cindex 777af57..190bae1 100644--- a/mm/vmscan.c+++ b/mm/vmscan.c@@ -1793,7 +1793,7 @@ static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist, /* Take a nap, wait for some writeback to complete */ if (sc->nr_scanned && priority < DEF_PRIORITY - 2)- congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);+ congestion_wait(BLK_RW_BOTH, HZ/10); } /* top priority shrink_zones still had more to do? don't OOM, then */ if (!sc->all_unreclaimable && scanning_global_lru(sc))-- 1.6.5


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First 100 Days: Key Civil Rights Leaders Give Obama 'A', With 'Incompletes' on Grassroots Economics
Hazel Trice Edney | 4/29/2009, 11:42 a.m.
- His immediate confrontation to the nation€s failing economy amidst which he now sees €glimmers of hope€;
- The reversal of a string of anti-union executive orders issued by the Bush Administration;
- The establishment of the Middle Class Working Families Task Force;
- The closing of the controversial Guantanamo Bay lockup for alleged terrorists;
- His tour of Europe with First Lady Michelle Obama, which raised good will for America abroad during the G-20 economic conference;
- His trip to Mexico with hopes of stopping violent drug cartels and preventing them from entering the U. S.
- His reaching out to Cuba for the renewed relationship, supported by the Congressional Black Caucus.
- A new commitment to pour millions of dollars into the prevention and awareness of HIV/AIDS in America.
€There are some A€s and a couple of incompletes,€ says the Rev. Jesse Jackson in a phone interview from Thailand. €I think the position against torture, an A; the G-20 conference, putting a credible face on America€s foreign policy where he has trust capital and Bush had trust deficit disorder.€
Jackson also listed Obama€s reaching out to Cuba, Venezuela and the overture toward Iran as all A€s along with his dealing with the student loan industry, which Jackson described as a €$95 billion a year rip off.€
But, the incompletes €" mainly in the area of economics - are clear, he says.
€There€s an incomplete on the stimulus because it must be more targeted to get to the bottom. As the states get it, they€re using the term shovel ready. But, shovel-ready for those who don€t have a shovel because of the lack of capital and lack of credit means they may not be ready. That could be seen as boot straps without the boots.€
To be fair, Jackson conceded that the President could only demand that the money gets out of Washington.
€But, we must demand that the states get it down to where the people are,€ he said.
€We have to be certain that it gets down to the most unemployed the most in need of training, the most in need of business development. That€s an ongoing struggle there.€
As Black unemployment surges toward 14 percent, National Urban League President Marc Morial agrees.
On a scale of 1-10, Morial gave the President a 9 for his first 100 days. In the Black community Morial cited a need for greater civil rights enforcement and the need for help with job development.
€The creation of an agency taskforce to assist African-Americans in securing construction jobs and green jobs; and the hiring of African-Americans in subcabinet positions at Education, HUD, Labor and Health & Human Services,€ Morial says. Like Jackson, he says African-Americans must press local and state government to do right by stimulus money.


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Busing to start and event parking at Holiday Inn Express, 1030 W Pioneer Blvd in Mesquite, NV. Finish line is Virgin Valley High School, 820 Valley View Drive in Mesquite. (Busing information subject to change depending on # of racers. We may have to move the bus pickup to the finish line area at the school.)
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River panel okays basin commission funding support
The only related discussion about DRBC regulations came from DRBC spokesman Kenneth Najjar, who recalled that 69,000 comments were received on the two draft rules released in 2010. The commissioners have not acted since then, and Najjar said "discussion among the parties continues."
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April 03, 2005
Stripey Stripe
A stripey sock is underway.
I began this sock a few months ago with these mini toothpick-esque 5-inch Brittany Birch DPNs, but I couldn't get used to their small size. I kept thinking the stitches were going to fall off the ends. So I switched to Crystal Palace DPNs. They're my favorites.
oh, and this tubular cast-on not the most beautiful thing you've ever seen? so lovely.
It took 3 tries to get the cast-on right. Its a modified version of the one in KBFT. Since its worked it in the round, I had to reverse the knits and purls in the last row of the cast on. worked out fine.
Why knit socks when they can be bought at the store for like a dollar? because they are challenging, yet soothing, and have great potential to be perfect. not to mention dead comfortable.Posted by Diana at 10:40 AM | Comments (8)
April 07, 2005
Stripey Progress
One stripey sock down, one half more to go.
I've been using the stripes in this yarn as a sort of pattern guide. For example, there are 2.5 stripe repeats before the heel starts. It comes out to be about 8 1/2 inches. Then the heel begins exactly with the start of the next stripe. I think I did something similar with the toe. I follow a sock pattern, but kinda tweak it a bit so it works with the stripes.
This way, for the second sock, I can just keep track of the color repeats and not really measure. so convenient! especially for subway knitting, no tape measure necessary.
