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December 3rd, 2011

Forbes on the Affordable Care Act

If you believe that the end of private, for-profit health insurance is some type of nefarious step towards a socialist society, then you might want to attend church this Sunday to mourn the loss of health insurers being able to worm out of covering the bills of a cancer patient because she forgot to write down on her application that she had skin acne for three months when she was a teenager.

Of course, those of you who fear the inevitable arrival of universal health care really shouldn’t be too fretful. There will always be a for-profit health insurance industry for those who want to pay for it. The only difference will be that those who cannot afford private coverage will also have an opportunity to get their families the medical care that they need

Everyone wins-except the for-profit health insurers.

I can live with that.

November 22nd, 2011

sibilance: Helpful Amazon review of the day

This review is from: Defense Technology 56895 MK-9 Stream, 1.3% Red Band/1.3% Blue Band Pepper Spray (Misc.)

Whenever I need to breezily inflict discipline on unruly citizens, I know I can trust Defense Technology 56895 MK-9 Stream, 1.3% Red Band/1.3% Blue Band Pepper Spray to get the…

I just ordered a few cans. Let the suppression begin! Now if only this was eligible for Prime shipping!

From the product page:

Product Features

Defense Technology
56895
Personal Defense
#VALUE!

Reblogged from sibilance

November 7th, 2011

No comprende.

merlin:

Jian Sword Dancing (Ripped version) - YouTube

Man. I sure do like the internet today.

Reblogged from kung fu grippe

October 29th, 2011

colonialgoods:

If we made a timepiece, navy and white…

Sorry, but there isn’t a watch on this planet worth $35,000 dollars. Ridiculous.

(Source: whereisthecoool)

Reblogged from Colonial Goods

October 25th, 2011

Zoom

What the hell. Where is Tony Danza?

Reblogged from Shit That Siri Says

October 22nd, 2011

Zoom

explodingdog:

the almost Monster

Exploding Dog is getting better. I’ve enjoyed them on Tumblr since I starting tumblring, but the art and writing I think have continually improved, and for me have jumped a leap and half-a-bound recently.

Reblogged from explodingdog

October 22nd, 2011

utnereader:

(via The Fox is Black)

The video above was shot completely with an iPhone 4S, and the quality is stunning. I wonder how many people would have guessed it was shot on an iPhone if they didn’t have previous knowledge?

The video was made by Benjamin Dowie, who did a wonderful job of capturing a day at the beach, but couldn’t anyone do the same with an iPhone and a bit of knowledge of filmmaking? That’s kind of the magic with this update is that we all have the potential to make beautiful things. The iPhone is good at cashing in on this, democratizing tools and allowing most people to create amazing things, like what Instragram does with photography.

The video is amazing on these phones. Now I just need to learn to shoot and edit video.

Reblogged from Utne Reader

October 15th, 2011

He added that he was disappointed that members of Congress from New York, especially Senator Charles E. Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, had not come out swinging for an industry that donates heavily to their campaigns. “They need to understand who their constituency is,” he said.

this, in a nutshell, is what is wrong with america

constituents are not the fatcats who give politicians the money

they are the everyone

In Private Conversation, Wall Street Is More Critical of Protesters - NYTimes.com

(via fred-wilson)

This.

Reblogged from Deets After Dark

October 10th, 2011