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    So far, so good re weekend. Gil Shaham (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by oculus on Sun May 29, 2011 at 12:13:42 PM EST
    played the most beautiful performance of the Beethoven violin concerto I've ever heard--and I've heard plenty!

    Today, 3 1/2 hrs., including 2 intermissions, of "August:  Osage County," by Tracy Letts.  Won a Tony so it must be a good play, right?  His "Superior Donuts" was very engaging, but that was a comedy.  This one:  disfunctional family.

    Hopefully laughing is involved too (none / 0) (#5)
    by Militarytracy on Sun May 29, 2011 at 12:17:08 PM EST
    That is the only way to eventually survive our disfunctional families.  You have been making tracks this weekend.  Who could keep up with you?

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    Apparently this particular disfunctional (none / 0) (#7)
    by oculus on Sun May 29, 2011 at 12:19:19 PM EST
    family does exhibit some humour.  

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    Thinking of buying the latest Kindle. (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by oculus on Sun May 29, 2011 at 12:16:13 PM EST
    But I can't abide the idea of nothing to read on the plane during take-off and landing.  My Kindle-reading friend says that's when you chat with seat mates.

    Even with an ereader I can't go without (5.00 / 3) (#15)
    by ruffian on Sun May 29, 2011 at 04:24:44 PM EST
    a regular book in airports and on airplanes. I've tried and always break down in an airport bookstore. I'm too insecure without ready reading material!

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    Magazines (5.00 / 2) (#19)
    by Stellaaa on Sun May 29, 2011 at 09:45:51 PM EST
    Magazines are made for takeoffs and landings.  

    The kindle is easy to take everywhere if you just want reading.  But all around, it's the iPad.  The iPad magazine downloads, New Yorker, Economist are incredible.  I now read them more than the print editions.  

    Are we ready to rumble for the next election?  

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    In addition to the higher purchase price, (5.00 / 2) (#20)
    by oculus on Sun May 29, 2011 at 09:56:02 PM EST
    it is my understanding iPad is kind of useless for reading in sunshine and in bed.  True?

    Re next election, reluctant to become so emotionally involved again.  FISA, Gitmo, etc.  

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    True, but..... (none / 0) (#21)
    by Stellaaa on Sun May 29, 2011 at 10:09:41 PM EST
    it's best for reading all the newspapers, blogs, magazines, email and playing Angry Birds.  They Times sucks on the Kindle and rocks on the iPad.  

    Basically, think of it like kitchen appliances:  The hand held mixer, vs. the Kitchen-Aid.  I need both.  So there I said it.  iPad is great for travel with external keyboard if you are  not planning to write extensive documents.  It's not decadent to own both, they are different tools.  

    iPad I can stream Netflix and Xfinity. Kindle, I can read in the garden, carry in purse and have all my books with me.  The navigation on the kindle sort of sucks compared to iPad.  

    iPad, I can stream radio, have my pictures...etc.  I watched the 3rd season of the wire on flight to Europe.  That was delicious.  

    Frankly, get both.  Or maybe we should buy the Nook as well, they tell me us "girls" like the Nook.  

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    'It's not decadent to own both." (5.00 / 2) (#22)
    by oculus on Sun May 29, 2011 at 10:59:22 PM EST
    Alrightee then!

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    At the airport a couple of weeks ago (none / 0) (#60)
    by ruffian on Tue May 31, 2011 at 09:16:53 AM EST
    the Brookstone store had an iPad bookcover with a built-in flat bluetooth touch keypad. Very cool and convenient for doing a lot of writing on the Pad. I was sorely tempted...but $79? I couldn't quite go there.

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    If you see my comments becoming (none / 0) (#61)
    by oculus on Tue May 31, 2011 at 12:16:57 PM EST
    long, you'll know I sprung for this gadget!

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    I have not found either of those to be true (none / 0) (#59)
    by ruffian on Tue May 31, 2011 at 09:14:02 AM EST
    Especially the 'not in bed' part. I don't know what the problem would be with that. In sunlight, I just adjust the background lighting accordingly and it is fine.

    I do think the Kindle print is a little easier to read, I won't argue that. So if all you want is a dedicated eReader, it is the way to go. I just like all the other things I can do on the iPad enough to sacrifice a smidgeon of readability.

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    Until the stupid rule on electronic devices (none / 0) (#23)
    by andgarden on Mon May 30, 2011 at 06:04:03 AM EST
    is totally abrogated.

