Depressing Stuff below the fold

The Anchoress is reminded of The Stand: ...time to chose...

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Be afraid...be very afraid....

And the ever so politicized BMJ can't imagine why disabled people are against euthanasia,
uh, maybe because they are the main victims of the practice?

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Bush's HIV program is being changed by Obama to push contraception.
Figures.
When I worked in Africa, every village had a "pill lady", but few villages had clean water (until our hospital arranged money to help dig wells). Priorities, you know...
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"Confusopoly"...sounds about right.
I used to tell my patients that "I'm a doctor, not an insurance specialist"...

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The ChinabeatBlog attends the Summer Davos meeting.
Key quote:
Creative architects and scientists discussed inventions for improving city life, such as a biodegradable tracking device that would let people know what happens to their garbage...