Things the Federal Government Tracks and Things It Doesn’t
Tracked: sexually transmitted disease infection rate in teenage girls.
Because, obviously, girls are responsible for all sexual contact that occurs between teenagers girls AND boys. And clearly those teenage girls who are slutty enough to catch the HPV, the STD that can cause cervical cancer, should not be protected from cancer by a vaccine. [...]
Banks Seek Sub-Prime Bailout: Privatize Profits, Socialize Costs
It was only a matter of time. John Cole leads us in the all American corporate cheer: “Privatize the profits, socialize the costs.” It’s what this country is all about:
The banking industry, struggling to contain the fallout from the mortgage debacle, is urgently shopping proposals to Congress and the Bush administration [...]
