Archive for November 18th, 2012

Can federally run state insurance exchanges lead to single payer?

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Five wingnut Governors have said that they will not set up state run insurance exchanges, but will opt for the Feds to run their state’s exchanges. So, can this be a kind of backdoor for single payer? I’m honestly asking.

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A Die Hard Christmas – An Open Source Christmas Musical for People who are a little tired of ‘The Nutcracker’ and ‘A Christmas Carol’

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Act 1, Scene 1: “This Christmas will be different”
Shoppers excitedly bustle on the sidewalk in front of Nakatomi Towers in Midtown Manhattan. Enter John McClane. [Song – “This Christmas is going to be different – with a bang not a whimper” John McClane & Chorus. The song includes backstory on the troubled relationship between McCalne and his wife, Holly Gennaro-McClane, and how John McClane wants to use the goodwill of the season to romance his estranged wife back into the sack.] The crowds slowly part and McClane is left under a single follow spot. McClane reveals his motivations. He is withdrawn and depressed because he thinks he has lost the ability to come up with new catchphases. [Song: “I Got Nothing (For Christmas).”] Only by learning the true meaning of Christmas can he regain his catchphrase mojo. To do that he must defeat the greed and commercialism of Christmas, McClane exits into the building.

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Sunday Daily Delawhere [11.18.12]

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Sunday Daily Delawhere [11.18.12]

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