Daily Archives: September 7, 2012

In addition to today's Star Trek themed Google doodle, Trek fans should check… 2

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In addition to today's Star Trek themed Google doodle, Trek fans should check out the new Mission Log podcast. Each week, they examine a different episode of the show going through them in the order they aired. Once they finish the original series they will be going through each of the spin-off series as well

Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Episode 005 The Naked Time: Breaking a sweat leads to multiple breakdowns on the Enterprise. Singing! Swordplay! Kirk is torn between two lovers! This week, we’re putting

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How much worse could a single payer system possibly be? 2

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How much worse could a single payer system possibly be?

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$750 Billion Wasted Annually

New report rips inefficient healthcare system. If the financial system worked like the healthcare system an ATM transaction would take days. 

WonkBlog: "America spent $2.6 trillion on health care last year; about one in every six dollars went into the health-care system. A third of that spending — a full $750 billion — did nothing to make anyone healthier."

Report: 
http://iom.edu/Reports/2012/Best-Care-at-Lower-Cost-The-Path-to-Continuously-Learning-Health-Care-in-America.aspx

WonkBlog summary:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/09/07/we-spend-750-billion-on-unnecessary-health-care-two-charts-explain-why/ 


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+NASCAR drivers +Trevor Bayne, +Matt Kenseth, +Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle took…

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+NASCAR drivers +Trevor Bayne, +Matt Kenseth, +Carl Edwards and Greg Biffle took a fuel efficiency challenge at the +Ford Motor Company test track recently with the #2013fordfusion  

Roush Racing Drives Take the Ford Fusion Fuel Efficiency Challenge « 2013 Ford Fusion Story
Recently NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers Trevor Bayne, Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards, and Greg Biffle stopped the Ford Dearborn Development Center to spend some quality time with the all-new 2013 Fusion. The e…

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Some things are just built to last and that includes the Voyager space probes that…

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Some things are just built to last and that includes the Voyager space probes that have been going strong for 35 years. They are about to leave the solar system but along the way, we've recieved some amazing images from the probes and learned a lot about our own solar system. 

Voyager’s Long Journey: 35 Years of Incredible Solar System Images | Wired Science | Wired.com
Our view of the solar system was forever changed 35 years ago. Here we take a look at some of the best images and discoveries that the Voyager 1 and 2 probes produced during their flight through our s…

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The choices are clear, one side says "be afraid, be very afraid" while…

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The choices are clear, one side says "be afraid, be very afraid" while the other side is all about "together we can make it better"

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Another one where my wife says smart things well.

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