Medical care in the United States is derided as miserable compared to health care systems in the rest of the developed world. Economists, government officials, insurers, and academics beat the drum for a far larger government role in health care. Much of the public assumes that their arguments are sound because the calls for change are so ubiquitous and the topic so complex. Before we turn to gove... read full post picked by shuallyo 4 months ago

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has pardoned two jailed American journalists and ordered their release following an unannounced meeting with former President Bill Clinton picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

Two American TV journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, held in North Korea for more than four months and sentenced to a decade of hard labor are free after ex-President Bill Clinton made a surprise trip to Pyongyang and appealed their case to the rogue state’s reclusive leader Kim Jong Il. picked by equinox 4 months ago

Not surprisingly, the Obama Joker Poster reported by NewsBusters Saturday is already drawing some outrage. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

The latest development in the Obama "birther" conspiracy is the emergence of a "Kenyan birth certificate" for the president, while the same people who are so skeptical of Obama's Hawaii birth certificate are willing to accept this new document despite many documented flaws. picked by equinox 4 months ago

Sir Terry Pratchett, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2007, made an emotional plea for the right to take his own life, saying: 'I live in hope I can jump before I am pushed.' picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

The St. Petersburg Times - who we last heard from when publishing a report on scary Scientology leader David Miscavige - are at it again. They're moving forward with more reporting on accounts from Scientology defectors, basically waging war. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

Since Mr Obama took office, the rate of threats against the president has increased 400 per cent from the 3,000 a year or so under President George W. Bush, according to Ronald Kessler, author of In the President's Secret Service. picked by kakana 4 months ago

It used to be that the favored public reason for giving up office was the departee's fervent, newly discovered desire to spend more quality time with the family.

There was a whiff of that in Sarah Palin's recent retirement rhetoric, though no one expects the former Alaska governor to hole up by the big picture window in her lakeside Wasilla pad and watch the ice come in this fall. picked by DerAlt 4 months ago

The program burned through its $1 billion budget in a week. New funds have been proposed but not approved yet, and the administration says any deals made this weekend will be paid for. NADA is warning dealerships to avoid them. picked by Marli 4 months ago

A federal appeals court reversed a lower court's ruling on Friday that barred a Santeria priest from sacrificing goats in his Texas home.
*Legalize pot* picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

A Hamptons library director says a local zoning board is blocking the creation of a children's reading wing -- solely because it might attract book-hungry youngsters from lower-class areas. picked by kakana 4 months ago

This would surprise me, but I live with republicans. picked by gammerus 4 months ago

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela's top prosecutor insisted Thursday that freedom of expression in Venezuela "must be limited" and proposed legislation that would slap additional restrictions on the country's news media. picked by shuallyo 4 months ago

Last week, when his buddy "Skip" Gates got busted for being Black in Boston, Barack Obama forgot his official role: to soothe America's conscience with the happy fairy tale that his election marked the end of racism in the USA. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

A 78-year-old Carroll woman says she's so tired of seeing President Barack Obama on the airwaves that she's selling her television sets - two of them. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

Call it a sign of desperate times: Legislators are considering selling the House and Senate buildings where they've conducted state business for more than 50 years. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

Obama is a Kenyan Muslim impostor; and Sarah Palin was qualified to be president of the United States at a moment's notice. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

Beer seems to be on the agenda for Thursday evening's bury-the-hatchet White House meeting between Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Cambridge Police Sergeant Joseph Crowley. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

The Internet is an amazing learning tool. Sometimes it is so amazing it simply smacks you right between the eyes, like getting hit with a two-by-four. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

The Gallup organization first started asking Americans how they approved of the job the president was doing in the 1940s. Here you can review and compare the approval rating for each U.S. president since Truman picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

Boise police already had the suspect handcuffed when they rammed a Taser gun into his anus and fired. picked by muppet 4 months ago

The Bush administration in 2002 considered sending U.S. troops into a Buffalo, N.Y., suburb to arrest a group of terror suspects in what would have been a nearly unprecedented use of military power, The New York Times reported. picked by kakana 4 months ago

Do Hot Dogs Give You Cancer? The Scare-Tactics Bandwagon Bites into the Bun. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

Barely six months into his presidency, Barack Obama seems to be driving south into that political speed trap known as Carter Country: a sad-sack landscape in which every major initiative meets not just with failure but with scorn from political allies and foes alike. picked by Bornbad 4 months ago