MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'biden'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:14:39 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5086364&cid=t_201173_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FFullosseousflapsDentalBlog%2F%7E3%2FVUnaEYw2RHU%2F I guess we will see if anyone has a tape recording of the caucus meeting. Vice President Joe Biden tells CBS News that published reports that he compared Tea Party-linked lawmakers to “terrorists” during a closed-door meeting Monday are “absolutely not true.” “I did not use the terrorism word,” Biden told CBS Evening News anchor and managing editor Scott Pelley. Politico, citing “several sources in the room,” reported Monday afternoon that the vice president, during a closed-door meeting with House Democrats about the deal to raise the debt limit, agreed with an argument by Rep. Mike Doyle of Pennsylvania, who reportedly asserted that “[w]e have negotiated with terrorists.” The report said the vice president asserted in response, ... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086364 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:08:58 +0100 5086364 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5086367&cid=t_201173_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FFullosseousflapsDentalBlog%2F%7E3%2FvMyQDWEZDHA%2F Good ol’ Slow Joe Biden put his foot in his mouth again. Vice President Joe Biden joined House Democrats in lashing tea party Republicans Monday, accusing them of having “acted like terrorists” in the fight over raising the nation’s debt limit. Biden was agreeing with a line of argument made by Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) at a two-hour, closed-door Democratic Caucus meeting. “We have negotiated with terrorists,” an angry Doyle said, according to sources in the room. “This small group of terrorists have made it impossible to spend any money.” Biden, driven by his Democratic allies’ misgivings about the debt-limit deal, responded: “They have acted like terrorists,” according to several sources in the room. Biden’s office declined to comment about what the vice preside... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086367 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:22:06 +0100 5086367 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4714429&cid=t_201173_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fsleepy-vp-biden-dozes-during-obama.html (Source: Sleep Education) Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4714429 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:44:00 +0100 4714429 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4653314&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fb9sCNawlObs%2F By Ilya ShapiroSpeaking of free speech, last night I had an Obamacare panel at Widener University, which is currently having its own little speech-related brouhaha.  (Getting there was a bit of a hassle because I was held up at the Wilmington Amtrak station by Vice President Biden's entourage — but I didn't end up in a closet, so I guess it could have been worse.) There are strange things afoot at the tiny Delaware law school, specifically to tenured professor Lawrence Connell, who also happens to be the adviser to the school's Federalist Society chapter. From the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: Widener University School of Law is attempting to fire longtime criminal law professor Lawrence Connell by charging him with dubious violations of the school's harassment code, s... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4653314 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:27:13 +0100 4653314 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4464484&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FuPOcm9wBjNc%2F By Tad DeHavenIn his customary salesman style, Vice President Joe Biden recently made a pitch to a Philadelphia crowd for a plan to spend $53 billion over the next six years on a national system of high-speed rail. Biden’s performance brings to mind the classic Simpsons episode "Marge vs. the Monorail" in which con-man Lyle Lanley convinces the town’s residents to waste money on an exciting-sounding high-speed train that turns out to be a boondoggle. The full episode can be viewed here, but here’s the scene in which Lanley whips the crowd into frenzied support of his plan: There are some uncanny parallels between the two pitches. Biden says that “If we don’t get a grip, folks, they’ll not only be teaching us, they’re gonna own our kids.” The VP is referring to other cou... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4464484 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:26:43 +0100 4464484 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265687&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FueRzNG8I_pU%2F By Malou InnocentPresident Obama released his Afghanistan war review today. It highlights progress on the battlefield against insurgents, the success of Special Forces operations and drone strikes, and achievements in training the Afghan security forces. I have four thoughts on the matter: First, scattered throughout the document are passages such as “al-Qa’ida’s senior leadership in Pakistan is weaker,” “[a]l-Qa’ida’s senior leadership has been depleted,” and “al-Qa’ida’s leadership cadre have diminished.” However, can we deter more jihadists than our efforts help to inspire? After all, “fighting them over there so they don’t fight us here” did not deter Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad and his inco... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265687 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:31:24 +0100 4265687 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4151758&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_CauIySDjZU%2F By Caleb O. BrownVice President Joe Biden believes that human progress depends almost entirely on government vision and government incentive. Donald J. Boudreaux, Cato Institute adjunct scholar and George Mason University economics professor, details why Biden is wrong both generally and in the specific case he touts: Produced by Caleb O. Brown. Shot and edited by Evan Banks. VIDEO: Joe Biden’s Weak Case for Government Meddling is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4151758 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:58:39 +0100 4151758 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4045227&cid=t_201173_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2010%2F10%2F08%2Fday-by-day-october-8-2010-biden-time%2F Day By Day by Chris Muir Zed, you blew it with the Vice President Slow Joe Biden shtick because nobody takes this gaffe prone POL seriously. Look at Biden’s latest. Vice President Joe Biden got a laugh from his audience at a Wisconsin fundraising event Thursday when he tried to rile the crowd about the economic collapse of 2008. “We want to reward people who manufacture things in the United States, in Wisconsin, not to take them overseas to China and to other countries!” he said to a silent room at the event for Democratic gubernatorial nominee Tom Barrett, according to a White House pool report. He continued, saying, “You’re the dullest audience I’ve ever spoken to,” at which point he got applause and laughs. “Do you realize how many jobs Wisconsin lost? It’... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4045227 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 22:26:07 +0100 4045227 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3899377&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FB5PWPWLtndw%2F The White House’s misbegotten “Summer of Recovery” continued today with the release of another administration “analysis” that purportedly demonstrates the stimulus’s success in “transforming” the economy. Vice President Joe Biden unveiled the report alongside Energy secretary Steven Chu and numerous businesses officials willing to serve as political props in return for Uncle Sam’s free candy. Biden bemoaned the nefarious “special interests” that were coddled by the previous administration. What does the vice president think those subsidized business officials attending his speech are called? The money the White House has lavished on these privileged businesses isn’t free. The money comes from taxpayers—including businesses that do not enjoy the favor of the White ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3899377 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:06:08 +0100 3899377 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3714161&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F6VOQHyW5RNQ%2F By Jim HarperPolitics and extortion share a similar logic: Give to the one who can hurt you the most. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3714161 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:35:38 +0100 3714161 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3490621&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fdx42C1eO9Us%2F By Neal McCluskeyWhen kids want to know if other kids want to play a game they just ask, “Hey, wanna play?” Apparently, that kind of straightforward interest assessment won’t cut it with the Obama administration, which today announced that it is eliminating the option for schools to survey women about their desires to play intercollegiate sports in order to comply with Title IX.  The only safe way for schools to comply with the law, as a result, will be to have men and women participate in athletics in almost perfect proportion to their share of total enrollment, and without regard to how potentially disproportionate their desires to play. In announcing the logic-leaping change, Vice President Biden said it was a “no-brainer.” That’s true, but not in the... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3490621 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:14:01 +0100 3490621 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3398885&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F5a0uNjv8T7E%2F By Justin LoganThe U.S.-Israel relationship has been in the news a lot lately.  First, Israel humiliates the American Vice President by announcing an expansion of settlements in East Jerusalem during his trip to that country.  Then, Gen. Petraeus states in congressional testimony [.pdf] that the Israel/Palestine imbroglio “foments anti-American sentiment, due to a perception of U.S. favoritism for Israel,” which in turn creates a dynamic where “Al Qaeda and other militant groups exploit that anger to mobilize support.” For those with interest in the subject, Robert Wright’s piece on the New York Times’ website may be of interest.  Wright looks at how chauvinistically Gary Bauer, Max Boot, and Abraham Foxman define “pro-Israel” and writes I... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3398885 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:50:01 +0100 3398885 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3395092&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fblisstree-photo-of-the-day%2F President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and senior staff applaud in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, as the House passes the health care reform bill, March 21, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Post from: BlissTree (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3395092 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:14:36 +0100 3395092 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3200426&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F0dPQYKhI0_4%2F By Christopher PrebleLast week, Iraq’s independent electoral commission disqualified 511 candidates — most of them Sunnis — from running in the parliamentary elections scheduled for March. Today’s Washington Post reports that Vice President Joe Biden is hurrying off to Baghdad to try to convince the Iraqis to change their minds. U.S. troop withdrawals were supposed to accelerate after the elections were held and a new government seated. But the elections have already been postponed at least once, and the administration is worried that the obvious bias against Sunnis could stoke sectarian tensions. “U.S. officials are in a precarious position,” the Post story explains: They are stuck between the government they created and bolstered — a coalitio... