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The Twist #242: Farewell Senator Feinstein, Military Madness, and The Twist Moves to Fridays
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we salute the late, great Diane Feinstein, pray for the safety of General Milley after calls for his execution, and welcome everyone to our new timeslot on Friday mornings.
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Savvy Senior: Does Medicare Cover Second Medical Opinions?
By Jim Miller
Dear Savvy Senior,
Does Medicare cover second medical opinions? The doctor I currently see thinks I need a knee replacement, but I would like to get some other treatment options before I proceed. What can you tell me?
Limping Larry
Dear Larry,
Getting a second medical opinion from another doctor is a smart idea that may offer you a fresh perspective and additional options for treating your knee so you can make a more informed decision. Or, if the second doctor agrees with your current one, it can give you some reassurance.
Yes, Medicare does pay for second opinions if your current doctor has recommended surgery, or some other major diagnostic or therapeutic procedure.
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The Twist Podcast #241: New Pop Smart News Feature, Roller Coaster Realness, and an Interview with Deaf Action Center’s David Hylan
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as debut ‘Pop Smart,’ Rick’s entertainment and culture beat; fasten our seatbelts for America’s best roller coasters; and catch up with Deaf Action Center’s David Hylan on the occasion of his upcoming retirement.
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Now on Spotify! Five of My Audiobooks
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The Weekly Readlines September 22 (Now with Audio)
BIG CUP: THE WEEK’S TOP STORIES
Attorney General Merrick Garland was subjected to cartoonish grilling in a House Judiciary hearing by Republican senators intent on pleasing the MAGA base and no one else.
Five Americans held in Iran have been released in a deal arranged by the Biden Administration and immediately criticized by the Right … because Biden.
Lauren Boebert apologized for vaping in a a public theater, but not for being groped by her date at a family-friendly show. Bonus: the woman who asked her to stop vaping was pregnant. So much for parental rights. A drag queen would never put an unborn child in danger like this!
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has accused India of sponsoring the assassination of a Sikh leader in Canada. India cancels lunch buffets in Ottawa as conflict escalates.
Republicans and media double-team relentless ‘Biden is old and diminished’ agitprop while Trump gives a speech claiming Obama is the president, and Biden will lead us into World War II. You decide.
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Savvy Senior: Best Stair Lifts of 2023
By Jim Miller
Dear Savvy Senior,
Because of chronic arthritis, I have a very difficult time going up and down stairs anymore and am interested in purchasing a stair lift for my two-story house. Can you recommend some good companies?
Arthritic Andy
Dear Andy,
Yes, of course! A good home stair lift is a great mobility solution for anyone who is unable, or has a difficult time climbing stairs. To help you choose a quality stair lift that meets your needs and budget, here are a few shopping tips along with some top-rated companies.
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RetireGuide Offers LGBTQ+ Elder Health Care Guide
RetireGuide has included a valuable Care Guide for LGBTQ+ elders that includes such topics as:
Why Do LGBTQ+ Elders Have Low Rates of Health Insurance?
What Health Care Challenges Do LGBTQ+ Elders Face?
Discrimination
Greater Risk
Medicare Bill Rejection
and more.
You can read the entire Guide HERE.
RetireGuide is a health and wealth website dedicated to providing accurate information and research on a variety of retirement topics. We do this through a stringent editorial process that involves fact-checking, attribution to reputable sources, insight from financial experts and original reporting from a team of experienced journalists.
RetireGuide offers a wide variety of information for seniors about housing, healthcare, insurance, and financial planning. Sharing this is not intended as an endorsement of their products or services. – LGBTSr
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The Twist Podcast #240: Fun Days in Philly, Food Court Faves, and an Interview with Cannabis Activist Alan Robinson
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as rundown Mark’s great two-night trip to Philly, list some favorite food court hotspots, and enjoy Rick’s interview with cannabis activist and advocate Alan Robinson.
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On the Map: Return to Philly, the Morris House Hotel, and Eddie Izzard at the Miller Theater
Click to hear audio version.
