It’s playoff time.

Hi, everyone.  It is Sunday January 5, 2014 – coming to you from Sunset Beach, North Carolina.

We’ll run down all 4 games – yesterday’s two games and today’s 2 remaining wildcard games -- and how Mark Twain fits in – along with the possibility that NFL fans are soft – or broke. Does our economy have a tie-in to the threatened black-outs of 3 wildcard games?

And we will also look at all these issues:

The next coaches to be hired and fired.

The Bears signing Jay Cutler to an eye-popping deal.

Why a dopey NFL rule keeps the Steelers out of the playoffs.

And, we’ll talk some college ball: Charlie Strong, the national championship, and Tebow going to the broadcast booth.

We’re in the middle of wildcard weekend -- with my man Boychic, or as you know him -- our Informed Not Inflamed Football Insider -- Eric Snyder. He’s on the Power Hour with J T The Brick and Paulie on 920 AM in Vegas. He comes to us from the gambling capital of the world.

Today we’re talking about staying healthy within your budget.

So how do you keep your medical costs down with a high deductible plan -- while also staying healthy?

Dr. John Weisberg is a chiropractor and expert on alternative medicine.  He runs the Seaside Wellness Center in Wilmington, North Carolina.

It’s playoff time.

Hi, everyone.  It is Saturday January 4, 2014 – coming to you from Sunset Beach, North Carolina.

We’ll run down all 4 games for you this weekend.

And we will look at all these issues:

The next coaches to be hired and fired.

The Bears signing Jay Cutler to an eye-popping deal.

Why a dopey NFL rule keeps the Steelers out of the playoffs.

And, Tebow going to the broadcast booth – and his possible problems there.

We’re looking ahead to wildcard weekend -- with my man Boychic, or as you know him -- our Informed Not Inflamed Football Insider -- Eric Snyder. He’s on the Power Hour with J T The Brick and Paulie on 920 AM in Vegas. He comes to us from the gambling capital of the world – Las Vegas.

Benghazi NY Times Report Reveals US Ignorance and Opportunism

The New York Times has completed its investigation on the attack on Benghazi.  It does not put this controversy to rest.  We will try here, though.

It is Thursday January 2, 2014, coming to you from Sunset Beach, NC.

Read the Times report. It was out Sunday.  But I am only reporting now because I wanted more time to read and think about it.

So far, the Times piece offers the most credible response to the right-wing takes on the attack that killed four Americans including Ambassador Chris Stephens.

You need to read other reports too – with the Times piece.  The Weekly Standard also had a good piece rebutting the talking points in the Times piece.

Here are the main points of the New York Times investigation by David Kirkpatrick:

Obama Care Distortions to ring in the New Year – before you want to ring someone’s neck.

You could lose your health care policy because it is sub-par even though it’s a good policy.

And you could have signed up – but those first few days of January you might not be able to go to the doctor.

Or you could get hit with a 55-thousand dollar hospital bill for appendicitis.  You will have to hear this to believe it.  But you will understand the screwed medical delivery system in our country – the same one our esteemed and paid off speaker of the house calls the greatest. 

It is Tuesday, December 31, 2013 – coming to you from Sunset Beach, NC.

Our Informed Not Inflamed Health Care expert is Michelle Katz.  She is a nurse, patient advocate, and a blogger.

You can catch Michelle on ABC News as a health contributor.  Her website is health care hacker dot-org.  She comes to us from Southern California.

It’s our final weekly NFL regular season preview.

We look at the playoff implications.

Issues we’ll touch on. Arizona Cardinals could finish with 10-wins and sit out the playoffs while an 8-win team goes.  Do we need some changes here? 

And could the NFL come to Las Vegas? We’ll talk a little inside Vegas politics and inside football.

We’re looking ahead to the final week of the NFL regular season -- with our Informed Not Inflamed Football Insider Eric Snyder. He’s on the Power Hour with J T The Brick and Paulie on 920 AM in Vegas. He comes to us from the gambling capital of the world – Las Vegas -- today.

This is nerdy inside football stuff.  It reminds me of primary night in politics.  Election night is the Super Bowl – which is easy compared to primary night.  Primary night is a ton of info and numbers -- that takes a while to get through.  So let’s get into the weeds here, my friend.

Today we look at today’s games and the playoff implications. Cards vs. 49ers. Panthers hosting Saints. Patriots and the Ravens. Plus Colts and Chiefs.  And will the Cowboys choke again in December.

Issues we’ll touch on. How do you keep all these playoff possibilities straight? Gruden to Austin? Seahawks-49ers fans getting feisty good. And sure you want a white Christmas but a white Super Bowl?

We’re looking ahead to the NFL Week 15 -- with our Informed Not Inflamed Football Insider Eric Snyder. He’s on the Power Hour with J T The Brick and Paulie on 920 AM in Vegas.

It’s our weekly NFL preview. It’s week 15

Today we look at these games:

Cowboys-Packers, Pats-Dolphins. Panthers-Jets. Saints-Rams. 49ers-Bucs. Ravens-Lions.

Issues we’ll touch on. RG-3 Shanahan controversy. And Mack Brown retiring from the Longhorns. And the exhumation of the body of Jovan Belcher.

We’re looking ahead to the NFL Week 15 -- with our Informed Not Inflamed Football Insider Eric Snyder – who was a Texas Longhorn.  He’s on the Power Hour with J T The Brick and Paulie on 920 AM in Vegas.

He comes to us from Las Vegas.

It’s our weekly NFL preview. It’s week 14

Today we look at these games:

Pats-Browns. Seahawks-49ers. Saints-Panthers. Cowboys-Bears.

Issues we’ll touch on. The firing of Gary Kubiak.  Tebow going to Italy. Reaction to Tomlin fine. My bias against dome teams.

We’re looking ahead to the NFL Week 14 -- with our Informed Not Inflamed Football Insider Eric Snyder.  He’s on the Power Hour with J T The Brick and Paulie on 920 AM in Vegas.

He comes to us from Las Vegas.

I want to introduce you to a new form of news network – that I use and I am a part of. It’s called The Breaking News Network.  Check it out at www.TheBreakingNewsNetwork.com.You will see the best media and blog feeds from 350 different US cities. But The Breaking News Network is more than just news. It’s branding for your company and it is also helping the social good. The creator is Patrick Kitano.  Patrick is an entrepreneur in the technology and financial fields.  He is also a friend and colleague. Patrick comes to us from San Francisco.  Patrick, welcome. For disclosure’s sake: Patrick and I – along with my business partner Susan Anzalone in NOWtv – are working on a number of projects, some of which we will discuss here today. Patrick, before we get into some of those, let’s introduce people to what The Breaking News Network is.  It is called the largest hyper-local network in the US.  What do you mean by hyper-local? Why is this needed?  Is this replacing or complementing newsrooms?  How can we news consumers use it?