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    I know, I have to end up with at least (none / 0) (#34)
    by Militarytracy on Mon May 30, 2011 at 11:28:09 AM EST
    one useless item from SkyMall every few years or something isn't right in the universe.

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    Going to (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by Ga6thDem on Sun May 29, 2011 at 12:16:18 PM EST
    a Memorial Day pool party this afternoon. I'm taking a blackberry cobbler. Nothing planned for the actual Memorial Day. I'll probably work a little and relax a little on the actual holiday.

    Everybody have a great holiday!

    yumm (none / 0) (#6)
    by oculus on Sun May 29, 2011 at 12:18:02 PM EST
    I may go to the new Woodie Allen movie Monday.  But NYT headline makes it sound very complicated so maybe I'll pass.  

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    Don't pass up "Midnight in Paris" (none / 0) (#8)
    by KeysDan on Sun May 29, 2011 at 12:27:01 PM EST
    The time machine is not so complicated and the shots of Paris alone are worth the price of admission.    You will enjoy Osage County very much, humor is there, a little dark , but there all the same.

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    Thanks--on both counts. (none / 0) (#9)
    by oculus on Sun May 29, 2011 at 12:30:21 PM EST


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    We didn't plan much either (none / 0) (#27)
    by Militarytracy on Mon May 30, 2011 at 08:31:45 AM EST
    Josh isn't out of school for another two weeks yet and he has been fatiguing a lot in the heat outdooors so we kept this weekend simple.  His scoliosis has gotten really tough this year inspite of two titanium rods on both sides of his back.  They are going to do the halo traction this summer in San Antonio.  It is going to be a long haul, but his mobility is becoming too challenged.  They wanted to do this later down the road, maybe a few more years, but it looks like we need to do it now.

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    Please tell my buddy (5.00 / 1) (#28)
    by jeffinalabama on Mon May 30, 2011 at 10:00:16 AM EST
    that I'm pullin' for him, and a big War Eagle!

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    I will Jeff (none / 0) (#33)
    by Militarytracy on Mon May 30, 2011 at 11:25:07 AM EST


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    All my best thoughts and energy are (5.00 / 1) (#45)
    by caseyOR on Mon May 30, 2011 at 04:15:49 PM EST
    now being beamed in Joshua's direction. Is there any point in the Josh's future where things might get easier for him? When he stops growing perhaps?

    He's a tough little kid, and you, MT, are "one tough mother". (props to Columbia Sportswear for the use of their advertising tag line.)

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    This is the part of your life you omitted (5.00 / 1) (#29)
    by oculus on Mon May 30, 2011 at 10:10:48 AM EST
    from your DK diary.  

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    I did because it is separate (5.00 / 1) (#32)
    by Militarytracy on Mon May 30, 2011 at 11:21:07 AM EST
    for me most of the time.  I see and experience what we go through with Joshua as separate from my husband's service and my additional duties.  We are simply a working couple in my mind with a special needs child, and not unique on the American landscape.  My job is to run this family as smoothly as I can and fully responsible when my husband is gone.

    The one time it wasn't separate for me was when that surgeon wanted to amputate Josh's feet and my husband was in Afghanistan.  That time the two were linked.  But TalkLeft did what decent Americans do, and this was probably a very good place to discuss it a little because people who comment here tend to be thinkers and problem solvers and they steered the whole conversation in that direction until I could process all that emotion and the surgeon's desires verses what we would ourselves choose to do because I was pretty distressed right then.

    How things break down for me though about serving two separate Presidents and the Iraq debacle verses what is now labeled Obama's war is separate from the health issues that we deal with with Joshua.

    The military has been more than generous too.  My husband gives his job his all, they have ponied up with promotions and because he gives it his all every commander since all this started has gone out of their way to make sure that he can contact me when we are going through difficult things.  If it means allowing the SAT phone in Iraq to be used for a few personal calls, sending him home two weeks early, or getting him some clearance to skype home during a surgery, they've done it.  They have never let me down, not once so far.  Private sector America should get to experience such things, but sadly we have propagandized what they do for us to be of less worth unless they are the wealthy 1%, and they are not as worthy.

    I see, feel, and experience that discrepancy keenly too.  It was always a toss up for me as a single working mom.  I have always given my work my all, but I had a 50/50 shot at whether or not I got a boss that respected that or thought that their mission in life was to beat everything out of me they could get while paying as little as possible.

