I’m writing for tomorrow and have spent much of the last day trying to find a solution for the incompatibility between the needed security patches in the latest version of WordPress and several of the features in our WYSIWYG comment editing plugin for all except the administrator (me). I uninstalled and reinstalled it different ways three times to no avail. I tried two similar plugins, but their conflicts were even worse. So I put it back the way it was. The alternative is to return to the native comment editor with no advanced features for anyone. I have made inquiries to s designer of graphic editors about the possibility of a custom installation here. Meanwhile, I hope your remembrance has been pain free. Day 36.
Late (early) Update:
I overslept BIG time, so this is way late.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:55 (average 5:51). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From Upworthy: Are The Guts Of Your Cell Phone Hiding An Illegal Operation?
The good news is that, on further research, I discovered that Intel has developed a supply-chain to make a line of microprocessors that are 100% conflict-free. Kudos!
From NY Times: Hospital systems around the country have started scaling back financial assistance for lower- and middle-income people without health insurance, hoping to push them into signing up for coverage through the new online marketplaces created under the Affordable Care Act.
The trend is troubling to advocates for the uninsured, who say raising fees will inevitably cause some to skip care rather than buy insurance that they consider unaffordable. Though the number of hospitals tightening access to free or discounted care appears limited so far, many say they are considering doing so, and experts predict that stricter policies will become increasingly common.
Driving the new policies is the cost of charity care, which is partly covered by government but remains a burden for many hospitals. The new law also reduces federal aid to hospitals that treat large numbers of poor and uninsured people, creating an additional pressure on some to restrict charity care.
I actually support this hospital policy, depending on where and when it is implemented. In states where Republicans have denied healthcare to the working poor by refusing to accept federal Medicaid expansion funds, this policy would be horrid, and should not be implemented at all. However in some states, the only people who lack access to affordable health care from their employers, the exchanges or Medicaid are those who refuse to participate by their own choice. Also such a change must delayed until after the next open enrollment period, so everyone has a chance to enroll, knowing that they can’t play the system anymore. In that case, I say go for it.
From TPM: A Mississippi judge allegedly slapped a young mentally disabled black man earlier this month at a flea market and yelled "run, n—-, run," the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reported Sunday.
The family of Eric Rivers, 20, filed a complaint against Madison County Justice Court Judge Bill Weisenberger, who is white, accusing him of striking Rivers at the market on May 8 in Canton, Miss.
"This is 2014, not 1960, where someone could slap a young man and call out, ‘Run, n—–, run,’" former Canton Mayor William Truly, now president of the Canton branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, told the Clarion-Ledger.
An apparent witness, Tammy Westbrook, told the newspaper Rivers was offering to help flea market vendors unload their goods when Weisenberger slapped him twice, then yelled "run, n—-, run" as he fled. Westbrook and her sister, a vendor at the flea market, recalled that they thought Weisenberger was a law enforcement officer because he was wearing a security guard’s uniform.
The world is getting really strange when Republican judges are dressing up as rent-a-cops to assault minorities at a flea market. On the other hand, if he gets fired in Mississippi, he’ll find a warm welcome wherever else Republicans are in power.
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