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3200426 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:06:52 +0100 3200426 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3092672&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FyR_ZdpqKy8Y%2F By Tad DeHavenA couple of weeks ago I wrote about a story in Wired regarding the Department of Energy’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program. The gist was that government subsidies to particular manufacturers are putting non-recipients at a competitive disadvantage in obtaining private capital. The author, a former Tesla Motors official, noted that “this massive government intervention in private capital markets may have the unintended consequence of stifling innovation by reducing the flow of private capital into ventures that are not anointed by the DOE.” An article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal builds on this theme by detailing the political shenanigans surrounding the DOE’s awarding of a loan to Finnish high-end automaker, Fisker Automotive: When tiny ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3092672 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:52:47 +0100 3092672 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2876023&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FB8yG0FYKSns%2F Hey Rajiv Chandrasekaran, what the heck happened back in March when Obama decided to send 17,000 more troops into Afghanistan and started telling everyone we needed a more expansive approach there? Everyone, save Vice President Biden’s national security adviser, agreed that the United States needed to mount a comprehensive counterinsurgency mission to defeat the Taliban… [...] To senior military commanders, the [implications were] unambiguous: U.S. and NATO forces would have to change the way they operated in Afghanistan. Instead of focusing on hunting and killing insurgents, the troops would have to concentrate on protecting the good Afghans from the bad ones. And to carry out such a counterinsurgency effort the way its doctrine prescribes, the military would almost certainly ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2876023 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:04:25 +0100 2876023 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2832125&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F-cyxhDqZSO0%2F According to The Hill, in a conference call yesterday with the nation’s governors, Vice President Joe Biden said that “In my wildest dreams, I never thought it would work this well.”  The “it” would be the administration’s $787 billion so-called “stimulus” package. At the same time, USA Today reported: Nearly $10 billion in stimulus aid to repair the nation’s tattered highways has largely bypassed dozens of metropolitan areas where roads are in the worst shape, a USA TODAY analysis shows… The problem is a byproduct of a stimulus package designed to spend as fast as possible to revive the economy. Many roads are in such bad shape that repairs would take too long and cost too much to qualify for funds, says John Barton, head of eng... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2832125 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:41:42 +0100 2832125 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2832129&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F6C77Jt75yRk%2F With Gov. Deval Patrick’s appointment of longtime Kennedy courtier Paul Kirk to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s seat in the U.S. Senate, there are now at least three close aides holding on to Senate seats while their states go through the formality of an election. The governor of Delaware appointed Joe Biden’s longtime friend and former chief of staff to fill the rest of his term in the Senate. Can you name him? It is generally thought that he is obligingly holding on to the seat until Biden’s son Beau gets back from National Guard service and is able to run to succeed his father. And in Florida, Gov. Charlie Crist named his former chief of staff to fill the seat of retiring Sen. Mel Martinez until the 2010 election in which Crist is running for the seat. There are more ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2832129 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:12:49 +0100 2832129 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2823959&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FC9qHiOTv12g%2F Some comforting news regarding the Obama administration’s approach to the war in Afghanistan: Among the alternatives being presented to Mr. Obama is Mr. Biden’s suggestion to revamp the strategy altogether. Instead of increasing troops, officials said, Mr. Biden proposed scaling back the overall American military presence. Rather than trying to protect the Afghan population from the Taliban, American forces would concentrate on strikes against Qaeda cells, primarily in Pakistan, using special forces, Predator missile attacks and other surgical tactics. I’m an analyst, not a fortune teller, so anyone’s guess is as good as mine as far what course Obama will choose to take in Afghanistan. I will say, however, that I will not be surprised if the president decides to send more troo... