I caught a segment on Hardball a few days ago with a self-described PUMA. This was the first time I've ever heard of the term, but the acronym apparently stands for "Party Unity, My Ass" and is composed of Hillary Clinton supporters who are not planning to vote for Barack Obama in the general election.  read more »

This is troubling for several reasons.

Authorities say John Parsons, 57, of Oak Park stole the identity of a mentally disabled friend to pay for heart bypass surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago in 2007. Parsons allegedly racked up about $350,000 in medical expenses billed to the friend's Medicaid account.  read more »

WARNING!!!  If you're like me, and most of you are, then you are going to feel a sharp pain in your chest and your face is going to turn red with anger over this one. 

Enjoy!  and remember if Obama gets into the Oval Office, it's only going to get worse.

Democrats Pushing for Four Day Work Week for Federal Bureaucrats   [Mark Hemingway]  read more »

From an email received this afternoon:

Someone said to us that we are likely the very last Canadian artists to take our work outside the country on the Promart fund.
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For hell sakes people, immunize your damn kids.

If you didn't vaccinate your kids, you too could find yourself partly responsible for the resurgence of a disease thought eliminated in 2000  read more »

According to The Houston Chronicle and other sources, Texas Rep. Chet Edwards has been vetted by the Obama campaign and is on Obama's short list. This indicates that Barack Obama did indeed take a sip of the Kool-Aid offered him by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has been pushing for Edwards to be Obama's running mate. But to borrow a phrase from the McCain campaign, is Chet Edwards ready to lead our party? The answer is an emphatic no.

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I got to thinking that aside from Gristmill and a lot of what Matthew Yglesias writes, most of the blogs that I follow on regular basis are a little light on informed information about major issues and the commentary on the candidates' policy ideas.  read more »

Missed the LIVE Cisco presentation on July 30th on PCI and Data Security? No worries, the playback link is now avaiable! You can download the slides, listen to the audio, or view the VideoOnDemand, all on your own time. To access the presentation, click here.

This event featured leading PCI experts and executives from the retail and healthcare industries, discussing the evolution of security threats, business challenges, PCI's role and the approach to managing compliance.  read more »

Recently I have been reading "Overdosed America" by John Abramson, which is a very detailed account of the egregious conflict of interest that has infected our health care system. Todays CNN headline, "Don't Become a Victim to Medical Marketing" is a great example of this, and again illustrates not only a need for change in our health care system, but also a need for a more hands on approach to our own health.  read more »

You wouldn't think so. The death of a newborn child is a tragedy, and the fact that the United States has a higher infant mortality rate than other developed countries is often cited as a serious failing of America's health care system. But according to Dr. Linda Halderman, the higher U.S. rate is due at least in part to the fact that we try to save the lives of more infants than do other countries:  read more »