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In a survey of some of the western world’s biggest nations, the United States health care system as a whole comes off looking pretty badly.  Aside from being patient-centric and effective, US health care is last or near-last in every major category of note, including quality, access, efficiency, equity, and healthy lives.  However, there’s one […]

Two Horsham, Australia men have found themselves in a heap of trouble after testing their pain tolerance.  The two men, both 34, were having drinks on Sunday when they decided to test out whether or not an air rifle would hurt.  So, they got the air rifle, and took turns shooting one another with it. […]

So what does it take to stop a naked woman?  Well, apparently, if you’re the West Valley Police Department, it takes two car chases, a totaled police cruiser, an extended foot pursuit, and a Taser gun.  Apparently, this naked female, about 5’5, 120-120 pounds, with reddish-brown hair, is actually some kind of sophisticated cyborg from […]

When it comes to cooking, there is an eternal debate:  butter or margarine?  If given the choice, I say butter, as it has a better taste and cooks differently than the lower-fat, higher health option.  But if something is made with margarine, I don’t get violent about it, unlike a pair of Washington state siblings. […]

If there’s one thing you can say about police constable Glen Campbell (not the musician), it’s that he knows how to drink.  On November 6, 2009, he was arrested with a staggering 0.395 blood alcohol level after collapsing in a parking lot at a supermarket.  (The legal limit in the United States is 0.08.)  While […]

It’s one of the oldest marketing gimmicks in history.  If you want a kid to buy something, you cram a cheap plastic toy inside and just wait while units fly off the shelves.  Despite the fact this has been happening basically forever, organizations like the Center For Science in the Public Interest, AKA the Food […]

The Naked Cowboy, a busker named Robert John Burck who roams around Times Square strumming a guitar in nothing but a cowboy hat and a pair of white briefs, is a New York institution.  Everyone knows him, even if not everyone loves him.  He’s become so successful that he’s even spawned an imitator, The Naked […]

After so many hears of healthy eating being forced down the pudgy gullet of the American diner, the health backlash has started in earnest.  The KFC Double Down was only the beginning, as Massachusetts-based restaurant chain Friendly’s has taken the hamburger to the extreme, thanks to an unholy union with the grilled cheese.  The resulting […]

When Kim Mordue’s son Lloyd died from an overdose of GHB, she knew exactly how she wanted to memorialize her son.  Her husband, David, is a tattoo artist.  Her son was cremated.  So she had her dead son’s ashes made into tattoo ink and got him turned into a series of elaborate tattoos on her […]

So many people get married with big, elaborate ceremonies.  There’s all that pomp and circumstance and expense, and for what?  Given that over half of all marriages end in divorce, you’re just flushing money down the drain for when you split up.  Personally, I’d rather elope and spend that money on a down-payment for a […]

Copyright lawyers must be the dumbest people on earth.  I mean, how else could you explain this?  The website ThinkGeek, which sells a host of great products for those with a goofy sense of humor, also sells a canned SPAM-like product called unicorn meat.  It’s billed as an excellent source of sparkles.  They say, in […]

In the movie Death Proof, the most notable scene is when Zoe Bell, playing a fictional version of herself, hangs from the hood of a 1970 Dodge Challenger (like in Vanishing Point) from two belts while playing a game called Ship’s Mast.  In the movies, it makes for an awesome scene.  When it’s real life, […]

I’ve been looking for a house for awhile, and one of my requirements is to have two bathrooms.  It’s not that I need two bathrooms right now, since it’s just me, but it’s a lot more convenient to have parties and guests if you have more than one head available for emergency use.  It’s just […]

Wing walking, at one point, was one of America’s most popular events.  It was the 1920 version of a David Blaine stunt, in which people would walk or move on top of a moving biplane.  As it turns out, not only are people still doing this, they’re still breaking records in the process.  Tulsa, Oklahoma’s […]