Wake Up!

if you were really awake, you wouldn't be telling anyone to wake up.

Affordable Tax Raises My Premium

Just got a surprise in the mail.
My health insurance bill for January 2014
With a healthy increase of $149 a month
which apparently is to cover taxes imposed by the
Affordable Care Act.
Makes it less affordable for my family
to the tune of $1,788 a year.

very sad

as if we weren't paying enough already

Asteroid Warning System

here is a simple practical solution to the asteroid problem

early warning system

devote internationally perhaps a billion dollars a year to predicting asteroid impact
and just give people the heads up!
six months warning would be great


EVACUATE!
evacuate Madrid or Sydney or Los Angeles

and update the prediction every day!

this could save a lot of lives and yet not cost a lot
maybe a billion is way off
maybe ten million per year would be enough!
It would not save the buildings
but it might save the people/

The Affordable Recession

It looks like we may have tipped over into recession this quarter.
Is this negative growth?
It will take a long time to know.
But if it is a new recession I propose calling it the Affordable Recession, because the Affordable Care Act implementation may be the straw breaking this economy's back.