No public option, no expansion of Medicare

Hearing that Lieberman had scotched the expansion of Medicare–a policy he’d explicitly endorsed three months ago–had me pretty irritated yesterday. Now I’m seeing comments ... government giving states the option, and matching dollars, to include more people under the program’s umbrella. Medicare was charged with covering people with long-term disabilities, and it was eventually strengthened with a ...

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Hotels’ strangest forgotten items

... strange ones—with their owners. While many of us who travel have probably left behind our house keys, umbrella, or scarf at least once (and blamed jet lag—or just being “in vacation mode”), how many...general manager at Boston’s XV Beacon Hotel, says she demands that her employees adhere to a strict policy of discretion. “Nothing that ends up in our lost and found—short of a space alien—shocks us,”...

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Predator does not care about traumatising small children.

..."hold on, that's stupid. The centre of town would mean we're surrounded by Aliens, and government policy is all about containment. We should leave town! Robert Joy is lying ." Dallas likes this plan. ... our world." and we're left on a DUN DUN DUNNNN note. I now want Weyland-Yutani and Umbrella to have evil little subsidiaries. I have a heap of screencaps to further spam people with from my ...

Tags: movie-fu movie-fu: horror challenge

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Redding woman's Christmas carol initiative picks up allies

... it's called Christmas for a reason.' " Ryan said Hyatt's initiative falls under the umbrella of causes the group supports, which concern limited government, following the constitution and fiscal ... two words to say about Ms. Hyatt's proposal: blatantly unconstitutional," said Rob Boston, senior policy analyst for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which is based in Washington, D...

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How about "No."? Does "No." work for you?

..., it's called Christmas for a reason.' " Ryan said Hyatt's initiative falls under the umbrella of causes the group supports, which concern limited government, following the constitution and fiscal ... two words to say about Ms. Hyatt's proposal: blatantly unconstitutional," said Rob Boston, senior policy analyst for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which is based in Washington, D...

Tags: headaches that could have been avoided religion stupid politics

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All He Had Imagined

... "No!" he shouted. "I hate the park, it’s for babies." He kicked the troll leg umbrella stand, pushed his brother over, and ran upstairs. "Perhaps later, then," Harry said, bending over to...nodded, and she smiled again. "As far as James goes, he knows we have a zero tolerance policy for bullying here. Any unacceptable behaviour results in loss of privileges and lunchtime detention. I hope that I ...

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Interview with S. Jae-Jones on New Adult

... come to accept it as a viable category. 4. From pjschnyder : Will New Adult become an umbrella genre that includes flavors of fiction such as romance or urban fantasy or hard sci-fi? Again, this... can cross-shelve YA in adult or adult in YA while B&N and Borders have a strict policy against it. Books that get cross-shelved do exponentially better because they're reaching a greater audience. My...

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creating a syllabus for social work students on LGBT issues

... you a better rundown on cissexual privilege and current policy than anyone at this University". Here is my ...of gender spectrum NASW policy statements on LGB rights and Transgender rights policies 2 ... 4 - Privilege Part II: Transgender as an umbrella term, gender spectrum, cisexual privilege 5 - Frameworks for policy analysis TOPIC SPECIFIC SECTIONS 6 - Family Part I:...

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creating a syllabus for social work students on LGBT issues

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creating a syllabus for social work students on LGBT issues

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