Nice of the NFL to refuse to play Limbaugh rules. Rough, maybe, but dirty, nope.

Morning all. So McShame is worried about a historic error in Afghanistan. Where has this clown been for the last eight years? You know when the whole thing was screwed up.

I thought the voters rejected McCains ideas .

Why is he being treated like an expert by the talking heads?

McCain Rummy Cheney and Bush ,the gang that couldn’t shoot straight

No, just shoot friends.

Mornin’, BT, pups

Two Americans Share Nobel in Economics

And they were neither Larry Summers nor Tim Geithner.

proves my point !

The chickenhawk pundits lurvs ‘em some John McSFB.

OT — I still have to log in every time I arrive at FDL. I saw it discussed over the weekend but just want to mention that whatever it is hasn’t been fixed yet.

Why is it that some of these punk WH aides hate the bloggers? They get caught by firepups trollin’ at firedoglake or sumfin?

Me too. One of the squirrels musta made off with some lines of code.

I suspect his publicity ass’t/agent has a firm hook into the directors of a bunch of the talkshows, pro’ly for big favors.

Invites to his famous bbq’s?

Just thinking what US policy towards Afghanistan would be like under a Mc Shame administration.
The commander asks for 60 thousand McSame sends 100 thousand

Besides, it should be an easy war we’ll, be home by Christmas… 2050!!

Still having to log in every visit !

Wrongway McCain just stfu.

Wonder if he was asked about his pro-rape vote?

Bwahahaha, trick question!

Rolling Thunder Redux.

It’s that history thing ,you know the lessons to be learned and other good shit.
McC doesn’t strike me as a reader or a deep thinker ,anyone that thinks we can “win” in Afganistan is friggin goofy !

at least the free beer part.

AP just on WashJournal, N.Korea just fired two test missiles. Columbus Day fireworks.

Idiot still thinks we could have “won” in the Nam, what ya expect?

I’d bet his reading is limited to centerfold bios.

Good morning.

I DON’T have to login every time I come back to FDL. Windows/PC, for the techies.

Never heard of the two economists who got the Nobels, but then my knowledge of the field is narrow and decidedly nonacademic.

I do remember the roving eyes ,when introducing Sarah Palin,he seemed drawn to a certain part of her anatomy

They had one of those “we were winning in VN” types on book-tv over the weekend. I read the negative reviews of his book and amazon & didn’t bother listening. The bulk of the reviews were positive and the negative ones were low-rated, telling you where those who are still interested in the subject fall out.

Don’t like fiction huh?

I’m runnin’ Windoze 64-bit Vista and have to log in.

Did you try clearing your cache?

I forgot to add that the reason why they played the author presentation was because it is being read in the WH and among the military. Also a book about how misplaced U.S. was in VN, whose author’s interview was also rebroadcast over the weekend. Here’s the first, and here’s the second.

Nice talking to y’all
Gotta heed the call

Time to go to work
another capitalist jerk

It’s the money that I owe
that’s why I have to go

life is such a bitch
why wasn’t I born rich?

See Ya !!

My mother used to say: it’s just as easy to marry a rich man as a poor man.

Of course, she hadn’t a clue as to what she was talking about.

Have a great day.

Don’t know if it’s been mentioned here yet, but Cornhole (R-Boxturtle) is now running ads designed to let senior citizens know he’s their bestest friend, and WON’T LET NO ONE MESS WITH THEIR MEDICARE.

Good for a laugh, anyway.

for twolf1

That worked. That’s a first.

Windows 2000, Internet Explorer, lap top is working for me, now. But, it was hinky on Friday, I think.

Cool! I figured it was something browser related since it was happening to some people and not others.

Off to swim in the great capitalist cesspool.

US KIA Irak: 4349

US KIA Afghanistan: 872

US MBS 2009: 35,216

Be good to yourselves, and all other living things.

Namaste

Oh and ps, I’m an Aries.
It just felt for a minute there like we were all at a first meeting.
And, I love long walks on the beach.

Gee, if I upped my cache to, oh say, a gig, I wouldn’t have to worry about it. *g* Nothing else would work, but what the hell.

