Image via Wikipedia I sometimes worry that our national obsession with cleanliness and need to avoid germs at all costs is one of the things that makes us more susceptible to colds, coughs, and other maladies. Those who are the most germ-phobic seem to be ill more often than those who aren’t. And maybe it’s [...]
I know I might be nuts, but I can’t stop thinking about the woman in this ad: I don’t know what it is about her. Maybe it’s her visible anger at the prospect of a tax on soda and sugar-laden drinks that gets me riled up. I mean, the woman looks to be doing well [...]
Image via Wikipedia Jeebus: Schools might start offering abortions if healthcare reform passes, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) warned last night. Speaking on the House floor, Bachmann raised concerns about the “school based health clinics” discussed in H.R. 3200, which she said were merely “sex clinics” designed to bring Planned Parenthood into the nation’s schools. Snip [...]
Take that, you liberal fascists who want to convert everyone to Islam and impose mandatory gay marriage while suppressing our freedom by providing universal health care!
If you saw President Obama’s address, you heard a member of Congress (Joe Wilson, asshat, SC) call the President a liar when the Obama said that under his plan, illegal immigrants receive free government health care. A short while later, Wilson issued this apology: “This evening I let my emotions get the best of me [...]
Good news: Given hardening Republican opposition to Congressional health care proposals, Democrats now say they see little chance of the minority’s cooperation in approving any overhaul, and are increasingly focused on drawing support for a final plan from within their own ranks. Top Democrats said Tuesday that their go-it-alone view was being shaped by what [...]
Image by RBerteig via Flickr Wow. Just wow! Years ago, when Victoria Jackson was on Saturday Night Live, I thought her dumb-blond shtick was just a joke. I imagined that she was actually secretly brilliant and acting stupid because it was funny. Now it seems like she just acted like herself and the SNL producers [...]
Interesting. From Live Science: “We are placing these people back into February. We are dealing with a public health issue and the extension of Daylight Saving Time at both ends is extending the period of year in which people are most vulnerable to depression.” —Michael Terman, Columbia University Medical Center Snip. Daylight Saving Time effectively [...]
