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Astronomers have gotten an unprecedented look into two beautiful stellar nurseries, revealing a dramatic display of glowing gases and some of the most massive -- and violent -- stars in the Milky Way. Continue reading →
To celebrate 15 years in orbit, NASA has release new, mind-blowing views of the Chandra X-ray observatory's most famous supernova remnants.
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text: Entertainment Media Ignores Obama's Brother Seeking Help from Anti-Obama Filmmaker Print article Send a Tip by Christian Toto 21 Aug 2012 post a comment You don't need to consult the ghost of Walter Cronkite to figure this one out. A story breaks about the president's half brother needing money to pay for his son's medical procedure. The brother doesn't pick up the phone and call the White House for help. Instead, he reaches out to an author and filmmaker whose latest movie critiques the president in serious and profound ways. "Stop the presses!" Right? Not exactly. That very scenario took place last week, and a good faith search at TheWrap.com, EW.com and People.com revealed no stories about Dinesh D'Souza picking up the medical tab for President Barack Obama's half brother. D'Souza's "2016: Obama's America" is the sleeper hit of the summer, earning more than $2 million on a fraction of the screens available to most mainstream releases. So the story offers multiple tantalizing angles, including the simple fact that the president keeps talking about people paying their fair share and being their brother's keeper. What about other entertainment sites that routinely dabble in politics? Surely they lunged at such a meaty story, no matter where they fall on the ideological fault lines. Movieline.com? Nope. Deadline.com? No. IndieWire.com? No, but they did previously slam the film. Could it be that, because the story reflects poorly on the president, these sites would prefer not to cover it? Nah, liberal media bias is just a myth, of course. The press tells us so all the time. Follow Christian Toto on Twitter @TotoMovies


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Gumbo Z'Herbes Recipe
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Traditionally Gumbo Z'Herbes is a Lenten and meat free dish. Truth is, it is great anytime and the addition of some Tasso produces a heartier dish. Feel free to use whatever greens you have around.
- 2 Large Bunches of Mustard Greens, soaked and hard parts removed
- 1 Bunch of Baby Spinach, likewise
- 1 Bunch of Italian Parlsey
- 2 Garlic Cloves, minced
- 1c Onion, chopped
- 1 Bunch of Green Onions, white part removed and remains chopped
- 5c Water
- ¼ c Dry Vermouth
- ½ t Oregano, dried
- ½ t Thyme, dried
- ¼ t Cayenne Pepper
- 1lb Tasso, cut up to ¼ inch
- 3c Chicken Stock
- 1T Olive Oil
- 1t Salt
- ½ c Brown Roux
- Crystal Hot Sauce, to taste
- Cook the tender portions of the Mustard Greens and Spinach in the water for about an hour or until tender.
- Remove from the heat, retain the cooking water and allow to cool while you prepare the Roux.
- Remove the Roux and set it aside and in the same heavy pot add the Olive Oil and render the Tasso for about 10 minutes.
- Add the Onion, Garlic, Green Onion, Parsley, Oregano, Thyme, Salt and Cayenne. Cook until the Onions are translucent or for about 15 minutes over medium high heat.
- Add the Vermouth to deglaze.
- Chop the now cooled greens into smallish pieces. Add to the pot along with about 2/3 of the retained cooking liquid. Add the Stock. Simmer for 30 minutes
- Stir in the Roux, holding back any extra oil that make be on the top. Cook for another 15 minutes then add the Hot Sauce.
- Serve over rice, popcorn rice if you have it.
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There comes a time for every athlete where they no longer have the impact, relevance or fitness to continue performing at the highest level.
It happened to Ric Flair, it happened to John Bradshaw Layfield, and now it's happening to Rey Mysterio.
Since his return from injury and suspension last month, Rey has struggled to gain the momentum he once had at the pinnacle of his career.
It is greatly due to this reason that retirement doesn't sound like a harsh thing to suggest.
In fact it is a bitter pill most Superstars have had to face in their careers.
Undoubtedly Rey will enter the Hall of Fame, and rightly so having instilled his name and legacy throughout the annals of WWE history.
Before that however, it is necessary for Rey and the company to realise Rey's time may be coming to a close, and in turn how a man of such legendary status can be best utilised and highlighted leading into retirement.
For Ric Flair it was a series of 'Career Threatening' matches, for Shawn Michaels it was his career versus the streak.
With this said, Rey too needs, and more importantly deserves, a similar kind of recognition and farewell.
Thankfully with WWE's current young crop of talent, the possibilities for such a scenario are endless.
Although having been done too many times already, a lengthy and personal feud between Mysterio and Alberto Del Rio could certainly work wonders.
Given the pair's long history and Mexican backgrounds, a personal and violent Mysterio-Del Rio match would bring a different vibe to any WWE pay-per-view.
Other names that spring to mind are Damien Sandow and Wade Barrett given their current aggressive personas and standing within the company.
As well as a lengthy, big name program, a big name setting would also be paramount.
Given Mysterio's fantastic career and hard work, a Wrestlemania send-off seems most appropriate, similar to the farewell matches given to Ric Flair, JBL and Shawn Michaels.
Whichever direction Rey does take in his career leading into his retirement, his legacy will surely always be remembered.
From his days in ECW and WCW, to his feud with Eddie Guerrero and World Title win, Rey has certainly achieved everything as a professional wrestler and a man.
But as Triple H illustrated last night, an athlete's most crowning achievement is knowing when to hang up the boots.
For Rey Mysterio too, that achievement should come sooner rather than later.
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very nice blog. i agree with everything. i think for the first time on this site I am speechless
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I wouldn't mind seeing him feud with Cody Rhodes again to end his career. I thought that was a good feud
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He needs to realise his body can't do this anymore, I know he loves the business and he loves to entertain the fans, but after returning from suspension and injury ONLY to get injured again, I think his body is now telling him its time to quit.
I may not be a big fan of Rey's, but in all I do not wan...
I may not be a big fan of Rey's, but in all I do not wan...
Would really miss Rey .. He has been one of the best high flyers and an awesome superstar of all times.. I dont have any idea who would fill his place once he leaves the company...
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Well they're hoping Sin Cara can fill his place. I haven't noticed many botches in his matches recently
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Sin Cara needs to slow down, thats what his problem is, he botches because he goes in real quick and it doesnt give him enough time to slow down.
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Kaiser Health News staff writer Anna Gorman reports: "The towns of Bell and Cudahy in southeast Los Angeles County are best known for corruption scandals that enraged and mobilized their residents. But to California health officials, the small, working class cities have a much more important distinction: They have the highest number of people that could benefit from the state's insurance marketplace. More than 60,000 people, or about 60 percent of the residents, in the zip code encompassing Bell, Cudahy and Bell Gardens are eligible for financial help buying policies through the Covered California marketplace, according to the state's projections" (Gorman, 12/10). Read the story.
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Kaiser Health News: consumer columnist Michelle Andrews writes: "The day when a simple blood test or saliva sample can identify your risk for medical conditions ranging from cancer to Alzheimer's disease seems tantalizingly close. But while advances in genetic testing increasingly give people critical information that may help prevent disease, genetics experts say sometimes the hype around these tests has outstripped the science. Insurers, meanwhile, generally only cover tests if there's strong scientific evidence that it can provide a health benefit to patients" (Andrews, 12/10). Read the column.
