Here's something I don't recall hearing about the Affordable Care Act be… 1

Here's something I don't recall hearing about the Affordable Care Act before.

Starting today, health insurers will have spend at least 80% of the premium dollars they collect providing the actual medical services that customers are paying for. That means they will have cut down the outrageous overhead they have today such as the multi-million dollar salaries for CEOs and the huge staffs that are dedicated to finding ways to not actually pay for services.

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The Bomb Buried In Obamacare Explodes Today-Hallelujah! – Forbes
Image by AFP via @daylife I have long argued that the impact of the Affordable Care Act is not nearly as big of a deal as opponents would have you believe. At the end of the day, the law is – in the …

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I first met Tony Posawatz in a Manhattan conference room in mid-December 2006

http://green.autoblog.com/2007/01/07/detroit-auto-show-its-here-gms-plug-in-hybrid-is-the-chevy-v/

I was there for a background briefing with General Motors executives on the new +Chevrolet  concept that would be revealed a few weeks later at the 2007 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. That car was the +Chevrolet Volt Over the next four years I was fortunate to have many opportunities to talk with Tony as I wrote about the development of the Volt. http://rechargingthecar.abuelsamid.com/

General Motors was fortunate to have Tony leading the Volt development team and he was a steadfast supporter of the the extended range electric vehicle concept. He was one of the first people recruited after Bob Lutz and Jon Lauckner originally sketched the idea out in early 2006.

Now after 30 years with GM, Tony has opted to retire and move on to new challenges. No doubt Tony will do something interesting no matter where he lands next. http://www.autonews.com/article/20120702/OEM02/120709984/1261

In April 2008 I was one of the first outsiders to get a change to drive the Volt powertrain development prototypes and I chatted with Tony about the state of development at the time.
http://greenfuelsforecast.com/ArticleDetails.php?articleID=708

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This is just one of countless examples of why we need to invest more on infrastructure… 2

This is just one of countless examples of why we need to invest more on infrastructure and less on the war on drugs and wars everywhere

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Heat-Buckled Highway Causes This Wild Dukes Of Hazzard Jump
Highway 29 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin has buckled during the region's heat have in just such a way that it formed a kind of ramp. Most cars slowed down, but one took it at high speed with disastrous res…

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http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/15/first-drive-ford-mustang-cobra-jet-watch-out-…

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http://mustangsdaily.com/blog/2012/06/28/ford-racing-wrapping-up-production-of-2013-mustang-cobra-jet/

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Ford Racing wrapping up production of 2013 Mustang Cobra Jet

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I'd love to see the government admit that "We've lost the war on drugs…

I'd love to see the government admit that "We've lost the war on drugs and there is no hope of ever turning it around." Unfortunately it's unlikely to ever happen especially now that we have a prison-industrial complex that relies on drug-related prisoners for essentially slave labor and huge profits. 

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Interesting evidence on the effects of decriminalizing drugs, and instead focusing on rehabilitation:

http://www.unityrehab.com/rehab-corner/drug-rehab-instead-of-incarceration/

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Drug Rehab Instead of Incarceration | Rehab Corner | Unity Recovery Center
While billions of dollars have been spent on our country's war on drugs, the number of those incarcerated for drug related charges continues to rise in both state and federal prisons. Maybe that's bec…

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Talking Points Memo's +Josh Marshall asks a pointed — and entirely reasonable… 2

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Talking Points Memo's +Josh Marshall asks a pointed — and entirely reasonable — question regarding coverage of the latest Republican claim about the healthcare law:

"Just how stupid are all you reporters?"

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I’ve got a question: Just how stupid are all you reporters? No, that’s not a rhetorical question. Whether you want to call the ACA health care mandate a tax or not is mainly a semantic point. It’s a p…

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