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Category: Social Commentary
Reasonable persons still wonder why some others insist that permitting gay marriage will threaten heterosexual marriage. Now we find out: it happens as an unintended consequence. Take Texas (please): Texas' gay marriage ban may have banned all marriages By Dave...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 9:35 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Social Commentary
A meme making the rounds in some circles is this: Prayer for Obama, Psalm 109:8. This is what is known as an imprecatory prayer, that is, a prayer that expresses ill will toward another. This particular bit of verse...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 7:41 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Armchair Musings
I spend a lot of time working with gang kids. One of the amusing things, is to see some of these kids strutting around, feeling like a million bucks, because they are so smart. In actuality, they have IQs in...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 7:28 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Science News
This is about chronic fatigue syndrome and the association with XMRV. I apologize in advance for the provocative title, and the subsequent gratuitous references to the Nobel Prize, but there is a point to this. Take a look at this...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 9:04 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Social Commentary
This is a bad sign. Specifically, it is an instance of the mainstream media starting to hint at the truth. I take this as a sign that things are getting worse, as the effort to keep up the pretense is...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 2:50 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
There is an interesting parallel between the fight over rural electrification, in 1935, and the current health insurance debate. (HT dangerousmeta) How FDR Enacted his "Public Option" By Bob Simmons, Crosscut.com, Guest Writer, 9-13-09...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 8:57 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Medicine
The health care reform process is getting extremely ugly. Healthcare insurers get upper hand Obama's overhaul fight is being won by the industry, experts say. The end result may be a financial 'bonanza.' LA Times By Tom Hamburger and Kim...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 9:05 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Social Commentary
The way that the debate over health care is being conducted is brazen and disturbing. If it turns out to be a flashpoint for violence -- as it may -- it will be profoundly ironic: our efforts to improve health...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 1:23 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Social Commentary
This is one of those sickening things that is all too common: Tucumcari police chief Tasers 14-year-old Girl recovering after dart surgically removed from her head Friday, Jul 3 2009, 7:08 pm By Chelle Delaney: Freedom New Mexico...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 8:43 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Social Commentary
Revere has an alarming post about one potential problem. This could occur if there is a serious influenza pandemic: Swine flu: breaking the acute care system [H]hospitals and emergency departments have been shrinking, while their patient populations have been growing....
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 11:52 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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