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Posted on November 23, 2009 -
In Vermont [this year], I broke my finger and didn’t have insurance,” said Treibitz, whose father is chief executive of a Colorado company that designs visual presentations for court trials. “I got my X-ray and gave [the hospital] a fake name and walked out. Is that okay that I am doing that — taking up resources because I am refusing to take money from my parents?
Young heirs grapple with wealth of ambivalence
that doesn’t seem right. dunno.
Posted on November 23, 2009 -
The one advantage China definitely has is its longer view of history. One day you’re perfecting gunpowder and toothpaste and moveable type — then you fall into a 500-year slump. There’s no inevitable winner — in fact, there doesn’t need to be a winner at all. We can all do fine.
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Posted on November 22, 2009 -
Posted on November 22, 2009 -
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this pisses me off, banksy.
when will weight not be a go-to signifier for greed and consumerism?
think of something that doesn’t so easily affirm Western aesthetic preferences.
Posted on November 22, 2009 -
Derrida’s library
Posted on November 21, 2009 -
those of you who really believe that giving government greater control over healthcare is going to give you more freedom over your body and health choices can take the Stupak amendment as a warning shot. And if you think they’re not going to come for the fatties next or soon, you’re dreaming. As soon as costs rise (and the projected healthcare spending as a percentage of GDP will rise if the current bills on the table pass), and people are getting taxed at higher rates, fined for not having acceptable coverage, or even thrown in prison with up to a fine of $250,000 for not having acceptable coverage, they’re going to clamor that costs can be forced down by regulating the behavior of those with perceived preventable conditions.
Posted on November 19, 2009
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