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    Reading your comment series in this thread, MT (5.00 / 2) (#40)
    by christinep on Mon May 30, 2011 at 02:10:40 PM EST
    causes me to wonder if you would consider writing a book/military memoir (spouse version) or published serial of these episodes & phases as a military family. The compassion combined with the analytical observation topped with spicy humor show us life-on-the-inside...you reveal so much about what most of us need to learn. Thank you for the times you let us see your family & yourself, for your tender logic within that vast military complex.

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    Have you read MT's diary at DK? (none / 0) (#42)
    by oculus on Mon May 30, 2011 at 02:32:08 PM EST


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    Wow (none / 0) (#62)
    by Militarytracy on Tue May 31, 2011 at 01:12:22 PM EST
    It does feel like a book leading from the little glass vials at the U.N. to actually getting Bin Laden is in there.  Surviving one lunatic President and the war profiteers to one who is addressing the threat has been a little mind boggling.

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    That's a start... (none / 0) (#63)
    by christinep on Tue May 31, 2011 at 06:49:39 PM EST
    defining the time period and how it dealt with you & your family. From Hussein to bin Laden...a view from my family.

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    Don't need to respond to this, but, (none / 0) (#36)
    by oculus on Mon May 30, 2011 at 11:34:45 AM EST
    even though your spouse appears to be through and through a career military officer, might he have left the military if your son did have special needs?

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    We discussed it (none / 0) (#37)
    by Militarytracy on Mon May 30, 2011 at 11:51:14 AM EST
    We also discussed though that one of us desperately needed a rock solid career, and his was.  It is a very monetarily unkind world in America to families with special needs children.  It is borderline abusive to almost everyone right now though, so we made our career decision upon the reality of how bad things could get.  Things were not this bad when Josh was born, but we had both been teens during the Reagan years and that horrible economy and few good possibilities out there for us that we didn't have to fight tooth and nail for.  So we didn't kid ourselves about how bad things could get for us.

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    1 in 5 young veterans unemployed: (none / 0) (#38)
    by oculus on Mon May 30, 2011 at 12:09:54 PM EST
    Chicago Sun Times

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    We were just talking about that because (none / 0) (#39)
    by Militarytracy on Mon May 30, 2011 at 12:44:18 PM EST
    it was on the news.  Understand though that my husband isn't young and fresh anything.  He is now an old warhorse who has been a serial overachiever.  He has worth within the military industrial complex because he has so many years and so much experience in uniform.  So he would never be "one of those poor kids".  He has been offered several jobs recently but is still not interested in getting out.  He wants W5 retirement pay and he wants to go down in his own history as a solid W5, not someone who got pinned and then made a beeline for the door.

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    Oh, I know. Just reacting to the (none / 0) (#41)
    by oculus on Mon May 30, 2011 at 02:31:44 PM EST
    headline whilst LAT on line scrolls through the photos of very young people who died while in the military.  Memorial Day.

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    I don't know what to do to fix it right now (none / 0) (#43)
    by Militarytracy on Mon May 30, 2011 at 03:42:12 PM EST
    either.  Not with the system that we currently have and the condition that it is in.  There are many applications for each job right now and how do you know if you aren't about to hire someone with some combat PTSD that could be flat out dangerous, make you very sue-able, and so damned sorry you hired one of these kids?  The young ones are particularly at risk for PTSD too.  They are getting a triple whammy coming home right now.  I can see why they are compelled to try to hide their service, but then what do you put on your application?  Where have you been doing for the past four years and what have you learned and what skills do you bring with you.  This is a horrible economy to be newly returned home from war in.

    One thing that I do not understand though is why if you have been a medic you are qualified to be an EMT, and if you have been driving trucks for the military why aren't you immediately qualified to drive trucks in the U.S?

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    sorry for typos (none / 0) (#44)
    by Militarytracy on Mon May 30, 2011 at 03:43:13 PM EST


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    I also think (none / 0) (#47)
    by BackFromOhio on Mon May 30, 2011 at 04:56:05 PM EST
    that young people who have served in the military have the advantage over other applicants of discipline and job dedication; so many growing up in this country do not seem to have these qualities, which, IMO, go a long way to assuring that a newly-hired employee will roll up his/her sleeves to learn whatever is needed and get the job done, and done well and on time.

    I wonder if Vets are getting proper coaching for job interviews?

