I'm off to Whole Foods (just joking, although I'm not boycotting.) Here's an open thread for you, I'll be back when Obama's health care speech begins. I hope BTD will be watching and near a computer so he can weigh in as well. He has the political perspective while mine is more along the lines of asking for more concrete details about the changes it will bring for those with insurance and/or Medicare.

We get a lot of comments on the health care threads, I wonder if that's because TalkLeft's readers tend to skew a little older than the 20 and 30 something crowd.

In the meantime, there must be other news today. Here's an open thread, all topics (including health care) welcome.

The National Enquirer, which has been mostly correct on the John Edwards-Rielle Hunter story, reports today that Edwards has taken a DNA test and the results are he's the father of Hunter's daughter. The rag also says he's told Elizabeth and child support payments are being worked out. Take it with a grain of salt, but it's out there. Let's see if denials are forthcoming.

ABC is reporting Bernie Madoff had a mistress. And, that she spoke against him at his sentencing hearing, calling him a "beast" without revealing the affair.

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Like Jeralyn, and unlike apparently most every other Democratic blogger, I am not in Pittsburgh. I would like to have seen how Bill Clinton and some of those bloggers get along tonight.

I may watch it here.

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I'm fixated on crime today, so here's an open thread for those of you with other things on your mind. All topics welcome.

From the money changes everything file:

$500K prize divides 2 elderly sisters in Conn.

HARTFORD, Conn. – A passion for gambling shared by two once-inseparable octogenarian sisters has ended up dividing them, with the Connecticut Supreme Court ruling that one can sue the other for a share of a winning $500,000 lottery ticket. The court said 83-year-old Theresa Sokaitis, of Middletown, can try to enforce a written contract she signed with her 87-year-old sister, Rose Bakaysa, of Plainville, agreeing to split any gambling winnings.

Sokaitis says she is due a share of a $500,000 Powerball jackpot won by Bakaysa and their brother, Joseph F. Troy Sr., in 2005. "We had an accountant, we had a contract and we had a notary public," Sokaitis said. "We signed the contract together and we agreed to split anything. And when it came time, they didn't even tell me; I saw it in the paper."

. . . Sokaitis said she doesn't want to drag her sister into court but believes she and her family are due a share of the money. "I miss her so much, and I love her, and I don't like what's taken place," Sokaitis said. "But all I want is what is rightfully mine. All I want is my share, nothing more."

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It's barbecue and "Weeds" replay night here. A new salad: spinach, red pepper, avocado and mango slices with a handful or two of blueberries tossed in. Hope the TL kid likes it. If not, there's grilled honey-mustard chicken, corn on the cob and asparagus.

For those of you thinking health care is beyond our reach, this song's for you.

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I have court this afternoon, which means an open thread for you. All topics welcome.

Looks like we're all busy at work today. What I'm reading:

• Obama launches a new website for health care reform -- Reality Check. Here's the part on Medicare.

• Border Corruption Probe: Agents taking bribes from smugglers.

  In the past 10 months, 20 agents from Customs and Border Protection alone have been charged with a corruption-related crime. At that pace, the organization will set a new record for in-house corruption.

• Multiple rape claimsin Iran against prison guards by both male and female detained protesters.

  Senior police and judiciary officials acknowledged over the weekend that opposition detainees have been abused in prison and called for those responsible to be punished, apparently in an effort to calm public outrage over the mistreatment and death of prisoners.

Here's an open thread for you, all topics welcome.

I'm headed out for the day. Here's an open thread for those of you online. All topics welcome, please be nice.

The Gators are ranked #1 in the preseason Coaches College Football Poll.

The Yankees lead the Red Sox by 3.5 games after beating them last night 13-6.

All is right in the world of sports.

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Check out Jeralyn's account of the Denver health care reform event in the post below.

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Since I will be at the Pelosi-DeGette-Polis health care event in Denver this afternoon, with my little Flip Video camera and iPhone to document anything interesting, I have to work this morning.