I like the one about the WH spokeswoman calling Fox and arm of the R party. It’s about time that we are allowed to outloud the truth in simple declarative sentences using words of one syllable.

A year after my divorce, eight years ago, I found myself in that weird dating cycle again. I dated a few rich men. Wasn’t much impressed. One, I remember was some Hollywood producer type. Talked about his ex the whole time. Had a very impressive home up in the Hollywood hills, though. Oh, well.

You mean you didn’t thank him like his ad told you to?

Like, take off your jams?

I worked on Wall St. all those years. Liked the environment in the sense that it was filled with smart hard working people. But can’t say that I cared for the personalities. Suspect the feeling was mutual.

The family member who worked on Wall Street ws the same one whose closet you always went to when something went missing, and found it.

House of War by James Carroll (at least I think that’s the book) makes a big deal of the importance of being able to tell the truth outloud in the fall of communism. Propagandizing the acceptable topics that can be talked about, and how they can be talked about, is an important part of holding onto power.

Question for you. You were mentioning your fires in the fireplaces and last night was cool here so I lit one up. What do you use to start yours? Kindling or something else? Once while we were camping, it was up near Suzanne’s little cabin actually, in a little store they had little cupcakes made out of parafin and wood chips, with a wick. I made and used those last year, but I’m wondering what you use.

A friend on Wall St. tells stories of how her male collegues would steal her milk from the fridge.

Yes, I remember that aspect of the book. It might be more satisfying if they held on to their weiners instead of power over us. More satisfying for me, anyway.

3-4 crumpled sheets of newspaper, 2 fatwood sticks (Duraflame makes the ones I have), plenty of kindling and dry wood. Start with smaller pieces and then after it’s going out on the bigger ones.

It’s about time that we are allowed to outloud the truth

It’s way past time imho. I wish it would have started back in January with some big ‘n bold kicks to their backsides. We should have knocked them off balance in the beginning because they totally suck at defense. Without the advantage of the upper hand they are rendered helpless and start to turn on each other like we’re seeing now but not nearly enough.

Snort. Values is strange when you’re into fraud.

Now must get myself off.

Was a similar experience at the studios. The lowly secretaries had more generous hearts than the over-paid executives. For the most part.

Assumes facts not in evidence.

Now, really, must go do things.

Right. Thanks. I also buy the duraflame logs and then slice them with a little saw. Cheaper than buying the sticks.

MSNBC just said that Al Sharpton is injecting himself in to the Limbaugh/NFL story.

I uttered several profanities, but try to keep it soto voce so as to not scare the kitties.

At the same time that they inject themselves into the Limpball/NFL story.

Completely irrelevant Q. Why are the Nobels awarded in Sweden in December? Is that the only way they can get tourists there at that time of year?

I’m off for now. BBL.

Be well.

It is presented in Stockholm at an annual ceremony on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel’s death.

Have a fun and fullfilling fall day, my friend. See you later.

Stockholm is worth visiting any time of the year. A beautiful city with educated, friendly, bilingual citizens.

Love Stockholm

Medicare for All

One of the political advantages to single payer, quite aside from it being thr best policy, and quite aside from it having the political benefit of actually giving the majority of the electorate that is currently insured the tangible benefit of lowered premiums, is that it is the only plan that could be implemented immediately. Medicare provides an apparatus that is already up and running to collect premiums and pay claims. Not many working people would have to be enrolled for premium coillection, since almost all of us are already signed up for the payroll deduction charged by the already-existing Medicare. Only the amount deducted would have to be adjusted to add in the premium to add coverage for the before age 65 years to the coverage already in place for the after-65 years. Similarly, almost all providers of medical services are already dealing with Medicare, and so would not need to add any staff to deal with collecting from Medicare. In fact, they would be able to stop dealing with any other plan, saving them considerable admin costs.

I don’t see why Medicare for All wouldn’t be able to start collecting premiums and paying claims within a month of the final passage of the implementing legislation. The premium rates would have to be calculated, but the task of coming up with an interim rate could be assigned by presidential order to the existing Medicare bureaucracy, and could be accomplished before final passage of the law. Some providers would have to register with Medicare, but that too could start before final passage. Ditto for the few individuals not already having Medicare payments deducted from their paychecks.