Still depressed, folks.
Yep. Talking "clinically" - an actual physical manifestation.
Had a good weekend. Mary was off yesterday. We went out to breakfast and then did a bit of Christmas shopping.
Speaking of Christmas shopping... that depresses me too - the fact that it's only early November, more than a week before Thanksgiving, and already the Christmas marketing blitz is in full swing.
I do my best not to buy foreign made crap. I know I'm part of the vast, vast minority that does this... who connect the dots and act accordingly. This too depresses me.
Anyway... let me get started on newsbiting before I depress myself into just saying "to hell with it."
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http://www.toledoblade.com/State/2012/11/12/Ohioans-food-stamp-aid-to-be-cut.html
Ohio families receiving food stamps could get an unwelcome surprise come January: $50 less every month in assistance.
* SOUNDS GOOD... IF IT ACTUALLY HAPPENS...
For the 869,000 households enrolled in the program for the poorest Ohioans, that could amount to about $520 million annually out of the grocery budgets.
Because of the way the federal government calculates utility expenses for people receiving the benefit, a mild winter nationwide last year, and a lower price for natural gas, many families could experience a significant cut in aid, those familiar with the program say.
* GOOD... IF IT HAPPENS...
Recipients should get a letter from the state Department of Job and Family Services this month explaining the change, said Ben Johnson, a spokesman for the agency.
Ohio State Job and Family Services officials tried to appeal the change to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the food stamp program, officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, but the USDA denied the request.
* BUT I'M GUESSING THIS WAS BEFORE THE ELECTION; LET'S SEE IF NOW THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED HE OVERRIDES THE DENIAL.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/49791189
Wal-Mart Stores' U.S. employees will pay between 8% and 36% more in premiums for its medical coverage in 2013...
* BUT HOW COULD THIS BE (I SARCASTICALLY ASK)... OBAMACARE PROMISED THE OPPOSITE!
In mailings sent to employees for its recently completed open-enrollment period, Wal-Mart noted that its rates would increase because health-care costs continue to rise.
* BUT... BUT... BUT... OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS PROMISED...
(*SMIRK*)
Still, Wal-Mart said average costs its employees will bear should only rise about 4.4% in 2013, due to the elimination of some high premium plans...
* BUT... BUT... BUT... WEREN'T WE TOLD, QUOTE, "IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR PLAN..."
(*SMIRK*)
... [snd] its move to offer free heart and spine surgery to most employees at six health-care centers...
* FREE, HUH? ALL THE DOCTORS, NURSES, ADMINISTRATORS, CLERICAL WORKERS, SERVICE WORKERS ARE GONNA WORK FOR FREE? ALL THE CONTRACTORS WHO SUPPLY THE CLINICS WILL "DONATE" THEIR GOODS AND SERVICES?
(*SNORT*)
* FOLKS... NOTHING IS "FREE." OH... AND WOULDN'T YOU LOVE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY SAY "HEART SURGERY" AND "SPIN SURGERY?" AT A CLINIC...?!?! HMM...
Wal-Mart pays for preventive care such as routine checkups. However, workers must pay deductibles of at least $1,750 before Wal-Mart covers 80% of the cost of other care, such as doctor visits and diagnostic tests.
* MEANING IF YOU ACTUALLY NEED MEDICAL CARE... MAJOR MEDICAL CARE... YOU'RE FUCKED. FOLKS... IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO RACK UP SIX FIGURE MEDICAL BILLS IF SOMETHING REALLY BAD HAPPENS TO YOU HEALTHWISE! DO THE MATH! WHAT'S 20% OF $100,000...? WHAT'S 20% OF $300,000...? FOLKS... THE MOMENT THE SHIT HITS THE FAN THIS HEALTH INSURANCE IS WORTHLESS IN TERMS OF SAVING YOU FROM LIFE-ALTERING DEBT!
The retailer will also defray some costs with a separate contribution of $250 or $500 for individuals, and double that range for families.
* WHAT DO YOU WANNA BET THAT THESE "CONTRIBUTIONS" WILL BE TAX WRITE-OFFS FOR WALMART - MEANING THEY'RE A DEBIT AGAINST FEDERAL TAX INCOME! (MEANING MORE DEBT!)
