All excerpts are quoted from the respective link(s). Read more... (448 words, estimated 1:48 mins reading time) Top 50 US Craft Brewers by Sales (MAP) | Sloshspot Blog – You may have seen the map we created earlier this year using the data from 2007 sales, and we now present the updated version with figures ...
If opting-out becomes a reality in the healthcare reform bill, it is almost certain to be a political wedge and a litmus test of Conservative Values for Republicans. No GOP incumbent will stave off primary challenges without walking the coals and rejecting ’socialized medicine’. As a anecdote, consider this Wired magazine article about parents who opt-out ...
All excerpts are quoted from the respective link(s). Read more... (322 words, estimated 1:17 mins reading time) Visualizing the Flu : Visualizing Swine Flu – H1N1 ! « Goomedic.com – Visualization is a not that tricky , however in such viral news as H1N1 its badly needed , either to track the new cases or ...
As if you needed another reason to hate Walmart (all emphasis mine): Around the time that the young Sam Walton opened his first stores, John Kennedy redeemed a presidential campaign promise by persuading Congress to extend the minimum wage to retail workers, who had until then not been covered by the law. Congress granted an exclusion, ...
All excerpts are quoted from the respective link(s). Read more... (211 words, estimated 51 secs reading time) AAAS – AAAS News Release – "AAAS Debuts New Voting Research Database to Aid Study and Improvement of Elections" – The ambitious project—the first of its kind in the United States—will permit fast, free access to research focused ...
All excerpts are quoted from the respective link(s). Read more... (121 words, estimated 29 secs reading time) 4 Trends That Will Dominate This Century | Over the Seas – We have almost finished the first decade of the 21st Century and change is afoot on a massive scale. Here are 4 trends that are ...
Americans seem to really like the choice of a government run healthcare program. One of the core problems has been an inability to explain what the public option actually means. Jesse Jackson Jr. has the best metaphor I have encountered throughout the debate, one which he said he heard from the President: Read more... (238 ...
All excerpts are quoted from the respective link(s). Read more... (237 words, estimated 57 secs reading time) The Most Outrageous U.S. Lies About Global Healthcare | Foreign Policy – As the U.S. Congress this summer holds its first serious health-care reform debate since the Clinton era, the resulting public furor has featured increasingly overheated claims ...
Obama and company are totally losing the war for healthcare reform. The griefers, birthers, deathers, and teabaggers have claimed the rhetorical high ground with ridiculous cries of SOCIALISM!!!!1 and toilet paper rationing, or that Obama’s legislation (!) will “pullin’ the plug on grandma!”. It’s not a matter of facts, because in our culture, facts don’t ...
If you are wondering whether we are seeing a real ‘grassroots rebellion’ or coordinated astroturfing, all you need do is listen for the talking points and observing how well the ‘protesters’ stick to the script. ...
