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Posted as I nervously check the US-Mexico ticker for news. Sounds like the US isn't doing a good job at bringing the ball out of the back...

ETA: Whew! Halftime. And the US Soccer match tracker looks flashy, but it's cr@p at refreshing.
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I imagine I'm preaching to the choir here, but...

One Briton's take on the NHS

Not, of course, that the US is trying to implement an NHS-like system (would that they were!) But there seems to be so much misrepresentation of the NHS and the Canadian system in the rage-o-sphere that it's nice to hear someone trying to set it straight.

Having read, heard, and seen (on television, not in person) some of the supposed "voter rage" about healthcare, I think that I'm developing a very different take on the shouting tactics than I did to begin with.

I think it's good.( Here, let me explain... )