"I really can't even afford it now, so for it to go up even a dollar for me is a stretch," said Colby Harris, who said he makes $8.90 per hour and takes home less than $20,000 per year working in the Walmart store's produce department in Lancaster, Texas. Harris, a 22-year-old smoker, was set to see his cost per paycheck rise to $29.60 from $25.40. He says he has decided not to sign up for coverage. Given his low income, as Harris foregoes coverage any major medical bills could potentially fall to taxpayers through the government's Medicaid program.
* SO IN OTHER WORDS HARRIS WILL FORGO PAYING HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS SO AS TO CONTINUE TO AFFORD CIGARETTES AND IF HE GETS SICK THE REST OF US WILL PAY FOR HIM... AND HIS CIGARETTES. GREAT! OUTSTANDING!
Barbara Andridge, who works at the Walmart store in Placerville, Calif., decided to drop out of a Wal-Mart plan provided for the retailer by a health management organization when she found out that the cost was set to nearly double to $60 a month. The Wal-Mart HMO plans can be more expensive than Wal-Mart's own. "Living paycheck to paycheck, I made the decision to swallow my pride and go and get county health," she said in reference to Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid health-care program.
(*SARCASTIC CLAP-CLAP-CLAP*)
* FOLKS... AGAIN... THE END-GAME POINT OF OBAMACARE IS TO PUSH PEOPLE OUT OF PRIVATE PLAN AND ONTO THE PUBLIC DOLE.
* FOLKS... READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE - WE'RE FUCKED.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324439804578115410189757452.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTTopStories
A federal agent who launched the investigation that ultimately led to the resignation of Central Intelligence Agency chief David Petraeus was barred from taking part in the case over the summer due to superiors' concerns that he was personally involved in the case, according to officials familiar with the probe.
After being blocked from the case, the agent continued to press the matter, relaying his concerns to a member of Congress, the officials said.
New details about how the Federal Bureau of Investigation handled the case suggest that even as the bureau delved into Mr. Petraeus's personal life, the agency had to address conduct by its own agent - who allegedly sent shirtless photos of himself to a woman involved in the case prior to the investigation.
* FOLKS... WELCOME TO OBAMA'S AMERICA...
* THE SECRET SERVICE... THE FBI... AMERICA'S TOP MILITARY BRASS... THIS IS NO LONGER AMERICA, FOLKS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY EXAMPLES YOU NEED IN ORDER TO 'GET" THIS SAD FACT.
http://www.humanevents.com/2012/11/13/buchanan-petraeus-and-benghazi-a-time-for-truth/
* BY PATRICK J. BUCHANAN
The stunning resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus, days before he was to testify on the CIA role in the Benghazi massacre, raises many more questions than his resignation letter answers.
The problem: Petraeus’ “unacceptable behavior,” adultery with a married mother of two, Paula Broadwell, that exposed the famous general to blackmail, began soon after he became director in 2011.
* DID IT...??? DID IT BEGIN AFTER HE BECAME DIRECTOR OF THE CIA...??? THE INITIAL REPORTS I READ SAY THAT THE FBI BEGAN INVESTIGATING THIS MATTER WHILE PATRAEUS WAS STILL A GENERAL IN AFGHANISTAN. THIS IS A KEY POINT... BELIEVE ME, FOLKS, I WANNA GET THIS RIGHT!
Was his security detail at the CIA and were his closest associates oblivious to the fact that the director was a ripe target for blackmail, since any revelation of the affair could destroy his career?
* AGAIN... WHAT WAS THE PRE-APPOINTMENT TIMELINE? THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED.
People at the CIA had to know they had a security risk at the top of their agency. Did no one at the CIA do anything?
* SUCH AS...??? APPARENTLY NO ONE AT THE SECRET SERVICE BOTHERED TO NOTIFY ANYONE IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY ABOUT CLINTON AND MONICA. HOW ABOUT JFK's PRESIDENTIAL "LIFESTYLE?" FDR's MISTRESS...?
By early summer, however, Jill Kelley, 37, a close friend of the general from his days as head of CentCom at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., had received half a dozen anonymous, jealous, threatening emails.
“Back off.” “Stay away from my guy!” they said.
* OK. JUST DID A BIT OF GOOGLING. OBAMA FIRST PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED HE PLANNED TO NOMINATE PATRAEUS TO HEAD THE CIA ON APRIL 28, 2011.
* OBAMA OFFICIALLY NOMINATED PATRAEUS ON MAY 26.
* THE SENATE FORMALLY APPROVED PATRAEUS' NOMINATION ON JUNE 30, 2011.
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