I Am A Prophet, for predicting the SCOTUS decision!1!!oneeleventy!! Which demonstrates only the power of … luck and coincidence. But on a semi-serious note, the tears of unfathomable sadness for the usual suspects were made unnecessarily worse by CNN and Fox News’ shoddy reporting, as Stewart handily demonstrates in the clip above. You know who …
Category Archive: healthcare
Jun 29 2012
Amazing MRI clip captures human birth
There should be a Youtube version of the Oscars, and if there was, this short clip by Bamberg C, Rademacher G, Güttler F, et al “Human birth observed in real-time open magnetic resonance imaging,” would be in contention for the science and education categrory.
Jun 28 2012
The usual suspects go collectively insane
The good news for the extreme right is the ACA will help them cover the new expenses incurred by antidepressants and blood pressure meds. The bad news is that may not be anywhere near enough to ease their rage. Some right-wing reaction below the fold.
Jun 28 2012
Obama speaks, wingnuts threaten to move to … Canada
President Obama addressed the nation moments ago, swatting down several lies by Romney’s brief statement earlier. Meanwhile, from the same poor misled saps that brought us “Keep your government hands off Medicare!” comes a new howler, demonstrating the real world consequences of complete ignorance. On the heels of the SCOTUS decision, some angry conservatives are threatening …
Jun 28 2012
Healthcare is upheld, Chief Justice Roberts sides with White House
The Affordable Care Act was upheld as constitutional by the Supreme Court today. Conservative Chief Justice John Roberts, appointed by President George Bush, provided the key swing vote. Want to know more? The live coverage at SCOTUS Blog is just superb. The actual decision is complicated, but everyone I’ve heard from so far is calling …
Jun 26 2012
Prayer credited for saving flesh-eating bacteria victim
Aimee Copeland fought for her life against a gruesome infection and may have prevailed. Naturally, her father credits prayer:
Jun 25 2012
SCOTUS Immigration ruling & Healthcare decision
Update 10 AM: Word is no HCR decision today, probably Thursday. No way to know if that’s true, it’s just a plausible sounding rumor being passed around the new media community in the last few minutes. If so I’ll be nailed to my chair blogging the injustice of the Justices here. And I’ll be wearing …
Jun 24 2012
Healthcare ruling may come tomorrow
The long anticipated healthcare ruling may come as early as tomorrow say some court watchers. A panel of Conlaw experts weighed in and said the law should be upheld as constitutional, then went on to say it probably won’t be:
Jun 19 2012
And I thought I was having a tough week
I guess that puts my little struggle over FMLA paperwork in context. This guy is amazingly lucky. HuffPo– A Miami teen who was impaled in the forehead in a spearfishing gun accident in early June is very, very lucky, according to surgeons who were able to remove the long piece of metal that was lodged all …
Jun 15 2012
Meanwhile, back at the League of Doom
Conservatives have a dilemma. Much of the hated Affordable Care Act has been well received by Americans not on the Kochwhore payroll. Even Scott Walker almost flubbed up on this.
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