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To catch you up on current events, the House Republicans are currently lying on the floor, holding their breath, and turning blue, in a last ditch effort to get someone to make the Affordable Care Act (A/K/A Obamacare) go away. What terrifies them is not the idea that the program will fail, but that, in fact, it will succeed. And the thought of working people, children, and the poor having health coverage makes them panicky for some reason.

To that end, the Tea Party noise machine has done everything it can to spread misinformation about the law, prevent it from being implemented, and block the government from providing basic information about how the Affordable Care Act works. This is a familiar tactic from other recent political battles: frantically cut the legs out from under the law at the legislative level, then scream that it obviously doesn’t work, and try to have it eliminated.

Here are the facts the hissy-fit crew don’t want you to know:

If you have insurance, you keep it. Nothing changes.

If you apply for insurance, and you have a preexisting condition, most insurers can no longer deny you coverage.

If you can’t afford insurance, the government will help you pay.

Your insurance coverage, whatever it is - whether it is supplied by your employer, or you go and get it yourself in the new health insurance marketplaces - will help pay for everything from preventative care, to doctor’s visits, to prescriptions. Because working people shouldn’t be one accident or illness away from bankruptcy. This is a simple matter of decency and social fairness. I am confused why anyone thinks otherwise.

Some people worry if they don’t get insurance, they will go to jail. This is a falsehood. However, in 2014, if you do not have health insurance, you have to get some, or pay a fee. And you say: but why do I need health insurance?? I’m not sick and I don’t need medical care! But if you get hit by a drunk driver, you will need care. Or if you slip on the ice. Or if you’re diagnosed with a malignant tumor. Everyone is in the health care market… ill health is an inevitable part of the human existence.

Don’t worry signing up will be hard! Help finding a plan is available.

The ACA means your insurer cannot drop you just because you get sick. It also means insurers cannot set arbitrary limits on how much they will spend on your care each year. Need more care? Get more money.

The ACA protects your choice of doctors, and makes sure your children can stay on your health plan until they’re 26. It guarantees your right to appeal if your insurer tries to dick you out of your fair coverage.

Guess what else? The money you’re spending on insurance? The insurance companies now face an 80/20 requirement, meaning that they have to spend 80% of what they make on health care, not on marketing, or administration, or other happy-crappy. Now they have to do less selling, more doing.

There’s a lot more to learn, if you want - all the facts are right here - but there is no reason to be afraid of the law. The goal is to protect families from the worst: the debilitating illness that wipes them out financially and closes the door to opportunity.

For creative people, the ACA is probably the best thing to happen in decades. I can’t tell you how many comic book creators are one sickness from having everything swept away. The creative class has been one of the great engines of the American economy, and in that way, the Republican attack on the Affordable Care Act is an attack on what America does best: invent and create.

Again: all the information you need, including how to sign up, is right here. Take a few minutes and get some facts for yourself. You won’t need more than a few minutes - this is simple, not hard, and a positive, not a negative.

By all means, reblog this post. It’s important for people to get good information. You can help by passing along the essential facts.

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Hey, @undergroundstars! YOU KNOW YOU WANT THEM.

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CASTING SHMASTING, I'M WATCHING FOR THE SCENERY (and for once, "scenery" is not a euphemism for "pretty menfolk")

Ken Branagh shows his true colors in this adaptation of Shakespeare’s play. His comedy is perfectand his timing and editing work in synch with the material, never overpowering it or his vision trying to surpass it. It also shows the troubles of his casting, not always able to cast the right actors for the right part, such as Keanu Reeves or Kate Beckinsale. Keanu does nothing but smirk at the camera making me wonder why no one would ever think this guy was up to anything other than mischief. And Beckinsale barely does or says anything to make her character more important than Thompson’s and because she plays it safe she becomes forgettable. Other than these two casting bits, I have no qualms against it. The wit and excellence Branagh shows in this adaptation makes me yearn for him to do another adaptation soon.

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Uh, yes please. (As a knitter, I really believe that the idea of fiber animals on demand should be a Real Thing.)

SCP-1296: Dial-A-Llama

SCP-1296 is a Volga M24 model automobile belonging to a service identifying as Dial-a-Llama. The vehicle itself displays minor physical alteration: baggage bars have been installed on the roof, the rear seats have been removed, and the vehicle is incorrectly labeled as manufactured by the Toyota company. The Dial-a-Llama company’s contact information and slogans are painted on the sides of the vehicle.

Upon calling the provided telephone number, callers will be put in contact with a sales representative from Dial-a-Llama, henceforth referred to as SCP-1296a. Attempts to find the location of SCP-1296a or to acquire information not regarding orders have failed.

SCP-1296 will manifest within two hours of placing the order at the caller’s location, regardless of any changes in location made during the time between the call and the delivery. No maximum range to SCP-1296’s manifestations has been found, but it will require adequate space for the vehicle to manifest. Attempts to track SCP-1296 have failed: GPS devices attached to the vehicle have ceased function after SCP-1296 has left view, and it has consistently evaded pursuit. SCP-1296 will always manifest with one driver of varying appearance, and two to eight llamas. The cost of the order will vary without apparent pattern.

Interview and testing logs can be found in the primary document.

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EHRMAGERRRRRRRRRD

‏@chaoticgirlie: ATTN: @cleolinda Look, It’s a Thorgi.

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Happy 32nd birthday to this idiot!

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Oh my darling darling boy.

if you’re sad then remember that there are things even David Tennant can’t do  

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eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (infinity)

SteveTonyFest Knitted Appreciation!

(i have no rights to the characters or comic, i just like to make them out of yarn. the basic dolly pattern is mine.)

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This is porn.

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DAT SASS.

I officially cannot with this man anymore.  XD

And I cannot wait to see all the awesome outfits by people who take this as a challenge. Because they will.

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That face is the very definition of naughty.

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I'd love to see this documentary!

“Think of the phrase ‘The ripping of the fabric of time and space’. I wanted to get that ‘tearing’ sound. So I went to a piano that had all its front taken off and it was just a frame with the strings.  I took a key, my front door key and scraped it down one of the strings.  That gave the ‘rippy’ sort of sound. We then took that and changed the speed of it so we could get different pitches. We cut those together, literally cutting the tape with a razor blade and sticking it together. We played it through feedback machines and you play the sound back upon itself as it’s recording so you get this ripple effect of the echo.  And if you do that when the sound is being played backwards, the echo appears to come towards you. If you then turn it around so that the sound is going forwards, it appears to be going away from you. I wanted to get that ‘coming and going’ sound, the rising and falling.”

-Brian Hodgson, describing how he created the materialisation/de-materialisation sound of the TARDIS. A sound that is of course still used today. (Taken from the DW origins Documentary) 

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I love sassy Loki putting on lipstick and being all "GURL, I GOT THIS" to the lady's maid behind him.

The Wedding Preparations by ~Hellanim

This is an illustration for the Thrymskvitha, in which Thor and Loki disguise themselves as a bride and her maid in order to recover the stolen Mjolnir.

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Happy 49th Anniversary Doctor Who

A man is the sum of his memories. A Time Lord even more so

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"What you mean, you ain't never seen Bad Boys II?!"

Some of my favourite Fuzz Facts (part 4).

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HAPPY SLAPSGIVING, Y'ALL!