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    I don't know if they are or not (none / 0) (#49)
    by Militarytracy on Mon May 30, 2011 at 05:23:46 PM EST
    right now. I honestly don't know what resources are available to them in the search for jobs.  That's a very good question, because if they have a lot of resources but many are sitting it all out I would then say that we have a greater problem with combat depression and other mental/emotional issues than we are screening for and addressing.  We are always at risk for those people slipping through all the cracks because of how they even begin addressing it.  They tell everyone in large groups on their way home that if you are having problems raise your hand.  My husband says, "Like someone is going to raise their hand being asked in that fashion".

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    Any Vet not experiencing (none / 0) (#55)
    by BackFromOhio on Mon May 30, 2011 at 07:52:30 PM EST
    PTSD-related symptoms when released might surely develop depression and anxiety if, upon coming home to find he/she cannot get a job.

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    I think they are all at risk in general for (none / 0) (#58)
    by Militarytracy on Tue May 31, 2011 at 09:04:55 AM EST
    awhile when they first get home.  If they were coping well in combat, that may actually be a bad thing when you get home because those switches don't automatically shut off.  They sort of calm down, and some don't ever for some people.  Even with my husband, he wasn't on the ground like most of the soldiers.  Flying is a little safer, at least it was made so after we improved our systems to prevent shootdowns.

    The first Iraq tour, there were lots of shootdowns and all the pilots knew they were very much at risk.  So there was that constant anxiety, and the problem that it posed didn't really show up for a few months back at home. He was humming along with this constant anxiety though and his current environment did not match what he was putting out.  He seemed to have a short out once then.

    That did eventually shut down though.  The thing that took longer to leave was waking up like a lunatic :)  He never did anything crazy, he just woke up suddenly very easily and looked like he was about to run 5 miles right out of the bed.  But in combat when he flew, if they were waking him up something bad had happened, some sort of life or death emergency.  Not sleeping soundly invites some kinds of depression.

    He transitions a lot easier now, now that he did it once.  And he was 30 years old when all this started so his frontal lobe was fully formed, not as easy to scar.  Given all that though, even his coming home is noticeable.  When he first gets home I keep things quiet for the first month too.  We don't go to crowded noisy places then and I plan for calm so that he can reacclimate.

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    You could (none / 0) (#65)
    by BackFromOhio on Sat Jun 04, 2011 at 12:13:38 AM EST
    give lessons or develop your own therapy for returning vets and write a book.  You're so perceptive....

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    Our thoughts and prayers are (5.00 / 1) (#46)
    by Zorba on Mon May 30, 2011 at 04:18:47 PM EST
    with Josh, and you, too.  The poor kid- he has been through so much (as have you).  {{hugs}}

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    Thank you Zorba (none / 0) (#50)
    by Militarytracy on Mon May 30, 2011 at 05:29:37 PM EST
    I usually go into things like this all brave, eye on the prize, and my husband is usually very upset about it like he is right now.  Then we get into the thick of it and I get fatigued and here comes my husband, he's full steam into it then.  We will do everything we can to keep Josh's spirits high and flying.  He will be much straighter after this.  His scoliosis will not be nearly as noticeable as it is right now.  That is one bright spot on the horizon.  He is very hunched over right now, and the doctors usually carefully weigh out risk and cost to him verses deterioration of his health.  So we are at one of those junctures, and I look around for other ways to "win" more since we have to do this anyhow.

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    Tracy, I have to tell you (5.00 / 3) (#51)
    by Zorba on Mon May 30, 2011 at 05:42:50 PM EST
    that you are one of my heroes.  You have a child who has suffered and continues to suffer, you have had to deal with this at least in part by yourself because of your husband's duty to his country, and yet you keep on keeping on.  You go, girl, and just know that we are pulling for Josh and for you and your family.

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    You (5.00 / 1) (#52)
    by Ga6thDem on Mon May 30, 2011 at 05:51:58 PM EST
    are such a strong person Tracy. I understand the requirements of a special needs child as I have one but what I face is nothing compared to what you have to deal with.

    Blessings.

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    I had to break it up into steps (none / 0) (#53)
    by Militarytracy on Mon May 30, 2011 at 06:19:37 PM EST
    and that is hard for me because I like to have a plan.  There is no way to have a plan for any of this, and to even sit down and write one out would be impossible I think because who can look at that much pain all carefully written down in a plan?  That just seems like the recipe for a huge depression.