By Mark McNeaseIt was a whirlwind two days, as Frank and I headed to Philadelphia for another two-night getaway in a favorite city. After having spent decades in New York prior to our permanent move to rural New Jersey, we now enjoy taking trips to Philly just an hour away. It’s an easy drive, an easy city to be in, and it offers everything you could want in a major metropolis: museums, restaurants, theater, walking (and more walking), lots of history, and our preferred place to stay: the historic Morris House Hotel, located within a short walking distance of everything we enjoy.
This trip was my gift to Frank for our 10th wedding anniversary, and I didn’t want to scrimp. Fine food? You got it! Hotel we love to stay in? You got it! Surprise show at the Kimmel Center? You got it! And while we remember all our trips, this was special. I got a foot massage within an hour of arriving, while Frank racked up his multi-thousand-step daily routine. We had dinner at Buca D’Oro with his niece Jessica, who just started attending Drexel for her graduate law degree. Day two saw us walking with Jess, hitting 25,000-plus steps on my own pedometer and seeing her school up close.
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The Weekly Readlines September 15
BIG CUP: THE WEEK’S TOP STORIES
Sure to be repeated daily in what passes for breaking news, Hunter Biden has been indicted on gun charges no one else would be if their name wasn’t Biden. We wait patiently for an NRA statement in his defense.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy fed the last scraps of his soul to the MAGA hounds, ordering an impeachment inquiry into President Biden and his “crime family.” (Surely there has never been a more terrifying Mafia don than Jill Biden!). One good note: White House Counsel under Trump issued a ruling that an impeachment inquiry without a house vote was illegitimate and did not have to be complied with.
The Right’s war on diversity continues to take casualties, as more corporations drop their diversity training. Happy days are here again for white America!
Senator John Fetterman celebrated Biden’s win on marijuana, and Mitt Romney announced he will not run again in 2024, while expressing his belief that most of the Republican party no longer believes in the Constitution.
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Book Reading Notice in the Bucks County Herald. See You There!
It’s coming up fast! Join us for a Halloween-ish reading of my newest book: I, Warlock: The Warlock Wars Book I, at Bucks on Bridge coffee shop in Lambertville. Friday, October 13, 6 pm. It will be absolutely bewitching!
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9/11 Twenty-Two Years Later
Tuesday, September 11, 2001. I’d just started working at Reuters News in Times Square. It was a beautiful, clear day with blue skies. I got my coffee and went to my desk on the 19th floor … and soon the commotion started. I called my boss who was in London and told him a small plane had hit the World Trade Center. That’s what we thought had happened. It didn’t take long to know what it really was: a passenger plane flying into one building, with another soon to come.We could see the towers from a corner window in the newsroom. At some point we were told to draw the blinds and turn off the lights, in case more was coming. And now it’s 22 years later.I don’t spend much time reminiscing, especially about such horrific events, but when I see what’s going on in the country now, how deep the chasms are, how furious and angry and on-the-verge-of-violence it all is, I can’t help thinking: they won. They turned us into a paranoid, enraged, self-hating nation of tribes that blame each other for the perceived end of it all, this imaginary America with its imaginary past and its imaginary future. We live in a perpetual “culture war” fed by fantasies of civil war, and revenge, and the satisfying smell of the defeated bodies of our enemies strewn at our feet.What more could they have asked for, those terrorists? How much more completely could they have destroyed us than we are destroying ourselves? We’re constantly trying to “take our country back,” without admitting that the people we fight to take it back from is us. They won. And as long as we continue down this road of destruction that appears to have no exit, they will continue winning. “To the victor go the spoils.” No one ever said the victor had to be alive. -
The Twist Podcast #239: Embracing the Clutter, Spicey Food Trends, and a Catch Up Interview with Performer Scott Kaske
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we reconsider clutter, check out some spice do’s and don’ts, and enjoy Rick’s catch up interview with performer Scott Kaske.
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