Busted Part Deux
Wow. Goeglein was fired from his job at the White House too. Oh, excuse me, he "resigned" but we all know what really happened, don't we?
I think it's been a rather bad day for him. As you'd expect, I wholeheartedly agree that plagiarism should have serious consequences. I just didn't realize that the Bush White House would actually levy them against someone serving in Bush's office.
Heck, Goeglein's already suffered as much in consequences at the White House as Scooter did -- for committing treason in the Plame case I might add.
Ingenix: "defective" and "manipulated"
Andrew Cuomo Takes On Insurers
For example, Cuomo's investigation found that in New York City, where a physician might bill $200 for a typical office visit, the amount the insurer would reimburse based on reasonable and customary rates was just $77. So a consumer who expects to pay 20 percent, or $40, for this hypothetical visit would actually get stuck with a bill for $138, because the insurer would only pay 80 percent of the $77 reasonable and customary rate—or $62. "I don't think most people understand this," says Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA, a healthcare consumer advocacy group.
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If You Can't Win Straight-Up, Sue
From the Fort-Worth Star Telegram:
The Texas Democratic Party is warning that its March 4 caucuses could be delayed or disrupted after aides to White House hopeful Hillary Clinton raised the specter of an "imminent" lawsuit over its complicated delegate selection process, officials said Thursday night.
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Democratic sources said representatives from each campaign had made it clear they are keeping all their options open but that the Clinton campaign in particular had warned of an impending lawsuit.
Perhaps we can call in the 2000 Supreme Court and Catherine Harris to sort this one out...
Busted
If you've been following the saga of Special Assistant to the President Timothy Goeglein today (also here and here), you probably know by now that the editorial team at his hometown newspaper has fired him as a columnist for plagiarism.
Wow. I have undergraduates try that all the time -- and I catch them when they do it.
In fact, I now require all undergraduates to submit their papers in electronic format through a plagiarism-detection website.
Compare and Contrast, Part Deux (Blackwater)
Via eriposte at The Leftcoaster, compare and contrast:
How They Will Cave on FISA
From Congressional Daily (subscription only, no link, sorry)
To break an impasse over legislation overhauling the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, House Democratic leaders are considering the option of taking up a Senate-passed FISA bill in stages, congressional sources said today. Under the plan, the House would vote separately on the first title of the bill, which authorizes surveillance activities, and then on the bill's second title, which grants retroactive legal immunity to telecommunications companies that aided the Bush administration's warrantless electronic surveillance activities. The two would be recombined, assuming passage of both titles. In this way, Democratic leaders believe they can give an out to lawmakers opposed to the retroactive immunity provision. Republican leadership sources said their caucus would back such a plan because not only would it give Democratic leaders the out they need, it would provide a political win for the GOP. It remains to be seen if such a move will placate liberal Democrats who adamantly oppose giving in to the Bush administration on the immunity issue.
Edwards asks delegates to stick with him
Mind rot
Go read Skippy. Drudge rules our world.
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ComCast Flunkies Deny Activists Seat
You prolly saw this already but it pissed me off and I need to blog on it. Goodwin can suck it; isn't this how the SA got started? Or at least, there's some rhyming going on here. It's never a good thing when an entrenched power rounds up bored, underemployed young men and stands them up in opposition to populists and progressives.
Comcast Blocking: First the Internet — Now the Public
February 25th, 2008 by jstearns
There was huge turnout at today’s public hearing in Boston on the future of the Internet. Hundreds of concerned citizens arrived to speak out on the importance of an open Internet. Many took the day off from work — standing outside in the Boston cold — to see the FCC Commissioners. But when they reach the door, they’re told they couldn’t come in.
The size of the crowd is evidence that many Americans don’t want giant corporations like Comcast and Verzion to decide what we can do and where we can go on the Internet.
But will the FCC hear these voices? For many people who showed up on time for the hearing, apparently not.
Comcast — or someone who really, really likes Comcast — evidently bused in its own crowd. These seat-warmers, were paid to fill the room, a move that kept others from taking part.
[Update: Comcast admits to paying people to stack the room in their favor. Read the report.]
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