So, to be clear, he's just in favor of some sort of dynastic plutocracy, right?

Actually, part of what caused the big spike, starting in 1986 (go back and look at health care costs over the past 40 years) was the law signed by Reagan preventing ERs from turning people away. So at that point, we socialized care - requiring it to be given - but there was no system put in place to pay for it. The…

Schools are seen as a piggy bank by parents willing to sue over anything. That's almost certainly what they're reacting to. The same parents who sign kids up for soccer or football or competitive cheerleading (where they actually can get hurt) will sue a school over a playground injury.

Neither! Can't stand either team. I'm sure there are some nice people from Philadelphia. I've just never really liked the city much.

Based on the fact that the location listed is in Media, PA, can we assume Chris Scamuffa is a Phillies fan? And are we in agreement that Phillies fans are some of the worst in American sports, perhaps the actual worst? Because then I could continue to just sort of not like Philadelphia and not quite lose my overall…

I'd actually like to see a crowdsourced effort to identify these jerks. Especially the woman who essentially assaulted that little girl.

I'd love to see someone (an intern might be perfect) plant the idea of a segment on Swift's "A Modest Proposal" with these idiots. There's a good chance that they'd miss the satire, and use it as an example of how much less cruel "conservatives" are today they are than people two hundred and fifty years ago. After…

Yeah, that should have been a big hint. Frankly, any swelling in the scrotum should get someone to an ER ASAP.

Actually, not completely unknown to occur if engaging in athletic activity without appropriate support. Once it happens, you have MAYBE 24 hours to get it dealt with or it's coming off, but it's not always instantly obvious.

Also, not something that guys get warned about as kids, and it's not something that health…

Massachusetts and Utah both list hentai. I suspect a Romney is responsible.

From some of the news / rumors around this, it sounds like A-Rod's really getting the hammer brought down by trying to do things like buy the clinic's records so he could have them destroyed and reportedly being behind the leaking of other players' names (which is certainly going to make him a target of pitchers…

They had a fatal accident in 2010.

I'm so glad the media is still resorting to "culture of personality" thinking. Because, you know, that hasn't been a reasonable school of thought in anthropology for, what, more than fifty years?

Yup - if you aren't old enough to remember any of: Carter as President, the Iranian hostage crisis, Three Mile Island, Jonestown, Reagan's election, etc, you're probably not Gen X. Heck, remembering punk and disco. Essentially, if you have no conscious memories of the 70's, you shouldn't be considered Gen X. The fact…

Gen X has shifted over time - it was originally closer to 1960 to 1969, then shifted to 1964 to 1974, and now goes as late as 1980. The funny thing is that there's a HUGE difference that I can see between pre-1972 and later, as far as I can see. I was born in 1969, my wife in 1974 - and there's a lot of cultural and…

Yes, she is. And this is a great example of why 6-person juries are a disaster. Studies have shown that as a group, they're less likely to accurately recall testimony, and it's easier for a small number of jurors to sway everyone else, and groupthink becomes a real problem. They're also less likely to be in any way…

They don't want their kids in with the "poors". And to these people, an average, middle-class family is poor. We've built a law-abiding society where - unlike some parts of the world - they don't have to hire massive amounts of private security or risk being kidnapped. I'm getting sick of the rich acting like they're…

The headline should be "Private contractor getting rich off the taxpayer's dime does a lousy job of hiring and supervising employees". Public money, private profit. It's the worst combination, and the Republicans keep acting like these outsourcing deals are examples of "free enterprise". Guess what, Chuckles? If a…

The best part: right now Adobe is adding features quickly for CC subscribers only as a way of enticing people to subscribe. Once enough customers subscribe, they actually have an incentive to stop producing updates as quickly. After all, what are you going to do, drop your subscription and not have access to the…

Don't worry folks - Picture People, among others, is still doing quite well. There will still be places for that one person in the family to drag everyone to preserve, for history, your ability to mask your disdain for one another for a split-second.