October 2010
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April 2010
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March 2010
31 posts
President John Adams Signed Health Insurance... →
mikehudack:
spytap:
mikeambs:
peterwknox: notthatkindagay:
In July, 1798, Congress passed, and President John Adams signed into law “An Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen,” authorizing the creation of a marine hospital service, and mandating privately employed sailors to purchase healthcare insurance.
This legislation also created America’s first payroll tax, as a ship’s...
Macs and PCs
zigziggityzoo:
marcamos:
Have you ever noticed that, 95% of the time:
People who hate Macs have never owned one
People who hate PCs have owned one
“I’m asking you to believe, not just in my ability to bring about real change in...”
– Barack Obama campaign ad, 2007
Try writing your own eulogy. Never stop revising.
(via rulesformyunbornson)
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the...
onemoretimewithfeeling:
baitandswitch:
douglas adams
The Complete List | TIME Magazine - The 100 Best... →
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January 2010
13 posts
“What if my bookmarks were hard to get to? What if I stripped all the links out...”
– Frank Chimero on de-optimizing (via davidhoffman)
No Physical Evidence, But Man to be Executed... →
Wait really?
hilker:
via digg: “Even though no physical evidence links him to a woman’s murder — and even though someone else’s blood was found under her fingernails — Texas will likely execute Charles Raby for the crime.”
“What is success? To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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(via waxandmilk) (via mikehudack)
December 2009
26 posts
