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POPSPlacebo Very good article on market place of bizarre therapies and drugs in treatment of 'mental illness'. Deserves critical engagement of intellect which won't please some. (BTW, 'placebo' means 'I will please').
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POPSFury at kidnap boy's murder hits Mexico's President The Mayor of Mexico City, Marcelo Ebrard, has announced new steps of his own, including the creation of a police investigations unit to replace the existing detectives' unit, members of which are now suspects in the Marti case. For more than a decade, the fear of being kidnapped has been a daily reality for wealthier families. Many in the capital live in homes that are essentially barricaded, move around with bodyguards and pay K & R (kidnap and ransom) insurance . An estimated 435 people were snatched in Mexico last year, an increase of 35 per cent on 2006. Since Mr Calderon came to power, 59 people have been killed by their kidnappers. The victims are nearly always adult and male.
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POPSUnclaimed Money Over $30 billion worth of state unclaimed property sitting in the various Treasury Departments in the US. The money piling-up because most owners of unclaimed funds aren't aware they have money waiting for them.
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POPSFear Of Change "First, the Democrats have to win the election — and win it by enough to face down Republicans, who are still, 42 years after Medicare went into operation, denouncing “socialized medicine.” Second, they have to overcome the public’s fear of change. " "One more thing: if we do get real health care reform, a lot of people will owe a debt of gratitude to none other than John Edwards. When Mr. Edwards dropped out of the presidential race, I credited him with making universal health care a “possible dream for the next administration.” Mr. Edwards’s political career is over — but perhaps he and his family can take some solace from the fact that his party is still trying to make that dream come true."
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POPSThe Infamous Bail-out Of Fannie and Freddie
The R Party has contended for 30 years that anything appearing to slant towards socialism is EVIL. Feed a hungry child "NO THAT'S SOCIALISM". Universal Health Care "NO THAT'S SOCIALIZED MEDICINE, I want no part of that". The "R" Party's mantra is a loud MAKE GOV. SO SMALL YOU CAN DROWN IT IN A BATHTUB. But when it comes to Corp. bail-outs, which is another name for Corporate Socialism QUICK PULL THAT GOV-GUY OUT OF THE TUB AND APPLY CPR... It's enough to blow your mind! I've put together some TV clips and article excerpts to illustrate the hypocrisy of our gov. A saga of the U.S. Bail-out of 2 mortgage giants Freddie & Fannie. I guess the SHOW MUST GO ON. Next time you hear an "R" person yodel "IT'S NOT OUR DUTY TO HELP THE POOR", and "WE WON'T STAND FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE". Tell them to think about all the Big Bucks our gov. has spent bailing out the Fat Cats and see if they will then say "Socialism is a dirty word, it's EVIL!". Yeah, right, but only if you're POOR.
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POPSUnclaimed Money In California $5 billion worth of California unclaimed property money in State coffers.The unclaimed funds have piled-up because the State was more active in collecting abandoned assets than it was in locating the owners.
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POPSThe Coming Death Shortage "Why the longevity boom will make us sorry to be alive" a must read. Though I fail to agree with many of the premises of this article, the critical views it presents are important and the issues need be taken into consideration seriously
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POPSHealthiest Hometowns Top 10 cities that are the greenest, highest life expectancy, slimmest and most covered by insurance.
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POPSHospitals deporting immigrants This just reminds of a video they have in LA of a hospital dropping off a woman at the homeless shelter because she did not have health insure. She was still in her hospital gown & they just dropped her off on the corner in downtown LA. Something is really wrong with our health care system. Seriously seriously wrong.
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POPS97-Year-Old Woman Says Cat's Yowling Saved Her From Fire
Then she smelled smoke. "I knew I had to get out of the house," said George, seated Thursday on a sofa in her daughter's house, just down the block. George ran toward the street in the rain, and flagged down the third car she saw. "Thank God it was a lady," she said. "All I had on was bikini underwear and a tank top." Firefighters got Boo Boo out of the house safely and administered oxygen. For now, George and her heroic cat are staying with George's daughter. George said she plans to have the house repaired, though it's not clear how she will pay for the damage. She canceled her home insurance four years ago after paying 50 years of premiums. The Independence Fire Department, which believes lightning caused the fire, estimates the damage at $75,000 to the house and $40,000 to possessions. But George and her daughter were less concerned with the costs, and more thankful for George's survival — and for the cat's role. George told her daughter, "I'm going to get her
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POPSNancy Pelosi: So what are these "San Francisco values", anyway? "Nancy Pelosi said aloud today what everyone knows implicitly and no one ever acknowledges: when the right-wingers talk about "San Francisco values," they're condemning San Franciscans for not spitting on the LGBT community with a wink and a nod." -- from the Jezebel post about this
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POPSOld ladies-killers. And they were not poor. Nevertheless at least one of them have opted for assistant of public attorney.
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POPSUSA Health Care System: Highest in Cost & Worst in Quality Again and again studies show similar results, yet Americans continue to delude themselves that their system is the envy of the world. Those Americans who think it are the intellectual equivalent of flat earthers. The system is broken. The debate is over and has been for some time. We need single-payer, universal health care.
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POPSLove & Death in a canoe ride ? Locked in a deep embrace hearts pounding the white water crashing down moving ever faster breathing heavier when all of a sudden you hear I faked it ,fake,fake, fake, ego shot not husband or load !
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POPSWhat Do Your Genes Say About You? The Future of Personal Genomics Less than $1000 to have your genes checked. A maybe if you can face bad results. Just hope they don't become part of your work/insurance/medical insurance details required. And the lack of ethics in business would leave one wondering about the results cited by some insurance test.
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