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True Dough's JournalJohn Boehner is writing a memoir
Let's help him out by suggesting some titles for his autobiography.
https://www.latimes.com/books/la-et-jc-john-boehner-book-20181219-story.html
I'll offer this:
Short-Circuited Speaker
The life and times of a shut-down obstructionist
What do you think, John?
Picture of determination
U.S. preparing for a full withdrawal from Syria
The decision was made by President Donald Trump, the official added.
The US has about 2,000 troops on the ground in the country, where they are primarily training local forces to combat ISIS. The US has forces in Iraq ready to launch attacks in Syria if necessary.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/19/politics/us-syria-withdrawal/index.html
Recommended reading: Reporter reviews 1,182 emergency room bills, showing how sick health care is
There's a $5,571 bill to sit in a waiting room, $238 eyedrops, and a $60 ibuprofen tell the story of how emergency room visits are squeezing patients...
Or look at the price of a common antibiotic ointment called bacitracin (you might know it better by its brand name, Neosporin). The bills in our database show that one hospital in Tennessee charged a patient a pretty reasonable $1 for bacitracin — while another hospital in Seattle charged $76 for the exact same ointment. Since prices aren’t made public, it was impossible for these (or any) patients to know whether they were at a hospital that charges $1 for a squirt of antibiotic ointment or one that charges 76 times that amount.
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As more journalists write about ER bills, there is a growing outcry on Capitol Hill — and more senators on both sides of the aisle who want to do something about it. There are now two proposals in Congress that would make the types of bills I write about a thing of the past. One comes from Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and another from a bipartisan group of senators including Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO).
While the two bills aim to do the same thing (prevent surprise bills in the emergency room), they take different policy approaches. The Cassidy-McCaskill proposal essentially bars out-of-network providers from billing patients directly. Instead, they would have to seek payment from the health insurer, who would be required to pay a price similar to local market rates.
https://www.vox.com/health-care/2018/12/18/18134825/emergency-room-bills-health-care-costs-america
Wow! Such a mess. And Senators on both sides of the aisle want to clean it up? Really?
Tom Brady selected for record-tying 14th Pro Bowl. Who else shares the record?
Answer below. There are 4 other players who appeared in 14 Pro Bowls. How many of them can you name?
Peyton Manning
Tony Gonzalez
Bruce Matthews
Merlin Olsen
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/25568948/pro-bowl-selections-announced-national-football-league
Penny Marshall is dead at 75
Source: CNN
Actress Penny Marshall, who found fame in TV's "Laverne & Shirley" before going on to direct such beloved films as "Big" and "A League of Their Own," has died. She was 75.
Marshall died peacefully in her Hollywood Hills home on Monday night due to complications from diabetes, said Michelle Bega, a spokeswoman for the family.
"Our family is heartbroken over the passing of Penny Marshall," the Marshall family said in a statement.
Marshall's role as outspoken tomboy Laverne DeFazio in the "Happy Days" spin-off "Laverne & Shirley" catapulted the Bronx native to celebrity in the late '70s.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/18/entertainment/penny-marshall-dead/index.html
Gun deaths hit 40-year high
Nearly 40,000 people in the United States died from a gunshot wound in 2017. According to the data, 14,542 were murders and 23,854 were ruled a suicide. The CEO of Lutheran Services Florida Health Systems, Christine Cauffield, calls the high suicide rate a “silent disease."
“Those individuals that do complete suicides -- when autopsies are performed, (they) definitely have one or more substances in their bodies at the time of the suicide death,” Cauffield said.
She said those who take their own lives tend to fit the same demographic. “We are seeing a real rise in suicides, particularly males age 60 and higher,” Cauffield said.
https://www.ajc.com/news/gun-deaths-highest-level-years-cdc-says/vgcdQWPITScDYEdpHrswBP/
Something Cohen and Trump have in common
They're two of the world's most karmic tweeters! MAGA!
City of Oakland files federal lawsuit against Raiders and NFL
ALAMEDA, Calif. -- What had been threatened since the first week of the season became reality Tuesday when the city of Oakland announced it has filed a federal lawsuit against the Raiders and the NFL.
The suit, which was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, puts into question where the Raiders will play in 2019, the season before their planned move to Las Vegas. The Raiders do not have a lease for a home next year and team owner Mark Davis has said he will not play in Oakland if a lawsuit were ever filed -- though Davis has recently softened that stance.
In a news release announcing the suit, which also referred to the NFL as a "cartel," Oakland City Attorney Barbara J. Parker "recommended and the Oakland City Council authorized filing the lawsuit to recover damages resulting from the Raiders' illegal move to Las Vegas, including lost revenue, money that Oakland taxpayers invested in the Raiders and other costs."
The release stated that by approving the team's move to Las Vegas, the league was "boycotting Oakland in the marketplace for hosting a football club" and, thus, "violated federal antitrust laws while the Raiders' move also violated the NFL's own policies for team relocation."
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/25511689/city-oakland-files-federal-lawsuit-raiders-nfl
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