tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:31:54 +0000Searching for my own fundament since 1980.http://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/noreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)Blogger294125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930.post-157334614251216746Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:31:00 +00002010-06-07T23:31:54.197-04:00 This blog is now located at http://jgblog.clickauction.net/. You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may click here. For feed subscribers, please update your feed subscriptions to http://jgblog.clickauction.net/feeds/posts/default. http://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/2010/06/this-blog-has-moved.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930.post-2309497237519792220Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:34:00 +00002010-03-26T14:48:07.155-04:00qualitydoctorcoveragefeedbackcareinsurancehealthreformdeductiblepricemedicalIn my online travels, I've found a few different interesting providers of healthcare price or cost information on the Internet:PriceDoc at http://www.pricedoc.com/ - seems to be the most comprehensive of all, although its network did not offer a lot of locations particularly close to me, it does seem to have a lot of listings nationwide. Also offers a unique "Priceline" style feature where you http://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/2010/03/healthcare-price-indexes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930.post-1178796799455977150Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:28:00 +00002008-10-30T01:31:59.730-04:00Imagine - a place where the state levies no taxes on individuals, but instead taxes oil companies a significant amount, and uses those revenues to support the government's own functions, and even to provide significant benefits worth hundreds or thousands of dollars to each citizen.Is this Hugo Chavez's Venezeula? Or Sarah Palin's Alaska?idea from:http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2008/11/03/http://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/2008/10/palin-vs-chavez.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930.post-2154742169649496288Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:48:00 +00002008-10-04T00:48:21.610-04:00Nuclear waste piling up at U.S. hospitals - Health care- msnbc.com: Tubes, capsules and pellets of used radioactive material are piling up in the basements and locked closets of hospitals and research installations around the country, stoking fears they could get lost or, worse, stolen by terrorists and turned into dirty bombs.http://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/2008/10/nuclear-waste-piling-up-at-us-hospitals.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930.post-7151011971312447893Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:45:00 +00002008-10-04T00:45:57.973-04:00Peter Tatchell: Ahmadinejad accepts Israel's right to exist | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: The Iranian president has said he would accept a two-state solution if the Palestinians agree. So where are the headlines?http://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/2008/10/ahmadinejad-accepts-israels-right-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930.post-4534887134919261491Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:21:00 +00002008-09-26T04:21:24.198-04:00Commentary: Financial meltdown is an absolute disaster - CNN.com: So now that we're here, what do we do? I am massively conflicted about this bailout program. The idea of government stepping in to bail out international banks that were reckless with their own business literally makes my stomach churn. We are privatizing gains and socializing losses.http://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/2008/09/privatizing-profits-socializing-losses.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930.post-2858885147418791584Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:19:00 +00002008-09-26T04:19:34.817-04:00ALEX BRUMMER: Nuked! Why our children will pay a heavy price for the scandalously short-sighted sale of our nuclear industry | Mail Online: The very idea that we should trust the future of nuclear power, one of Britain's most strategic industries, to an overseas company is extraordinary enough.But what makes the £12.5 billion takeover of nuclear generator British Energy by Electricite de France http://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/2008/09/nuked-daily-mail.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930.post-3736088779983975917Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:17:00 +00002008-09-26T02:17:21.908-04:00Israel asked US for green light to bomb nuclear sites in Iran: Israel gave serious thought this spring to launching a military strike on Iran's nuclear sites but was told by President George W Bush that he would not support it and did not expect to revise that view for the rest of his presidency, senior European diplomatic sources have told the Guardian.http://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/2008/09/israel-asked-us-for-green-light-to-bomb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930.post-3985540157717678539Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:09:00 +00002008-09-26T02:10:30.309-04:00FT.com / World - US ‘will lose financial superpower status’: The US will lose its status as the superpower of the world financial system. This world will become multi polar with the emergence of stronger, better capitalised centres in Asia and Europe, Mr Steinbrück told the German parliament. The world will never be the same again.http://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/2008/09/us-will-lose-financial-superpower.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930.post-9091952225191045508Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:57:00 +00002008-09-26T01:57:17.942-04:00Ben Smith's Blog: Obama camp: McCain's 'stunt' - Politico.com: the only thing McCain really wants suspended is the American people’s disbelief. In fact, he’s been in full campaign mode the entire time.http://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/2008/09/obama-camp-mccains-stunt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930.post-1182573205714331557Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:10:00 +00002008-08-12T23:10:14.730-04:00Travelers' Laptops May Be Detained At Border (washingtonpost.com)Federal agents may take a traveler's laptop or other electronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing, as part of border search policies the Department of Homeland Security recently disclosed.Also, officials may share copies of the laptop's contents with other agencies http://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/2008/08/travelers-laptops-may-be-detained-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930.post-6534655762731715980Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:08:00 +00002008-08-12T23:08:17.714-04:00Essentially, the bill requires Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, PayPal, Amazon, Google Checkpoint, and virtually every other "electronic payment system" to track, aggregate, and report information on nearly every electronic transaction to the IRS. They must report:The gross amount of payment card and third-party network transactions andThe name, address, and taxpayer identification http://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/2008/08/ebay-and-paypal-sellers-watch-out-irs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930.post-4726396784997793252Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:04:00 +00002008-07-30T00:32:38.991-04:00mergerdiversityfemalecompanymergedminorityentityxmsiriusradiosatellitechristiannoncommercialSirius XM radio will soon be adding a total of 12 new channels on each platform. Six that will be awarded to non-profits who wish to provide NCE (non-commercial, educational) informational programming, and another six that will be awarded to Qualified Entities (small businesses, preferably women and/or minority owned).My thoughts on who would make good use of such channels:Non-profits:1. A Nativehttp://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/2008/07/possible-new-channels-for-sirius-xm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930.post-1449396054730869013Tue, 27 May 2008 23:43:00 +00002008-05-27T19:43:25.121-04:00My Way News - Energy fears looming, new survivalists prepare:Convinced the planet's oil supply is dwindling and the world's economies are heading for a crash, some people around the country are moving onto homesteads, learning to live off their land, conserving fuel and, in some cases, stocking up on guns they expect to use to defend themselves and their supplies from desperate crowds of people http://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/2008/05/energy-survival-what-is-coming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930.post-692711868500076226Sat, 10 May 2008 22:23:00 +00002008-05-10T18:23:35.252-04:00BBC NEWS | Health | Diet treatment call for epilepsy:A special high-fat diet helps to control fits in children with epilepsy, a UK trial suggests.The number of seizures fell by a third in children on the 'ketogenic' diet, where previously they had suffered fits every day despite medication.http://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/2008/05/high-fat-diet-better-for-epilepsy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930.post-2970783674873906677Sat, 10 May 2008 22:21:00 +00002008-05-10T18:21:53.941-04:00R.O.I. - WSJ.com:I don't want to alarm anybody, but maybe it's time for Americans to start stockpiling food.No, this is not a drill.http://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/2008/05/time-to-start-stockpiling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930.post-5921760276488935055Tue, 06 May 2008 05:18:00 +00002008-05-06T01:18:09.268-04:00The forgotten constitutional amendment about voting rights. - By Bruce Ackerman and Jennifer Nou - Slate Magazine: Indiana's law insists on a photo ID to vote, which in turn requires documents, like a birth certificate or passport, that verify identity. Getting these papers costs voters money as well as time and effort. This leads to the question the court failed to ask: Does the extra expense http://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/2008/05/24th-amendment-anyone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930.post-8037616848806980605Fri, 02 May 2008 15:10:00 +00002008-05-02T11:10:54.687-04:00In Wyoming, the Dark Side of America’s Thirst for Energy - New York Times: ...like many Americans, the people in Teton County — which includes Jackson — do not understand what it takes to feed the country’s seemingly insatiable demand for energy.“Most people don’t know what goes on in an oil field,” she said. “It’s a war landscape. Those boys are out there 24 hours, even when it’s 50 below and http://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/2008/05/war-landscape-oil-exploitation-america.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930.post-4089360059416869575Fri, 02 May 2008 15:09:00 +00002008-05-02T11:09:06.455-04:00For Europe’s Middle-Class, Stagnant Wages Stunt Lifestyle - New York Times:LES ULIS, France — When their local bakery in this town south of Paris raised the price of a baguette for the third time in six months, Anne-Laure Renard and Guy Talpot bought a bread maker. When gasoline became their biggest single expense, they sold one of their two cars.http://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/2008/05/europeans-suffering-as-much-as.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930.post-1269935191892580524Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:57:00 +00002008-04-25T13:57:06.468-04:00AFA ActionAlert - Procter & Gamble promotes explicit open-mouth homosexual kissingMy letter:Dear Mr. Lafley,I am very concerned that the American Family Association has nothing better to do than harass Procter & Gamble. I would suggest that P&G continue making the best As The World Turns show possible instead of catering to a very narrow conservative agenda. Most Americans, including me, aren't http://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/2008/04/tell-p-its-okay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930.post-6445706581323491352Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:00:00 +00002008-04-16T12:02:35.783-04:00Food Costs Rising Fastest in 17 Years: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance:Wonder Bagels, in Jersey City, N.J., posted a letter from its wheat supplier, A. Oliveri & Sons, saying the recent situation was unprecedented.'The major mills across the country are using words like 'rationing' and 'shortages' if things continue,' it said. 'We will sweat out the summer together, hoping there will be some http://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/2008/04/food-prices-skyrocket.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930.post-2573182422408034670Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:55:00 +00002008-04-16T11:55:18.719-04:00Wholesale inflation is now at a 13.2% annualized rate!Wholesale prices soared in March: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance:Inflation at the wholesale level soared in March at nearly triple the rate that had been forecast as energy prices kept rising and food costs posted a much bigger jump than anticipated.The Labor Department reported Tuesday that wholesale prices rose by 1.1 percent last month, http://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/2008/04/wholesale-inflation-hits-stratosphere.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930.post-1027257028153513011Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:53:00 +00002008-04-16T11:53:04.030-04:00Co-Payments for Expensive Drugs Soar - New York Times: But the new system sticks seriously ill people with huge bills, said James Robinson, a health economist at the University of California, Berkeley. “It is very unfortunate social policy,” Dr. Robinson said. “The more the sick person pays, the less the healthy person pays.”Traditionally, the idea of insurance was to spread the costs of paying http://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/2008/04/prescription-rx-drug-costs-soar-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930.post-9022610668555374773Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:49:00 +00002008-04-16T11:49:46.183-04:00Is the era of cheap Chinese products over? - By Alexandra Harney - Slate Magazine... A perfect storm has hit China's manufacturers. So far this year, the renminbi has been appreciating at a 16 percent annualized rate. And prices for raw materials, which account for 60 percent to 70 percent of manufacturers' costs, are soaring.http://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/2008/04/chinese-no-longer-means-cheap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7024930.post-5475263526609347926Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:45:00 +00002008-04-16T11:45:06.835-04:00Try this - prime borrowers who can't pay it back!Why the next mortgage crisis may be worse. - By Mark Gimein - Slate Magazinehttp://www.clickauction.net/jgblog/2008/04/sub-prime-mortgage-fallout.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Johnathan)0