    So we go one step at a time and we check all the emotional gas tanks.  We plan great things in the middle of it all.  Like right now there is a 3D DSI system, one of those game systems you can take in your pocket.  And we have the plan that that is when Joshua will get one, he knows that too so there is something really cool to see in that same future.  Everything we do when we are going through these things we try to weight down with things that fill us up some too so that it never seems like we are running on empty if we can help it.  Still though, someone will throw you something out of left field you weren't ready for like what happened with the new foot doctor and send you into a tailspin because whether I'm willing to admit it when we are in the middle of that stuff, my position is a pretty precarious one.

    You know that foot surgeon won't talk to us directly face to face either now.  He sends his assistant in when Josh is having a check up.  The guy who makes Josh's braces thought it was a very bad call to make too because he also makes prosthetics for amputees and many times those are very uncomfortable and can even be painful.  That isn't an exact science yet either he says, but this surgeon has helped solidify a new form of foot amputation that he wanted Josh to have and he is top in that field.  But according the guy who makes the prosthetics that amputation still has certain problems that haven't been fully overcome yet in the prosthetic department.  It is only better than what they had before.  That surgeon sure is mad at me though.

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    Then the foot surgeon is (5.00 / 1) (#54)
    by Zorba on Mon May 30, 2011 at 07:47:13 PM EST
    a jerk for not talking to you face to face.  Or maybe not a jerk, really- maybe incapable of dealing with the human element.  My theory about surgeons is that they tend to be on the autism spectrum- not all of them, but a lot of them.  They are highly skilled in their specific areas, but have absolutely no "people skills."  They don't "get it" when it comes to dealing with patients and families.  I'm glad that they have the technical skills, but, having dealt with surgeons myself, it does get frustrating when they cannot "connect" on a personal level.  

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    Most of the best ones are in the (none / 0) (#56)
    by Militarytracy on Tue May 31, 2011 at 08:34:52 AM EST
    autism spectrum.  Same with geneticists too :)  We laugh about the guy who diagnosed Josh now, but on THAT day it was so traumatic.  Josh was only two months old.  He says to us that Josh either has FSS or he has a mitochondrial disorder.  I ask him how we will know and he says very matter of factly that if it is a mitochondrial disorder his body will simply rundown and he will die probably by the time he is 4 months old.  I'm certain my eyes were the size of saucers then as I'm trying to figure out if Joshua has seemed to be slipping away little by little to me.  Then my husband asks him what we will need to do if he has FSS.  The doctor leaves the room quickly and comes back in with this huge book of genetic disorders, tons of horrifying pictures and he starts flipping through the pages.  I think I shrieked before I broke into tears.  My husband jumped up and yelled at him saying You Can't Talk To My Wife Like That....even though the poor guy hadn't really said anything yet.  Then the door opens and one of his two assistants rushes in and she sees the book.  She starts apologizing saying that she is so sorry, they usually catch him before he gets into the room with the book.  Obviously he has "handlers" because he is brilliant but he is also in the autism spectrum :)  He has discovered where some mutations are on the helix though.  He is truly brilliant.

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    Oh. My. (none / 0) (#64)
    by Zorba on Wed Jun 01, 2011 at 04:13:18 PM EST
    G_d.  What a thing to have to deal with!  But I know what you mean about the genetic disorders.  As part of my preparation to be a Special Ed teacher, I took a course in human genetics and handicapping conditions, including observing patients in a clinic.  I'm surprised that all of us taking that course didn't immediately decide never to have children.

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    New Belgium tap takeover (5.00 / 1) (#11)
    by Rupe on Sun May 29, 2011 at 12:50:20 PM EST
    at a local Bar/restaurant.  18 different varieties on tap, including Le Terroir (in the Lips of Faith series).  Not sure how far New Belgium brewery has made it nationally, but they make some damn fine stuff; should be a good afternoon.

    Wish they would make it here! (5.00 / 2) (#14)
    by ruffian on Sun May 29, 2011 at 04:22:34 PM EST
    I'm not a big beer drinker, but I did love Fat Tire when I lived in Colorado!

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    Can't get it in AL (none / 0) (#35)
    by Militarytracy on Mon May 30, 2011 at 11:29:32 AM EST
    I have been spotted leaving Texas though with my trunk full of bottles :)

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    With the help of friends, (5.00 / 2) (#12)
    by KeysDan on Sun May 29, 2011 at 12:59:55 PM EST
    who needs enemies?  Recipients and providers challenged cuts to Medicaid arguing that the California plan violated and was pre-empted by the federal Medicaid statute. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said beneficiaries and providers could sue under the supremacy clause of the Constitution.

