Ever since Hillary Clinton dropped a fifty pound document describing a new health plan for America back when her husband was president, the Republicans have been dead-set against anything that comes between a patient and their insurance company. People like to say "America is #1", but the reality is that about the only things we're number one at are things not to be proud of, including bankruptcies because of medical bills.

That hasn't stopped the Republicans from trying to prevent any sort of healthcare reforms or health insurance regulations. When they couldn't stop the ACA from becoming law, they made it their life mission to destroy it. Over fifty votes later in the Republican-controlled House, they still haven't been able to repeal it.

What they haven't been able to accomplish via legislative means they might actually accomplish via the courts (or - in their words - "legislating from the bench", which they rail against until it goes their way).
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38 comments (Latest Comment: 07/23/2014 22:12:46 by Scoopster)

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24 comments (Latest Comment: 07/21/2014 21:26:36 by livingonli)

While the news on Easth, from Israel and Gaza to the Ukraine and beyond is often depressing, there is indeed more to existence than our world.  Today, as a change from our look at the problems of our world, I thought that we would look at some science news.

The search for planets beyound our own solar system is heating up.  I wonder how soon we will find evidence for life beyond our own world?

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Over the past few years much has been made of the North Carolina state government and its efforts to turn a once-proud state into West Somalia. Granted, there have been no end of crazy laws and bans going on across the nation (witness the Virginia lege banning flags on sticks in the capitol building), but when it comes to pure, unadulterated legislative ridiculousness, the Old North State has them all beat, hands down
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37 comments (Latest Comment: 07/18/2014 00:59:15 by Raine)

Good morning.

Today is our 4, 664th day in Afghanistan.

We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualty figures from our ongoing war, courtesy of Antiwar.com:

US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 2333
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1124

We find this morning's Cost of War passing through $1, 549,399, 605, 723.

In new from the war in Afghanistan, the only prisoner of war from the conflict is now back on active duty. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is back to work on an army post, although he may still face an investigation over his disappearance
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42 comments (Latest Comment: 07/15/2014 20:47:34 by Mondobubba)