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According to a PBS health report about a retiree on a Medicare Advantage plan, Z. Ming Ma was issued a prescription from her physician that cost $285 for a 90-day supply. “A month later,” the article says, “Ma and his wife were about to leave on another trip, and Ma needed to stock up on her medication.” But her 90 days weren’t up, so Anthem wouldn’t cover it. “Ma asked the pharmacist how much it would cost if she got the prescription there and paid out of pocket,” the article says. The total cash price was about $40. This is...

VideoThursday night we told you about what may be the single most extreme and disruptive piece of legislation ever to gain widespread support in the ( Congress in the history of this country. It's called the New Way Forward Act.)

How Christine Lagarde, Clinton and Nuland Funded a Massive Ukrainian Ponzi Scheme John Helmer Fri, Jul 5, 2019 | 3120 words 8,340 Comments The author is the longest serving foreign correspondent covering Russia. He published his fascinating memoirs in December of 2018. They are full of insights into what has really been going on in Moscow over the past 30 years. RI wrote about it here. He is the author of 12 books, 3 of them about Russia. When Igor Kolomoisky (image below, centre) financed anti-Russian units operating with the Ukrainian Army in the Ukrainian civil war, he was a staunch ally of Petro Poroshenko’s government in...

Video of a good size rally where black voters are fed up with Democrats' war on school choice! They are very vocal and projecting their dissatisfaction to Elizabeth Warren, chanting very loudly "We want school choice!"

Sen. Bernie Sanders (D.-Vt.) says on the website for his presidential campaign that “[c]limate change is a global emergency” and “the Arctic is on fire.” By contrast, the National Weather Service is reporting today that it is 45 degrees below zero in Nuiqsuit, which is in northern Alaska. The weather service is predicting that the high today in that part of Alaska will be 44 degrees below zero and the low will be 47 degrees below zero. “Climate change is a global emergency. The Amazon rainforest is burning, Greenland’s ice shelf is melting, and the Arctic is on fire,” Sanders...

(Video)This gentleman is very angry and he uses a lot of profane and vulgar language but he has a point. He helped his young nephew do his home work, all the answers were right, but the teacher gave the kid an F grade because he did not use COMMON CORE, and it didn't matter whether he arrived at the right answers. He got an F because he didn't follow "directions" and show on paper in detail the "Common Core" process or method with right, wrong or no answers at all, (Truth ?, that is what she told the uncle when...

Princeton University has ordered some students, faculty and staff who recently traveled to China to self-isolate as the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread worldwide. Fewer than 20 students — including undergraduate and graduate students — were in self-quarantine as of Monday evening, said Michael Hotchkiss, deputy university spokesperson. They must confine themselves for 14 days following their last visit to mainland China, according to a statement issued by the university. The mandate requires that they remain indoors and not attend classes or jobs on campus. As many as 108 Princeton students were ordered to self-quarantine as of Sunday, but that...

<p>James Carville: I want to give you an example of the problem here. A few weeks ago, Binyamin Appelbaum, an economics writer for the New York Times, posted a snarky tweet about how LSU canceled classes for the National Championship game. And then he said, do the “Warren/Sanders free public college proposals include LSU, or would it only apply to actual schools?”</p>

he was very insubordinate, reported contents of my “perfect” calls incorrectly, & was given a horrendous report by his superior, the man he reported to, who publicly stated that Vindman had problems with judgement, adhering to the chain of command and leaking information,' he continued. 'In other words, “OUT”,' Trump concluded. He is spending the weekend at the White House after dramatically firing Vindman and EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland on Friday. . . . [Vindmans lawyer:]'While the most powerful man in the world continues his campaign of intimidation, while too many entrusted with political office continue to remain silent, Lieutenant...

NEW JERSEY — Four remained in a hospital on Saturday after two dozen people who arrived in New Jersey this week were tested for the coronavirus, officials say. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had ordered the four individuals to be evaluated at a New Jersey hospital to make sure that they do not have the coronavirus, the state Department of Health told Patch on Saturday. The other 23 passengers from a cruise ship that arrived on Friday were cleared. Test results are pending at the CDC in Atlanta, the DOH said.

Milena Basso and her husband Gaetano Cerullo are trapped on the quarantined Diamond Princess off the coast of Japan, with at least 64 cases of the killer virus confirmed on board. The couple said the situation on the ship is “desperate” with food and water running out and the disease spreading through the 2,000 trapped passengers. New cases are being confirmed every day, and the American newlyweds say they still have two weeks to wait before they can leave. Cerullo told Fox News: “We are kind of worried because we've still got two weeks on here assuming that works out...

June 19, 1992: This is the only in depth sit down interview Red Skelton did in his entire career. This interview won the Iris Award for Best International Show.

A campaign has been launched to protect the remains of a Roman villa unearthed during work on a new housing estate. The villa was discovered in Cam, Gloucestershire, by archaeologists working on behalf of Bovis Homes. BBC TV presenter and archaeology expert Professor Mark Horton is among those calling for it to be saved, describing it as "a very important discovery". But the developer says archaeologists have told them the villa does not qualify for preservation. Resident Christie McLean has started a petition to help save the villa, which had over 2,000 signatures within a day of launching. She said...

Christopher Steele’s private intelligence firm, Orbis Business Intelligence, accused President Trump of making “false claims” during a White House speech Thursday about the former British spy’s infamous dossier . . . “He wildly exaggerated our fees and, contrary to his claims we have never stated any of our reporting is ‘fake’. We stand by the integrity of our research on Kremlin interference in the 2016 election and support for Trump,” the tweet continued.

Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg was severely mocked for tweeting a quote pic with a saying that critics claim “literally doesn’t mean anything.” During a CNN town hall on Thursday night, Buttigieg was asked if he could enact one specific policy as president, what it would be. “Just one? Wow,” Buttigieg reacted. “Let me say this, it’s not a sizzling, glamorous issue, but the shape of our democracy is the issue that affects every other issue. So in order for us to get better outcomes on funding public education, on dealing with gun violence… there are so many issues...

UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall is no more, its name removed from the law school today (Thursday, Jan. 30), campus officials announced. The denaming — the outcome of a nearly three-year process launched after a Berkeley lecturer discovered the racist writings of John Henry Boalt, a 19th century Oakland attorney — is the first time a Berkeley facility’s name has been eliminated due to its namesake’s character or actions.

Posted on February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 by Msgr. Charles Pope Every Life is a Story – As seen in a touching video When my father lay dying, I remember that one of the losses I began to grieve was that he was the keeper of so many family stories. He was the one who could look at an old family photograph, identify all the people, and tell you something about each one. As I saw him lying there, no longer able to talk much, I thought of all the memories stored up in his mind, all the stories,...

A fierce behind-the-scenes dispute between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office and Facebook erupted into public view Friday, as the speaker’s office demanded that Facebook remove a video posted online by President Donald Trump. The video in question showed Pelosi’s viral State of the Union moment ripping up the text of Trump’s speech Tuesday night, but was edited to make it appear that she ripped the speech even as Trump saluted a Tuskegee airman in the audience. In fact, Pelosi’s speech-ripping gesture came at the end of the president’s speech, and her office said it was in response to the totality...

America has exhausted all of its military options in Afghanistan and is left with little choice but to forge ahead in peace talks with the Taliban, Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S. Asad M. Khan said Monday, underscoring the high stakes of grueling negotiations. In an exclusive interview with The Washington Times, Mr. Khan said the two sides have reached a crucial moment — despite continued Taliban attacks and a spike in American strikes against the radical Islamist movement’s top targets — to solidify a cease-fire agreement that could wind down two decades of conflict and bring to a close the...