Health "Care"

"Just nine people accounted for nearly 2,700 of the emergency room visits in the Austin area during the past six years at a cost of $3 million to taxpayers and others, according to a report. The patients went to hospital emergency rooms 2,678 times from 2003 through 2008, said the report from the nonprofit Integrated Care Collaboration, a group of health care providers who care for low-income and uninsured patients."

Morgan Freeman: Pull through!

Morgan Freeman was in a car accident and is badly injured. He's in a Memphis hospital.

Some guys have all the luckSome guys have all the pain

Stupid Criminals File:

• "An exhaustive, two-state manhunt for an ex-convict suspected in eight grisly slayings has ended with the man quietly arrested outside a bar known as a police hangout."

• "Man accused of hitting mom with Polish sausage."

• "A convenience store became an unwilling drive-in when a 74-year-old woman plowed her car through the front window and then tried to buy a six-pack of Budweiser, police and the owner said."

Wickywoo

Same-sex couples are legally marrying in California.

I haven't seen any summer movies yet. No Indy, no Sex & the City, no Ironman. I know. I know.

FDA still isn't sure about who/what/where in the recent salmonella outbreak on tomatoes.

Who will replace beloved Tim Russert at NBC?

A Series of Odd Events

• The animals running the Burmese government aren't giving cyclone victims the food that has been donated by various other countries. Instead, the victims are getting moldy biscuits and old rice to eat. It is believed that the good stuff is being horded in military warehouses. What a bunch of jerks! (That's me, being diplomatic.)
• "Chubby" gays need love too. Now they have their own dating site. Interesting choice of words, I say. (Oh, and if you're at work, or if you value your own eyesight, you probably don't want to click on that link!!)
• You think Senator Obama's ex-pastor is nuts? Just listen to John McCain's pastor -- he's a certifiable whack-job. He actually says, "We get off on warfare" in the video. True, yes, but still frightening to see this crazy guys' message endorsed by a former POW. That's not odd at all, McCain! Geez!
• Einstein's views on god are explained in a recently discovered letter he wrote. Interesting how the American news media hasn't covered this at all...

Daylight Savings = Nonsense

Did anyone else wake up yesterday feeling good, only to be reminded an hour had been stolen away from you? It was dark and rainy this morning, making for a miserable first day of "Spring Forward" around here. At least it's spring break and I don't have to fight students for the road or a parking place.

Other newsies:

• Dubya has just vetoed a bill that would squash such CIA tactics as waterboarding, etc. I'd like to waterboard him for all the bullshit he's put this country through over the past 7 years!
• "Modern" sins for modern Catholics.
• Mini Kitler found in shipping crate that crossed the Pacific.
• I totally want a pink van like this one!

Lips and Assholes

Dubya served McCain hotdogs for lunch yesterday.

According to Congressional records, Southwest Airlines didn't do any safety checks before flights. Well, I guess you really do get what you pay for.