Sorry for the delay in posting. I was travelling last week. I hope to relate some thoughts on travel and the modern world that occured to me, but not today.
It is also worth noting that I have been just about buried under comment spam lately. You guys never see this stuff because I have to approve comments by new posters. A few minutes ago I set up a filter to automatically delete comments that contain the names of a couple of high profile pharmaceuticals for men, and I hope that does some good.
On to the Shorties!
Life, on earth, in one of the most imporbable places. One scientist described it as “a bit like a person agreeing to live in a blistering sauna and be hosed at random with freezing water.” The region in question is by a volcanic sea vent blasting 400 degree Celcius water, yet the water meters away is barely above freezing.
Medical Refugees Flee to India. Yes that’s right. Medical care for certain conditions is so expensive in the United States that people are traveling to India for essential medical treatment. I guess maybe medicine can be outsourced after all.
Meanwhile, Congress has approved a bill to pay Medicare doctors a bonus for doing a “good job”, as defined by the Government of course. What could possibly go wrong?? “Doctor Brownie, you’re doin a heckuva job!”
More than you ever wanted to know about Total Travel Information Awareness, and even more.
Gee imagine that: when women are able to participate in basic decisions about their families, their children benefit. By “benefit”, I mean that they have less malnutrition, more education, and better health care. The next time some closet mysogynist tells you feminism is a problem, nay the root of all problems in this country, you tell them about this.
Everybody else seems to get it, but Washington doesn’t understand that the Iraqis want the Americans OUT. It’s a big chicken and egg thing. The Americans say “It’s chaotic here! You need us to keep the peace. Once things have calmed down we’ll get out of here.” The Iraqis reply “Yes, it’s chaotic here. Because you are here. It isn’t going to calm down as long as you remain here, so please go now.” To which the Americans reply “We can’t do that! It’s chaotic here….” Lather, rinse, repeat.
A ray of sunshine in the civil liberties nightmare, “bipartisan legislation authored by Senators Daniel Akaka (D-HI) and John Sununu (R-NH) that would add privacy and civil liberties safeguards to the Real ID Act.”
And finally a story to make any boy over the age of 5 smile (if not giggle hysterically), “How Cow Farts Become Fuel.”