Waffle House Shooter In Custody

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Monday April 23, 2018 · 11:12 AM PDT

2018/04/23 · 11:12

This was just announced on CNN. I do not know details.

Sorry for the short diary.

RIP Jesse Winchester

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Saturday April 12, 2014 · 6:14 AM PDT

2014/04/12 · 06:14

Jesse Winchester has died of bladder cancer.

I had the privilege of seeing him perform twice in Memphis, once was at the Germantown Festival for his first appearance after being pardoned by President Jimmy Carter.

A great loss.

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Thursday November 08, 2012 · 5:39 AM PST

2012/11/08 · 05:39

This has probably been diaried before but it cannot be said too often.

THANK YOU!

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Sunday October 28, 2012 · 6:51 AM PDT

2012/10/28 · 06:51

The Chattanooga Times Free Press is reporting that a second woman who had an affair with Scott Desjarlais has spoken up.

This woman, like the woman who previously has talked about her affair with Desjarlais, was a patient of Desjarlais. She also said that they smoked marijuana together.

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Tuesday October 23, 2012 · 3:26 PM PDT

2012/10/23 · 15:26

I like looking up facts so I thought I would compare George W. Bush's 8 years with Barack Obama's 45 months in office regarding some key economic data. I wish I were clever enough to make a fancy chart, but that is beyond my computer skills so this will be pretty basic.

Why compare George Bush to Barack Obama? Partly to see where each started and where we are today. But more importantly, because many of President Bush's economic and foreign policy advisors are advising Mitt Romney, so it is an object lesson as to where we will be if we do not GOTV and re-elect President Obama.

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Sunday October 07, 2012 · 8:34 AM PDT

2012/10/07 · 08:34

I just finished reading a disturbing article from yesterday's New York Times concerning absentee voting. I highly recommend that you read this if you are considering voting absentee.

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Monday July 16, 2012 · 5:22 AM PDT

2012/07/16 · 05:22

I noticed yesterday that all the Romney surrogates were using the phrase Romney had no "no day to day involvement," or " no day to day decision making," or " no day to day responsibility" for Bain after February 1999.

I'm obviously not a CEO, President, Chairman of the Board, or even sole stockholder in a Fortune 500 company, but I wonder how many CEOs (with the possible exception of Steve Jobs) do a lot of "day to day" decision making in their companies. I assume they mostly keep up with the overall strategy of their business plan and operations and leave the tactical "day to day" decisions to someone else.

One thing I do know is that if I were the sole stockholder of a company, I would pay some attention to how the company was being run and let the "managers" know what I expected of them, no matter how busy I was "saving the Olympics." If Mitt Romney did not do that, he would seem to me to be an incompetent executive.

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Monday May 07, 2012 · 4:31 AM PDT

2012/05/07 · 04:31

As you are all aware, the Tennessee legislature has been relentless the last two years in attacking union rights, civil rights, voting rights, and public education. Now we have a chance to send a real liberal to Nashville.

Jim Lewis of South Pittsburg is running for State Senate in District 16. Our current senator, moderate Democrat Eric Stewart, is running for US Congress against teabagger Scott Desjarlais. The Democratic primary to replace him is Thursday, August 2, and there are 5 candidates running. The first order of business is to win the Primary. We need your help.

Many on this site have said that if we would just run real Democrats, rather than Blue Dogs, we could win. This is our chance to do that. If you want to help elect an FDR type Democrat, please contribute to Jim through ActBlue.

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Monday September 19, 2011 · 11:54 AM PDT

2011/09/19 · 11:54

In my previous diary, I described how Medicare works and the cost to seniors. This post will discuss funding, sustainability, and look at some reforms to improve the program for beneficiaries while lowering the overall cost of the program. While I was writing this, President Obama announced his plans for deficit reduction, including some Medicare reform. I hope this post provides some insight into why some reforms are needed.

This diary has a lot of numbers which make it somewhat difficult to read; however, without the numbers, it does not seem to me that one can understand the situation.

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Monday September 19, 2011 · 11:26 AM PDT

2011/09/19 · 11:26

Earlier this year, I had my happiest birthday ever. The reason it was my happiest and most anticipated birthday is that I turned 65 and was thus eligible for Medicare. For the past 20 years due to a pre-existing condition, my health insurance situation ranged from having no insurance to being on TennCare (with premiums based on income) to an expensive HIPPA policy to finally a very expensive, very high deductible state high risk pool administered through BCBS. So, I was (and am) very excited to be eligible for good, affordable health insurance through Medicare.

However, when I began the process of studying my options under Medicare, I learned that the program was somewhat different than I had previously thought. This year, as Medicare became the subject of debate, I began to look further into the funding and the fiscal sustainability of the program. What I learned was also surprising to me.

Since I believe that others may also not be aware of exactly how the program works, its funding, and the sustainability problems, I decided to write this diary detailing what I have learned. This will be a relatively basic view of Medicare, focusing on the program as it relates to seniors, and will not cover Medicare as it relates to those under 65 whose eligibility is based on disability.

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Sunday September 11, 2011 · 7:37 PM PDT

2011/09/11 · 19:37

It's 9:00 CDT, but I live in the country so it is time for bed. Usually, I check in DK between 4:00 and 5:00am each morning, but I will wait until Monday, Sept 19, to do so again. Many people have given their reasons for boycotting more eloquently than I can, but I agree with the reasons in each diary I have been able to read. Basically, it is because when someone asks you to stand up against racism, that is what you should do.

I don't think for a second that Markos is being racist in his intentions. However, when 30% of those punished are African Americans and only 3% of DK members are AA's, the actions outweigh the intentions. And it is imperative for there to be some counteraction to protest the result of the action.

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Monday July 11, 2011 · 4:26 AM PDT

2011/07/11 · 04:26

Recently there seems to be some confusion about the meaning of the word entitlements as used regarding certain government programs and anger about politicians and pundits who use the word to refer to Medicare and Social Security in particular.

I first noticed this a couple of weeks ago in a comment by a poster who was angry that the President used the word and who seemed to believe that the use of the word indicated that the President was not going to protect these programs. Since then I have seen a number of comments along that line. Then yesterday there was a diarist who was very angry that Donna Brazile had used the word entitlement.

While in everyday language, the word entitlement is often used to convey its opposite, as in a sense of entitlement, it is important that we do not fall into the trap that an entitlement is actually something you are not entitled to.

So, what are entitlements, what does it mean for a program to be an entitlement, and why should we be glad they are entitlements?

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