Intrigue or Cowardice?

What the hell is the beef that the Mormons have with Donald Trump? This is getting ridiculous.  Mia Love is forsaking the GOP convention?

Rep. Mia Love has decided to skip the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, giving up her delegate slot to focus on her re-election bid and to go on a congressional trip to Israel.

She saw no benefit in attending the gathering where Donald Trump is expected to claim the party's presidential nomination.

"I don't see any upsides to it," Love said Friday. "I don't see how this benefits the state."

She's the only member of Utah's 40-person delegation to back out of the convention, though others are considering it, largely over opposition to Trump.

Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox previously said: "I have not been supportive of Mr. Trump, and I'm not really excited to go back to a convention that's centered around him. ... There's a chance I don't go."

Running away isn't helping, it's just cowardly. Or do the Mormons have their own sneaky little plan afoot? Stay tuned, and don't touch that dial.

Crazy Train and the GOPe

I guess we'll just have to wait and see who the Big Guys select for us. Voting is SO yesterday's politics....

Classless or Clueless?

Auschwitz missed.

Not my President, not my country.  But I'm still disgusted that the supposed leader of the "free" world behaves in such a callous manner.

How, in all the history of the last 100 years, can he NOT BE THERE?

I am truly sad.  Sad that a modern President raised in the USA has no knowledge of the evil that men do. 

Hot Off The Presses of Middle Finger News

Who Be the Stupid Ones?

                                                  Middle Finger News Guest Editorial
                                                           By Dr. Jonathan Gruber

I’m not the egomaniacal, deceptive monster you think I am.

Making the rounds on the internet is an unflattering video of me speaking at an academic conference, a place where great minds share the fruits of scholarship. To the uninformed viewer, one of my remarks may seem disparaging, as if I were suggesting American voters suffer from below-average intelligence. The 22-second clip if often viewed out of context, and it’s a far cry from what I was clumsily trying to express, which was simply this:

You stupid. Me not stupid.

                                               

Read it all here. 

The Reality of ObamaCare

From a conversation I had with another nurse, in another location, last week:

Me: Are your patients falling through the cracks of ObamaCare?

Her: The free clinic where I volunteer is empty.  Everyone is now "insured".

Me: Well, that's good, isn't it?

Her: The doctors in my area aren't taking any new patients. So everyone is dumping into our hospital's emergency department. They're packed.

Me: So does ObamaCare pay for their ED visits?

Her: No, because their problems are not emergent. Not only that, but the ED tacks on an additional $200 for wasting their time and resources on colds and other non-emergencies.

Me: So...who's picking up the tab?

Her: If the patient can't or won't pay their bill, the hospital is forced to absorb the cost. But the thing is, the patient is then blacklisted. Unless they're bleeding copiously or suffering an acute heart attack or some-such, they won't be treated. Period.

Me: What happens to them then?

Her: I don't know.

Ethics, Resources, and Health Care

This is a really good article about a problem patient and her impact upon our system. The vast majority of our health care resources are consumed by a small percentage of people. Ethically, what is our obligation to people like this? Can our ethical position be supported by the financial restraints of a bad economy and dwindling resources?

What are your thoughts?