Capital Public Radio's Pauline Bartolone, working in partnership with Kaiser Health News and NPR, reports: "When Diane Shore got a letter that her health policy would be canceled, the small premium increase for a new plan didn't bother her that much. What she's really troubled by is: 'My physicians will no longer be in this network of physicians, or the hospitals won't be as well.' Sixty-two year old Shore owned an IT consulting business in the San Francisco Bay Area, and retired when she sold her business in 2000. She says she wants to stick with the providers that she's had for years, including the surgeon who cared for her during a bout of breast cancer in 1998" (Bartolone, 12/9). Read the story.
Now on Kaiser Health News' blog, Julie Appleby reports: "When it comes to providing consumers with easily accessible information about physician quality, a report out today gave most states grades of 'D' or 'F,' often because they compile data only about primary care doctors, not specialists" (Appleby, 12/10). Check out what else is on the blog.
The Texas Tribune's Edgar Walters, working in partnership with Kaiser Health News, reports: "Hughes and her husband, Daniel, also HIV positive, receive some health coverage under the Ryan White Care Act, a federal health care program for HIV and AIDS patients. Community advocates expected the Affordable Care Act to provide nearly universal health coverage for HIV patients, freeing up funding from the Ryan White program to cover services beyond primary care. But many HIV patients in Texas live below the poverty line and are therefore ineligible for subsidies on the exchange. Add Texas' decision not to expand Medicaid to cover poor adults, and the bulk of low-income HIV patients are missing out on expanded health coverage" (Walters, 12/10). Read the story.
Kaiser Health News provides a fresh take on health policy developments with "Send In The Clowns?" by Adam Zyglis.
Here's today's health policy haiku:
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Fewer error messages?
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A little over a week after the deadline that President Barack Obama gave for fixing the federal health care exchange, the system serving 36 states is far more user friendly, according to consumers and navigators. But it is unclear how many of those who enroll in plans may have had garbled or incomplete information sent to insurers because of continuing back-end problems. Problems with the Spanish-language version of the website are also identified.
The New York Times: Health Care Exchange Is Vastly Improved, Users Say
After two months of false starts, error messages and pleas for patience from the once-hobbled federal online health care exchange, Karen Egozi, the chief executive of the Epilepsy Foundation of Florida, watched on Monday as counselors navigated the website's pages with relative ease. Click. Next page. Click. Next page. The website, HealthCare.gov, was working so well that Ms. Egozi, who oversees the 45 navigators in eight locations who help consumers enroll in health plans, said her team gave the system an 8 on a scale of 1 to 10, meaning that most people got as far as selecting a plan or taking home information to select a plan. It felt like a champagne moment (Alvarez and Preston, 2/9).
Bloomberg: Back-End Errors At U.S. Health Website Jeopardize Sign Up
There's no way to tell how many people who think they enrolled for health insurance through the U.S. Obamacare exchange actually have, after about 1 in 4 files sent to insurers had garbled and incomplete information. The data transmission errors have been reduced to 1 in 10 since Nov. 30, the government said on Dec. 6 (Wayne and Nussbaum, 12/9).
Bloomberg: Hidden Obamacare Website Costs Show Lack Of Transparency
President Barack Obama's health agency said it has spent $319 million building an online health-insurance marketplace through October. More than three years after the passage of Obama's signature health-care law in 2010, it's almost impossible to verify and track that spending through public records (Miller and Wayne, 12/10).
CQ HealthBeat: Spanish Website Launches, But More Tweaks Needed
One of the first things noticed by Latino groups who are testing out the newly-launched Spanish-language health care website is that the window shopping tool to compare coverage options without first setting up an account is still written in English. Federal officials "didn't mention that was going to be the case or when it'd be fixed," said Liliana Rañón, director of policy and legislation for the League of United Latin American Citizens. "It's something I made a note of. I'm going to let them know it needs to be changed" (Adams, 12/9).
News outlets report on the new approaches and strategies that are emerging as advocates move on from the troubled launch of healthcare.gov.
The Associated Press/Washington Post: Health Care Debate Has Trust, Politics Themes, Too
For months, the talk was all about computer code. About response times. About glitches and bugs. People who didn't know a URL from an http were blithely expounding on software snags and web design, thanks to the clunky launch of healthcare.gov, the insurance marketplace for the government's big health care overhaul (12/9).
Los AngelesTimes: Obamacare Backers Not Relying On White House To Meet Law's Challenges
As supporters of the Affordable Care Act brace for new headaches next year, many have concluded they cannot count on the Obama administration, whose efforts to explain and promote the law are increasingly viewed as poorly planned, unreliable and largely ineffective. Consumer advocates, doctors' groups and many health industry leaders remain committed to helping the law succeed. Most believe in its goals of expanding health coverage and restructuring the medical system to improve quality and control costs. Few see any viable alternatives (Levey and Hennessey,12/9).
Politico: Generation Opportunity To Campaign On Snapchat
Generation Opportunity is taking the Obamacare messaging wars to Snapchat, using the popular smartphone application to encourage young consumers to opt-out of the health insurance exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act. "Our goal is to be where young people are and to engage them in ways that they're going to find entertaining and useful," the group's president Evan Feinberg told POLITICO. "One of the ways we're getting that message across is through a first-of-its-kind social media campaign through Snapchat" (Delreal, 12/9).
Stateline explores why some insurance exchanges function well and others -- including the one operated by the federal government -- are struggling. Meanwhile, California Democrats say a lookalike GOP health insurance website is confusing consumers, and Maryland faces a self-imposed mid-December deadline to repair its site.
Stateline: Why Some State-Run Health Exchanges Worked
Not every state-run exchange has performed well -- Hawaii, Oregon, Maryland and Vermont all have had significant problems. However, even though the 14 exchanges run by states and the District of Columbia serve less than a third of the U.S. population, they accounted for more than half of all Medicaid enrollments and 75 percent of private insurance sign-ups in October, according to the federal government's most recent enrollment report. It's too early to pinpoint exactly why some state-run exchanges did better than others, but two common characteristics stand out: simplicity and an abundance of testing (Vestal and Ollove, 12/10).
The Washington Post's The Fix: How Does Your County Stack Up On Health Insurance? Consult This Interactive Map.
The battle between advocates and opponents of the federal health-care law is often chock-full of macroscopic statistics and data points. But what about looking at health care on a smaller scale? Thanks to an interactive infographic below from the consumer finance Web site ValuePenguin, you can take a look at how your own county measures up when it comes to what percentage of the population is insured, how many companies are offering plans on the exchange, and how it all compares to every other county in the country. Data for the tool come from the Census, HealthCare.gov and state insurance exchanges (Sullivan, 12/9).
The New York Times: Parties In California Squabble Over Another Website
California has enjoyed one of the smoothest rollouts of a health care exchange in the country. But the state's Democrats are accusing Republicans of trying to sabotage the state-run exchange by putting up their own health care website (Lovett, 12/9).
