July 2, 2009
southpol: Cash vs. I.O.U. (via crazynutjob) IOU Rules Everything Around MeI. R. E. A. M. Get the money, promissory notes, y’all  ROC ain’t nothing ta fuck with.

southpol:

Cash vs. I.O.U.

(via crazynutjob)

IOU Rules Everything Around Me
I. R. E. A. M. Get the money, promissory notes, y’all

 ROC ain’t nothing ta fuck with.

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bong

bong

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Insurance Companies and Denial of Coverage to Special Needs Children

a) The author is from Lansing; MICHIGAN REPRESENT

b)

Developmental problems are pervasive in their nature. They affect nearly every aspect of a child’s life. Some disorders, such as birth-trauma induced cerebral palsy, impact both the mental and the physical development of the child. As a result, these children often require specialized equipment, supplies, services, or devices able-bodied children do not need.

Unfortunately, health plans and insurance companies characterize such special requirements as not “medically necessary” — almost always at the plan administrator’s sole discretion — and deny these benefits. As a result, many families are forced to pay expenses out of pocket or to make the unsettling choice of forcing their child to do without the needed benefit. Compounding the insult is the fact that the law makes it exceedingly difficult to reverse the decision of the plan administrator.

One glaring example of the anti-consumer state of the law is the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Originally designed as a measure to protect workers and ensure they would receive the promised benefits of their employment, a series of court decisions over the past two decades gave plan administrators tremendous authority to deny claims. Only very recently have some courts begun ruling in favor of individuals instead of corporations.

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July 1, 2009

Definitely found footage of myself on a DC-area pro-life website!

I’m kind of surprised it took 10 months to be honest.

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Rush Tribute Band Name Generator

‘Foreign Overview’

‘Noctural Pictures Orchestra’

I haven’t gotten anything about Ayn Rand yet.

edit: ‘War Humility Pain’

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needtherapy: notthatkindagay: catbus: Stats run by Guttmacher about why women have abortions. Interesting thoughts going through my head. It IS very interesting.  I guess it could be useful to create ways to help pregnant women with their problems, so we could lower the rates of abortion.  But I can’t help feeling that it doesn’t really change the fact that it’s no one’s business what the reason is.  It just seems like this list is intended to “prove” that women have frivolous abortions. Short answer: abortion even in the first trimester is a surgical procedure with high cost attached to it and reducing the number of abortions is a legit goal similar to how increasing, say, product safety is a legit goal — or, the less inpatient medical care necessary the better. So by knowing the reasons people are in the operating room it’s easier to target methods to keep them out of the operating room in the future, such as different forms of contraception. If you still think this list is intended to ‘prove’ that women have frivolous abortions I’d advise you to google the Guttmacher Institute and read their mission and where they get funding from. Hint: it is not Right to Life.

needtherapy:

notthatkindagay: catbus:

Stats run by Guttmacher about why women have abortions.

Interesting thoughts going through my head.

It IS very interesting.  I guess it could be useful to create ways to help pregnant women with their problems, so we could lower the rates of abortion.  But I can’t help feeling that it doesn’t really change the fact that it’s no one’s business what the reason is.  It just seems like this list is intended to “prove” that women have frivolous abortions.

Short answer: abortion even in the first trimester is a surgical procedure with high cost attached to it and reducing the number of abortions is a legit goal similar to how increasing, say, product safety is a legit goal — or, the less inpatient medical care necessary the better. So by knowing the reasons people are in the operating room it’s easier to target methods to keep them out of the operating room in the future, such as different forms of contraception. If you still think this list is intended to ‘prove’ that women have frivolous abortions I’d advise you to google the Guttmacher Institute and read their mission and where they get funding from. Hint: it is not Right to Life. •
Stats run by Guttmacher about why women have abortions.

Stats run by Guttmacher about why women have abortions.

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June 30, 2009
Sayin’. (via pants town)

Sayin’.

(via pants town)

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 Here is a picture of the best performance I will probably see this year. It is a live collaboration between Kevin Drumm and Prurient at No Fun Fest. Harsh and blisteringly loud - Drumm was manipulating electronics, and Prurient had a complex amp feedback system going to supplement screaming. I’m sure this will be put out as a cassette or a 3” CDR or something and it can’t come out soon enough.

 Here is a picture of the best performance I will probably see this year. It is a live collaboration between Kevin Drumm and Prurient at No Fun Fest. Harsh and blisteringly loud - Drumm was manipulating electronics, and Prurient had a complex amp feedback system going to supplement screaming.

I’m sure this will be put out as a cassette or a 3” CDR or something and it can’t come out soon enough.

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A nearly exact replica of my favorite pol cartoon ever, except not ironic. Notice especially how the last frame of my favorite and the last frame of this comic are similar.

A nearly exact replica of my favorite pol cartoon ever, except not ironic.

Notice especially how the last frame of my favorite and the last frame of this comic are similar.

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My favorite political cartoon, ever.

My favorite political cartoon, ever.

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Wal-Mart Gets Behind Employer Mandate

notthatkindagay:

Wal-Mart, the world’s largest private employer, announced in a letter to President Obama today that it will support a requirement that all businesses provide health insurance coverage as part of sweeping health reform legislation.

The endorsement of the so-called employer mandate represents a dramatic reversal for the retailing giant and a boost for the White House as it tries to inject momentum into its top domestic priority.

This is pretty big news.

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This next one's called 'Just remembered my midyear review is in a half hour'

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June 29, 2009
Dear Mr. Douthat,

You should have quit while you were ahead after leaving the Atlantic.

Love,

Catbus

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