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2823959 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:53:35 +0100 2823959 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800368&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FxOw9xtYLqc8%2F Anger about Obama’s many “czars” is rising, reports the Washington Post: On paper, they are special advisers, chairmen of White House boards, special envoys and Cabinet agency deputies, asked by the president to guide high-priority initiatives. But critics call them “czars” whose powers are not subject to congressional oversight, and their increasing numbers have become a flash point for conservative anger at President Obama. Critics of the proliferation of czars say the White House uses the appointments to circumvent the normal vetting process required for Senate confirmation and to avoid congressional oversight. I have tended not to take concern over “czars” very seriously. After all, advisers to the president can’t exercise any power that ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800368 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:18:21 +0100 2800368 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2788502&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FyeCxe6_APHo%2F On the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York and D.C., things are going much better than most of us dared hope in the initial aftermath of that horrible day.  We’re still a secure, prosperous, and relatively free country, and the fear-poisoned atmosphere that governed American politics for years after 9/11 has thankfully receded. Not everyone’s thankful, however.  Boisterous cable gabber Glenn Beck laments the return to normalcy. The website for Beck’s “9/12 Project” waxes nostalgic for the day after the worst terrorist attack in American history, a time when “We were united as Americans, standing together to protect the greatest nation ever created.” Beck’s purpose with the Project?  “We want to get everyone thinking like it is September... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2788502 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:07:00 +0100 2788502 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2774605&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FVn4WjxzD5cw%2F Bloomberg News points out that President Obama needs a health-care crisis in order to impose a health-care “solution”: President Barack Obama returns to Washington next week in search of one thing that can revive his health-care overhaul: a sense of crisis…. “At the moment, except for the people without insurance, we’re not in a health-care crisis,” said Stephen Wayne, a professor of government at Georgetown University in Washington. “You do need a crisis to generate movement in Congress and to help build a consensus.” This administration has used Naomi Klein’s book The Shock Doctrine as a manual. Klein said in an interview that The Shock Doctrine is a political strategy that the Republican right has been perfecting over the past 35 years to use for variou... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2774605 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:07:50 +0100 2774605 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2611065&cid=t_201173_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2009%2F07%2F16%2Foh-that-joe-biden-we-have-to-spend-money-to-keep-from-going-bankrupt%2F Say what? Vice President Joe Biden told people attending an AARP town hall meeting that unless the Democrat-supported health care plan becomes law the nation will go bankrupt and that the only way to avoid that fate is for the government to spend more money. “And folks look, AARP knows and the people working here today know, the president knows, and I know, that the status quo is simply not acceptable,” Biden said at the event on Thursday in Alexandria, Va. “It’s totally unacceptable. And it’s completely unsustainable. Even if we wanted to keep it the way we have it. It can’t do it financially.” “We’re going to go bankrupt as a nation,” Biden said. “Well, people when I say that look at me and say, ‘What are you talking about? You’re telling me we ha... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2611065 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:38:41 +0100 2611065 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2601954&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_ORc5GK6Yg4%2F After yesterday’s bloviating—much reduced by Joe Biden’s departure from the committee—today we’ve gotten into some good stuff. Sotomayor is obviously well-prepared. She speaks in measured, dulcet tones, showing little emotion. Judiciary Committee Chairman Leahy gave her the opportunity to explain herself on Ricci and on the “wise Latina” comment—which she has repeated in public speeches at least six times going back 15 years—and then built up the nominee’s background as a prosecutor and trial judge. Ranking Member Sessions and Senator Hatch (himself a former chairman of the committee) pounded Sotomayor on Ricci, asking her how she reconciles a race-based decision with clear Supreme Court precedent—and how her panel decided the case in two paragraphs despite the weight... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2601954 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:28:56 +0100 2601954 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2469438&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F8gKcnamfb3M%2F Vice-president Joe Biden says we should rally behind the Supreme Court nomination of Sotomayor because she will “have the back” of the police.  Biden is a lawyer, a senator, and former chairman of the Senate’s Judiciary Committee, so he should know better than to pull a political stunt like that to curry favor with law enforcement groups.  The Constitution places limits on the power of the police to search, detain, wiretap, imprison, and interrogate.   The separation of powers principle means that judges must maintain their impartiality and “check” the police whenever they overstep their authority.  To abdicate that responsibility and to “go along with the police” is to do away with our system of checks and balances. As it happens, The New Yo... