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The Doughnut Hole Vacation

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On ABC’s Good Morning America, Bianna Golodryga filed a report profiling a grandmother who stands to benefit from the filling of the so-called “Doughnut Hole” in Medicare coverage.

Suffer through the embedded ad, and wait until the payoff at the end of the package (about 2:00 into this embed.)

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“I may get to California with these new provisions, to visit one of my children.”

My wife leapt out of her chair.

“Congress isn’t giving her access to life-saving drugs! We’re now paying for her vacations!”

Written by Ike

March 23rd, 2010 at 9:31 pm

A moment of silence

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Patrick McGoohan, the star and visionary behind “The Prisoner,” passed away at the age of 80.

The show is one of the most brilliant pieces of art ever made for television, and its genius is the way it weaves the struggle between Man and the State through so many layers and treatments.

McGoohan’s protagonist, the un-named Number 6, gives us maybe the greatest rallying cry for a modern age of oppressive government with unchecked growth:

“I am not a number — I am a free man!”

Prescient, indeed.

Written by Ike

January 14th, 2009 at 10:18 am

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