What my gut is telling me about the election tomorrow

And my gut is usually right. The Republicans will retain control of the Senate (as everyone expects) and also the House by a very slim margin. If the Democrats get control of the House, it will be by a very slim margin. Walker will remain Governor of Wisconsin, by stealing a very close election if necessary. Republicans will retain control of the state assembly, as everyone expects, and also the state Senate, though by possibly only one seat. The shrieking histrionics on blogs and social media will continue unabated. Things will continue to get increasingly grim and depressing. There will be fuck-all we can do about it. That is all. Carry on. :-)

Yay, the culture war!

How Everything Became The Culture War, or why I'm growing weary of politics and everybody's damn Kool-Aid.

The future of this blog

The thing is, I'm not sure if it will really have one. When I used to post comments at "The Archdruid Report", that would drive a little bit of traffic here. But now that TAR is gone and I only post comments sporadically on "Blogger" blogs, I guess I don't really see the point anymore. I might do a little post-mortem on the 2018 mid-terms in Wisconsin, then that could very well be it. Thanks for reading to what would appear to be my dozen or so regulars. :-)

Thanks, Obamacare

It has become difficult for stories about what an utter dumpster-fire US healthcare has become to genuinely shock me, but this one managed to do that in spades:

New insurance policies expect Emergency Room patients to diagnose themselves and put the patient on the hook for the very big bill if the self-diagnosis is wrong.

What's funny is that even now, prog-dems still defend Obamacare. (Hints: It was supposed to control costs but in fact did the opposite; the working class's reaction to getting soaked by it also has more than a little to do with the fact that Trumpi is now our fearless leader, but by all means, scream about Russia some more!)

My advice: Avoid the ER. Yes, you may die, but the way you could get robbed blind if you do go there might make you wish you had died.

An update: Anthem revises the policy somewhat and does so retroactively.