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Tuesday October 22, 2013 · 12:35 PM PDT

2013/10/22 · 12:35

Thanks to a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy this last spring (of which more in a later diary), my 61 years of acquisition and exceptional credit record are -- sob! -- gone for good. But as the only child of an acquisitive mother who died in 2006, and imbued with Inverse Seasonal Affective Disorder, I've begun a detailed inventory of all her tchotchkes I can put out in an estate sale this coming spring.

Mother was a terribly fearful Christian. That is, she was more terrified of her own death than she was of her only child dying an atheist. I often regretted being unable to soothe her, but my Atheist Creed forbade lying, so there it was.

Hang in there with me. Here comes the good part, below the fleur de Kos.

argomd

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Thursday December 20, 2012 · 6:08 PM PST

2012/12/20 · 18:08

Thanks to a re-tweet from MSNBC's Rachel Maddow with this article referenced:

Number of Veterans who Die Waiting for Benefits Claims Skyrockets

Long wait times contribute to delays of tens of thousands of benefits, pensions

Rachel's coverage of this issue has been frequent and pointed, notably in her December 10, 2012 show. Here's an excerpt (click here for the full transcript):

Last year, six-month wait times. This year, it`s not six months
anymore. This year it`s now nearly nine months. The average amount of
time veterans have to wait for their benefits has over the last year and a
half been going up steadily, every single month.

This summer the V.A. secretary, General Eric Shinseki, said the goal
was to get the wait time down to four months. And instead of going down
even toward four months, it`s going up and up and up and up, to the current
level, which is the longest wait time the V.A. has recorded since they
started recording these numbers, which is 20 years ago.

Is this still shameful? At very least. Are you wondering, like me, if you can help? If so, follow me below the Fleur de Kos.

argomd

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Tuesday September 18, 2012 · 1:40 PM PDT

2012/09/18 · 13:40

FU, Mr. Smirk
I pay Income taxes, US & MD
I pay Property taxes in MD
I pay MD sales taxes
I pay MD gas taxes
I pay BC/BS premiums
I pay Medicare premiums
I pay Long Term Care premiums
I worked from age 16 on
I paid into SS for > 40 years
I may be poor, but I’ve supported myself alone since 1978.
FU, Mr. Smirk
(Yes, I'm furious.)
Vote Blue for Maryland!

Voter suppression done backwards! Blue State Maryland

argomd

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Monday September 17, 2012 · 1:57 PM PDT

2012/09/17 · 13:57

Last Friday's mail contained a notice from my county's Board of Elections. After the s**t that's been going around the country lately, I panicked. I've lived in the same house since registering to vote in early 2003. The notice said "because of changes, we've sent you a new voter ID card." What changes??? Hmmm. The new card had the same font as the old one, all my voting districts were the same, I certainly hadn't changed my party to Red, I personally had not been eaten by a pod person: still, I was panicked. After all, Pennsylvania is just a few miles north, and that voter suppression mania might be contagious. It sure seems like it.... So I called the BoE and was obliged to leave a message -- courteous enough, but still frantic -- at 1640 hours Friday.

Spent the weekend fretting. A natural behavior for an old fart.

Results below the Fleur de Kos.

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Skyrocketing: Number of Vets Dying Before Benefits Reach Them

Sorry, Mr. Smirk. You don't mean ME?

Voter suppression done backwards! Blue State Maryland