Kaiser Health News: A Test For The Health Law In Scandal-Plagued Cities Of Southeast Los Angeles
The towns of Bell and Cudahy in southeast Los Angeles County are best known for corruption scandals that enraged and mobilized their residents. But to California health officials, the small, working class cities have a much more important distinction: They have the highest number of people that could benefit from the state's insurance marketplace. More than 60,000 people, or about 60 percent of the residents, in the zip code encompassing Bell, Cudahy and Bell Gardens are eligible for financial help buying policies through the Covered California marketplace, according to the state's projections (Gorman, 12/10).
The Baltimore Sun: Health Exchange Officials Face Deadline For Repairs
Even as [Maryland] state officials are racing to meet a self-imposed deadline to fix major glitches with the state's online insurance marketplace, some consumers continued to have problems buying health coverage through the exchange. Gov. Martin O'Malley pledged to correct the problems by mid-December, and two new state officials have been tapped to lead the exchange after weeks of technical problems and the resignation of its executive director (Cohn and Walker, 11/9).
Narrow networks of doctors and navigator availability also make news in California and Maine --
Kaiser Health News: Some California Insurance Plans Narrow Doctor, Hospital Choices
When Diane Shore got a letter that her health policy would be canceled, the small premium increase for a new plan didn't bother her that much. What she's really troubled by is: 'My physicians will no longer be in this network of physicians, or the hospitals won't be as well.' Sixty-two year old Shore owned an IT consulting business in the San Francisco Bay Area, and retired when she sold her business in 2000. She says she wants to stick with the providers that she's had for years, including the surgeon who cared for her during a bout of breast cancer in 1998 (Bartolone, 12/9).
The Associated Press: Several Maine Towns Far From Health Care Help
Nearly a dozen of Maine's largest communities are more than 15 miles from the nearest navigator or counselor who can help residents sign up for coverage on the health insurance marketplace, according to an analysis presented to lawmakers Monday. Of the 77 Maine towns where most people work and shop and where most hospitals and colleges are located, 11 don't have navigators and certified application counselors within 15 miles, the Maine Health Access Foundation found (Durkin, 12/9).
The White House asks two top North Carolina Democrats to urge Gov. Pat McCrory and state lawmakers to reconsider a health law provision to cover more low income people. Meanwhile, Ohio reports that more than 1,100 residents signed up for Medicaid on the first day a signup site went live.
McClatchy/Raleigh News & Observer: White House, NC Democrats Press State To Expand Medicaid
The White House enlisted two top North Carolina Democrats on Monday to urge Gov. Pat McCrory and the legislature to reconsider their opposition to Medicaid expansion under Obamacare. "Medicaid expansion is a smart choice for states," White House Spokesman Josh Earnest said during a telephone news conference along with Durham Democrats, Mayor Bill Bell and state Sen. Floyd McKissick (Schoof, 12/9).
Columbus Dispatch: Ohio's Medicaid-Enrollment Website Works Smoothly On First Day
Online enrollment began yesterday for Ohio's newly expanded Medicaid program, allowing more than 1,100 low-income residents to sign up for tax-funded health insurance by the end of the day. State officials said it's likely the largest number ever to sign up for benefits in a single day. ... It also was without the technical failures and glitches that plagued the Oct. 1 launch of HealthCare.gov's online enrollment system (Candisky, 12/10).
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Ohio Launches Website To Help Enroll Applicants For Newly Expanded Medicaid Program
The state "flipped the switch," [Sam Rossi, a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Medicaid,] said, at 6 a.m. Monday. By 11 a.m. about 450 people had enrolled. By later in the afternoon, about 3:30 p.m., the number had risen to 1,165. The computer system itself is new, replacing one that was 32 years old, Rossi said. By 2015, the state intends to integrate the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly called food stamps, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families into the same computer system (Higgs, 12/10).
The Associated Press: Ohioans Can Sign Up Online For Medicaid Program
Many low-income state residents can now sign up for the Medicaid health program through a new website, though it's unclear how soon their applications will get finalized. The online enrollment option became available Monday to children, pregnant women and adults who are newly eligible under an expansion of the federal-state program for the poor and disabled (12/9).
A former aide to President Bill Clinton is expected to help President Barack Obama as he seeks to recover public support on the health law.
The New York Times: Ex-Clinton Aide Expected To Join Obama
President Obama, after a rocky year that leaves him at the lowest ebb of his presidency, is bringing into his White House circle the longtime Democratic strategist John D. Podesta, a former chief of staff for President Bill Clinton. … Word that Mr. Podesta would for the first time join Mr. Obama's official staff, from people familiar with the discussions, comes as the president is seeking to recover public support and credibility after the flawed introduction in October of the insurance marketplaces that are a key part of his signature Affordable Care Act. This week he brought back his former chief congressional lobbyist, Phil Schiliro, who had moved to New Mexico, to help on the health care issues (Calmes, 12/9).
Politico: Podesta To Advise Obama
Podesta will return to the White House as Obama struggles to regain his credibility after the troubled rollout of HealthCare.gov. The president has already recalled Phil Schiliro, a former legislative affairs director, to serve as the White House's point person on Obamacare policy. Podesta is viewed as a hand so trusted and widely perceived as an honest broker in Democratic circles that he would have run the presidential transition of either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton in 2008 (Budoff Brown, 12/9).
Meanwhile, another Obama administration nominee will be questioned by a Senate panel about the health law.
The Associated Press/Washington Post: IRS Nominee To Face Questions On Health Law
President Barack Obama's choice to head the Internal Revenue Service goes before a Senate committee Tuesday to face tough questions about the agency's targeting of tea party groups and its ability to administer parts of the president's health law. Obama nominated John Koskinen, a retired corporate and government official with experience managing numerous organizations in crisis, to take over the IRS in August. If confirmed by the Senate, the 74-year-old turnaround specialist would sign on to a five-year term, which would last beyond Obama's stay in office (12/10).
The measure would permanently change how Medicare pays providers for their services. In addition, the Congressional Budget Office has reduced the price tag associated with repealing the current Medicare payment formula.
The Wall Street Journal: Permanent Fix for Medicare Fees Seen
An annual push by doctors to delay cuts to Medicare patient fees is afoot, but this time the prognosis is better for a permanent solution to the long-festering problem. The Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to vote Thursday on "doc fix" legislation that would permanently change how Medicare providers are paid by the government for their services. Similar legislation was unanimously passed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee in July (Schatz, 12/9).
Medpage Today: CBO Cuts Cost Of SGR Repeal Yet Again
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has again lowered the price tag for repealing Medicare's much-derided sustainable growth rate (SGR) physician payment formula, dropping it by nearly $23 billion. The 10-year cost estimate for doing away with the SGR is now $116.5 billion, the CBO said late Friday. The previous estimate, made this past February, was $139 billion, which was much less than the $271 billion price tag that CBO had given the idea in August 2012. Lawmakers said the lower price tag could make it easier it finally repeal the SGR, which has been a major focus of Congress this year (Pittman, 12/9).
Meanwhile, in the background --
Politico: Why The Timing Is Right For A Budget Deal
John Boehner and Barack Obama failed. Harry Reid, Boehner and Mitch McConnell didn't fare much better. Eric Cantor and Joe Biden barely got started. But with the year winding to a close, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) are nearing a modest, yet important, budget deal that senior aides say could be rolled out as soon as Tuesday and voted on later this week (Sherman and Bresnahan, 12/10).
