Making the numbers work

When I saw this headline and read this Reuters article, I was left scratching my head. My BS detecter was flashing big time. Americans more confident on healthcare costs: poll Fewer Americans are afraid that they will be unable to pay for healthcare services and fewer expect to postpone medical treatments due to costs, according to [...]

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Professional Word Abusers: A Sunday Morning Reading

I’ve had this book on my shelf since 1979. While it is no longer in print, it’s interesting to see that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Excerpted from  Word Abuse – How the words we use use us by Donna Woolfolk Cross. (New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1979 ) Chapter [...]

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5 Stars

Seriously. I got one of these the other day and used it today. It rawks.  Cleaned my sofa and love seat like a charm. Beats rollers and the vacuum cleaner all to heck. Whee!  No need to throw it away either. Just remove one of the rollers, get rid of the fur and put the roller [...]

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Sinking like a stone

Honestly, I can’t lay this at anyone’s feet but President Obama’s and the Democratic leadership.  In trying to be all things to all people, Obama has pleased very few and pissed off untold numbers from both sides of the political spectrum, and I’d wager that there are a lot of Democrats counted in that Strongly [...]

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What the 2008 Democratic Platform says about Single Payer

The answer? Nothing. Health Justice posted a tweet on Facebook allegedly from the Utah Democratic Party opposing Single Payer. One fellow responded: seriously? did they not read the party platform? I replied: They did. It ain’t in there. Tell me if you see the words Single Payer any where. It’s so watered down that it can mean [...]

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Squeeee!! New blog!

One of the things I like best about Facebook is finding old friends. I recently reconnected with a former co-worker and she and her husband have a blog!  A very good one!  Go. See. http://www.marriedgeeks.com/

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I guess Harry didn’t want to talk to me

I signed up for Harry’s tele-town hall. It was today. I didn’t get contacted. No phone call for me. Anjeanette’s Tweets:  Reid: Public option not a plan for “losers”: During this afternoon’s tele-town hall meeting on health .. http://bit.ly/vCu0F During this afternoon’s tele-town hall meeting on health care, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid was asked how [...]

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Daisy update

So…Sweetie took her to the vet and I got regular voice mail updates. Here’s what Dr. Minor (the best vet in all of Nevada) said to Sweetie: “Yay! She made it! She’s got arthritis!”  Yes, folks, that’s a victory. Our neighbor’s antifreeze didn’t get her. She lived. And now she’s old. And she has arthritis! [...]

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Too Cool

The detailed chemical structure of a single molecule has been imaged for the first time, say researchers.

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Where Is Aniysah?

From Document the Silence: On March 3rd, 2009 six year old Aniysah was taken from her mother’s arms and thrown into a legal shuffle of unaccountability, instability and discrimination. There were no records verifying that she would be taken to a safe living environment or that she was enrolled in school. Questions about her health [...]

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