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Word for the Day, FRiday, March 14, 2014 - Chimerical
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Posted on 03/14/2014 5:35:10 AM PDT by tioga


In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “Word for the Day”.

Chimerical

Adjective (Adverb - Chimerically)

    1. Created by or as if by a wildly fanciful imagination; highly improbable.
    2. Given to unrealistic fantasies; fanciful.
    3. often chimeric Of, related to, or being a chimera.


Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.

The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)

Practice makes perfect.....post on....

Review Threads:

Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)

Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister

Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate


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To: Texan5
there have been jibes at the poofter's poofiness for years, i think it's hilarious that it was said out loud by a challenger. Gay Patriot on twitter is from SC and considered challenging Graham and is a vociferous opponent, he's a gay conservative and funny as heck. He changes his twitter handle every few days to something hilarious. It has been Ernest HemminGAY, and i think may currently be Vladiqueer Putin. Honestly i LMAO at him; He also has a blog.
61 posted on 03/14/2014 10:02:05 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

That is funny - I didn’t connect the “ban bossy” as possibly being a pro-hillary move. lol


62 posted on 03/14/2014 10:25:51 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: xsmommy; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

I’m just as rebellious about speech as anything else, I guess-because I’m going to keep on saying bossy when I mean bossy and homosexual when someone obviously is...


63 posted on 03/14/2014 10:32:33 AM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Texan5; xsmommy; SoothingDave; tioga; All
All this talk about obamacare is over the heads of most voters. They aren't seeing what it really is- or will become.

Bsically the insurance companies have been forced to make all policies equal - all policies now cover maternity and pediatric dental. Even if you are a single male with no children - your policy covers maternity and pediatric dental.

It doesn't matter if you go to the gov site to purchase individual coverage, or go directly to Blue Cross or Aetna - you are still getting the same four plans offered to you (bronze, silver, gold, or platinum). You may not want to call it obamacare, but it is ALL obamacare.

So - you EITHER have a group plan or you are on obamacare.

Now - your group plan often does not have a deductible. You have a low copay for office visits and it pays for tests and drugs. The non-group plans have a HUGE deductible. The Bronze plan has a $6000 deductible. It covers a few office visits per year at $45 co pay and might cover some drugs, but not all. Most expenses go to your deductible first.

In order to pay for all the pre-existing conditions and pediatric dental on the individual plans, your group plans are going to skyrocket. And I just heard a few minutes ago that some group plans, in order to contain costs, are going to begin imposing a deductible too.

Eventually group plans are going to become so expensive that they will all reach that "cadillac" level and be taxed so companies will have to drop them. We will all be on the bronze/silver/gold/platinum plans eventually.

64 posted on 03/14/2014 10:42:18 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: Texan5
Yeah, they can kiss my bossy ass if they think I will quit using a word just because a few bossy liberals told me to.

I like the word bossy - it is so much better than saying "evil bitch" or "frigid old witch" - both of which apply to many of the feminists whining about the word bossy.

65 posted on 03/14/2014 10:44:19 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: xsmommy

The owner is open for business in his shop up front-the guy whose truck he is working on right now has a beautiful brindle Bullmastiff with him-I kept Husky girl on leash, at a safe distance from that also-leashed dog when I took her out just now, and after I brought her back in, I went back up there to see the dog-the owner says he is 10 months old-he is only half grown, and is taller, and as heavy as Husky girl, who is a large Siberian Husky.

He is just as friendly as every other Mastiff breed dog I’ve met that is with its owner-different story when they are on their own turf...


66 posted on 03/14/2014 10:47:43 AM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: SoothingDave; secret garden
the G file uses my WFTD from Weds, and only fitting since i got it from Jonah originally!

Anyway, I don't really have much of a larger point here, other than that the wall between my writing life and my conversational life is pretty low. Obviously there are some things I don't share in print (or in my interpretative-dance shows). And there are some things I write about that I rarely talk about ("immanentizing the eschaton" rarely comes up at my daughter's basketball games). But if I have a good insight — or what I think is a good insight (often a huge distinction) — I'll probably write about it. And, if it seems appropriate in conversation — or dance — I'll bring it up there as well. I guess the reason the whole thing stuck in my mind is that it was a reminder of how weird my life is. If you're a plumber it's fairly unlikely that someone will say, "Wait, a minute didn't you snake a toilet just like this at work?" And if they did, it would be the questioner who would feel weird.

67 posted on 03/14/2014 10:53:09 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Texan5

sounds very cool!


68 posted on 03/14/2014 10:53:58 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

I heard yesterday about the sky-high deductibles getting more so, but most people do not do what you or I do for a living, and so are not required to know what is in a policy-in fact, I’d venture to say they probably haven’t even read their auto policy. One size does not fit all, and never will...


69 posted on 03/14/2014 10:57:14 AM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA

It won’t get that far because they failed to be subtle. They didn’t want to try to sell higher taxes, so they instead use the insurance companies as proxies to raise revenue that they can use to “spread around.”

The people being asked to pay for all of this know, or will know, that they are paying more so that someone else can pay less (or nothing). That’s not popular.


70 posted on 03/14/2014 10:59:40 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: xsmommy

it’s a free for all.


71 posted on 03/14/2014 11:03:13 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (DC, it's Versailles on the Potomac but without the food and culture)
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To: NeoCaveman

ooo baby


72 posted on 03/14/2014 11:12:20 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

“they are paying more so that someone else can pay less (or nothing)”

That is becoming evident, at least where I am-my customers are already calling our representatives at the state and national level-I’ve given Ted Cruz’s website to several in the last few days. If that is going on elsewhere, it tells me people are pissed at being fooled again.

Now I’ve got a Who earworm...


73 posted on 03/14/2014 11:17:12 AM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Texan5; NeoCaveman

What Who? Neo’s giving out Nugent ones.


74 posted on 03/14/2014 11:24:15 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: xsmommy; NeoCaveman

“God’s will be done”....words to live by. I sense God will not be happy with PopeFr when push comes to shove as the sinners line up claiming his blessings. Wonder how long we will suffer him?


75 posted on 03/14/2014 11:36:03 AM PDT by tioga
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To: tioga

He is rather old.

Just saying.

It should likely be a short pontificate.


76 posted on 03/14/2014 11:36:57 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (DC, it's Versailles on the Potomac but without the food and culture)
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To: NeoCaveman

well the end times eschatology has a bad pope at the end, i am hoping it’s not Francis. But he may be paving the way for that one.


77 posted on 03/14/2014 11:42:50 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Oooh, that IS funny!


78 posted on 03/14/2014 11:46:57 AM PDT by tioga
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To: NeoCaveman

I keep expecting to hear that PopeBen is failing. No such word as yet to my knowledge.


79 posted on 03/14/2014 11:51:15 AM PDT by tioga
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To: NeoCaveman
oh,,,,priceless! I want one!


80 posted on 03/14/2014 11:56:09 AM PDT by tioga
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