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2469438 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:38:26 +0100 2469438 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2389653&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Ft7bPpwrc5dg%2F The ever-sensible Shaun Waterman has begun to tally the cost of overreaction to the fear outbreak inspired by the H1N1 flu strain. He reports in ISN Security Watch: Even the precautions that you take against this kind of global flu pandemic could knock about 1.9 [or] 2 percent off global [economic production]. That’s about a trillion dollars,” according to journalist Martin Walker, who cited World Bank figures from a study last year. The Economist reported last week that the crisis in Mexico was costing Mexico City’s service and retail industries $55m a day - not because of the handful of deaths but because of people’s reactions. And that was even before the national suspension of non-essential public activities called for this week by the authorities there, which was expected to d... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2389653 Wed, 06 May 2009 18:54:38 +0100 2389653 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2380718&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FkMShMlAHxes%2F The government has taken the sensible step of creating a website to disseminate information on the Swine Flu.  There’s even a “Swine Flu & You” section. Unfortunately, someone forgot to tell Vice President Biden. On the Today Show, Biden lauded the government’s focus on identified vectors and not on a wholesale closing of the border with Mexico or shutting down commercial airline traffic. Then he contradicted this rational message by saying he “wouldn’t go anywhere in confined places now” and discourages travel by plane, subway, or automobile. No word on whether this will impact administration plans to use “high-speed rail” to revolutionize transportation in America. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2380718 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:42:03 +0100 2380718 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2380779&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F04%2Fmr-vice-president-please-get-grip-about.html Overall, I have been impressed by the Obama Administration's handling of the swine flu pandemic, which as these things go, does not appear to be Armageddon. (I am sure the Deep Ecologists are disappointed.) Part of the reason the government was so prepared, according to President Obama, is that the Bush Administration, working with the Congress, put in place a good plan several years ago on just what to do in the event of such a threat. The Administration has been following that contingency plan to good result, which Obama graciously acknowledged in his press conference yesterday. From the transcript:I do want to compliment Democrats and Republicans who worked diligently back in 2005 when the bird flu came up. I was part of a group of legislators who worked with the Bush administration to ... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2380779 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:48:00 +0100 2380779 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347798&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FTKGWqiAo15Q%2F Govexec.com reports: “Private sector zips past government in Recovery Act tracking.” If you want to find out where governments are spending the $800 billion in federal stimulus money, the story reports that you would do better to go to www.recovery.org than www.recovery.gov. The latter is the government website that stimulus-overseer, VP Joe Biden, could not remember the name of. The former is a project of the business research firm Onvia. The private www.recovery.org does have useful data and charts. But Onvia should have paired the chart ”Estimated Jobs Created by State” with another one titled “Estimated Jobs Destroyed by State” to illustrate the financing burden of all the new spending. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347798 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:09:17 +0100 2347798 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2233126&cid=t_201173_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.com%2F2009%2F03%2F03%2Fwe-got-your-money%2F   Just had to share this with y’all. Posted in blogging, humor, I feel like breaking shit, lies, life, opinion, politics, yay us Tagged: bail-outs, Clinton, economy, Joe Biden, michelle obama, Obama, Obama's spending plan (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2233126 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:46:54 +0100 2233126 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2125253&cid=t_201173_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2009%2F01%2F22%2Fvideo-vice-president-joe-biden-the-gaffe-machine-jokes-about-oath-flub%2F As he prepared to swear in White House senior staff Wednesday, January 21, 2009, Vice President Joe Biden made a joke about the presidential oath being flubbed by Chief Justice John Roberts. President Obama was obviously NOT too pleased with VP Joe Biden after he makes a CRACK about U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and the Presidential Oath of Office FLAP. Look at Obama’s expression and how he tapped Biden’s elbow. Joe Biden is going to be a problem for Obama. Biden is a human GAFFE MACHINE and Flap doubts Obama will be able to control him. Good humorous times ahead for conservatives but a major headache for President Obama. Hey Barack. You could have had Hillary. Technorati Tags: Barack Obama, Joe Biden Bookmark/Search this post with: (Source: FullosseousFlap... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2125253 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:18:02 +0100 2125253 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2108117&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F512184370%2F The Politico reports that Vice President-elect Joe Biden has been comparing our current economic troubles to the 9/11 attacks. “We’re at war,” Biden told congressional leaders of both parties during their sit-down with Barack Obama in the Capitol, according to two sources familiar with the exchange. Libertarians and conservatives who fear that Obama’s inauguration heralds the coming of a new New Deal have new cause for discomfort, then.  