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Medical Errors third leading cause of death - 1 in 6 of all deaths
by
Indiana Jones
on 31 Jan 2014
13 comments, latest
9 months ago
Each year, between 98,000 to 440,000 people die unnecessarily from hospital and doctor error. On the other hand, deaths from flu AND pneumonia) are considered to be the eighth ...
What a Weiner. Seriously. This is all his fault.
by
Indiana Jones
on 19 May 2017
20 comments, latest
6 years ago
http://www.thedailybeast.com/a GOOD RIDDANCEWhy We Should Feel No Pity for Anthony WeinerThe former Congressman cried as he plead guilty to charges related to sexting a minor girl. But no amount ...
How the baby boomers destroyed everything
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Indiana Jones
on 3 Mar 2017
19 comments, latest
6 years ago
https://www.bostonglobe.com/id "Even before the election, Americans were asking just how we got here — to this sullen moment of national reckoning.... ...Surely, by 2016, it was time for a ...
California Cops Secret Cellphone Surveillance
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Indiana Jones
on 14 Mar 2014
5 comments, latest
7 years ago
A number of police departments in California have been using controversial "StingRay" type of cellular interception devices for at least six years, with little or no disclosure, according to ...
Why Generation X Might Be Our Last, Best Hope
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Indiana Jones
on 12 Aug 2017
13 comments, latest
7 years ago
Why Generation X Might Be Our Last, Best Hope - Vanity Fair https://apple.news/Ao4TlqCMQQs Demographics are destiny. We grew up in the world and mind of the baby-boomers simply because ...
Generation X is dying younger: generational scapegoating
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Indiana Jones
on 2 Nov 2016
39 comments, latest
7 years ago
www.youtube.com/embed/KoeEOwN- http://fivehundredpoundpeeps.b "Age 45-54 is now Generation X. Generation X is dying young...The above study spoken about in the above videos makes it clear. The death rates for our ...
Mothers die too often because womens health isnt valued in the US
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Indiana Jones
on 30 Jun 2017
23 comments, latest
7 years ago
"... a key driver of America’s maternal mortality problem is that America doesn’t value women. “The argument we make internationally is that [a high maternal death rate] is often ...
Race a factor in off-duty black St. Louis cop being shot by white cop, lawyer says
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Indiana Jones
on 26 Jun 2017
6 comments, latest
7 years ago
http://www.al.com/news/index.s "When the off-duty officer who lived nearby heard the commotion and arrived at the scene Wednesday night to help, two on-duty officers ordered him to the ground but ...
At this rate, Gen X might never get to be president of the United States of America
by
Indiana Jones
on 26 May 2017
9 comments, latest
8 years ago
https://qz.com/836658/donald-t No wonder our country is so f***ed. We skipped over a Silent Generation president and now possibly Gen X. Having the Boomers and the Millennials lead our country ...
Outrageous Turkish President Brutally Attacks Americans in Washington DC
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Indiana Jones
on 19 May 2017
20 comments, latest
8 years ago
Why isn't the Turkish President being publicly denounced for this flagrant, illegal violation of American's rights? Only Senator McCain has spoken out. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/0 New video surfaced on Thursday that ...
Even Doctors Are Getting Priced Out of San Francisco Housing Market
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Indiana Jones
on 13 Apr 2017
17 comments, latest
8 years ago
Even doctors are getting priced out of San Francisco's frenzied housing market, according to Trulia. Medical practitioners such as anesthesiologists and surgeons occupy the top nine spots in the ...
Men Without Work
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Indiana Jones
on 31 Mar 2017
8 comments, latest
8 years ago
By John Mauldin http://www.mauldineconomics.co "I have been promising a review of Nicholas Eberstadt’ very important book, Men Without Work: America’s Invisible Crisis....The “invisible crisis†that the author is writing ...
2 Christie Allies Are Sentenced in George Washington Bridge Scandal
by
Indiana Jones
on 29 Mar 2017
8 comments, latest
8 years ago
Good. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/0 NEWARK — Bridget Anne Kelly, a former top aide to Gov. Chris Christie, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Wednesday for her role in closing ...
