Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Paul Krugman on GOP Plans for Medicare

It would end Medicare and replace it with a Vouchercare, cutting checks to insurance companies.  Let's be honest, folks - if people actually want lower cost medical care, then the best way to go is a single payer system.  Medicare costs have grown, true, but is still admiistratively much cheaper than private insurance, which has to pay the heavy administrative costs for denying people coverage.  Let's also keep in mind the figure 40,000 - the number of people who die each year because of lack of medical coverage.

 

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NY Times: Just Drive, She Said

Interesting article on recent events driving some change in thought about women's rights in places that have been resistant to improving the view of women.

 

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Friday, June 3, 2011

The Drug War: A Failed Policy

The ACLU here lists a variety of reasons why the drug war has failed, and ways to improve the situation.

 

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decaf?! - Loldogs, Dogs 'n' Puppy Dog Pictures - I Has A Hotdog!

MI6 has a Sense of Humor? Who Knew?

Thanks Mark for the link and the title... For a good laugh, at the expense of Al Qaeda, yet, see this article.

 

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Eye of newt, - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?

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I'm about this good at cooking...

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Thursday, June 2, 2011