Tom Corbett Loves Puppies

Tom Corbett Loves Puppies, 

But 4 People Still Died Today Because He Won't Allow Medicaid Expansion

That’s according to a new study by researchers at the Harvard Medical School and the City University of New York.
The study says that Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett’s refusal to expand Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act will result in 1,491 deaths this year.
Why is Corbett turning down federal funding for Medicaid expansion? Because he is playing politics over Obamacare in an election year. He wants to turn Medicaid over to his corporate insurance friends and impose illegal restrictions on who can be covered.
Every day Corbett delays the expansion of Medicaid in Pennsylvania 4 more people will die.
Expanded Medicaid coverage will not only prevent deaths, it will increase employment in Pennsylvania. A Families USA study showed that expanded coverage will result in over 40,000 new jobs in PA.

More snow on the way

We could get a foot of snow on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.

Meanwhile, in Sweden . . .

Once again it snows

Looks like we'll be shoveling again.

Meanwhile, in Antarctica:

What I Saw - February 6, 2014

 Tracks in the snow

(near the Columbia Plaza)

No, I don't think so.

(The temperature was actually 26 degrees when I took this photo.)

A few extras

Following are some pics I was posting last night right before a power interruption. I heard a loud bang - what sounded like a transformer blowing up in the distance - and then my computer shut down. The neighborhood street lights went dark, but the house lights, including mine, stayed on. Anticipating further problems, I kept the computer shut down, pulled the plugs, and kept them out until tonight.

 Clearing the sidewalk: some do it; some don't.

 A cycloptic snowman tuning into approaching weather patterns.

Actually, that thing on his head is a DIRECTV dish in the background.

 It even snowed on the river.

Stuck!

You saw it here first

Just saw a news story on WGAL's 6 p.m. report about Columbia residents using chairs to preserve their shoveled-out parking spaces. Remember folks, you saw it here first, specifically, HERE and HERE.

Street closed

Safety cones on Barber Street to alert motorists that the street is closed (due to a low-hanging utility wire). Scenes like this one were repeated at various locations around the area over the last two days.