Bad time to be a Russian Diplomat
by
Indiana Jones
on 20 Feb 2017
1 comment, latest
8 years ago
http://af.reuters.com/article/ MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's combative ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, died suddenly in New York on Monday after being taken ill at work, the Russian Foreign ...
When Assets Become Liabilities - Could this happen to American R.E.?
by
Indiana Jones
on 30 Dec 2016
11 comments, latest
8 years ago
http://www.oftwominds.com/blog When Assets (Such as Real Estate) Become Liabilities "It will be the middle class that accepted the notion that "real estate is the foundation of family wealth" that ...
2000 Veterans to Defend Water Protectors at Standing Rock
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Indiana Jones
on 2 Dec 2016
6 comments, latest
8 years ago
U.S. military veterans were building barracks on Friday at a protest camp in North Dakota to support thousands of activists who have squared off against authorities in frigid conditions ...
Our "Gaslight" Financial System
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Indiana Jones
on 7 Dec 2016
1 comment, latest
8 years ago
"Nations have lost trillions (in today's money) from theft/larceny since the 15th century and have paid many more trillions in interest.....often to the same criminals who stole these vast ...
Trump win may shake up Bay Area housing market
by
Indiana Jones
on 20 Nov 2016
Posted 8 years ago
http://www.sfchronicle.com/bus Since Donald Trump was elected president last week, mortgage rates have jumped by half a percentage point and tech stocks have fallen. That could put a damper on ...
SF Tech Millionaires Throw A Hissy Fit and Get Rewarded
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Indiana Jones
on 14 Nov 2016
2 comments, latest
8 years ago
http://solidtechnews.com/why-i "Detroit doesn’t put burdensome restrictions on auto makers Idaho doesn’t put undue limitations and hurdles in front of potato farmers and California normally takes techniques to guard its ...
Dear Boomers: Here's Why Millennials Hate You
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Indiana Jones
on 9 Sep 2016
14 comments, latest
8 years ago
Time for another Boomer-Diatribe. Why not? The most narcissistic generation in history certainly deserves it. http://www.dailykos.com/story/ Dear Baby Boomers, I’d love to tell you I’m writing this in a ...
Acupuncture Beats Injected Morphine for Pain Relief in ER
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Indiana Jones
on 29 Aug 2016
10 comments, latest
8 years ago
http://www.jwatch.org/na41959/ A reduction in pain score ≥50% was achieved more often in the acupuncture group compared with the morphine group (92% vs. 78%) and was achieved faster (mean time, ...
UN Rep Slams US Police for Trampling Protesters' Rights
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Indiana Jones
on 17 Aug 2016
13 comments, latest
8 years ago
http://www.motherjones.com/pol "Recent police responses to protesters in Baton Rouge and other US cities violate international human rights law, the representative says. Amid renewed nationwide protests over police killings of ...
Three Women Save A Stranger and Stop A Date Rape
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Indiana Jones
on 9 Jun 2016
10 comments, latest
9 years ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06 "It was happy hour at Fig, an upscale restaurant in Santa Monica, Calif., and three friends were enjoying lively conversation and a platter of charcuterie when an odd ...
Santa Rosa Aproves Rent Control, Curbs Evictions
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Indiana Jones
on 6 May 2016
4 comments, latest
9 years ago
Unfortunately rent control ends up exacerbating the very problems the supporters are hoping to eliminate. http://www.pressdemocrat.com/n "After getting an earful from passionate supporters and detractors of rent control Tuesday ...
Baby Boomers Are What's Wrong With The Economy
by
Indiana Jones
on 28 Nov 2015
86 comments, latest
9 years ago
https://www.washingtonpost.com From the article: My generation, Gen X, is in far worse financial shape than our parents were at the same age. Millennials are even worse off than we ...
Gen-Xers don't want to be homeowners
by
Indiana Jones
on 29 Jun 2015
30 comments, latest
9 years ago
Millennials are often blamed for the drop in homebuying, but Generation X isn't jumping on the homeowner bandwagon either. The U.S. homeownership rate has been falling since 2005, and ...
