Let’s start off with the Health Insurance Reform bits: Many thanks to Florinda for noticing this item, the story of the mom who was the only person in the whole Emergency Department with health insurance. However, don’t think that mandatory health insurance would have changed that. And here’s a moving piece on health care — particularly mental health care, as it fits into our nation’s Christian traditions.
Continuing the Bush Economic Tradition: Huzzah, they are now proudly telling us that GDP went up 5.9% in Q4 of 2009. Isn’t that great? The Great Recession is officially over! Of course, that’s only if you ignore the reality of fewer jobs, higher unemployment particularly among people under 25 (many of whom don’t show up in the official statistics), collapsing consumer confidence, and stuff like that. In fact, the Christian Science Monitor has gone as far as to say that the recovery is a scam. Oh well, some jobs cost more to create than others. Real worry that the Senate decided it was more important to go home than to make sure that people on unemployment would be able to pay the rent next month.
Going to the Vitamin Store?: Not sure what to make of this chart of what science really knows about the various supplements you could buy there.
Huh, Maybe Blackwater is Out Of Control: Duh, Senate.
From the Department of WTF: The military thought it important to take time away from 2 overseas wars to spy on… Planned Parenthood? And white supremacists? Why, recruiting?
New USDA Rules on Organic Food: summary here.
“You never know who it used to be”: A local Buddhist temple is in trouble with the city. Why? Too many cats hang out there and the temple is kind enough to see to it they have food and clean water.
Sad but true: The bullet is still mightier than the restraining order. My heart goes out to everybody involved, including the students of the slain teacher. There is still a lot we don’t know about this situation yet. But ladies, one thing I do know is that you don’t owe anybody a “mercy date” or an explanation about why you want nothing to do with them. Stay away from guys that scare you! Stop answering the phone, stop talking to them, stop seeing them, cut them off cold turkey! Telling them more than once that you don’t want to talk to them is still talking to them!
Oh Shorty, you said “Pie.” And January 23rd was national pie day. (I made apple, mmmmm)
Can we have a ‘redo’ in honor of your ‘pie chart’
(it really was more of and assortment of bubbles…)
uh I guess you didn’t say “pie.” It was creative reading on my part. (I’m still going to make a pie, I will just call it Health Care Pie.:)
Yes, sad to say, the bullet is still stonger than the restraining order. I personally know of a case in Richardson, Texas. One of my FORMER employees had 3 restraining orders against him, yet, one fine Sunday morning, he murdered his wife. Shooting her 5 times in the face as she attempted to go to church. He killed this poor lady in front of his children, his grandchildren, his brother, God, and the entire congregation. He pled guilty, and will never walk as a free man again.