http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Because You're Never too Young for a Bad Hair Day en Vox Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:39:03 -0800 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/dear-us-senate-enclosed-please-find-my-medical-bills.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mickey M) http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/dear-us-senate-enclosed-please-find-my-medical-bills.html?_c=feed-rss http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/dear-us-senate-enclosed-please-find-my-medical-bills.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:39:03 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225257877f2190123f189f7c7860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c225257877f2190123f189f7c7860f-50si" alt="Sealed With A Kick" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I believe they belong to you. A petition for relief via the Dorgan Amendment to Senator Al Franken: December 16, 2009 Dear Senator Franken, I am writing to you about the health reform legislation efforts currently under consideration in the... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/dear-us-senate-enclosed-please-find-my-medical-bills.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225257877f2190123ddf3db10860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> insurance congress senate health care reform lifetime caps http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/cdc-report-1-in-110-children-diagnosed-with-autism.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mickey M) http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/cdc-report-1-in-110-children-diagnosed-with-autism.html?_c=feed-rss http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/cdc-report-1-in-110-children-diagnosed-with-autism.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:07:08 -0800 Given the appalling statistics regarding the misdiagnosis of autism, this headline is a little misleading. It represents the number of children 'diagnosed' with autism, which may or may not represent the number of children who actually have it. Th... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/cdc-report-1-in-110-children-diagnosed-with-autism.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225257877f2190123ddcb309f860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> autism cdc health care http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/tithing-for-tit-hs.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mickey M) http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/tithing-for-tit-hs.html?_c=feed-rss http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/tithing-for-tit-hs.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:54:53 -0700 *A church fundraising program suggested by Tbogg to raise money for Carrie Prejean's breast implants, currently in the process of being repossessed by the Miss California Pageant. Must admit, I haven't paid much attention to Ms. Prejean. Just ass... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/tithing-for-tit-hs.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225257877f2190123ddc6bd55860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/wapo-highlights-the-increasing-clout-of-online-blowhards.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mickey M) http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/wapo-highlights-the-increasing-clout-of-online-blowhards.html?_c=feed-rss http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/wapo-highlights-the-increasing-clout-of-online-blowhards.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:06:51 -0700 And this explains exactly what is wrong with our 'online expert' culture. The average person is no longer able to distinguish between bona fide expertise and the pseudo-status of online bigmouths whose absolute conviction in the correctness of the... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/wapo-highlights-the-increasing-clout-of-online-blowhards.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225257877f21901101671cc56860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/the-return-of-cud.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mickey M) http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/the-return-of-cud.html?_c=feed-rss http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/the-return-of-cud.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:11:27 -0700 There is a classic line in the movie Monster House where the exasperated babysitter confronts the odd behavior of her charges by saying something like “I don’t know what you have, but I’m sure that it has initials and there are pills for it.” I s... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/the-return-of-cud.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225257877f219011017ed1254860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/palin-caught-lying-about-true-cost-of-ethics-complaints.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mickey M) http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/palin-caught-lying-about-true-cost-of-ethics-complaints.html?_c=feed-rss http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/palin-caught-lying-about-true-cost-of-ethics-complaints.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:55:51 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225257877f2190110184aaa65860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c225257877f2190110184aaa65860f-50si" alt="Sarah Palin: 2009 Campaign Photo? Yikes!" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I am bothered, but not surprised, that for the most part the MSM seems to accept Palin’s dollar figure on the face of it. This is a woman who has been caught lying time after time, but they still parrot her ridiculous statements as if they came... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/palin-caught-lying-about-true-cost-of-ethics-complaints.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225257877f2190110162b5863860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/disease-of-the-week-vitiligo.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mickey M) http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/disease-of-the-week-vitiligo.html?_c=feed-rss http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/disease-of-the-week-vitiligo.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:46:17 -0700 Vitiligo (vit-a-lie-go), a condition affecting the melanin-related pigmentation of the skin, was cited as the reason for Michael Jackson's dramatic lightening over the decades. Skeptics naturally assumed he was getting his skin bleached and had o... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/disease-of-the-week-vitiligo.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225257877f2190110162ad3c6860b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/finally-some-real-news.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mickey M) http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/finally-some-real-news.html?_c=feed-rss http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/finally-some-real-news.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:13:01 -0700 Cable news networks have been pretty relentless in their coverage of the Michael Jackson death story since it broke over week ago. Granted, it was a major story and had shock value as well as pop culture value. However, it was truly non-stop cover... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/finally-some-real-news.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225257877f219011017e9e7f6860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/palin-single-handedly-torpedoes-the-womens-movement.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mickey M) http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/palin-single-handedly-torpedoes-the-womens-movement.html?_c=feed-rss http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/palin-single-handedly-torpedoes-the-womens-movement.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:59:49 -0700 Sarah Palin's resignation from the governship of Alaska midway through her term has tongues wagging about the real reasons behind it. Her rambling, contradictory and self-deluded 18 minute announcement did nothing to clarify the real reasons, but ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/palin-single-handedly-torpedoes-the-womens-movement.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225257877f219011017e9679d860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/open-letter-to-tom-daschle.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mickey M) http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/open-letter-to-tom-daschle.html?_c=feed-rss http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/open-letter-to-tom-daschle.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:27:45 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c225257877f2190110169cfbbf860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c225257877f2190110169cfbbf860d-50si" alt="Did I Mention I&#39;m a Lobbyist for the Health Insurance Industry?" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> It is with some despair that I watch the goings-on in the health care reform debate. I truly believe that this historical period is not only our best shot at real reform, but most likely our only shot, and it is enraging to watch the influence of... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mickeymusing.vox.com/library/post/open-letter-to-tom-daschle.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c225257877f219011017dd9ea5860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>