{"id":17342,"date":"2015-11-09T16:18:11","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T00:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=17342"},"modified":"2015-11-09T16:18:11","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T00:18:11","slug":"on-the-edge1192015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/09\/on-the-edge1192015\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Edge–11\/9\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was able to get back to sleep, after they woke me up last night, but I still feel very tired.  They put a goopy cream on my donor site to soften the thick scab so it will flake off.  It also increased the pain level.<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/sub>From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font><\/font>Presidential candidate Ben Carson has issued a dire warning that President Obama\u2019s cancellation of the Keystone Pipeline has left the United States with \u201cvirtually no place to store grain.\u201d<\/p>\n

Without the massive pipeline, Carson told Fox News, the nation\u2019s network of silos is woefully inadequate \u201cto store the bounty of grain that we soweth.\u201d <\/p>\n

Andy might as well be quoting Uncle Token, because the statement fits his stupidity level.<\/font> <\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Why any ostensibly rational person living in Kentucky, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, or Louisiana who saw this map, and still would think their states’ Republican leaders’ policies were delivering the economic growth their region so sorely needs is beyond comprehension. <\/p>\n

Where Are the Hardest Places to Live in the U.S.?<\/a>  <\/p>\n

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The toughest places to live in America<\/a> <\/p>\n

Almost every county in the U.S. has its share of haves and have-nots. But there are some regions where it’s just plain harder for Americans to thrive, places where the poor far outnumber those living in middle-class comfort. <\/p>\n

Ten counties in America stand out as the most challenging places to live, based on a survey of six criteria including median household income, disability rate and life expectancy, according to an analysis by The New York Times. <\/p>\n

The county with the dubious distinction of being the worst of all is Clay County, Kentucky, where residents can expect to die six years earlier than the average American. <\/p>\n

The other four counties ranked at the bottom of the survey include four counties in the rural south: Humphreys County, Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, Louisiana; Jefferson County, Georgia; and Lee County, Arkansas. <\/p>\n

The findings highlight an often overlooked issue in the debate about income inequality — the stubbornness of rural poverty. In the U.S., the number of poor rural residents outnumber those in the cities, with 14 percent of rural Americans living below the poverty line, compared with 12 percent in urban areas, according to the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s Rural Poverty Portal.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Of course you’d never get an inkling of any of this from watching Fox Noise. <\/p>\n