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POPSFrom the horse's mouth: McCain's health-care advisor's personal blog McCain's health-care advisor, John Goodman, thinks we should deal with the problem of uninsured Americans by ordering the Census Bureau to stop calling people "uninsured." I kid you not. He says that since pretty much everyone ends up getting the medical care they need somehow or other, no one's really uninsured. If you read the whole post, you'll also see that Goodman is a little confused about how employer-provided health plans work in real life. This is also the same guy who recently said, commenting on health disparities between whites and nonwhites in the U.S., that "doctors just don’t control our over-eating, over-smoking, over-drinking, and shoot-outs in the hood." (http://snipr.com/3kuaa) Nice, dude. Nice.
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POPSStudents Feel the Squeeze as Schools Ban Hugs "I see nothing wrong with hugging," said Derek Randel, the president of StoppingSchoolViolence.com. "If the teachers could tell the difference between good touch and bad touch whether someone is bullying or horse playing, that would go much farther." "We stress that our conclusion here — that recipients may be liable for their deliberate indifference to known acts of peer sexual harassment — does not mean that recipients can avoid liability only by purging their schools of actionable peer harassment or that administrators must engage in particular disciplinary action," Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote.
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POPSDengue Fever outbreak hits parts of Asia. Dengue Fever is quickly spread, when rain, and floods, in tropical areas, allow the mosquitoes that carry the virus, to breed in large numbers. Experts are questioning whether global warming is partly to blame, but I wonder what the point is. Shutting the barn door after the horse has bolted. Leading to a conclusion like 'While we have discovered that global warming is partly responsible, we have absolutely no idea what that means, or what we 're going to do about it. If we did know what to do about it, it is very unlikely that we will do anything." Except watch .
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POPSA View of the "Future" from the Past An interesting read. Some predictions are close to the mark while others now seem ridiculous. Prediction #9: Photographs will be telegraphed from any distance. If there be a battle in China a hundred years hence snapshots of its most striking events will be published in the newspapers an hour later. Even to-day photographs are being telegraphed over short distances. Photographs will reproduce all of Nature’s colors. Prediction #16: There will be No C, X or Q in our every-day alphabet. They will be abandoned because unnecessary. Spelling by sound will have been adopted, first by the newspapers. English will be a language of condensed words expressing condensed ideas, and will be more extensively spoken than any other. Russian will rank second. Prediction #13: Strawberries as Large as Apples will be eaten by our great-great-grandchildren for their Christmas dinners a hundred years hence.
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POPSAnd competent docs for all?
Oh, so lower levels of government get to pick what has the longest wait. This is not a fix of the system, but something to announce. How many have to die? Where is the outrage? Beating a dead horse, I realize, but let us pay $20 for each visit to a GP, and then people will only go when they're sick, need a referral, etc. Will the aforementioned GP allot you more than four minutes, and give referrals when you request one? Will clinics give you a referral when you can't make it out to Quispamsis to see the aforementioned incompetent doctor? Will I ever have one I like in the city? Same thing goes for prescriptions. In the big cities, I would have to see a dermatologist every few months; so they can get paid. If it's a cream for eczema, why can't I have a yearly prescription, or better yet, a lifetime one? There's no cure, and it's just an allergic reaction; they say. Fark it. This is a minor quibble as lots of people have worse problems than myself, and a % of them buy from shaky places
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POPSFortune: Year Of Pig Will Bring Disaster He also said the next president of France may be a woman - no surprise there since one of the main candidaes is a woman, Segolene Royal of the Socialist party. We will see what happens.
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POPSIndonesia - Severe Flooding in Jakarta, city of Nine Million people. This could be a devasting to Indonesia's infrastructure and economy. It is unimaginable to think a city so large could be dealt such a terrible blow. How will they cope and rebuild after something like this? The magnitude of the problems that will continue to unfold from this flooding for years to come. This highlights yet another region that will need attention and funding and assistance on an international scale. Ignoring this issue would simply foster a breeding ground for poverty, anger, hatred and distrust of governments.
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POPSThe Ultimate Double Standard I happen to be one of those people who truly believes life is precious. As someone who lives with two serious chronic illnesses and continuous sever pain, I continue to fight to live my life to its fullest, and to remain active and as productive as possible. However, I also believe that every human being is entitled to dignity in their lives and a decent quality of life. When those two things are absent from my life, I would like the option of deciding when I have had enough. I should be entitled to the same consideration as a race horse, or a house pet. I do not believe anyone would consider seriously the act of ending their lives lightly. It is a tortuous decision and it is an act that should not be carried-out in haste. But the option should be available, and once the decision is made, the person's doctor should be permitted to help the patient end his/her life with grace, dignity and loving care.
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POPS10 Most Harmful Health Gadgets Want to jump rope without actually jump roping? I know, doesn't make sense right? But with the JumpSnap ($60-$100), you don't have to worry about tripping on a rope or clearing out lots of space to jump. Actually.... I want one of these!
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POPSWhat the Amish Are Teaching America Meanwhile, the United States culture from which the Amish are isolated is moving in the other direction -- increasingly exacting revenge for crimes and punishing violence with more violence.
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