iris lilies
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I do not want or expect to have any sort of legacy asset after I die (disregarding DH…he will do with my assets what he wishes.) In my ideal world, I...

Curious about how European countries with their magical public healthcare systems use AI, I googled that question and this helpful summary, no doubt...

So, two positive things happening: 1. Britain’s National Health Service has made their temporary ban on puberty blockers for children now...

He is from my old area growing up and is a fellow graduate of my Alma mater, University of Iowa. Yes, he is from more humble beginnngs than his...

I read this yesterday and forgot to come back and comment. It is unconsciousable that you were without health insurance due to a technical screwup. I...

Ah, Ok, I now sorta understand your obsession with AI in processing healthcare claims. You see it as terrifyingly efficient. As usual your illogic ...

No I do not have a Donor Advised Fund.I’m now to the age, as of a few weeks ago, that I can take money out of my IRA and send it to a qualified...

SouzQ that is a great summary of where you are right now financially. I sorta share some of those concerns. We were rock stars at saving money,...

I remember an observation of the world that has stuck with me for years, an observation by an author I can no longer remember. This guy traveled the...

Periodically I asked this question to the bank and we are covered.

That is wonderful about your mom taking you on, and then you give her such loving credit! Good for you!

Yes, the Clooney story is chatter news.

Decivilization, not a good thing. Good article.

maybe no one really watches The View,, the only people who have it showing on their TV from beginning to end are the same people who have the TV on...

Not boring. Lovely! l what did your 20-year-old grandmother die of? do they know?

Again, such a strange micro-obsession. I consider the issue of denied insurance claims to be a valid one for discussion. The mechanics of how...

India! Now there’s a world of equality, fairness, and social leveling. /sarcasm Rob do you understand that is a turbo charged capitalistic...

I know a vegetarian who makes exception for crispy bacon.

I think it’s funny. And when Barack Obama brought Hollywood into it, and Kamala Harris followed up with her Hollywood shows during the campaign, it...

I’m surprised to hear so much complaining about the increasingly broken public health system in Canada. Their long waits and non treatment plans are...

Geez it is terrible/silly when people fade away with such large amounts of money floating around.

Start with Narrowing the number of banks you do business with. Maybe you already do this. I think multiple accounts are less of a problem than...

I know, the peasants are so stupid. Can’t they see how the stock market is doing?

Haha I thought of Rob’s obsession in line with mine, but I would call his “ healthcare in America” with AI being just a small part.

Can you create a .rollover IRA if you aren’t working? I guess so. Tybee when you moved out those funds, did they charge those horrible exit fees?...

Iowa Farm girl Keri Lake has movie star bone structure, so that gets her far in life. Newsweek is reporting that Kari did not get that Mexico job,...

Couldn’t we all move to the Cotswalds and have a charming cottage there? Oh yeah, baby, I would love that! I’m sure Ellen and Portia do not have...

I’m not sure I need to simplify – yet. We did a fair amount of consolidation, recording, etc., when we put together our will and trust several years...

Ellen Degeneres moved to England, that bastion of free speech and liberty (not.) Supposedly it was the Trump election that motivated her to leave,...

More on Democrats acting badly there’s a funny little Hollywood story going on right now with George Clooney and Bill Maher. Reportedly, Clooney...

I am fascinated by Rob’s obsession with AI in using it in denying health insurance claims.

You have really hit on something creative there, tree ornaments that reference the roadside kitsch of your region?

Human lives have been spared? Hunh. How do you figure that? I just figure another corporate drone will take his place and continue on in the...

Those of us who don’t have children were smart enough to have siblings 10 years younger. :) so, while it is likely I will die before DH, if that...

I can’t wait until I can hire someone to clean my house. When our entire first floor is finished, that’s when I will hire out that work even tho...

I had to look that one up. I don’t know about my favorite headline of the year, but my favorite no-snark headline of today is “Daniel Penny...

I finished this book yesterday. It was kind of a slog I will have to say. But I had no idea Beatrice Sparks had penned so many other books other than...

I don’t watch The View but have been seeing clips from The View in the last few months of this election cycle. In one I was VERY surprised to hear...

Fried green tomatoes so far for appetizer.

so, this law hasn’t been challenged in court until now? That seems odd for something so controversial.

Any opportunity to dis the journalistic acumen of ladies on The View is an opportunity I like!

Wow what a day! Good show.

Ok, Nostradamus.

The very few photos I print I get from Walgreens online service. I place the order online and pick up at mu nearest store. I have used a couple of...

But but but those are GOOD pardons! That really seems like a lot, tho. The Wikki often has trouble with truthiness. edited to add: I see that...

President Biden was in Angola, shuffling around, being led gently by the hand by Angolan officials. He is “ out there” as much as he can be and as...

https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/rachel-levine-must-resign-2d7 Another “why not to vote Democrat:” their appointments. In the linked...

Let us not forget that Obamacare put in the place of stipulation that health insurance companies could only make X amount of profit survey have to...

Direct care, physicians cut out some of that dance with insurance companies. Catherine, that reminds me, at my holiday lunch with some garden club...

You mean what we saw on display in Angola yesterday?

According to practitioners of transgender affirming therapy and medicine, we are supposed to take even three year olds’ word for it that they are the...

Apparently the Supreme court won’t issue their ruling until next summer.. I do not know which way it will go. Puberty blockers ( not hormones)...

The Biden administration is putting resources toward a legal challenge contesting the Tennessee ban on feeding opposite sex hormones and puberty...

I havent watched Yellowstone but have seen clips. I was wondering about the “prequels” people hqve talked about, so thanks. Now I know what they are...

Today the Supreme Court is hearing a challenge to Tennessee’s ban on opposite sex hormones and puberty blocking drugs given to trans identifying...

I wish I could’ve found those for Thanksgiving. Instead, I used sliced processed turkey in my one pan dish and it was not very good at all.

That old Victorian Italianate house is lovely, agreed! Beautiful staircase. That is pretty much my favorite style of Victoriana.

The real time and money that we the taxpayers have been saved comes in prosecuting all the forms of influence pedaling that Hunter Biden is probably...

If it is true that all of Hunter’s back taxes and fees were paid even though they were NOT paid by him, OK I accept that. That’s the important...