A GOP proposal to begin taxing employer-based health care benefits is worrying some Republicans that such a move could hurt the party politically ahead of 2014's elections. In the meantime, Republicans are continuing their attack on Democrats over the health law, using phrases like "broken promise" and "extraordinary disruption" to describe the law.
The Wall Street Journal: Republicans Shy Away From Their Own Health Plan
Democrats' politically bruising experience over the Obama health law has prompted leading Republican policy experts to rethink one of the party's own long-standing ideas about remaking the health-care system. President Barack Obama and his party have suffered in public-opinion polls amid the health site's troubled rollout and as some five million people lost existing coverage that didn't meet new standards, even as the law seeks to expand coverage to many more Americans. Some Republicans are now worried that a GOP proposal to begin taxing health-care benefits offered through employers—which would affect some 160 million Americans—would cause market disruptions far more severe and expose the party to its own political peril (Meckler, 12/9).
Politico: GOP Ads Tie Dems To ACA 'Broken Promise'
Republicans are using House Democrats' own words against them in a new set of radio ads that tie the lawmakers to the bungled Obamacare rollout. Specifically, the National Republican Congressional Committee's ads, which launch Tuesday, focus on President Barack Obama's "broken promise" that people could keep their old insurance plans under the new health law. Republicans spent weeks digging through old clips and statements from Democrats in hopes of catching them making the same pledge (Isenstadt, 12/10).
The Washington Post's The Fact Checker: McConnell's Claim Of Obamacare 'Extraordinary Disruption' For Americans With Health Insurance
Sen. McConnell, the Republican leader, has long been a critic of the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare. But his recent comments on Fox News appeared overheated: Are the 85 percent of Americans who have health insurance facing "extraordinary disruption"? McConnell's comments in some ways are the flip side of President Obama's claim earlier this year that "the 85 and 90 percent who already have health insurance" will not notice anything but better health care. He argued that impact will be felt instead by "that small group of people — 10 to 15 percent of Americans; now, it's still 30 million Americans, but relatively a narrow group — who don't have health insurance right now or are on the individual market and are paying exorbitant amounts for coverage that isn't that great" (Kessler, 12/10).
And Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has enrolled in coverage under the law but declined to take a federal subsidy --
The Washington Post: Lindsey Graham Enrolls Under Obamacare, Declines Federal Subsidy
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) became the latest U.S. lawmaker to enroll in a federal health insurance exchange but forego the federal subsidy he would normally receive for his premium. Graham announced Monday he would enroll in his home state's exchange, which is being run by the federal government, even though he opposes the Affordable Care Act. The congressional open enrollment period ends Monday. Senators are allowed to receive a federal subsidy covering roughly 75 percent of their health care premiums under the law by enrolling in the D.C. Health Link exchange. But at least 12 senators have waived their employer contribution and joined either a state-run exchange or the federal exchange (Eilperin, 12/9).
Politico: Lindsey Graham Declines Health Care Contribution
Graham, who is 58 and single,said he will pay $400 more per month under Obamacare than under his current plan. But that significant increase is also likely due to the fact that he is turning down his employer contribution — which can cover as much as 75 percent of the costs of health care plans (Kim,12/9).
CNN: GOP Sen. Graham Latest To Sign Up For Obamacare, Refuse Subsidy
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has decided to sign up for federal health care coverage in the South Carolina exchange, rather than through the Washington, D.C., exchange where he would qualify for a federal subsidy offered to both lawmakers and congressional aides. "I don't think members of Congress should get a special deal," Graham said in a press release. "Obamacare is being pushed on the American people and we should live under it just like everyone else," he added (Sommers, 12/9).
ABC News: Colin Powell Pitches Single-Payer Health Care In US
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has waded into the health care debate with a broad endorsement of the kind of universal health plan found in Europe, Canada and South Korea. "I am not an expert in health care, or Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act, or however you choose to describe it, but I do know this: I have benefited from that kind of universal health care in my 55 years of public life," Powell said, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal, last week at an annual "survivors celebration breakfast" in Seattle for those who, like Powell, have battled prostate cancer (Lazar, 12/9).
A new report finds that states generally do a poor job in communicating physician quality ratings to consumers, while a Gallup poll finds that cost issues continue to be a reason some people delay care.
Kaiser Health News: Capsules: Report: Most States Do A Poor Job Informing Consumers About Physician Quality
Now on Kaiser Health News' blog, Julie Appleby reports: "When it comes to providing consumers with easily accessible information about physician quality, a report out today gave most states grades of 'D' or 'F,' often because they compile data only about primary care doctors, not specialists" (Appleby, 12/10).
The Hill: Poll: 30 Percent Delay Costly Medical Treatment
Thirty percent of adults say they or a family member had to put off medical treatment in the last year because it was too expensive, according to a Gallup poll released Monday. Breaking down those numbers more, nearly 60 percent of uninsured people, the poll indicates, say they have put off medical treatment (Shabad, 12/9).
John Kitzhaber announced he intends to seek an unprecedented fourth term. In the background, his state continues to experience difficulties with Cover Oregon, the state's online insurance marketplace.
Los Angeles Times: Oregon Governor Opens Bid For 4th Term Despite Rocky Obamacare Rollout
When Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber announced his bid for a fourth term Monday, it was no surprise that he did so at an elementary school – a long way from the headquarters of Cover Oregon where software engineers are still trying to fix problems with the state's healthcare exchange and get it online (Reston, 12/9).
The Washington Post: Oregon's Kitzhaber Will Run For Fourth Term
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) will seek a fourth four-year term in office, he said Monday, kicking off a campaign likely to be dominated by health care and tax reform. Kitzhaber, already the longest-serving governor in Oregon's history, kicked off his campaign for another four-year term at Portland's Earl Boyles Elementary School. He starts his campaign with $239,000 in the bank, the Oregonian reported (Wilson, 12/9).
USA Today: Oregon Gov Expects 'Slings And Arrows' On Health Care
Could the rocky rollout of an online health care exchange be a factor in a 2014 election? We're not talking about a race for Congress, but the race for governor in Oregon — where Democratic incumbent John Kitzhaber announced Monday he will seek an unprecedented fourth term. Kitzhaber, who has already made Oregon history with his third term in office, said he expects to take "a few slings and arrows about the rocky rollout" of the Cover Oregon online insurance exchange. Like the federal HealthCare.gov site, whose problems have dominated headlines for weeks, the Oregon website was scheduled to launch Oct. 1 (Camia, 12/9).
Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal looks at the Oregon website's problems.
The Wall Street Journal's CIO Journal: Cover Oregon CIO: Integrating Oracle Software is 'Daunting'
More than two months after the Obamacare online health exchanges launched, Oregon has yet to enroll a single person online through its state exchange. The site's tech leader cited the challenges integrating primary contractor Oracle Corp.'s software as well as missed deadlines by the software maker and the state's own failure to hire a systems integrator as key reasons for Cover Oregon's continued dysfunction. These challenges, which persist today, mean the exchange won't be fully operational until after Jan. 1, 2014 (Boulton, 12/9).
