Category Archives: news

Awesome healthcare roundup: lower costs, better quality

Health Beat has a terrific roundup of health care new: Physicians and hospital leaders in Cedar Rapids began by counting how many CAT scans they were doing, only to find that in just one year 52,000 scans were done in … Continue reading

John Duesler of Philadelphia is a racist asshole

NBC Philadelphia reports on this shocker — a pool in Philly kicked a bunch of kids out … because they are black. “There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the … Continue reading

Don’t mess with old people

A couple years ago I came across stories of a 72-year-old ex-boxer and an 84-year-old beating the crap out would-be robbers. The trend continues. In February, 70-year-old Ellen Basinski beat up some robbers with a saucepan: The feisty Basinski was … Continue reading

Dallas police officer Robert Powell is a jackass (and probably racist)

From the Dallas Morning News: Jackass “officer” pulls his gun during a traffic stop, then takes 13 minutes to write a ticket. Oh yeah, Moats’ mother-in-law died while he waited for the ticket to be written. Kunkle said Officer Robert … Continue reading

You fucked with the wrong marine, part II

Apparently some people just don’t read the news. Remember, kids: don’t mess with a marine: A boy in his mid-teens learned Wednesday afternoon that it is not a good idea to try to rob a former U.S. Marine at knifepoint, … Continue reading

Math is hard

The Manchester Evening News, a British rag is reporting a lottery scratchcard has been withdrawn from sale “because players couldn’t understand it.”Apparently your average Brit is well-qualified for a job at Verizon: Tina Farrell, from Levenshulme, called Camelot after failing … Continue reading

Dan Rather Reports: the trouble with touch screens

From HDNet: Dan Rather Reports presents conclusive evidence of the failure of touch screen voting machines across the country. The episode, “The Trouble with Touch Screens”, is an entire hour devoted to new information on this story. From scientists involved … Continue reading

Dick Cheney on Iraq

Conservatives in their native environment

The Independent‘s Johann Hari goes on a cruise with readers of the National Review: A red-faced man who looks like an egg with a moustache glued on grumbles, ” If the Germans think they can take responsibility for the world, … Continue reading

You fucked with the wrong marine

Ex-Marine, 72, fights off pickpocket: Bill Barnes says he was scratching off a losing $2 lottery ticket inside a gas station when he felt a hand slip into his front-left pants pocket, where he had $300 in cash. He immediately … Continue reading