An Alternative -- The Resource Based Economy
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Indiana Jones
on 1 Feb 2016
5 comments, latest
9 years ago
https://www.thevenusproject.co The Venus Project proposes an alternative vision of what the future can be if we apply what we already know in order to achieve a sustainable new world ...
The Most Entitled Generation
by
Indiana Jones
on 18 Oct 2015
73 comments, latest
9 years ago
http://www.realclearpolitics.c "For the first time in America’s history, an entire generation of her citizens is poorer, more indebted, and less employed than the preceding generations. That generation is the ...
My Dark California Dream
by
Indiana Jones
on 29 Oct 2015
11 comments, latest
9 years ago
CALIFORNIA’S over, everything I love about this place is going to hell. I knew there was something familiar about this thought from the moment it occurred to me in ...
New Jersey School Cancels Halloween due to "Diversity Reasons"
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Indiana Jones
on 25 Oct 2015
3 comments, latest
9 years ago
Move over Christmas and make room for Halloween in the bin of banned holidays. Seth Boyden Elementary School in Maplewood, New Jersey, is the latest school to give Halloween ...
Rent in Vegas, Commute to San Francisco, Save $1,124 a Month
by
Indiana Jones
on 20 Oct 2015
4 comments, latest
9 years ago
http://www.realtor.com/news/tr The ridiculously high rent in San Francisco has plenty of cash-strapped workers wondering: How far from my office do I really have to move to find an affordable ...
CA Mandatory Vaccinations: first the children, now the adults
by
Indiana Jones
on 1 Oct 2015
1 comment, latest
9 years ago
http://www.washingtontimes.com Those people clad in white keeping silent vigil in front of the California state Capitol have a message for Democratic legislators: The thousands who opposed the stricter vaccination ...
Will Wall Street turmoil affect Southern California housing market?
by
Indiana Jones
on 30 Aug 2015
1 comment, latest
9 years ago
http://www.latimes.com/busines Seven years ago when the housing bubble burst, it nearly took down Wall Street and the entire U.S. economy. This week, the concern was the reverse: That the ...
Bay Bridge ZPMC Pays Back 400m for Shoddy Work in North Sea Wind Farm
by
Indiana Jones
on 24 May 2015
Posted 10 years ago
http://www.sacbee.com/news/inv From the article: This is a tale of two projects. One – the $6.5 billion San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge – is the largest public works project in state ...
Background: Caltrans Decisions on Bay Bridge Design
by
Indiana Jones
on 12 May 2015
Posted 10 years ago
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/ The team designing the new Bay Bridge eastern span had a problem. Pressure was building to move forward on what would become the most expensive public works project ...
Rich Boomers, Poor Generations Following...
by
Indiana Jones
on 8 Apr 2015
2 comments, latest
10 years ago
http://www.oftwominds.com/blog "This great generational injustice is the direct consequence of central banks lowering interest rates to zero and inflating asset bubbles...." ...Where does this leave us? With the unsettling ...
CA Drought Tests History of Endless Growth
by
Indiana Jones
on 7 Apr 2015
Posted 10 years ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04 "A punishing drought is forcing a reconsideration of whether the aspiration of untrammeled growth that has for so long been the state’s engine has run against the limits ...
What silicon valley really thinks of women
by
Indiana Jones
on 2 Apr 2015
27 comments, latest
10 years ago
http://www.newsweek.com/2015/0 more from the article: "...Despite that discouraging fact, the two women spent their 20s deep inside the valley’s bro community—a culture that has been described as savagely misogynistic. ...
Which SF tech companies have the men with the largest genitalia?
by
Indiana Jones
on 3 Mar 2015
63 comments, latest
10 years ago
Yes, this will make masculinist heads explode in flames, but there is a distinct correlation between the upward momentum of a tech company and the size of the genitalia ...
Japan Opens Hotel Run By Human Looking Robots
by
Indiana Jones
on 12 Feb 2015
38 comments, latest
10 years ago
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sci Humanoids will staff the Henn-na Hotel in Nagasaki, which opens in July They will check in new guests, carry their luggage and clean their rooms Robots are designed ...
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