DECISION OUT: ObamaKare generally UPHELD

Now the talking heads are reading it, in order to make a proper interpretation.

The decision is lengthy and complicated.

In part:

  • – The healthcare law is generally upheld.
  • – It can be upheld under the court’s taxing authority.
  • – The mandate cannot be upheld under the Commerce Clause.
  • – The penalty — tax — at this point appears to be intact.
  • – The opinion was written by Chief Justice Roberts.

There will be more as the day goes on.

Now according to SCOTUS, you have to 1) Die, 2) Pay taxes and 3) Have health insurance.

God help us all.

BZ

Usernames and Passwords


[Sorry: Politics kicked aside for today. –BZ]

I think I’m done.

No; I know I’m done.

Everything, everywhere, requires a “username” and a “password.”

Everyone and everything, from grocery stores to bookstores, additionally, want you to sign up for their individual “cards.” I don’t have a key-ring or a wallet large enough. Nor am I going to get one.

I’m done. No more information or cards or usernames or passwords unless I ABSOLUTELY have to have one, say, for my credit card provider. And I blast RADIO SHACK for starting this bullshit. Even when paying cash, years ago, they would require a phone number or a zip code. Which is why I STOPPED purchasing ANYthing at RADIO SHACK.

I’m done with, for starters, blogs that require a username and password. If I don’t already read you and already have one of those with you, then I’m deleting you in my The Usual Suspects blogroll. I’m just done.

I’m not just at “threshold” — I’m beyond threshold.

I’m username’d and password’d and card’d OUT.

And — of course — you absolutely cannot use the same username or password from one site or blip or blog from one to another or you’re going straight to Hell. Because, naturally, the sites simply won’t let you do that. Here is essentially what each and every site would want for your password:

845JNVNMVBP-Q989IEHYFN VHkevnqp-8oenbn v-p84jmkbmqw-89e4nngv0q87njl.b-7NVH679039W3Ghvpq8vnn8884

Some sites might even think this a “weak” password.

So go ahead. Try to remember that crap.

I reflect my philosophy on my own blog.

Trolls make me, now and then, go on and off Comment Moderation. But, because I HATE word verification, you won’t see me forcing you to trudge through that inane bullshit.

So, to those of you whom I’ve deleted or to whom I will no longer read and/or comment: sorry. But life is already too terribly complicated for me. If I can’t figure your site or comments out in five seconds, I’m gone. I don’t have that many years left. No one’s site is worth my frustration. I’m just a: curmudgeon. Admitted.

I’ve actually gotten to the point where I have to carry a small notebook around with me which is alphabetically tabbed and contains NOTHING but usernames, passwords, addresses, URLs and phone numbers of the essential agencies and sites in my life.

Finally:

How do YOU handle all this burgeoning username and password garbage? How do you frigging COPE?

Or do you even try anymore?

I’m at my wit’s end. What about you?

BZ

Obama WARNS about ObakaKare:

Just as he literally threatened SCOTUS not so long ago. As on April 3rd of this year.

From the FinancialTimes.com:

Barack Obama suggested that any decision by the US Supreme Court to overturn his landmark healthcare law would send the country “backwards” and that Americans did not want to “re-fight” the battle over healthcare.

It was the first sign that beyond the White House’s staunch defence of the Affordable Care Act Mr Obama is prepared to use the law as a rallying cry on the campaign trail. It is a risky strategy: about half the country remains opposed to the legislation, although most voters like the consumer protections that are guaranteed under the law.