Entries Tagged as 'Health'

Angry Americans political poison

There most certainly is a battle underway in Washington between the old school ways and the new school ways. The republicans are fighting so hard to keep the old school ways, they seem ready to part with a limb. Unfortunately in this case that limb may be their head. [Read more →]

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Political views when viewing politics

One of the more difficult tasks when discussing politics is finding the right vantage point to see the journey as well as the destination. Often the path from point ‘A’ to point ‘B’ is anything but a straight line so snapshots along the way can look way out of place. [Read more →]

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Catholic’s dangerous stance

As with every religion they have their do and don’t positions for their followers. In most cases they can be done without harm. However the position the Vatican is taking is no less dangerous than Russian roulette and may border on criminal. [Read more →]

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Ripping off the sick

health-care-ripoffFrom time to time there is a story that pushes your buttons and just makes you angry. Ripping off people is bad enough, but when a reputable hospital starts ripping off sick patients, that just makes people angry. [Read more →]

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Sex as therapy

What a novel idea for therapy some are no doubt saying. The next question is where do I sign up, no need to even know what the therapy is for. [Read more →]

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Thailand stock market crash debacle

From the word go on trying to find people to lay the blame on for the October 14 market crash has been interesting. And at the time of writing this post, it appears swinging at shadows is the theme. [Read more →]

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Finding real help in Thailand

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Unfortunately for Thailand, fraud, piracy and scams are the norm. and as it would be, Thais are not the only culprits. There are plenty of non Thais playing the game. But when it comes to the need of finding western professional help particularly when it comes to mental health, identifying the real deal can be a bit of a problem. [Read more →]

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Ancient Biohazards emerging from global warming

Admittedly this could be rephrased for a ‘B’ movie titled “It came from the ice”, but we are not talking movies. What we are talking about are viruses and other biologicals that have been frozen in the ice thousands of years and are now melting out from global warming. The biggest concern is we may have no natural resistance to them. [Read more →]

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US political carnage on horizon

With the scent of racism in the air in the United States, standing too close to the source of that scent may prove to be more contagious and more politically fatal than the H1N1 swine flu. With that said, the US has become a political minefield overnight. [Read more →]

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Whiffs of racism in US

It has been suggested by some that the political problems President Obama is facing may be tied to latent racism. The virtually unheard of outburst by Congressman Joe Wilson does have other flavors than just disagreement. [Read more →]

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Obama health care proposals no brainers…. but

When it comes right down to the health care proposals that President obama is making, they are absolutely no brainers that they simply need to be. So why are people opposing them is a question that may baffle scholars. [Read more →]

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Swine flu outbreak template for Bird flu outbreak

Just because the less deadly Swine flu for the moment upstaged the H5N1 Bird flu, it does not mean it has gone away. It is still out there mutating, and when it is ready, it will make the rounds exactly the same way as the Swine flu. [Read more →]

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Misrepresenting healthcare reform immoral

Deliberate misrepresentation of healthcare reform just to kill the bill is just immoral no matter how you cut it. Whoever is sowing this misinformation is doing so to serve themselves and not the American people. [Read more →]

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Republicans bring out distortion experts

Newt Gingrich

The name Newt Gingrich has not been in the news much over the last decade. In fact it was not since the last time a President had a go at doing something about healthcare. It certainly seems to be more than a coincidence that this expert at making unfounded statements is back in the news. [Read more →]

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