January 2011
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BREAKING: Judge rules entire health care reform... →
jayparkinsonmd:
For a really good description of what’s legally going on here, read this New Republic piece. It’s long, but you’ll at least be educated on the legal implications and historical precendent of the constitutionality of the individual mandate.
The key issue here is the meaning of a single word: “activity.” In this reading, all of the past rulings on the Commerce Clause, even those...
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“Besides looking at assault patterns, he began studying patterns in the way...”
– Lower Costs and Better Care for Neediest Patients : The New Yorker (via shorterexcerpts)
We have to try. What if it’s your spouse, your parent, your child in the 5 % untreatable? As Gawande states: “There are no foregone conclusions—except that we’ll fail if we don’t even...
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Egypt may risk bank run as uprising against... →
jakke:
Egypt’s banks may risk a surge in customer withdrawals when they open for business, placing them among companies worst hit by the nationwide uprising against President Hosni Mubarak.
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Asked about the risk of a bank run, Mohamed Barakat, chairman of state-run Banque Misr and head of the country’s banking association, said in a telephone interview that Egyptian lenders are “very...
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Blizzard conditions with strong winds and lake effect snow enhancing back-to-back storms in Wisconsin may cancel official Groundhog Day ceremonies in Sun Prairie.
As of Monday, Jimmy the Groundhog was scheduled to look for his shadow on Wednesday morning, but obviously that could change.
With all the snow and wind, chances are slim that Jimmy will see his shadow. via
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“We need to cut these things that aren’t constitutionally mandated, that are kind...”
– Sarah Palin, on President Obama’s State of the Union address, to Fox News’ Greta von Susteren, Jan. 26, 2011.
(via technipol)
I said I wasn’t going to post about her. But THIS is infuriating.
(via apsies)
She’s not wrong that these programs are “on the periphery” and are “fluffery” (not a word,...
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Doctors in training taught to physically violate... →
AUSTRALIAN medical students are performing intimate examinations on unconscious and anesthetized patients without their consent.
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China blocks 'Egypt' searches on micro-blogging... →
zeitvox:
newsflick:
The continuing anti-government protests in Egypt appear to have sparked some nervousness in China. The authorities have blocked searches for the Chinese word for Egypt on micro-blogging sites, similar to Twitter.
At least one person speculates that China may be the “Next Egypt”
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4Si4: azspot: “The most recent events in Egypt... →
azspot:
“The most recent events in Egypt caused some to ponder a question that, on its face, sounds ludicrous: Has society reached the point at which Internet access is a basic human right? Is this public outcry just 21st-century indignation - one born of a world where “social networking” is…
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“White Castle is open after dark. But why is it called after dark when it’s...”
– Deep White Castle. Deep.
(Great read about a vegetarian who sits at the White Castle near where we live)
(via bestrooftalkever)
Learning from White Castle
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“We need to cut these things that aren’t constitutionally mandated, that are kind...”
– Sarah Palin, on President Obama’s State of the Union address, to Fox News’ Greta von Susteren, Jan. 26, 2011.
(via technipol)
I said I wasn’t going to post about her. But THIS is infuriating.
(via apsies)
What’s next? Libraries and schools?
Every Day, I Am Thankful
tomyhusband:
That you’re not one of those people who says “for all intensive purposes” or misuses the word “literally” like it’s a catch-all intensifier.
Or says something is a “mute point.”
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“The most touching moment today was when one of the youth leaders in Alexandria...”
– Peter Bouckaert of Human Rights Watch on the New York Times “The Lede” which is liveblogging events in Egypt (via soupsoup)
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Watchsoupsoup:
Raw footage of protests and police response in Egypt via Al-Jazeera
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China micro-blogging sites censor 'Egypt' →
infoneer-pulse:
The word “Egypt” was censored Saturday by several micro-blogging sites in China, where the ruling Communist Party is wary of issues of political reform, demands for democracy and disturbances to public order, including overseas.
On the sina.com and sohu.com sites, the Chinese equivalents of Twitter, which is censored in China, a query with the word “Egypt” returned the...
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newsflick:
50,000 protesters in Cairo. This is a clear indication that the protesters have rejected Pres Hosni Mubarak’s speech last night. They have only one demand; The resignation of their president.
The casualties of these protests are increasing. According to Al Jazeera up to 100 have died and 1,800 injured throughout the country, these figures include police deaths.
The army remain to...
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ThirdPartyNow SeparationOfCorporationAndState: US... →
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americanrevolutionpart2:
According to an article in CNET, the US Senate is planning on reintroducing a bill, initially introduced last year by Senators Lieberman(I-Conn.) and Collins (R-Maine), that would allow the US president to take control over privately owned computer systems in the case of a “National Cyber…
Not a good idea.
I find a good...
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Corrupt Politics: What's Happening in Egypt... →
promotingpeace:
The basics: Egypt is a large, mostly Arab, mostly Muslim country. At around 80 million people, it has the largest population in the Middle East and the third-largest in Africa. Most of Egypt is in North Africa, although the part of the country that borders Israel, the Sinai…