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Re: The Evidence That McCain Stole Solzhenitsyn's Story

KathyF — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:30:18 -0000

Not major, maybe, but in the 1973 article in US News he goes into detail about his guards:

"Some guards would just come in and do their job. When they were told to beat you they would come in and do it. Some seemed to get a big bang out of it. A lot of them were homosexual, although never toward us. Some, who were pretty damned sadistic, seemed to get a big thrill out of the beatings."

Right after that he starts talking about how important communication was with his fellow prisoners. As a writer, I can spot an opening a mile away--this was the perfect segue between his moment of solidarity with the guard, and his communications with his fellow prisoners. I can only conclude there was no moment of solidarity with the guard until 1999.

Re: Typepad's New Compose Editor And Site Changes Suck

KathyF — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:24:53 -0000

You're one of the lucky ones--you only just now got the new version. I've been using it for two weeks (I was actually a beta tester, and asked to opt out after a couple of posts). It's a real nightmare. I've had two help tickets already.

At least you are comfortable using HTML editing. That seems to be the only resort for me. Text handling is next to impossible, in both Safari and Firefox. Cutting and pasting text means importing a bunch of crap formatting.

Loading photos is now a cumbersome, faulty process.

In short, blogging is no longer fun.

Re: One social network/organizer/calendar to rule them all

KathyF — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 08:25:25 -0000

Hi, I came over from Deb's site--does she know her comments aren't working? I've tried to comment several times, most recently about the amazing Waitrose delivery service. I live nearby, and just wanted to say hi!

Re: ABQNews: Health Care Reform: An Online Debate

KathyF — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:41:58 -0000

Paul: I'm wondering why the marketplace isn't already empowered to solve the problem, and if so, why haven't they. I suspect because health care isn't like hamburgers, where the cheapest and best hamburger will win out over lesser hamburgers. Can you agree that the marketplace, ie patients, are incapable of choosing and buying health care the way they would a hamburger, especially when most health care plans are prohibitively expensive for many Americans? And when insurers are free to deny coverage to the sickest, or to deny payment for treatments when it suits their bottom line?

Re: ABQNews: Health Care Debate: Day 2

KathyF — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:32:43 -0000

Paul, just wondering, have you ever lived in another Western country that provides health care to all its citizens? Did you find it inadequate in any way? Or have you only lived in the US?

Re: ABQNews: Health Care Debate: Day 2

KathyF — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:36:43 -0000

This article in the Boston Globe explains some of the alternative options other countries, France and The Netherlands, offer their citizens, which are a lot more like what America will one day end up with. (Neither single payer, a la Canada, nor socialized medicine, a la Britain.)

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/article...

Both systems sound pretty good to me.