A selection of health policy stories from New York, California and North Carolina.
The New York Times: New York State Hospital Data Exposes Big Markups, and Odd Bargains
Just how expensive is your hospital? In New York, the answer may lie in a trove of hospital cost data newly posted online by the State Health Department. As part of an effort to make health care pricing more transparent, the state is naming hospitals and listing their median charges and costs for 1,400 conditions and procedures from 2009 to 2011. In 2011, prices ranged from the $8 bill at Benedictine Hospital in Kingston, N.Y., for treating a case of gastritis (cost: $2), to a $2.8 million charge for a blood disorder case at University Hospital of Brooklyn that cost it $918,462 (Bernstein, 12/9).
California Healthline: Forum Examines Price Transparency
Experts discussed the thorny issue of price transparency in health care -- including the possibility of seeking legislation to align hospital prices in California -- at a forum yesterday in Sacramento. … In 2011, the California Public Employees' Retirement System, the second largest buyer of health care in the country after the federal government, started a reference-pricing program that set standard prices for medical procedures, such as knee replacements, as well as some medications and services. According to a report last week from the Center for Studying Health System Change, CalPERS saved about $3 million over the past two years (Gorn, 12/9).
The New York Times: States Found To Shift Funds From Antismoking Efforts
Despite billions of dollars nationwide from tobacco taxes and settlements with manufacturers more than a decade ago, only two states are poised to meet federal recommendations for tobacco prevention spending during the 2014 fiscal year, an alliance of advocacy groups said in a report issued on Monday (Binder, 12/9).
Raleigh News & Observer: NC Auditor Says Medicaid Claims System Had More Than 3,200 Defects
The state audit released Monday put a number to all the problems with a new Medicaid claims system that has frustrated hospitals, doctors and other health care providers for months. NC Tracks has had more than 3,200 defects since the state started using it July 1, according to the report, and more than 600 had not been fixed by Nov. 5 (Bonner, 12/9).
The Day (New London, Conn.): Self-Insured L+M Does Not Have To Notify Workers Of Coverage Loss
Locked-out nurses and technicians at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital learned Monday that state law does not protect them from the immediate loss of their health care coverage. ... [Matt O'Connor, a spokesman for two AFT Connecticut union locals] said he wants to find out what kind of federal relief might be available to help union workers, many of whom are single parents, navigate the difficulty of being out of work and having to pay for their own medical insurance. The union previously announced a $20,000 defense fund to help members undergoing economic hardships (Howard, 12/10).
The Wall Street Journal: Californians Souring On ObamaCare
While politicians in Washington are hailing California's exchange as proof of the law's success, voters in California don't seem to agree—and it's not hard to understand why. Policies for about 900,000 Californians are being cancelled because they don't meet the law's benefit mandates. And about two-thirds of these individuals won't be eligible for subsidies on the exchange and will likely see their premiums rise. And while the California exchange may be less glitch-prone than the one set up by the feds, it's been nothing short of an embarrassment for a state that considers itself the tech capital of the world (Allysia Finley, 12/9).
The San Francisco Chronicle: Obamacare Prescription: Fair Share Of Less Care
Lately I've been hearing from readers who are among the million Californians who had private health care plans, received cancellation notices and now have to buy new coverage. Some figured that if they signed up with their old providers -- Blue Shield or Anthem -- they'd have access to the same doctors and hospitals. Not quite (Debra J. Saunders, 12/9).
The New Republic: Yes, Obamacare Is Redistribution—But Republicans Are Wrong About Who Pays
Republicans aren't wrong when they say Obamacare amounts to redistribution. But they seem to have a distorted view of how that redistribution works. ... one obvious takeaway is that the majority of funding in the law is money paid by—or given up by—either the wealthy or parts of the health care industry. It's higher taxes on families making more than $250,000 a year, or new fees for the device industry, or cuts for health insurers serving Medicare patients. ... But one thing to remember is that, fundamentally, health care reform has always been about a vulnerability that the poor and the middle class share. In the old days, before Obamacare, just about anybody could end up without health insurance, which meant just about anybody could end up ruined because of medical bills. The simplest way to describe Obamacare is as a transfer from the lucky to the unlucky. And when it comes to health, you don't have to be poor to be unlucky (Jonathan Cohn, 12/10).
Reuters: Healthcare.gov: Private Shame, Public Blame
Obamacare's troubled birth is cited as irrefutable evidence that the public sector is particularly ill-fitted to deal with something as important as healthcare. Had the process been left to the private sector, they argue, the website would have worked and Americans been better served. But hold on. Obamacare may be a government-run enterprise, but the profound errors in building the site were overwhelmingly due to the incompetence of the private sector (Nicholas Wapshott, 12/10).
Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer: State Changes Course On Medicaid. Good
It appears that Gov. Pat McCrory and some of his top managers are rethinking their plan to mend a "broken" Medicaid system. That's good, because the system that administers the health-insurance program for low-income residents isn't all that broken. Part of the Medicaid administration, the nonprofit Community Care of North Carolina, is widely considered one of the most successful in the country. Other states routinely send their health-and-human-services managers here to check it out and try to copy it. Community Care includes medical-provider networks that work to manage Medicaid patients' medical conditions and keep them healthier. Studies show that the system has saved hundreds of millions of dollars in the past few years (12/10).
The Atlanta Journal Constitution: Finally, Something Obamacare Actually Does
What's one thing Obamacare does? It gives people an awfully big incentive to cheat on their taxes. The subsidy cutoffs are the same in Georgia -- the subsidies are only for those earning less than four times the federal poverty level -- although the premiums and thus the potential savings for tax cheats are different. But the point remains: There's an awfully strong incentive for self-employed people, whose earnings aren't reported by others on a W2 form, to understate their income (Kyle Wingfield, 12/9).
Forbes: No, You Can't Keep Your Drugs Either Under Obamacare
The President famously promised that you could keep your health plan and doctor. For many people, both of those pledges are turning out to be false. And now, you might not be able to keep your medicine, either. There are two reasons why. The first has to do with the higher out of pocket costs patients will face. The second issue may be even more significant. Simply put, many drugs may not be covered at all, and the costs patients incur by buying them with cash won't count against out of pocket caps (Scott Gottlieb, 12/9).
Health Policy Solutions (a Colo. news service): Repeal And Replace? What Would That Mean, Exactly?
Supporters of the ACA say that the opposition does not have an alternative plan. In fact, congressional opponents have offered alternatives, going all the way back to 2009. At least four pieces of legislation could be categorized as serious alternatives: Patient's Choice Act of 2009, Empowering Patients First Act of 2009 and 2013 and, finally, American Health Care Reform Act of 2013. None of the bills was analyzed and scored by the Congressional Budget Office, however, so we do not have a long-term, non-partisan analysis of how much the proposals would cost, how much they would reduce or add to the deficit or how many uninsured Americans would be covered under them (Bob Semro, 12/10).
USA Today: Your DNA And Your First Amendment
Did you know that you cannot be trusted with knowledge of your own genetic background? That's what the Food and Drug Administration decreed late last month when it ordered 23andMe to stop marketing its "Personal Genome Service." ... The FDA does not claim that 23andMe is a scam or could cause direct injury. Instead, its concern is that people using the genome service "may begin to self-manage their treatments." Essentially, the agency wants to "protect" patients from knowing about their own health (David Rivkin Jr. and Andrew Grossman, 12/9).
