Dec. 17th, 2013

birdwatcher: (Leif Gram: Mr. Fix)

Jim Lo Scalzo/European Pressphoto Agency
"A city bus in Washington displays a wraparound advertisement sponsored by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund."

http://www.justiceonline.org/thank-you-edward-snowden/say-thank-you.html
birdwatcher: (Leif Gram: Mr. Fix)
Mike Holly: The obvious solution is to increase the supply of physicians and hospitals to meet demand. Unfortunately, if medical schools doubled their class sizes by next year, it could still take over 20 years to achieve the number of doctors relative to population found in continental Western Europe. Competition could be achieved quicker by relaxing the licensing requirements placed on para-medicals (e.g. nurses), and possibly also foreign educated doctors, to compete with U.S. physicians to the degree to which they are qualified.

Фридман: (3) By the time Clinton is running, the American health care system will be in a state of catastrophic failure. She will offer an alternative, probably along the single payer lines supported by many on the left. My feeling is that this alternative is the least likely, but I wish I could be more confident of that.
birdwatcher: (belgium fries)
Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy, who joined Republican Senator John McCain in a visit to Kiev on Sunday, told the BBC's Katty Kay the senators had made the trip because both US economic interests and human rights issues were at stake. "There are conditions that come with Russian money," Mr Murphy said. "We don't know what that is yet but ultimately the long-term financial health of the Ukraine lies in access to the huge markets of Europe and the US.".
Что ни слово, то золото.
birdwatcher: (belgium fries)
По оценке издания USA TODAY, President Obama's selection of Billie Jean King for the official U.S. delegation to the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games is a stroke of genius.
Они сказали selection кого?.. Они сказали stroke чего?.. Оказывается, это всемирно известная лесбиянка.
Картина вырисовывается неописуемая: Путин сказал, будем заниматься зимними видами спорта в Сочи - Обама снаряжает делегацию спортсменов в Сочи. Путин сказал, что гомосексуалисты очень важны - Обама позаботился, чтобы в делегации было много гомосексуалистов. Сразу видно, кто великий лидер, а кто просто так.