Archive for August, 2009
“Healthy people who take aspirin to prevent heart attacks could be doing themselves more harm than good, experts have warned. The drug, which reduces the risk of blood clots, can be taken by patients who have already suffered a heart attack or are at risk of one. Millions of others [...]
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Aug.31, 2009 in UncategorizedCalifornia had the most to lose in a housing bust. Why not set fires in various areasa when the winds are up and save the banks? Hmmmmmmmmm.Tags: banks, bust, fires
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A n open letter to people who will show about $150,000 gross or less on their tax form this year. The present poverty line for a family of four is $21,834, but that doesn’t tell the story anymore. You make a lot more than that. You also have credit card [...]
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Thou Shalt Not Kill - blogsmonroe.com 09/01/2009 What started out to be discussion over badly needed healthcare reform has been quickly transformed to an attempt to replay the November election. One need look no further than the groups that support healthcare reform and those that oppose it. Those that support [...]
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Sep 1, 2009Accounting, ICAI The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is likely to come out with insurance specific accounting standards in the next three months, a top official said. ”We are likely to come out with it (insurance sector accounting standards) in the next two-three months,” ICAI President, Uttam [...]
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New York – US stocks closed lower Monday, extending a worldwide decline and amid investors’ concerns that Wall Street is recovering too fast. China led the decline, with the Shanghai Composite Index falling 6.7 per cent, the most since June 2008, amid worries that a slowdown in lending will stifle [...]
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CLEMSON U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said Monday that he would never support a government-run public health insurance option and hoped President Obama would seek a bipartisan plan that included tort reform and insurance reform. He said he supports an individual tax credit for health care. An employer option could [...]
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I love this paragraph for what it says about the quirkiness of Los Angeles, or at least about the Tujunga area. Much more authentic and telling than the media meme about the unfortunates who tried to ride out the fire in their hot tub. “We took pictures, tax returns, insurance [...]
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Judi Jennings has another great post up at HuffPo, with some amazing footage of Senator Ted Kennedy in eastern KY from 1983. And it’s quite timely. In Teddy’s words: “As I understand it, you can’t get the health care for your children who are sick. Well, as Congressman Perkins and [...]
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August 31st, 2009 Rewriting 50 ArticlesI am looking for high quality writers to rewrite articles on a regular basis. I will post this project a few times so don’t get disencouraged if you are not selected at your first try. Actually, I think I will post this project twice tonight… [...]
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