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Links Over Coffee: August 7th

August 7th 2009 14:50
Keep yourselves informed, guys. Take these links as aids.

1) U.S. Unemployment Rate Shrinks to 9.4%: Really Long Link
-Don't just start thinking we're out of woods just yet, but this is a start. It's only 0.1% from last month.

2) South Koreans Worried about Info. Released by Freed U.S. Journalists: Really Long Link
-It wouldn't to be good to have another setback after their little thin called a capture and all.


3) Is Cash for Clunkes a Real Stimulus?: Really Long Link
-Will the 2-billion dollar sequel really help things?

4) AIG Posts Over a Billion Dollar Profit, First Since '07: Really Long Link
-Well maybe AIG CAN get along without bail-outs....we shall see.

5) Kepler Telescope Spots Atmosphere on Another Planet: Really Long Link
-1,000 light-years from Earth, HAT P-7, the next Earth-like planet?

That's all guys. Have great days to all!
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Obamacare in All Its Assumed Infamy

August 5th 2009 01:59
Obviously no one blog post is going to settle the issues on the current health care "upheaval", for lack of a better term, going on in our government today.

I did not come here to praise or condemn our president's ideas about our health care. That is not my job.


My job, as an online journalist, is only to, as the great late Walter Cronkite would say, "hold up the mirror". That's what I intend to do with some people's understanding of the health care system right now.

So for the sake of the misinformed and the semi-informed, I make this next case.

There has been a particularly viral video going about on the Internet these days involving Obamacare. It has been the source of evidence that many people against the current health care agenda have cuted against the president.

Here is the link to the video: Really Long Link

Watch the video and get back to me.

Now that you're done, let's really truly go past the text on the film and take a deeper look at what the president said about this.

Phrase by Phrase.

"Not making decisions based on spirit"
-OK, I'm with you there. While every human life is valuable, spirit is a hard thing to judge.

"Rules saying we are gonna provide quality health care"
-This is the part where I cringe a bit. Not sure what the rules will entail, but if the rules are going to help get us better health care without killing me, that would be great.

And in repsonse to our good colleague Charles Gibson, Obama DID acknowledge the fact that the money might not have been around and recognized the diffictuly when it comes to end-of-life decisions.

Think about it, how easy is deciding whether or not an elderly person lives or dies? How easy is deciding between painkillers that will cause certain parts of their bodies to waste away faster or surgeries that have a 99.99% chance of ending their lives before it's completed? Can you make that call?

"But what we can do is make sure that at least some of the waste that exists in the system that's not making anybody's mom better, that is loading up on additional tests and additional drugs that the evidence shows is not necessarily going to improve care, that at least we can let doctors know, and your mom know, that maybe this isn't going to help. Maybe you're better not having the surgery, but taking the pain-killer."

Now, folks. I want you SERIOUSLY consider what has just been said. Read every word, and remember the context it was said in.

What Obama said didn't sound like "let's round up the old folks and let them just die out". What it sounded like to me was a possible step in the right direction. Will good come from it? Only time will tell.

What Obama sounds like he's saying, and I am basing this analysis only on the his own words, that what he believes the government can do for now is to aid in eliminating all of the white space between a patient and their care. Everyone knows the countless forms and provisions separating doctors and sick people. Most of that gap can be summed in one word: insurance. What Obama's words are saying is that he wants to get rid of pointless tests and procedures, but not essential ones, ones in which concrete evidence shows are of no benefit to the sick person.

Think about it. If the surgery is not going to help the person, and there's strong evidence showing that it won't, Obama says don't do it. If the evidence shows that just sticking to the pain-killer will improve your health as opposed to the surgery, then he says stick to it.

Now, that doesn't sound "cold" and "heartless" to me, or maybe I just heard the president wrong.

Am I saying thats the key? Am I saying things are all hunky-dory now and that the president is infallible? Never once did I say that. I only showed how some information, like this video, can be twisted and warped through assumptions, otherwise changing the opinion of someone who is not informed, making them think this is the truth because someone else said it was.

For your consideration.

Keep yourselves informed.

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Strange Laws in Oklahoma, Part 2

July 29th 2009 17:14
As long as we are keeping the focus on animals here, there is another quite unique and rather disturbing strange law in the state of Oklahoma that I feel compelled to share with you all.

Another weird law states that it is illegal for the owner of a bar to allow anyone inside to pretend to have sex with a buffalo.

First off, people really do that? They go out in public, mind you, and for some reason they want to pretend to have sex with a buffalo of all things? In a bar, of all places?

And second, how would you even go about pretending to do that? How would that even work?

You know what, never mind, I don't wanna know.

I suppose this aspect would fall under the general rules that most bar owners comply with, namely the prevention of the performance of sexual acts that are prohibited by Oklahoam law.

Still, I'm not sure a case like this would ever arise. But then again, a Texas fan was nearly castrated when he walked into an Oklahoma City bar two years ago, so maybe it's not too far-fetched.

Y'all be the judge.
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Strange Laws in Oklahoma, Part 1

July 28th 2009 18:47
Browsing the Web yet again, I discovered a list of many laws in the state of Oklahoma that are, well, not so logical or explainable.

1) For one thing, no one in the state of Oklahoma is allowed to promote a "horse-tripping" event


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Minnesota Students Watching Students

July 27th 2009 22:23
If people have always wondered how strange some campus organizations may seem, have I got a story for them.

The University of Minnesota has such a unqiue organization


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Links Over Coffee: July 27th

July 27th 2009 12:40
Don't forget to tune into your morning news broadcasts to figure out wha;s going on in your neighborhood. After all, it's the reporters who wake up 6 hours before you to bring you that news. Keep yourselves informed!

1) Gates Moves to Re-assure Israel About U.S.-Iran Strategy: Really Long Link
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Links Over Coffee: July 26th

July 26th 2009 14:04
Keep yourselves informed!!

1) The Health Care Debate Continues: Really Long Link
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Links Over Brunch: July 25th

July 25th 2009 16:09
Keep yourselves informed, guys!

1) Dems and Repubs locked in battle over health care, duty falls to lobbyists?: Really Long Link
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Jedi Churches Exist

July 24th 2009 18:23
That's right, you heard me. They exist.

Jediism is the new non-theistic religiousmovement based on the philosophical and spiritual ideas of the Jedi as depicted in the Star Wars fanchise. (Thank you Wikipedia


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Links Over Brunch: July 24th

July 24th 2009 15:25
Here's some links for you all and your news consumption. Remember: Keep yourselves informed!

1) Obama says health care legislation WILL come by year's end: Really Long Link
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