Healthcare: Why I Hate The U.S. Reason 873

I left a Facebook discussion on Single Payer healthcare when it reached the Godwin's Law point. That's where I always pull out. (TWSS).

In the meantime, I got a great info sheet from PUBLIC CITIZEN that explains things. If you can't see the whole thing, click on it for a complete view.

Ah, maybe I was born 62 years too late

Just saw this in the Smithsonian magazine. Good ole 19th century WHO CARES ABOUT GENDER? What's happened since then? How did the Christians get EVEN WORSE??? (It is the Christians, isn't it?)

And even more pride

This label is from a can of Star Snacks Peanuts. Check out the MADE WITH PRIDE!

And the Puritans Are Proud?

Sometimes I order my vitamins  from a mail order company called PURITAN'S PRIDE. They often have a special where they sell three bottles for the price of one. How can they do that? By only filling the bottles a third of the way!! After this picture-- that shows the contents of ONE BOTTLE-- I combined all three into one.

Spare Change?

Jim Hightower in his monthly newsletter has laid out a chart of the (mainly Republican) corporate contributors. A few surprises-- especially among the Democrats, but generally you know. Now let your shopping do the politics!

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Now that oil is so expensive, let's convert to CLEAN energy...

Yeah, right.

Clean my loose boweled sphincter! This is from THE NATION. (As usual, click on the picture for a larger view)

Redux: Cellphones the next Cigarettes

I've been predicting this for years. Cellphones will become the next cigarettes, with warning labels, and NO CELLPHONE areas in restaurants... maybe a complete ban. I got this today from my assemblywoman. Click on it if it's too small to read: