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Healthcare

About my healthcare exchange promise—I lied

I promised you wouldn’t write about the Healthcare Exchange…but I lied. Today, I am officially enrolled in an affordable healthcare plan via the federal Healthcare Exchange. Though the GOP has worked tirelessly to ensure I not get this far, I persevered and made it. Though I realize the GOP is still doing everything in its […]

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Eclectically yours #1

Once Google Reader bit the dust I made my move to Feedly, and I’m quite happy with the change. I especially like the search feature incorporated in the Pro version of Feedly. Since I follow several court cases, and the only “notification” the federal PACER system provides is an RSS feed of every court docket entry, being able […]

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Documents Legal, Laws, and Regs

Following the Track of a foodborne killer: Jenson Farms 404(b) notice

Attorney Bill Marler is providing a copy of the 404(b) Notice for the Jenson brothers criminal trial. If you’re not familiar with this case, the Jenson brothers were charged with introducing adulterated cantaloupes into interstate commerce. The cantaloupes, contaminated with the deadly Listeria monocytogenes, eventually killed 33 people and hospitalized 147 others. It’s one of the worst foodborne illness […]

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Party with the Internet Archive

The Internet Archive folks are having their annual bash in San Francisco. Should be fun if you live in the area. I’m intrigued by the 404 dead link teaser that will be unveiled at the party. I’ve taken some of my sites down when I have re-organized, and I know I’ve left a litter of 404s in […]

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The most important paper you can read, but you can’t have it

Several publications, including the New York Times are covering an important new paper on climate change in the future. In the paper, the authors predict that starting in 2047, the coldest years on record, will now exceed the warmest years on record we have now. It’s an important paper, and one that presents a fresh outlook. Unfortunately, […]