Just once, I booked a flight with a stopover. The problem was, the front leg was delayed by 3 hours. I missed the boarding on the back leg by a few minutes. They had no space on any other flights so they stuck me in a hotel room with food vouchers, then flew me to different city the next day to reach my destination. I…

You can listen live via TuneIn, through C-Span radio. Easy to just listen in, instead of watching video, if at work.

A fellow Pokemon player relayed an amusing story about picking up a pumpkin at The Pumpkin Patch. Apparently, she didn’t think too much of the sloshing sound inside the pumpkin. After buying it, she was running and carrying it and suddenly it exploded.

2019 LTCG:

That depends on how M4A is structured, but remember that Medicare Advantage uses private insurers, so, in all likelihood, some of those jobs will remain, assuming Medicare itself isn’t restructured to eliminate MA.

Poof. The research is now behind a paywall. Sorry.

44% of American’s don’t pay any federal income tax.

I was frankly ambivalent about M4A, but when a conservative think tank came up with lower total healthcare spending under M4A, I was sold on the idea. Mind you, their intention was to show that such a program would vastly expand federal spending, but, they seemingly failed to notice how Americans would spend less, out…

Publicly-held debt is a much more important figure to track than total debt. By law, the Social Security Trust Fund invests its money into special, non-marketable US Treasuries — the largest part of the debt that isn’t publicly-held.

How does one “automatically” buy in?

Buy a body-restored Karmann Ghia for $11,000. Send it to a place that does electric vehicle conversions. Drive in classic style but with a motor that will have vastly fewer problems than an internal combustion engine.

The government would have a “shortage of tools” like tax cuts or interest rate reductions to fall back on, as it has in previous economic downturns.

Best image, ever, to go along with this topic.

False equivalence on multiple levels.

This bill likely violates the Byrd Rule, meaning, they’ll need 60 votes or they’ll need to cut language and eliminate some of the tax cuts in order to get it into reconciliation.

There is no anger here, just humor.

Long after the Clintons have passed on, they’ll remain a lightning rod for the GOP. With two raised fists, fifty years from now, Republicans will have their outrage perfected: “Travelgate-Foster-Monica-Paula-Benghazi-UraniumOne! Our country is dying because of the Clintons!”

We need to see the wider perspective here.

The recommendations from those seat map websites are not very good. Twice, seats that were supposed to be poor choices, turned out to be excellent ones. I’ve found my favorite seats and I’m not giving them up.

Palm Corned Beef. Amazing stuff. If you enjoy corned beef hash, this is a must-have. It’s not like the Hormel stuff you grew up with.