    In reducing payment rates the appeals court said California violated the Medicaid law and threatened access to much-needed medical care for the poor (indeed, rates in some parts of the country are so low that Medicaid recipients have difficulty finding doctors--and the law states that rates must be sufficient to enlist enough providers).

    As a part of California's appeal to the Supreme Court the Obama administration held that Medicaid recipients and provides cannot sue state officials  even if such cuts compromise access for poor people. Consumer advocates were dismayed by this position. Prof. T. Jost at Washington and Lee found it appalling that a Democratic administration would assert in a Supreme Court brief  that business can challenge state regulation under the supremacy clause, but poor Medicaid recipients cannot.  Stacy Leyton, representing Medicaid recipients claimed Courts have been open to litigants who are injured by state laws that are pre-empted by federal laws.

    The administration's position is that the Medicaid law promising equal access is "broad and nonspecific" and, besides,  federal health officials are better equipped than judges to balance this goal with other policy objectives, like holding down costs.  Now what about those "friends", especially for the expected addition of 16 million people to Medicaid as a part of the Affordable Heath Care Act.   (based on NYT article by Robert Pear, Sunday, May 29, 20ll)

    How can they explain this? (none / 0) (#13)
    by Militarytracy on Sun May 29, 2011 at 01:59:55 PM EST
    Is their a final ruling on this?

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    Supreme Court is expected (none / 0) (#16)
    by KeysDan on Sun May 29, 2011 at 04:26:32 PM EST
    to have a decision by next spring, with oral arguments in late fall or next winter.  But, with the solicitor general's argument on behalf of the Obama administration--it doesn't look too good for the Appellate Court being upheld.

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    Very disappointing... (none / 0) (#25)
    by Militarytracy on Mon May 30, 2011 at 08:24:44 AM EST


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    Grilled steak for my mom today, (5.00 / 3) (#18)
    by jeffinalabama on Sun May 29, 2011 at 07:24:31 PM EST
    tomorrow I'll make burgers and weenies for the extended family. Spent time Saturday in wonderful company, two old high school friends. This has been a wonderful weekend so far!

    I played grill-master as well... (none / 0) (#24)
    by kdog on Mon May 30, 2011 at 06:55:56 AM EST
    tilapia and skirt steak for friends and fam.  Blessed is the grill-master!

    Party's over though...and just in time, I feel like a salty lime inside post-48 hour margarita binge.  Plus I smashed my hoof into a big rock going all-out playing Kadima, now that I'm no longer drunk the sh*t hurts, hope it ain't busted.

    Today we play carpenter at the crib, rebuilding the back deck for the landlady for a rent discount...sun god help us.  So if anyone ever visits, don't lean on the railing...we're winging it hardcore.  You've been warned:)

    Just need another pot of coffee, a greasy swine breakfast, and herbal hangover meds and I'll be ready to rock the circular saw.  

    Sh&t, I just heard thunder, please don't rain...

    Rain it is...could be a sign I'm in no shape to operate power tools:)

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    The rain god is looking out for you. (none / 0) (#30)
    by oculus on Mon May 30, 2011 at 10:12:42 AM EST


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    No such luck... (5.00 / 1) (#57)
    by kdog on Tue May 31, 2011 at 08:58:59 AM EST
    only a sun shower, we banged out the deck...came out better than I expected, both in appearance and durability.

    "Over, Finished, Done", as my old man used to say:)

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    Not this kind of Kadima: (none / 0) (#31)
    by oculus on Mon May 30, 2011 at 10:16:02 AM EST
    wiki

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    Very cool, good to hear (none / 0) (#26)
    by Militarytracy on Mon May 30, 2011 at 08:27:17 AM EST


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    Spain dominates Global Futbol (none / 0) (#2)
    by Militarytracy on Sun May 29, 2011 at 12:15:03 PM EST
    Watched the whole season of the Borgias.  The Borgia Pope would be impressed.  For anyone who likes Vampire movies but is distressed by what has happened to our genre lately, I watched 'Let Me In' last night and it was amazing.  And the young actress from 'Kick-Ass' tackles another very complex adultish role.

    IMO, John Huntsman (none / 0) (#48)
    by BackFromOhio on Mon May 30, 2011 at 04:56:53 PM EST
    would be a serious opponent.  

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