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It was Gordon Logan who ensured that the story spilled out further at higher levels, he claims. It was around this time that Blair was riding high, supporting the Iraq war, and full of expectation of becoming the first President of Europe. In the Murdoch media, the Presidency for Blair was already a done deal.
Then suddenly the deal was off.
Gordon Logan says it was when the Germans realised that Blair was borrowing male prostitutes from George Bush, they didn't feel too happy allowing him to be the first President of the European Union. Blair was in effect blocked, thanks to Gordon Logan, as he relates.
(No outside confirmation of this story is possible)
This video describes the full horror of the experience of Johnny Gosch, Jeff Gannon, Jeff Guckert (his real name followed by his pseudonyms), being kidnapped by paedophiles during his paper round at aged twelve, at Des Moisnes, from the viewpoint of his very brave mother, who somehow is able to speak publicly about her son's life.


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Shane Doan is the biggest remaining free agent available in the NHL, but he's also the biggest villain of the playoffs, according to fans of the Los Angeles Kings. However, if the Kings were to defy all odds and sign Doan, they would not only create the best four lines in hockey, they would literally kill their newest rivalry with the Phoenix Coyotes just as fast it started.
If Shane Doan opts to sign for a club other than the Coyotes, he's reported to consider just three teams, all big-time contenders: the Pittsburgh Penguins, Detroit Red Wings, and Los Angeles Kings.
It's clear that at Doan's age(-he'll be 36 this October) hoisting the Stanley Cup is the top priority. With ownership uncertainties in Phoenix and departing Coyotes like Ray Whitney and Adrian Aucoin, there's no better chance to win a cup than with the defending Stanley Cup Champions, who plan to return their entire roster. How can you beat that?
If Doan would sign with the Kings, he'd fit perfectly into the third line. Simon Gagne, Jarret Stoll and Shane Doan would all be in natural positions for a scoring line that would be the top line on a team like Phoenix, but the third line on a team as good as the Kings.
With Doan in the mix, the Kings could slot Dwight King and Trevor Lewis downward, alongside Andrei Loktionov or Brad Richardson, for a grinding, yet skilled fourth line, which would arguably be the best fourth line in the NHL.
The Kings could roll four lines with ease, and players like Lewis and Doan would get plenty of special teams opportunities that typically wouldn't be seen for fourth liners.
Quite simply, bringing in Shane Doan is a perfect scenario for the Kings, however, it hinges on one factor: he must be willing to take a one-year deal.
With all of the uncertainty surrounding the new CBA, the salary cap, and the host of Kings players that need contracts next July, bringing on Doan for more than a year initially, can handcuff Dean Lombardi.
If he can take a one-year deal, both parties would be able to consider either a split or a reduced contract in 2013, and the Kings could in theory, be hoisting the Cup, with Shane Doan, next June.
However, if it does happen and Doan brings his talents to Manhattan Beach, the Kings will have to have a moment of silence for the Kings-Coyotes rivalry. Without Doan, it would be over. Sure, they have Keith Yandle and Mike Smith, but Yandle is trade bait and Smith is…well, Mike Smith.
Then again, signing Doan and breaking the hearts of all twelves Coyotes fans once again would be a pretty sweet moral victory for the LA Kings.
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Release Date:
March 9, 2007 (NY; wider release: March 16)
Studio: IFC Films
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Screenwriter: David Wolstencroft
Starring: John Hurt, Hugh Dancy, Claire-Hope Ashitey, Dominique Horwitz
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R (for strong violence, disturbing images and language)
Official Website: BeyondtheGates-movie.com
Review: 7/10 rating
DVD Review: 7/10 rating
DVD: Unrated | Rated
Movie Poster: View here
Production Stills: View here
Plot Summary: Joe Connor (Hugh Dancy), charismatic and idealistic, is a young man taking a year out. While his friends are backpacking around India or lying on a beach in Thailand, Joe has chosen a "real" experience - teaching in a Rwandan school. He is looking forward to stunning his mates with tales of adventure and life at the sharp end. His enthusiasm for Africa makes him popular with the pupils. To Francois, the school groundsman, Joe is a real friend.
The school is headed by Father Christopher (John Hurt) an English Roman Catholic priest. Christopher has spent nearly all his working life in Africa. The cycles of violence that he has witnessed over the years, throughout the continent, have made the struggle to keep his faith alive increasingly hard. Now he is wearier than ever, fearing for Rwanda as it sinks deeper and deeper into a mire of ethnic hatred and political corruption.
Every evening Joe is on the running track coaching Marie (Claire-Hope Ashitey), a young Tutsi girl. She is an exceptional talent and Joe sees her as a shining example of a brighter future. But in the Rwanda of April 1994 ethnic tension between Tutsis and Hutus erupts into genocide. Joe's world is turned upside down.
The killing escalates through the city and the school becomes a refuge for Europeans and Tutsis. A contingent of Belgian UN soldiers, led by Capitaine Delon (Dominique Horwitz), has been stationed there to monitor the fragile peace accord but, now, as the extremist Hutu government vows to eliminate all Tutsis, the refugees wonder if the UN will really protect them from the machete-wielding Hutu militias who slowly start to surround the school.
Joe burns with a desire to "do" something, which puts him at odds with Christopher, who has become more and more hardened - Africa, he believes, is beyond hope. Joe promises a distraught Marie that she will be safe - that he will make sure the world outside doesn't desert them. He ventures out into Kigali to pick up a television crew to bring back and publicise their plight. But things turn ugly at a roadblock. Joe and the crew are held at gunpoint by drunken militia and he discovers, to his horror, that one of the thugs is Francois, his friend, with a blood-stained machete in his hand.
The killing gets closer and closer to the school but with a weak UN mandate Capitaine Delon can do nothing to stop it. The European refugees are evacuated by French troops. The Rwandans are left behind, their hope draining away. Their worst fears are realised when the UN troops are ordered to pull out and abandon the Rwandans: Joe is told he must leave too - or face certain death. Terrified, he clambers aboard a UN truck, aware that he has betrayed his promise to Marie. Joe waits on the UN truck for Christopher but is astonished to discover that he has decided to remain behind with the Rwandans - a people he has grown to love.
After the UN convoy pulls away Christopher makes one final desperate attempt to save the handful of children he can squeeze into the back of the last vehicle remaining. Marie's father Roland pushes her forward - her face is numb with fear and confusion for she knows she will never see her father again. But the truck is stopped at a Hutu roadblock. Machetes glint in the firelight and whilst Christopher tries to distract the soldiers, Marie slips silently out of the truck and starts to run, faster and faster, deeper and deeper into the African bush...