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April 11, 2005
Stripey Socks done
One pair of stripey socks, all set for next winter..
Yarn: Regia mini-ringel sock yarn, color 5343, 2 skeins
Needle: Size 1 Crystal Palace DPNs
Size: 66 sts at 8sts/inch; worked heel on 34 sts
Pattern: Sorta followed the sock in Ann Budd's Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns
Pattern Modifications: adjusted pattern for optimum stripage - 2.5 stripe repeats before the heel
I used nearly all the yarn from each skein, with less than one repeat remaining from each at the end. They don't exactly match, as I didn't check the yarn before starting. If I had checked both skeins, I could have started both with the yellow stripes. But they are pretty close and they don't have to match anyway..
Heel/Toe Reinforcement:
I did not add any reinforcement thread in these areas. The gauge was pretty tight, so I didn't think it was necessary. Also didn't want to tone down the stripe pattern. Time will tell if this was a bad idea.
Tubular Cast-On:
This was worked at the cuff of each sock for about an inch. It does look lovely, but is kinda tight, and stretches out a bit when worn. It will probably snap back into shape when washed. Overall, the extra effort might not be worth it.
Train Knitting:
Probably 2/3rds of the second sock was worked while on the subway. I estimate I could complete one sock per week if knitting only while commuting.
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Kenny Werner, Cyrus Chestnut among artists to perform in St. Paul
Kenny Werner, Matt Slocum, Walter Smith III and Cyrus Chestnut will headline the 15th annual Twin Cities Jazz Festival June 27-29 in Saint Paul, Minn.
Pianist and composer Werner will take the stage on June 28, at 8:30 p.m. Saxophonist Smith will join New York drummer and composer Slocum June 29, at 6 p.m., followed by pianist Chestnut.
Mears Park in Saint Paul's Lowertown will house the three-day celebration. A variety of musicians will perform on one of three stages throughout the weekend, in addition to performances at several downtown restaurants and clubs. The Dakota Foundation for Jazz Education will also host a youth stage on Prince Street.
The festival is free and open to the public. For more information, visit Twin Cities Jazz Festival.


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DENVER - After spending a week answering questions about his character and his health, Kenyon Martin let his game do the talking.
Martin scored a season-high 34 points, while Carmelo Anthony added 24 points and 10 assists in the Nuggets' 113-104 win over Dallas on Friday night, snapping the Mavericks' 13-game win streak.
"I think I did, didn't I?" Martin responded when asked if his play did the talking Friday. "I know I can play basketball, my teammates know I can play, and that's the only thing that matters."
Keith Van Horn scored 21 points and Jerry Stackhouse added 20 for the Mavericks, who failed to tie their franchise record of 14 straight wins set during the 2002-03 season.
Martin's stellar game came after a difficult week, when he was forced to answer questions about why he left for the locker room with 3 minutes remaining in Denver's loss at Utah on Feb. 1 and about his involvement in a verbal confrontation between people in the crowd on Wednesday.
Two fans accused Martin of telling a man to confront them after one heckled Martin for sitting out the game with an injured knee. One fan later said he exchanged words with Martin after the game. No police report was filed.
Martin has said he knew the man, but denied being involved in the incident. In both cases, he accused the media of creating problems.
Martin refused to comment on the incident Friday night, and his good game didn't put him in a good mood with the press. He exchanged obscenities with a radio reporter while he was getting dressed. The reporter was escorted out of the locker room.
The Nuggets had lost six of their last seven games and were playing without starting center Marcus Camby, out with a lower back strain.
But they easily knocked the Mavericks out of first place in the Southwest Division. Dallas never led in the game, which appeared settled after the first quarter.
"You think a streak is never going to come to an end," Dallas coach Avery Johnson said. "When it does, it doesn't feel good."
- The Associated Press
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Jeter's last season begins with 6-2 loss to Astrosthe associated press | April 02,2014HOUSTON Jesus Guzman and L.J. Hoes homered off CC Sabathia to help the Houston Astros roll to a 6-2 win Tuesday night in the first game of Derek Jeters farewell tour with the New York Yankees.
Jeters final big league season began by being plunked on the left arm by Scott Feldman and ended 1 for 3 with a single. The 13-time All-Star who helped New York to five World Series titles announced in February his 20th season would be his last.
The Astros added Dexter Fowler and Feldman to improve a team coming off three straight 100-loss seasons. On the first day, it worked. Fowler had two doubles as Houston jumped on Sabathia for six runs in the first two innings. Feldman allowed two hits in 6 2-3 innings.
Indians, As game postponed due to rain
OAKLAND, Calif. Scott Kazmir will have to wait at least one more day to make his debut for the Oakland Athletics and pitch against his former team.
Its not exactly the kind of doubleheader he had planned.
The game between the As and Cleveland Indians was postponed because of rain Tuesday night. It was the first rainout in Oakland since May 5, 1998.
