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Courtney Love loses custody of her daughter
An article “clarifying” the latest Courtney Love custody decision… Courtney Love in wake of losing custody of Frances Bean: ‘terrible influences, pure evil’ By Vicki Hyman/The Star-Ledger December 15, 2009, 10:29AM Courtney Love has left a string of only occasionally coherent messages on her Facebook page in the wake of a Los Angeles court decision to give temporary custody of Frances Bean Cobain to the girl’s paternal grandmother: “cruelty to children and people too young to understand that under that rock isnt gold its only,.,,,,, utah on steroids” and “terrible influences, pure evil. and a poor baby caught inside a trap”. The divorce attorneys helped to complete all necessary documentation…
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Congress Adds Mental Health Parity Act to Bailout
From Bloomberg… Mental Health Coverage Expanded by Rescue Package (Update2) By Aliza Marcus Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) — Health insurers that provide mental- health benefits will be barred from providing less coverage than they do for other medical services under the $700 billion financial-markets rescue package approved by Congress. The plan was backed by a 263-171 vote in the House of Representatives today and signed by President George W. Bush. The package incorporates a measure requiring so-called mental health parity for health plans enrolling more than 50 employees. “Aren’t we all pleased across America that this legislation includes the mental health parity act?” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, said…
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Mental Health Parity
This is an editorial from the NY Times… October 1, 2008 Editorial Oh So Close to Mental Health Parity Congress is within a whisker of passing a sound and fair-minded bill to require that group health insurance coverage for mental illness and substance abuse be provided on the same terms as coverage for physical illnesses. It would be a shame if the legislation, which caps more than a decade of struggle to achieve mental health parity in insurance coverage, were allowed to die while Congressional energies are focused on the all-consuming economic crisis. The bill would not require employers or health plans to cover mental illness or drug or alcohol…
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Andy Dick… Wow, what a mess
Well, I haven’t written anything EVER about Andy Dick… but I read an article today that puts him high on the celebrity BPD meter… I also watch the YouTube clip of him being thrown off of Jimmy Kimmel’s show. Here is the article and the clip: Comedian Andy Dick arrested in drug, sexual battery case in Murrieta From the Associated Press Andy Dick, 42, was arrested today on suspicion of drug use and sexual battery in Murrieta. The former ‘NewsRadio’ star allegedly fondled a teen and pulled down her tank top outside a restaurant. Police say they found marijuana and Xanax in his possession. By David Kelly, Los Angeles Times…
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ABC News Reports: Ignored Psych Patient Dies on Hospital Floor
Ignored Psych patient dies in NY hospital…. Ignored Psych Patient Dies on Hospital Floor Video Shows Death in NYC Hospital Already Faces a Lawsuit for ‘Squalid’ Psych Care By DAVID SCHOETZ July 1, 2008— Even pared down to a few minutes, the hour-long surveillance video is disturbing. At 5:32 a.m. June 19, a woman in a hospital gown in the waiting area of the psychiatric emergency room of a New York City hospital topples first to her knees before collapsing on her face. A full hour passes. Other people stream in and out of the waiting room, including the hospital door security guard. The woman writes something on the ground…
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Judge Tells Drunk to Kill Himself
I saw this story on television this morning. The emphasis is mine. The judge should be disbarred and fired IMO: Magistrate Tells Man to Kill Himself (WXYZ) – Court officials in Novi say a magistrate “could have chosen better words” when she told a man convicted of drunk driving and other offenses that he should commit suicide by jumping to his death or slitting his wrists in a bathtub. 52nd District Court Magistrate Judith Holtz made the shocking statements during a hearing on April 10 as she was sentencing 20-year-old Michael Robert Dickey on a charge of Minor in Possession of alcohol. Dickey had two prior convictions for drunk driving…