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Hoax Museum Blog Posts From
June 2003
Joseph Papp
Posted by The Curator on Sun Jun 22, 2003
A visitor named Heinz Klostermann sent me quite a bit of info about Joseph Papp, a Hungarian-born inventor who first claimed that he had built a submarine capable of traveling at 300 mph, and later claimed to have built a car engine that could run for six months without refueling. Heinz sent an article about Papp that appeared in the San Jose Mercury News in 1989, as well as an article apparently written by the physicist Richard Feynman describing a demonstration of Papp's engine. It turns out that Heinz has been working for the past three years to reinvent Papp's engine (the secret of how to build it died with Papp). If you have any info about Papp…
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Dolphin Sex
Posted by The Curator on Sat Jun 21, 2003
Another visitor contribution: ...I guess this Website can't be Dis-Proved, but it might make an interesting addition to your Museum: Dolphin Sex (Warning: some of the content isn't safe for work) My response: I assume the site is just a joke. But given all the things that people have supposedly tried to mate with throughout history (see my Birth Hoaxes Gallery for some examples) one can never be too sure.
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Objective Ministries
Posted by The Curator on Sat Jun 21, 2003
A visitor asks: http://crossspot.net/objective/kidz.html is this site for real,or just mocking christian web sites? My answer: My vote is that it's satire, though it's pretty hard to tell. To my jaded sensibility the site definitely has a tongue-in-cheek feel to it. For instance the proposed redesign of the American flag to include the word 'GOD' stamped in huge letters across the top of it seems a little much. But there are people who go for that kind of stuff. What confuses me are the banner ads on the site which appear to lead to genuine Christian businesses. But maybe the ads are put there just to give the site a façade of authenticity.
Misleading Ad
Posted by The Curator on Fri Jun 20, 2003
Here's another case of the underlying reality of what an ad is showing being out of sync with the message the ad is trying to deliver. A Canadian campaign commercial shows a shot of a smiling family accompanied by a voice over that says, "I want a premier who believes what I believe." But the family shown is an American family from Oregon. Oops.
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Virgin Mary in Hospital Window
Posted by The Curator on Fri Jun 20, 2003
More info about the image of the Virgin Mary that's appearing in the window of Milton Hospital. Plus a picture. I guess I can sort of see how it looks like the Virgin Mary, but it also looks a little like the state of New Hampshire if you squint your eyes just right.
Beer for the Homeless, More Info
Posted by The Curator on Fri Jun 20, 2003
More from Gary Poole, a spokesperson for Beer for the Homeless: "It was originally intended as an internet satire, but very quickly took on a life of it's own when people really did start donating money. The group that does it even had to hire an accountant to keep up with taxes and such. They'll be featured in an upcoming issue of FHM Magazine, in fact."
Poland Spring Water
Posted by The Curator on Thu Jun 19, 2003
This is disappointing. Poland Spring water turns out not to be spring water at all, just highly treated groundwater. Nestle is being sued for false advertising. I used to drink Poland Spring all the time before I moved out to California.
Beer for the Homeless Response
Posted by The Curator on Thu Jun 19, 2003
A few weeks ago I linked to a site called Beer for the Homeless, which I suspected of being a hoax. After all, it reminded me of the classic Arm the Homeless campaign, which was definitely a hoax. Turns out my suspicions were wrong. I just got this note from a spokesperson for the site: Just as a note, the "Beer For The Homeless" website is indeed NOT a hoax. It's a real site that really uses the money raised to buy and deliver beer to homeless people living in Chattanooga, Tennessee. One of our talk show hosts is the one who came up with the idea and really has made a beer run -…
Big Roosters
Posted by The Curator on Thu Jun 19, 2003
A visitor named 'AJ' wrote in with this question: Awhile back there was a picture of a Very Big Rooster with a guy in a cowboy hat and a rope tied around the neck of the rooster, where Can I find that picture? Here's the picture, plus a look at some other big roosters of yesteryear.
|Categories: Animals, Folklore/Tall Tales, Photos/Videos
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Czar of the Bizarre
Posted by The Curator on Thu Jun 19, 2003
The Czar of Bizarre: sideshow-related art, prose, and links.
|Categories: Art, Folklore/Tall Tales
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Mein Kampf Sequel
Posted by The Curator on Wed Jun 18, 2003
It turns out that Hitler wrote a sequel to Mein Kampf, and unlike the infamous Hitler Diaries, it's not a hoax. It's soon going to be published in an English translation. This NY Times article about it also contains a good summary of the Hitler Diaries hoax.
Castro Radio Prank
Posted by The Curator on Wed Jun 18, 2003
Miami deejays hoax Fidel Castro with a prank phone call. It's the same pair that earlier hoaxed Hugo Chavez.
High-School Pranks
Posted by The Curator on Wed Jun 18, 2003
High-school seniors superglue the locks on their teachers' doors. The teachers are not amused. In other senior prank news, piglets are released in a school the day of the senior barbeque.
Brother of Jesus
Posted by The Curator on Wed Jun 18, 2003
The box that some people claim once contained the remains of the brother of Jesus has been determined to be a fake.
Public Credit Reports
Posted by The Curator on Wed Jun 18, 2003
There's an email going around claiming that consumer credit reports are soon going to be made public. It's a hoax.
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I turned 22 two days ago.
But all this IRL LGBT community drama is making me wanna regress back to childhood.
Can I be 12 again?
But all this IRL LGBT community drama is making me wanna regress back to childhood.
Can I be 12 again?
Wow, I did not expect that from usually educated activists. Or is this somehow a widely accepted word with the trans women here? (Because lets face it, the trans men aren't active anywhere.)
I may not be as valuable a member of this fucking organization, what with half my time going to being part of trans organizations as well, but I will not let people this this shit is acceptable.
So, I don't suppose any of you are interested in helping out the oldest and longest running pride march in Asia, are you? :))
With only a couple of weeks to go, Task Force Pride is in need of financial help to ensure the March goes smoothly. After a lot of hurdles, we're on the final stretch of preparation and are just in need of a boost money wise.
And if you're from Manila, we're also looking for people willing to give their time and energy to help ensure this year's Pride March goes well. Interested? Then sign up here.
I don't really care if I come off a bit shameless with the pimping, but this is important to me and we'll be appreciative of all the help we can get at this point.
Yes some people can successfully be activists without leaving their computers. Unfortunately tumblr, most of you cannot and do not.
If you genuinely want to be able activist, go out and participate in actual organizations. It might seem like there aren't any around, but trust me, there probably are. And if not, start one, however informal.
Before my friends started our local ftm group, there weren't any groups for trans men and now we're actually making even the smallest differences, helping others find trans friendly doctors and hopefull spreading helpful information.
If you don't want to do anything like that, that's perfectly acceptable, but i would really appreciate it if you would stop pretending you're ~activists~ if the things you do aren't really substantial.
Yes, i am phone!tumbling just to say that.
I go on tumblr and see people say things 'what do you contribute to the community if you're stealth?' or 'you're obligated to give something back to the community'. I rage every time I do because it feels like an insult to me.
First off, no one, and I mean NO ONE is obligated to do anything like that. The ultimate goal of trans activism is to make is so that every trans person be seen and treated like absolutely everyone else. That society not think of us as abnormal and that we get to live the same sort of lives as cis people would get to.
And news flash, this means not being forced to put yourself on display or become some sort of ambassador for the rest of the trans population. Not everyone wants that. Not all people with AIDs want to be AIDs activists. Not every person in an ethnic minority wants to be an anti-racism activist, every woman a woman's rights activist, not every gay person an LGBT activist.
