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July 2009 Blog Posts (6)

Do you deserve to die?

The Forgotten Question in the Health Care Debate



Rationed care. Image



Do you deserve to die?

Do your friends and family?…

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Added by Michael Collins on July 29, 2009 at 3:00am — 4 Comments

COTO- DeSoto- po-yay-to po-tah-toe

Feh- tired of re-formanning everything. Ye can read it here: COTO de-Soto. bla bla.



Know what I've noticed just today? On your bicycle, you can ...coast for MILES on smooth pavement! Up til now, me long-distance rides have been on Amish-country gravel roads... because I thought riding around me suburban "neighborhood" was rather boring... and it is... BUT... ye coast to-the-a stop rather… Continue

Added by waldopaper on July 24, 2009 at 12:04am — 2 Comments

The ten points of the Nuremberg Code

The ten points are, (all from United States National Institutes of Health)



1. The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential. This means that the person involved should have legal capacity to give consent; should be so situated as to be able to exercise free power of choice, without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, over-reaching, or other ulterior form of constraint or coercion; and should have sufficient knowledge and comprehension… Continue

Added by curt on July 23, 2009 at 1:10pm — 5 Comments

GIVE IT BACK GOLDMAN!

Michael Collins: Give it back Goldman!

Thursday, 16 July 2009, 10:55 pm


Opinion: Michael Collins


Wall Street Welfare Queen Average Bonuses $1.0 Million Per Employee



Hacking its way through the financial jungle, Goldman always comes out on top. Cheers!…

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Added by Michael Collins on July 16, 2009 at 10:30pm — 9 Comments

Fixing Education...



...as the Market marches toward the Future.





Is the “education system” in the USA “broken,” and if so, how does one “fix” it? By the standards usually applied in the USA to "efficiency, predictability. calculability and control," yes, it’s broken. The cost-per-student is going up; the “test scores” are going down. What to do? Simple: apply the tried-and-proven contemporary American method that is now applied to all… Continue

Added by waldopaper on July 14, 2009 at 9:42am — 13 Comments

A Nation on the Brink: Mexico's July 5 Legislative Elections

A Nation on the Brink Mexico's July 5 Legislative Elections

Part 2 of a three part series



Michael Collins and Kenneth Thomas Also posted at The…

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Added by Michael Collins on July 5, 2009 at 3:35am — 2 Comments

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