FDR’s embrace of the war metaphor was central to building support for the New Deal: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, elected in a landslide in 1932, wasn’t the only political figure to analogize America’s economic collapse to an attack by a hostile power; his predecessor Hoover had made the comparison regularly. F.D.R. employed the war... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2108117 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:10:53 +0100 2108117 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1933329&cid=t_201173_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FuuWARbou32g%2F Yesterday ABC News reported on the difficulty of diagnosis and featured Jason Ross. Today’s ABC New looks at life after an autism diagnosis and interviews three mothers of autistic children to describe how families adjust after learning that a child is autistic. “‘There isn’t one stream that families find themselves in where they get carried along…….Life after diagnosis is normally a haphazard unfolding and everything is learning as you go,’” Dr. Jon Markey, a child psychiatrist at William Beaumont Hospitals is quoted as saying. Families—as Judith Ursitti, Kim Stagliano, and Jennifer Wood note—too experience “physical, emotional and financial meltdowns”; marriages are strained (one mother interviewed is divorced); par... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1933329 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:52:39 +0100 1933329 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1924541&cid=t_201173_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F1efolAjM-MY%2F “Special”—as in “special needs”: It’s a term used primarily (exclusively?) in regard to children. Sometimes, just saying “special children” means the same thing. But one wouldn’t use the word to refer to adults with disabilities. Consider this example: At at an October 30th rally in Rush Limbaugh’s hometown of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, McCain-Palin campaign representative Senator Kit Bond (R-Mo) mocked Presidential candidate Senator Barak Obama for saying that he’s looking to nominate judges who empathize with “the disabled.” Sen. Bond was joining Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin at the rally. As noted in a press release from ADA Watch and the National Coalition for Disability Rights: “It’s Halloween and it se... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1924541 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:30:29 +0100 1924541 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1914716&cid=t_201173_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F_sW7TCcktw0%2F So maybe it had to do with finding myself driving through a most unexpected (in New Jersey) October snowfall to take Charlie to a medical appointment (the dentist, to be more precise) on a cold mid-afternoon on Tuesday—-but as I glanced at him in the rear view mirror, a strong sense of déja-vu came into my mind. I was driving down a wide avenue on a snowy afternoon, gray sky, and strapped in the middle of the backseat, in his carseat, was my little boy and there was something wrong with or inside of him and no one seemed to know what, or to be able to say what, and not the kindly pediatrician we’d just seen for the nth time…… I was remembering the late late fall days of 1998. We were living in St. Paul, Minnesota, then (I was a newly hired classics professor here) ... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1914716 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:23:34 +0100 1914716 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1911389&cid=t_201173_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2Fwv5MUqj7ciY%2F Through laboratory experiments with rats, Prof. Marta Weinstock-Rosin of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem School of Pharmacy is studying how maternal stress during pregnancy can lead to developmental and emotional problems in their offspring. From a press release, which notes that some of the “unfortunate consequences” that children can develop are “slower development, learning and attention difficulties, anxiety and depressive symptoms and possibly even autism.” Weinstock-Rosin has been able to show through her laboratory experiments that when rat mothers were subject to stressful situations (irritating sounds at alternating times, for example), their offspring were later shown to have impaired learning and memory abilities, less capacity to cope with adverse sit... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1911389 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:13:29 +0100 1911389 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1908840&cid=t_201173_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FfEMbc1CDGko%2F Autism gets mentioned for the first time in a presidential debate on October 15th; here’s more news: After Many Years, A Diagnosis Deborah Lipsky was in her 40s when she found out that has autism. There Goes Another Autism Myth While out riding his bike, Charlie hears another child crying and……. Denis Leary Does a Michael Savage I know Leary’s a comedian but some things just aren’t funny—-alumni from Emerson College don’t think so either. McCain and Obama Debate: Down Syndrome, Autism, Special Needs Disability historian Paul Longmore writes about Sarah Palin as “talking about special needs children” and Obama as having substantive plans for all people with disabilities” in the October 3rd Huffington Post Barney Can Wait What happened to all tho... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1908840 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:35:07 +0100 1908840 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1901609&cid=t_201173_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FqK24juzSMGE%2F From the October 23rd The Swamp, the Chicago Tribune’s Washington Bureau, is the transcript of an interview with Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president. Here’s some of what she said about families of children with special needs (Palin is to give a speech today in Pittsburgh—her first on policy—about special needs children): “the federal government can play a very appropriate role in making this country a more welcoming country to those children with special needs to really make manifest our commitment to these children to provide them with equal opportunity with education, equal opportunity as they grow up to good employment and a chance to contribute and be quite productive and fulfill, and I think we can do a better job than where we’ve... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1901609 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:43:53 +0100 1901609 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1892046&cid=t_201173_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FUPjxQBes6bE%2F A commenter under the moniker of “Rainmanretired” posted this about the Q & A on autism and what John McCain said that was posted on Newsweek yesterday: Kristina said she knew nothing about autism before she had a son with it, I was wondering just how she expected John McCain to know all about it? No he probably doesn’t know what all the differents’s are between all the different things that effect children BUT he wants to help ALL not just autism children. ……. I thought of this very question as I was talking during the interview about how I indeed “knew nothing about autism” before my son was diagnosed. I had barely heard, let alone thought of, the word “autism” before daycare teachers and an “evaluator” let the w... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1892046 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:07:27 +0100 1892046 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1870517&cid=t_201173_106_f&fid=34805&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FAwfulPlasticSurgery%2F%7E3%2F419186317%2F Joe Biden think he looks... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]] (Source: Awful Plastic Surgery) Awful Plastic Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1870517 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:07:41 +0100 1870517 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1868573&cid=t_201173_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F3_Xf9dfnxMw%2F Disability historian Paul Longmore writes about Sarah Palin as “talking about special needs children” and Obama as having substantive plans for all people with disabilities” in the October 3rd Huffington Post: Even though 90% of the 54 Americans with disabilities are adults, Palin, John McCain, and the news media have talked almost exclusively about children. And that talk has been mostly about “compassion” not “issues.” The McCain-Palin campaign website has a single page on “Americans with Disabilities for McCain,” but it says nothing about policy positions. Other pages mention autism and disabled veterans but no other issues. In contrast, Barack Obama and Joe Biden have said little on the campaign trail about disability issues but th... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1868573 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:35:40 +0100 1868573 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1779109&cid=t_201173_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F09%2Fbiden-stem-cell-low-blow.html Dumb move: Senator Joe Biden has implied that Sarah Palin doesn't care as much as he does about special needs children because she does not support embryonic stem cell research. From the story: "I hear all this talk about how the Republicans are going to work in dealing with parents who have both the joy...and the difficulty of raising a child who has a developmental disability, who were born with a birth defect," he said. "Well, guess what folks? If you care about it, why don't you support stem cell research?"The Obama campaign denied that Biden's barb was aimed at Sarah Palin, but who else gave a speech mentioning special needs kids in the last two weeks?The McCain campaign struck back: "Barack Obama's running mate sunk to a new low today launching an offensive debate over who cares more... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1779109 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:22:00 +0100 1779109 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1773189&cid=t_201173_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F09%2F07%2Fmccain-vs-obama-on-mental-health-psychology-issues%2F Pages: 1 2 3 Next »     Single Page The United States is in the midst of its rite of choosing its next President. As a blog focused on mental health and psychology, we can’t help but wonder about the candidates’ commitment to mental health and psychological science. We should note that we hold no specific political agenda and endorse neither candidate at this time. Because this article is so long, we’ve provided an easy-to-read summary of our findings at they very end. One way to determine a candidate’s position on such issues is to send out a questionnaire about mental health policy issues and ask the candidates to fill it out. This is what NAMI does (and did a year ago for the two current candidates), and you can view the responses here. ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1773189 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:39:29 +0100 1773189 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1742677&cid=t_201173_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F08%2F29%2Fsarah-palin-watch-energy-national-security-and-joe-biden%2F Alaska GOP Governor Sarah Palin’s Monday interview with CNBC Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was interviewed by Maria Bartiromo of CNBC on Monday of this week about energy and national security in Alaska. Of course, this was before she was named John McCain’s Vice Presidential running mate. The entire interview is here at CNBC. Note how Palin SLAMS Senator and Democrat Vice President nominee Joe Biden for thirty years ago being a naysayer and voting no on the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline. Flap can hardly wait until Sarah Palin debates Slow Joe this fall. Technorati Tags: Sarah Palin, Joe Biden Bookmark/Search this post with: (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1742677 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:01:55 +0100 1742677 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1713859&cid=t_201173_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F08%2F18%2Fobama-ready-to-announce-vice-president%2F +++++Update+++++Don’t wait up tonight for the e-mail or text as to who Obama’s VP will be. But, the New York Times says Obama has been focusing on Joe Biden Tim Kaine Evan Byah Looks like the announcement will be forthcoming though. Flap bets it will leak late tomorrow afternoon. Bill Kristol has a different three: Joe Biden Tim Kaine Kathy Sebelius Now, will McCain REALLY wait until a week from Friday to name his Vice President? The formal announcement yes. But if McCain has made the decision he will trump Obama on Wednesday or Thursday and not let him have this weekend uncontested. Matt Drudge is the first up with the poop: The NYT newsroom was buzzing late Monday afternoon after Obama-beat reporter Jeff Zeleny learned how the Dem hopeful has now finalized his choic... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1713859 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:58:39 +0100 1713859 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1634825&cid=t_201173_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F07%2F17%2Fbarack-obama-watch-the-johnny-come-lately-position-on-afghanistan%2F Senator Joe Biden, D-Delaware and Team Obama surrogate on CNN’s American Morning July 16, 2008 Senator Slow Joe Plagiarizing Joe Biden has certainly changed his tune on Barack Obama’s foreign policy experience since last year. Watch the video above from yesterday and explain to Flap the 180 degree turn around from what Joe Biden said about Obama last year. On Aug. 1, 2007, when Obama unveiled his counterterrorism agenda, the Biden camp fired off a snarky email congratulating him for his “Johnny-come-lately position” on Afghanistan, noting that during two Foreign Relations Committee hearings on Afghanistan and other subjects, Obama didn’t ask questions about the Taliban, Al Qaeda, or Afghanistan. (We also wrote on it here.) “We find it a little disingenuous t... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1634825 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:36:46 +0100 1634825 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1526029&cid=t_201173_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F18%2Fslow-joe-biden-says-rudy-giuliani-has-no-experience-in-foreign-policy-so-shut-up-about-obama%2F Senator “Slow” Joe Biden, renown for his plagiarism, weighs in on Rudy Giuliani’s criticism of Barack Obama’s national security policy. It’s no surprise that it takes a man with zero national security and foreign policy experience to defend the policies of John McCain and President Bush. The facts are that the policies President Bush has pursued and Senator McCain would continue, have not made us safer. We’re bogged down in Iraq with no end in sight and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan – the people who actually attacked us on 9/11 – have regrouped and are plotting new attacks. In fact, terrorist attacks around the world have increased since 9-11. The problem is: Barack Obama has LESS experience than Giuliani, NO executive exp... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1526029 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:50:40 +0100 1526029 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1497378&cid=t_201173_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F2008%2F06%2F05%2Fjohn-mccains-teeth%2F Daily Kos screen capture courtesy of LGF Notwithstanding the fact that John McCain was tortured and lost many teeth during his Vietnam POW captivity, but John McCain is 71 years old. Should Markos want McCain to have the teeth of a 30 year old? Then, the low class POS Kos would criticize him for wasting his money on a “fountain of youth” strategy to cover up his age. Flap has many dental patients who prefer to allow their smiles to age to show their “natural” character. I suppose it is the same with hair color. Some prefer to dye their hair or not as some prefer to bleach their teeth or whiten them with porcelain veneers. Now, what this has to do with ANYTHING in the Presidential race is beyond Flap unless American voters are selecting the President with the most ph... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1497378 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:36:51 +0100 1497378 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=655395&cid=t_201173_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D5059 Democratic Presidential hopeful former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., left, makes a statement about Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., right, during the Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., Sunday, June 3, 2007. Who won tonight’s Democrat Presidential debate in NH? Biden Clinton Dodd Edwards Gravel Kucinich Obama Richardson    Free polls from Pollhost.com Ok, who won? Technorati Tags: Biden, Clinton, Dodd, Edwards, Gravel, [...] (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=655395 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:47:37 +0100 655395 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=582560&cid=t_201173_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D4856 Biden on Iraq bill: “We’re going to shove it down his throat.” Blunt talk from Joe Biden, picked up by C-Span answering a man’s question at Jim Clyburn’s fish fry April 27 in Columbia, S.C. Biden is asked what he’ll do when Bush, as is expected, vetoes the Iraq funding bill. First, he talks about his son, and [...] (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=582560 Tue, 01 May 2007 22:08:04 +0100 582560