We've all seen that movie, the one with Dennis Quaid, and he used to be a big prospect pitcher, but he blew out his arm, right? And then he goes to big league camp one year, after he's been coaching little league for like ten years, and all of a sudden he can throw like a hundred miles an hour? Yeah, that's the one. That movie sucked. Big time. But you know who probably didn't think it sucked? Oil Can Boyd. See, Oil Can Boyd, a pitcher who last played in the big leagues in 1991, wants to make
We raise our glass to John Goodman, the Cubs (please don't hit us) and the almighty Pimp; plus, not everyone is buying what the Department of Homeland Security is selling
flickr.com/photos/noprawnsDr. Pham, I presume?At first glance a press release today from the U.S. Attorney's office looks like dozens of dull media alerts the prosecutor routinely sends out alleging Medicaid fraud. Then I noticed this outrageous line in the release regarding podiatrist David Quang Pham of St. Louis and charges that the foot doctor filed bogus medical claims. In some instances, Dr. Pham submitted reimbursement
claims for treating the feet of patients, whose feet had been amputate
focusedfootcare.comUntil this past week, we here at Daily RFT had no idea about the clear connection between foot medicine and crime. But certainly such a connection exists. Consider the case of David Quang Pham. He's the St. Louis podiatrist indicted last week for fraudulently billing Medicaid and Medicare for work he claimed to perform on his patient's feet. But according to the U.S. Attorney's office some of Pham's "patients" didn't even have feet! They were amputees whose feet were removed p
Senator Claire McCaskill held a town hall meeting on healthcare reform yesterday in Hillsboro. Oh sure, you could have watched it live on at least a couple of cable outlets. Or...if you were following the right people on Twitter, you could have read up-to-the-minute updates in (almost) real time. Here are a few of the tweets from attendees. (Twitter-er's quoted here: Jaelithe, KBestOliver, ReadingMachine, EdReggi, and Clairecmc (who is Claire McCaskill herself):Jaelithe: @ClaireCMC brought he
cnn.comDid you watch President Barack Obama's speech last night to Congress? If not, you can view the entire 48-minute address here. Overall, I thought the president's plan seemed to make sense as well as address some of the sticking points conservatives have with the bill. But then, what do I know? As one reader of this blog has pointed out, I'm nothing more than a "useless liberal tool." Looking to broaden my outlook, this morning I checked out the website of the St. Louis Tea Party Coaliti
