Senator Ted Cruz gone crazy
He is one of those tea-baggers. He spoke for 23 hours in the U.S senate to block Obamacare. Amongst developed world U.S has about the worst healthcare system. The Obamacare…
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American Healthcare and inequality
If you’re employed and especially if you’re rich then you can get all kinds of healthcare services. If an employed and rich person’s kidney, lungs or heart fail, a new…
Why Bacteria Are Smarter Than Drug Companies, Part 2
This post is part 2 of a series on science, politics, and the future. You can also check out Part 1: “Science Denialism and the Future of Humanity.” More or…
Mike Duffy’s Supposed New Reason for Residence Fraud: Healthcare Freeloading
Jane Taber of the Globe & Mail has acquired from an anonymous sourcea new explanation for why Senator Mike Duffy has an Ontario health card and doesn’t pay resident taxes…
Why I Want to “Reopen the Abortion Debate”: Sixth Estate Responds to Critics
Since I’ve received several complaints via email and ended up tussling in the comments section with none other than one of Canada’s foremost feminist bloggers, I thought it might be…
It’s Time to “Reopen” the Abortion Debate
The recent request by several Conservative MPs, tireless anti-abortion crusader Maurice Vellacott among them, that the RCMP open murder investigations against physicians who have performed late-term abortions because the mother’s…
Homeopathy Versus “Real” Science in the National Post
The National Post has given considerable space to a vicious attack on homeopathy which, in turn, gave rise to the publication of a spiel by a defender of homeopathy. I…
An American Makes the Case for Public Healthcare
Public healthcare works. Ask any American senior citizen. The Washington Post’s Harold Meyerson explains: …a funny thing happens to Americans’ life expectancy when they age. The U.S. mortality rate is…
Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister, close personal…
Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister, close personal friend of murderous dictator Augusto Pinochet, and idol of capitalist extremists everywhere, was in hospital just before Christmas to have a growth…
Harper Conservatives “Designated Countries of Origin” list equals more serious health risks for refugees
By Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care: With the federal government announcing that it will be revealing its Designated Countries of Origin list to inform its handling of refugees on December…
Cast off
Mallory had her cast off at CHEO this morning. Her arm feels a bit tentative and as anyone who's ever had a cast remembers, the skin on her arm was…
In Canada, more vulnerable refugees being denied access to health care
by Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care One month after Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care released a number of examples of patients being denied access to necessary health services due to…
Canadians to Conservative MP Kelly Block: We Disagree With Racism
by Obert Madondo (@Obiemad) In Canada we hardly confront racism by political figures. As a consequence, Prime Minister Stephen Harper‘s government and Conservative MPs are having a field day practicing…
How Libertarians brought America Big Religion and Bigger Lawsuits…
(originally written Nov 2010; uploaded Aug 21, 2012 as part of my Great Upload of Musings… for balance, I’ll soon post the follow-up which praises some portions of libertarian philosophy…
What We Missed: OWS Declaration of the Occupation of New York City
This document was accepted by the NYC General Assembly on September 29, 2011, with minor updates made on October 1, 2011. It is the first official, collective statement of the…
Universal Healthcare Wins a Rare (And Possibly Short-Term) Victory in British Columbia
Canadian nationalists can allow themselves a brief moment of unabashed exhilaration at the news that the British Columbia government is, finally, after many long and patient years, going after private…
Roberts’ Obamacare decision was not about legitimacy
With the US Supreme Court’s historic decision to let the Affordable Care Act stand has come much speculation on the motives and rationale behind Chief Justice Roberts’ decision to side…
Calgary Company Claims Homeopathy Works on Mosquitoes
This uncritical promotional article in the Calgary Herald seems oddly representative of the decline of Canadian civilization: Mozi-Q is a natural mosquito repellent created by Calgary-based Xerion Dispensary. The product,…
Brampton is not the sleepy Bill Davis, greenhouse town of my youthful remembrance
It’s huge. Massive sprawl. Lots and lots of subdivisions, wide roads and shopping malls. On our way up to the farm we’d drive right up main street and someone in…