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(I might just be easily amused, though).
“Many cats, especially when young, do not fully grasp the concept of burying their work and may try creative variants such as stepping in it, burying a completely unsoiled adjacent patch of litter, or pawing retardedly at the side of the litterbox.”
hey, kitsune made it in here!
“Trimming the claws regularly also keeps them blunt which is good for when the cat decides to climb Mount You. While having its nails trimmed, the cat may scream like it is dying, which is just inexcusable whining.”
“You also have a choice of cat color. The least chosen color is black. Why do people hate black cats? Because they’re racists. Pick a black cat.”
Read the whole thing; this is ridiculous. I can’t imagine being a pregnant woman in that situation.
megan mcardle at the atlantic, a major magazine that presumably employs fact-checkers.
see, medicare is an insurance program. you become eligible for it by paying into the system via payroll taxes, similar to paying regular premiums for insurance. then, when you turn 65 or become disabled, you get access to the insurance that you’ve paid for over the years.
then there’s medicaid. it’s a welfare program, because eligibility is determined by income and asset levels, rather than by work history. there are no premiums or payroll taxes that you pay in order to get medicaid coverage.
so women close to the poverty line would likely be eligible for medicaid, not medicare. unless there are a whole lot of women over 65 (the majority of medicare recipients) who cannot afford but want abortions, this is a massive mix up.
YOU NOW KNOW MORE THAN MEGAN MCARDLE REGARDING FEDERAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS. which is nice for you and too bad for the atlantic who employs her to write about such matters.
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puppy break!
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