Populist Examiner

Why is it so hard to believe that more medical testing can be bad for your health?

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:08:05 -0700

A new controversy over mammograms could figure big as the health care bill reaches the Senate. (ABC News photo illustration)Why is it so hard to believe that more medical testing can be bad for your health? Last Friday (in case you hadn't...

Best neon sign ever

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:38:56 -0700

Sometimes the right bulbs on a neon sign go out and the message becomes completely wrong. NY Times The right bulbs burned out on the sign above Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, NY, to read, "I'm hurt," with the "e" and the &qu...

Video: Best touchdown pass ever

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:16:14 -0700

Eat your heart out, Peyton Manning.

As U-S infrastructure crumbles, we spend billions on Iraqi infrastructure that Iraqis can't use

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:25:31 -0700

(History Channel)The United States has poured $53 billion into Iraqi infrastructure over the past six years, building schools, hospitals, water-treatment facilities, and government buildings in an attempt to rebuild the physical as well as political ...

Remembering the day "The Day After" aired

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:09:49 -0700

"The Day After" DVD CoverMost of us don't worry about nuclear war the way we did when there was a cold war to go along with it. Today, thanks to terrorists and chemical weapons, war is smaller, but deadlier. But it was on this d...

Klan plans a university-approved pep rally on the campus of Ole Miss

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:30:31 -0700

SportsbyBrooks.com compositeThe Ku Klux Klan is planning a rally tomorrow on the University of Mississippi campus --a pep rally for the game between Ole Miss and the LSU Tigers. The school has approved the rally, conceding that it has no ...

Jon Stewart and Lou Dobbs show how intelligent interviews are conducted

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:13:46 -0700

I was a bit disappointed he didn't take Dobbs to task for the whole 'birther' BS, but if Dobbs had stayed on this intellectual path and not gone off the deep end, he'd have been a real asset for CNN instead of the liability that he became.The Daily S...

Forget "2012." How the world might really end

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:11:42 -0700

NASAThe apocalyptic "2012" is likely to rock the box office again this weekend (and as disaster flicks go, reviews for this one have been positive). The end of the world ain't happenin' anytime soon, despite the Jim Jones believers in ...

This is troubling

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:40:20 -0700

I'll pass. Thanks.

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Judge: Army Corps of Engineers responsible for Katrina flooding

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:46:13 -0700

Hundreds of homes fronting the Forty Arpent Canal in Meraux were destroyed or washed away after Hurricane Katrina. (Times-Picayune) A federal judge has ruled that the U-S Army Corp of Engineers is to blame for the massive flooding in New Orleans aft...

Is Sarah Palin's Newsweek cover sexist?

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:49:00 -0700

Not happy with the Nov 23, 2009 cover of NewsweekPalin (or whoever is doing it for her) wrote on her Facebook page Monday night that the photo choice was "unfortunate." I have a better question: Who cares? This is just useless g...

Time to walk away from the Israeli-Palestinian contretemps

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:58:56 -0700

Only a day after Palestinian officials approached the European Union to back the territory's petition for statehood, Israel has retaliated by electing to proceed with a plan to build 900 new housing settlements in East Jerusalem. The ann...

Congressman wants death benefits for Fort Hood victims

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:14:17 -0700

John Carter, (Austin Statesman American)The Pentagon says it will address the Fort Hood issue from the top down and not just the Army but all branches of the armed forces --an investigation of how potential problems within their ranks are handled.Mea...

New mammogram guidelines present tough questions and realities

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:45:52 -0700

The new U-S Preventive Services Task Force guidelines for mammograms published Monday created a furor in the medical community and are bound to leave many women confused since it changes what for many had become conventional wisdom. In fact, just ...

Oxford word of the year finalists included 'birther' and 'teabagger'

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:22:48 -0700

If you've spent any time on Facebook, you probably already know the word the new word of the year: "Unfriend," according to the New Oxford American Dictionary. It's a verb --you "unfriend" someone. Oxford University...

New mammogram guidelines creating confusion and suspicion

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:32:47 -0700

(CBS/AP) A controversial recommendation from a government-backed panel says women should not start getting regular screenings for breast cancer until they reach age 50. For years, women were told to get a mammogram starting at age 40 bu...

Poll: Palin not qualified for the White House

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:11:40 -0700

On Oprah's couch (BBC) Sarah Palin will be all over TV this week as she plugs her book, "Going Rogue." Some think --or hope-- this is part of a long-term plan to position herself for a 2012 run for president. But a new poll says...

High Court rejects Native American bid to declare Redskins name offensive

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:27:48 -0700

People with no bodies find this photo offensive.(AP)The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from a group of American Indians claiming the name of the Washington Redskins is offensive.That ends the latest round in the 17-year court battle bet...

MSNBC pressures Obama from left

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:31:53 -0700

Rachel Maddow (NY Times)Liberal? Progressive? A NY Times offers a friendly piece on how the TV anchors that dominate MSNBC's prime-time lineup are keeping score and criticizing the president if he fails to fulfill the promises he made whi...

Would you serve on the 9/11 jury?

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:04:47 -0700

Box Seat (Getty)Announced Friday, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other 9/11 co-defendants will face trial in a federal civilian court in New York City rather than a military court. Prosecutors will likely seek the death penalty for all five defendan...