I think Kaz brought all the rain with him. You can blame it on him, said right-hander Corey Kluber, the Indians scheduled starter.
The game will be made up in a day-night doubleheader Wednesday. The first game is scheduled to start at 12:35 p.m. PDT and the second game at 6 p.m. PDT. Kazmir and Kluber will start the opener. Zach McAllister will take the mound for the Indians in the second game, while As manager Bob Melvin said his starter is to be announced.
Jesse Chavez had been scheduled to start for the As Wednesday, but Melvin said he will likely push him back until Thursday and move the rest of his rotation back one day. Teams are allowed to add a 26th man to the 25-man roster for day-night doubleheaders, so Oakland could call-up a pitcher from Triple-A Sacramento to make the start.
Cleveland beat the As 2-0 in Monday nights season opener, which was played between rain storms that have soaked the San Francisco Bay Area this week. The Indians have Thursday off before hosting Minnesota in its home opener Friday in Cleveland, and the As open a four-game series against Seattle on Thursday in Oakland.
The forecast for Wednesday was for a high of 61 degrees and a 10 percent chance of rain.
I kind of like day games, Kazmir said. Just throughout my career, I dont know, I just like it get up in the morning and go right to it.
The 19th rainout in Oakland history, including the postseason, covered the Coliseum with so much water so early that officials postponed the game about 90 minutes before the scheduled first pitch.
A couple dozen grounds crew workers carried large brooms to sweep water off the tarp all afternoon. Some Indians players briefly came out to right field to go through some warm-ups during a brief break in the rain then quickly scrambled back to the clubhouse when another band of rain began falling.
With no fans inside the spacious Coliseum, Kazmir played catch for about 15 minutes in a covered section of the upper-deck concourse near the concessions after officials postponed the game.
I was ready to pitch today. You cant let your guard down. I was ready to go. Kazmir said. What can you do? Be ready to go early, thats all you can do.
Kazmir has waited all winter to make his As debut. He signed a two-year, $22 million contract with Oakland as a free agent after spending last year with Cleveland.
He went 10-9 for the Indians last season on a one-year, $1 million contract. Kazmir struck out 162 in 158 innings and had a 4.04 ERA over 29 starts, rediscovering his groove and the zip on his fastball.
Indians manager Terry Francona saw Kazmirs renaissance firsthand. While Kazmir knows the tendencies of Clevelands hitters, Francona said the Indians also know what Kazmir wants to do as well.
I dont think anybody really has the advantage, Francona said. The pitcher holds the ball, so the first advantage always goes to him. But what we do with it is up to us. Hes good. We think hes pretty good. But our job is to beat him now.
NOTES: Francona said he moved switch-hitting SS Asdrubal Cabrera into the leadoff spot Tuesday because he wanted to keep everybody in their normal spot in the order while Michael Bourn is out with a strained left hamstring. Lefty Nyjer Morgan started Mondays opener, but with the left-handed Kazmir on the mound, Francona opted to go with Cabrera. ... Melvin said As starter Sonny Grays right ankle is fine after a comebacker from Cabrera hit off the pitchers right ankle Monday night. ... As OF Craig Gentry is not with the team because his wife is having an induced labor soon. He will be held out of rehabilitation work on his strained back for a few days.MORE IN Wire SportsORLANDO, Fla. Full StoryOXON HILL, Md. Wade Davis already had closed out a World Series. Full StoryBOSTON New Boston Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale said he isnt worried that he might not be the ace... Full Story
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Anna Kendrick At The British 'Scott Pilgrim' Premiere: Hot Or Not?
"Twilight" cutie Anna Kendrick attended the U.K. film premiere of "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" wearing a tiny black dress and strappy purple sandals. What do you think of her look?
Anna recently talked to Starpulse about making films versus acting in theater productions. She explained, "Both experiences are different and interesting, and there are pros and cons to each but obviously neither is superior to the other."
She says she was drawn to her role in "Scott Pilgrim" because she related to her character Stacy. She said, "I think the relationship between Stacy and Scott rings really true. It's sort of snarky and she does take a little bit of pleasure in making him squirm in awkward situations but that really rang true to me, because I have that relationship with my older brother."
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Long time ITU event organiser, Gabor Markus passes away
By Brian Mahony on 14/08/13 at 4:40 pm
It is with deep sorrow that we have learned of the passing of Gabor Markus, long time organiser of the Tiszaujarvaros World Cup event. "Tizzy" as it is fondly referred to by the hundreds of athletes who have competed there, is one of the corner stones of the foundation of ITU. We are deeply indebted to Gabor for the incredible contribution he has made over two decades. Gabor was also the recipient of the Michel Gignoux Award, the highest award given to someone who has made a large contribution to the sport. Our thoughts and prayers go to the family, including his wife Judith, and his two sons, Balazs and Gergely, the ITU Sport Director.