"People are already strapped to get a doctor," Bauer said. "As more people have insurance, they will try to get appointments with more doctors, and that will lead to dramatic increases in the time it takes to get an appointment."

I have to agree with this. It's good to know traveling nurses from Europe and Canada. Some wait for as much as a year ( Read more... )

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Unfortunately the closest theater that shows this movie is two hours away. Le sigh.

Old news that still makes me sick/mad/depressed when I see it.

In   Lebanon , men are legally allowed to have sex with animals, but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a male animal is punishable by death. 
(Like THAT makes sense.)
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In  Bahrain , a male doctor may legally examine a woman's genitals, but is prohibited from looking directly at them during the examination. ( Read more... )

WTF, are they counting local election results by hand or what?! Hurry up already.

On a side note, did you know that California's prop. 8 is the costliest social issue election in U.S. history? $73 million, baby!! I'm also interested to see the results for Prop. 1a, Prop. 2, and Prop. 4.
I've never been this interested in local/state politics. ( Read more... )