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Franken Calms Down Health Care Opponents (VIDEO)

Franken Calms Down Health Care Opponents (VIDEO).
Excellent video! Franken is able to calmly explain key points. It’s only 10 minutes to watch the whole thing. Recommended!

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Video Highlights Danger Of Texting While Driving : NPR

Video Highlights Danger Of Texting While Driving : NPR.
Amen. Everyone should watch this, and it should be mandatory viewing in driver’s ed classes. And read my post about blind zones and backover accidents.
PSA Texting while Driving U K August 2009 Peter Watkins Hughes Newport School of AMD Wales

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Wright on Health: The Myth-Spawners: They’re Not Stupid, Just Evil

Wright on Health: The Myth-Spawners: They’re Not Stupid, Just Evil.
Great post. I agree. When powerful people distort the truth and act with callous disregard for the well-being of others, they are behaving immorally, i.e., they are evil.
Just sayin’ …
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Linda Bergthold: And so it begins — the August attack on health care reform

Linda Bergthold: And so it begins — the August attack on health care reform.
Excellent rebuttal of some of the BS flying around about the health care reform bill in the House. Thanks much to The Desert Beacon for posting the link.
Here’s another Huff Post fact checking story.
And one from PolitiFact.
And the Kaiser Foundation’s point-by-point comparison [...]

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Doctors Create New Nose For Woman By Growing It On Her Arm (VIDEO)

Doctors Create New Nose For Woman By Growing It On Her Arm (VIDEO).
A lovely story from Fox News about a beautiful Guyanan woman who was shot in the face in a drive-by shooting and lost her nose. Way to go Fox!
Just sayin’ …
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How to adjust your mirrors | Kristopher Linquist

How to adjust your mirrors | The Web Page of Kristopher Linquist.
Excellent article! I got a flyer from State Farm Insurance about 10 years ago with this exact information. Almost everyone is adjusting their rear and side view mirrors in a way that ensures huge blind spots. The main reason people have side-impact collisions is [...]

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Blind zones and backover accidents

Blind zones and backover accidents.
This Consumer Reports article is a must read. The blind zones behind our vehicles are much longer than you may suspect, which can lead to tragedy. I checked this with my toddler and its horrifying. The blind zone is why you should always be very careful whenever you are backing up [...]

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