What makes being trans so different that some of you expect everyone to be out and proud and champion the cause?
And you know what, you're effectively cheapening the involvement in those who are out activists. I'm not talking of myself because, let's face it, I live a pretty comfy life in comparison to other people but other trans activists are essentially putting their lives and reputation the line. Yes, the point is for it to not have to be that hard anymore, but until we are at that point, these people are giving more than what anyone should be required to for a cause they feel is important.
For some people, being an activist is easy. I'd say it relatively is for me but even if I didn't choose to be an activist, if I chose to be stealth and live a quiet life, that should not have been anybody's business but my own.
Conversely, I also hate it when people say NO ONE should be out because that really is unrealistically dumb and accomplishes nothing at all especially when so many people have no choice but to be out because of lack of passing but really, how often is it that someone says that? :P
Except when I see things like people including FTMs when they talk about lesbians or the like, under the totally whack rationalization that FTMs have been in lesbian relationships in the past or at least identified as lesbians.
I mean, there are even more dumb arguments out there, and this isn't the best way to respond to them, surely, but when I specifically hear that one, I scoff because I (and others for sure) have NEVER EEEEEEEEEEEEVER ID'd as a lesbian. Nope nope never never uh-uh-uh.
And probably some trans folks too.
Recently, I've come to admit that, yes, I think most people who identify as GQ would completely be cis if we lived in a society that did not demand confrmation to gender roles or gender stereotypes. From what I could tell, a lot of GQ people do really only have their identity because of gender roles and gender presentation.
Though intersex individuals exist, a lot of the GQ people (on tumblr at least) have preferences of what they want their bodies to be.I've never really seen anyone desire a body that wasn't explicitely male or female (No one's ever really said they wanted a body with True hermaphroditism) so then the basis of their genderqueer-ness becomes dependent solely on gender roles and stereotypes.
I hate when people say sex is a social construct because it's not. Gender roles are, but sex, your physical sex, is scientific. So this then is what we call gender, and I have no problem with that definition.
So since most genderqueer people are GQ only because of gender and not so much because of sex, I want to bring back the use of the word cissexual. If agenders, bigenders, genderqueers do not want to be thought of as cisgender, but are completely fine with the bodies they have, then fine. I don't see any problem with you rejecting the word cisgender.
However, I'm now going to have to call you cissexual; meaning that you may be transgender in the ense that you do not fit into the gender society expected you to take, but you are not a transsexual because you have no desire to change your sex.
I think that's a fair compromise, don't you?
Because I really think there ought to be a distinction between us, you the gq trans masculine fellow who might ascribe to male gender roles but still desire their female body, and I who may not fit in to all the male gender roles but still very much desire a male body.
And maybe then, if this compromise pleases you, maybe we can stop getting cissexual trans people going on hormones or getting srs, and sometimes later regretting it. Because I'm sorry but no matter how much you try to fight it, the fact is, that does hurt me as a transsexual. Especially when you de-transition. Especially when you don't completely understand what you're getting into before you do it.
In a perfect world, where they've made good SRS available everywhere and they've minimized the negaticve effect os going on HRT, then maybe then, I wouldn't care if anyone, even cisgender cissexual people got on hormones, but until that day comes, you're going to have to live with me wanting to keep these things properly regulated, and even, yes, policed.
Or trans in general.
Or being trans in a country like the Philippines. Where no medical professional follows the WPATH SoC. Where there is no law that can possibly protect LGBT people in anyway. Where there are no real legal ways to go about transitioning.
Or you could ask me about being a gay ftm, but I feel like we're a dime a dozen on this site.
You could always drop an ask on the blog itself or wherever. I just really need content tbh. D; (Hell, I'd probably even answer trolls. (But I'd prefer you didn't. ,__,))
Sometimes I feel like I'm not being "revolutionary" enough to be queer.
And then I read the opinions of the people who make me think that way, and all they're doing is rehashing old stereotypes but to make them look positive while the people who don't conform to their "revolutionary" stereotypes get thrown under the bus for not being "queer enough" or simply not being "cool enough".
I'm sorry I can't flame and flounce around and be genderqueer. I am a big old masculine nerd and I'm sorry I'm not fabulous enough for your Queer Army. I'm sorry I don't eat, breathe, sleep, and fuck "revolution" because I really have no interest in it aside from my own self-centered concerns. I'm sorry I don't cover my dick in glitter or wear skirts and makeup or run around declaring to the world how much of a giant fairy I am.
The thing is, I have as much of a right to exist as you do. I know the gay male community is an extremely broken base, but god damn, I am who I am, much the same as you being who you are. I really don't like being told I'm "truscum" or "really straight", or have "internalized homophobia" or shit like that because I'm not exactly like you. The rainbow is made of many colors, not just varying shades of one. And people shouldn't get crapped on because their personality/hobbies/interests aren't PC enough for a certain group's standards (I'm sorry, I just can't knit).
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I mean, don't get me wrong. I'm a real romantic at heart but there's a sort of disconnect between my being romantic and the rest of me. I don't think I really feel the kind of love I believe people experience. But this is not really a post about my strange jaded feels.
I just notice that while I'm more than perfectly happy to be single, there are times I wish I had a partner. And everytime I want one is when I feel like I need someone to give me what I can't get from everyone else.
I want a boyfriend when I feel like other LGb people look at me and see a straight albeit tomboyish female. I want a partner when I feel insecure about whether or not people respect my being trans.
I think of what it'd be like to have a partner when I get upset or hurt by things. When I fight with my family or experience irrational paranoia with my friends. When I get upset by things, I look to my friends to be keeping a level head when I can't. That's what I love about them and wouldn't want it any other way, but I think, I'd like one person to be there to just let me be an emotional wreck while comforting me without trying to bring me back to logic and rationality again.
You know what I mean. Someone who won't just tell you "I'm sorry they made you feel like shit" but "I'm sorry they made you feel like shit but please remember there are people like me who love you and don't want you to feel that way".
Its for entirely selfish reasons, mostly. So I really don't think I deserve to be in a relationship for the same reasons. I shouldn't just have a partner to give me the sort of support I wish I had.
Blah, what does it matter, relationships aren't something I'm going to find myself in any time soon, realistically speaking.


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Gettysburg is my hometown and still live local. :wave
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Gettysburg is my hometown and still live local. :wave
13 Oktober looks good for now. I hope I remember to check back....
Tongue in cheek mate :thumb
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Zip lock bag with "the book" in my glove box.
Don't all BMW's have glove boxes?
I tell them.... "loud pipes save lives and I don't wear a helmet so I can see and hear better.":brow
It's one of those unincorporated village type places.
As to camping, I'd go with the Caledonia or PG Furnace SP area. It's the better side of the county wrt traffic and nice roads.
Carlisle, right?
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Anybody going? 13-15 April.
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That's what's important.
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My daughter has one, 182k on the clock. Decent cars.
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The more I ride the RT the more comfortable I'll feel. That thing sure is smooth, almost flickable feeling.
I was looking for a decent commuter bike with heated grips and hard bags and I accidentally found an R1100RT. What a great find. I've been using the recent good weather to get some good seat time and...