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I just used the offered scan. No guarantees, but thankfully there is nothing they could find that is worth noting. I use Malwarebytes on my Mac already. Reputable.
The good news is that starting in 2025, drug costs will be capped at $2,000, so exposure isn't unlimited.
Good to know! Great information. My Part D is a Wellcare Plan. Going to a ZERO premium in 2025. I use the plan for most of my oodles of 'script…
Fiat, bogus "sadistics" used as the measure by which the amount of the COLA gets decided. Imaginary reality on the part of the gummint. "Lies, damned lies, and statistics."
You don't know what you're talking about, and the evidentiary background fo…
At this point, I have chosen peace of mind with no medical bills over lowest cost.
As I said, as I get older, one thing less to worry about in my life might be worth the extra $372 a year.
Same here. That amounts to the current combined amount I co…
+1.
...And I would call this nothing more than a glitch, but in my State, the "hover" feature does not work on the map, for our Maui County. Kauai, yes. Honolulu, yes. Hawaii County ("The Big Island",) yes.
@Crash- "An anecdote: my wife passed her 10-question citizenship test."
I highly suspect that over 50% (a very conservative estimate on my part) of current born& raised US citizens could not pass that test. People just generally don't care to l…
Seems like a pure bait and switch with the UHMA choice.
Quite. Slimebags, all.
Glad that retirees fighting the Adams Admin. in NYC have been winning in court. ... So far. ... Recent revelations show that the price of his integrity was pretty cheap.
I did not miss your sarcasm, @Mark. ...And I know teachers who are REQUIRED never to flunk a student. The policy comes down from on high. Curricula are all dumbed-down, for sure. I took my first formal course in Logic as the entry-course in my chose…
@msf Appreciate the detailed explanation. All of the gory details and granular ins-and-outs and contingencies and add-ons and options, etc. only show what a broken non-system we have. Thanks for the corrections, too. Yes, Single-Payer, gummint-oper…
11 Oct, '24:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2024-10-11/bloomberg-real-yield-10-11-2024
What to do? What to do? Mixed data signals make for iffy decisions about rate expectations, and whether to be short or in the belly, or to go long with bo…
I suppose what's most disturbing to me about the LYING campaign is that there are people who believe that nonsense. Getting to be a country of ignoramuses.
Fiat, bogus "sadistics" used as the measure by which the amount of the COLA gets decided. Imaginary reality on the part of the gummint. "Lies, damned lies, and statistics."
With Traditional Medicare, there are no networks to worry about. My Medigap Plan is "F." But BC/BS of MA has to be special, so they call theirs, "Bronze." after surg and hospitalization a few years ago, I was left with a bigger out of pocket bill th…
First amendment is to be applied to humans and not to machines. The vast majority of perpetration of falsehoods on social media is by machines (bots), though some by humans. Why are we giving free speech to machines? Because we have lazy citizens…
filthy. Makes my head explode to know that there's one Law for those two; another for the rest of us.
https://apnews.com/article/haitian-immigrants-springfield-charges-trump-vance-012af00a8677da5caed55d03e8779774
People will die. Climate is causing worse and worse weather junk, year after year. Too many vested interests insist on ignoring it. Maybe it will just go away? Sure... Already there are places underwater, from which people have been forced to leave.…
737-Max rudder Safety Alert.
https://thehill.com/homenews/4921992-faa-warning-boeing-737-rudder-system-may-jam/
"...a sealed bearing was incorrectly assembled during production, leaving the one side more susceptible to moisture which can freeze and …
I spent a lotta time in FL as a younger man. Most of it's been paved, since. I've never seen hurricane warnings posted so far inland, almost to the EAST coast of the peninsula---given that uncle Miltie will strike from the Gulf side. Friends there, …
Thanks for that. I'll be continuing to reduce bond risk, slowly d-c-a-ing into my core-plus fund: WCPNX. Long term holding. My junk continues to be un-volatile and dividend-productive.
A different Weitz fund I own was down -1.11% for the week past. Core-plus. WCPNX. Owned it for a very short period. Not glad about last week, but not rushing for the exits.
At $60 a pop, the contract would net its publisher something in the region of $3.3 million, with some of that going back to Donald Trump in fees. “It appears to me that this bid is anything but competitive,” former state Attorney General Drew Edmon…
January here, too. Taxes are not a consideration. Normally, there's large pay-outs in December. Take the money in the New Year and you have the advantage of using it or saving it for the upcoming year. But for me, the withdrawal is not an RMD, yet.
Might I mention some stuff that's not an old Western? I just binge watched "Firefly." A series of TV episodes that aired on Fox a handful of years ago. My friend brought the DVDs when he arrived for a visit. It's set in outer space, but it's not so …
Told my neighbor to raid my pantry and extra water stash to distribute to the neighbors if need be as well as where my cash stash is and combo to my gun locker.
You're a good soul.
Ronny Ray-guns: "Government is not the solution to our problems; government IS the problem." As good a touchstone remark as any to trace back the current disastrous polarization. The likes of J.D. Vance are operating with that very philosophy.
Yes,…
