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Shorties: The Hands of Fate

Published on June 23, 2012 By bmagnus

The Things One Finds: Roman beads in ancient Japanese burial mound. Well, we all gotta go sometime: Ok, sure, we have more heart disease and cancer. We also have a whole lot less tuberculosis, flu, gastrointestinal infections, and diphtheria. Because the real purpose is to make Chertoff a nice chunk of change: Not a single terrorist has been arrested [...]

Am I Late? To the Discussion on Sex and Health Insurance, that is

Published on July 15, 2010 By bmagnus

It seems that certain loonies have realized that the recently passed health insurance reform bill actually might benefit women. To wit, people — who happen to be women by the way — who manage to get coverage in the various state pools for those who can’t get traditional insurance due to pre-existing and/or chronic conditions [...]