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Quiz time: Which of the following provisions has been tucked into the most closely watched health-care bill on Capitol Hill thanks to Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine? Is it a) an annual checkup for every Medicare beneficiary, b) a special health-insurance marketplace in every state that would cater to the needs of small businesses or c) new tax credits to help modest-size firms buy coverage for their workers? The answer is all of the above.From Citizens to "Stakeholders": The New American Constitution
From Citizens to "Stakeholders": The New American Constitution By Angelo M. Codevilla "I'm going to get everybody concerned around a big table where all can express their views and their needs. And I'll express mine, and that will make sense of them all because I'll be president."Biden’s Version
Biden’s Version By the Editors (National Review Online) There’s a line in the movie Dave in which a guy impersonating the president, looking for ways to cut the budget, asks his commerce secretary, “So, we’re spending $47 million so that somebody can feel better about a car that they have already bought?” It doesn’t cost $47 million to get Joe Biden to give a speech — he’ll talk anywhere, anytime, at great length, for free — and his address to the Brookings Institution on Thursday was intended to prevent buyer’s remorse. America already has bought the $787 billion stimulus package and will be paying off that bill for a very long time. Was it a good buy?Patient Choice Act of 2009
Georgia's Isakson co-sponsors the Patients' Choice Act of 2009 Ewa Kochanska Atlanta Political Buzz Examiner July 13 2009 Johnny Isakson (R-GA) signed on to the Patient’s Choice Act , a Republican alternative to the Obama Healthcare Reform. PCA (S. 1099/H.R.Bold claims of stimulus jobs can't be measured
Bold claims of stimulus jobs can't be measured By CALVIN WOODWARD, Associated Press Writer Calvin Woodward, Associated Press Writer – Thu Mar 26, 5:08 am ET WASHINGTON – If space exploration were conducted like the job forecasts under the government's new stimulus law, man surely would have missed the moon. But this isn't rocket science. No promise from President Barack Obama is more important to the wounded economy than his vow to save or create some 3.5 million jobs in two years.Eating Better Than Organic
Not long ago I had an apple problem. Wavering in the produce section of a Manhattan grocery store, I was unable to decide between an organic apple and a nonorganic apple (which was labeled conventional, since that sounds better than "sprayed with pesticides that might kill you"). It shouldn't have been a tough choice--who wants to eat pesticide residue?--but the organic apples had been grown in California.
Faster Fashion, Cheap Chic: taken from The New York Times
Taken from New York Times: Faster Fashion, Cheaper Chic By RUTH LA FERLA Published: May 10, 2007 LOS ANGELES COLIBRI EVANS navigated the aisles of Forever 21 at the Beverly Center last week with a sure step and a shrewd eye. Her mother, Sasha Evans, was more circumspect, offering for Colibri’s approval a string of neo-hippie beads Joss Stone might have coveted. “It’s her job to say ‘Yes, No, Yes, No,’ ” Mrs. Evans said, nodding toward her daughter, a 29-year-old music producer.Even Vampires Get The Blues Katie MacAlister
Paen Scott is a Dark One: a vampire without a soul. And his mother is
about to lose hers, too, if Paen can’t repay a debt to a demon by
finding a relic known as the Jilin God—in five days.
Half-elf Samantha Cosse may have gotten kicked out of the Diviner’s
Order, but she’s still good at finding things—which is why she just
opened her own private investigation agency.
Jay-Z and Apple CEO Steve Jobs To Start Record Label?
Know what hip-hop mogul Jay-Z and tech industry extraordinaire Steve Jobs have in common? Apparently a record company. So some in the blogosphere are predicting will be the news later this month, anyway.actors originally offered parts, script changes, deleted scenes, and random interesting facts
I saw this over at ohnotheydidnt and thought it was really fun to read! I took the most interesting ones from the original post to share here. "We all love movies, and its interesting to find out that the final cut we see in theatres or on TV isn't always what was originally imagined or intended by the creators.
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