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The Real Reasons Why Health Care Costs So Much

Chris — Wed, 11 May 2011 23:22:52 +0000

Here is a cool infographic from Medical Billing & Coding:

Via: Medical Billing And Coding

How to Fix the Deficit

Chris — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 00:16:53 +0000

Here’s what needs to be done…

Decrease military spending by 30-50% Raise the Social Security retirement age to 68 Increase Medicare eligibility age to 68 and cap Medicare growth based on GDP Increase taxes to Clinton-era rates and create new tax bracket for incomes over $1 million Close all tax loopholes for individuals and corporations End military operations and bring (nearly) [...]

More Book Reviews

Chris — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:51:48 +0000

Here are more reviews of some books I have read (or, at least, started reading) over the past few months (see here for my previous book reviews)…

Griftopia (Matt Taibbi) – ♦♦♦♦♦ 5 stars Wow, what an amazing book! I am actually in the process now of reading this for a second time. Matt Taibbi breaks down [...]

Gambling Pool for the NFL Season

Chris — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:03:58 +0000

If you’ve got a couple of friends who love to gamble, here’s a new NFL gambling pool that I started that you can do if you only have a few players. This works best with 3-5 players. It is similar to my World Cup Gambling Pool in that you draft all the teams in the [...]

The Ten Most Loathsome Characters from The Wire

Chris — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:21:13 +0000

One of the brilliant aspects of The Wire is the fact that the characters for the most part are not pure good or pure evil, but instead many shades of grey. That being said, their are a few characters in the show that have no redeeming value to them whatsoever. Here is my list of [...]

Books for Atheists

Chris — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:27:45 +0000

Do you think organized religion is nonsense? Here are some great books for atheists and potential atheists. Check them out…

The God Delusion – Richard Dawkins

The End of Faith – Sam Harris

50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God – Guy Harrison