http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 25 May 2013 10:53:12 Sat, 25 May 2013 10:53:12 During my adult life I have had many occasions to attend Emergency rooms with family or friends, and I had developed this little hangup that I would look at the ceiling inside the cubicle for a few minutes and say to myself that for many people, this was the last view of anything that they would eve... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/PCIntern/254 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:45:21 By way of explanation, I'm in Penn State Central here in Philly.

"They shouldn'ta fired Joe Paterno. He wasn't the one molesting boys AND you know who's gonna get rich off this? The so-called 'victims' and the lawyers. That's all that's gonna happen here." (this must be coming from the hate... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/PCIntern/253 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:13:07 In the last two months, I have now had two horrifying experiences which have permanently altered my consciousness. The first occurred in the Jefferson Hospital imaging center when the technician stopped what she was doing in order to get a doctor to come speak with me about what she had seen on the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/PCIntern/252 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:02:29 In 1988, Joe Paterno addressed the Republican Convention. My father, then an employee of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as is/was Paterno was incensed. "Sonofabitch can't do that." was what he said. Of course, it is against the rules to be politically active when employed by the government. F... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/PCIntern/251 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:04:54 another responsible adult has passed away...I grew up with his reportage from the White House.

And so that whole generation is almost completely gone - whether they be actors or actresses, newscasters, radio personalities, politicians, industrialists, union leaders, print reporters or gossip colu... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/PCIntern/250 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:38:30 I was in an English class at my University and when I exited, there was a great gathering in the center of the academic quadrangle. It seemed that the Nixon Administration had announced that it had mined Haiphong Harbor in North Vietnam and this was considered by the student leaders to be so repreh... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/PCIntern/249 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 09:57:56 ...so I work about three blocks from the encampment and have frequently walked over there to commune a bit. People here are certainly dedicated and in it for the long run. Most Philadelphians who walk past, stop, read the signs, nod/smile a bit and keep moving. The other day part of the group mar... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/PCIntern/248 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 07:48:38 I want to preface my remarks by stating that I am fortunate enough to have outstanding health care coverage because I pay almost two thousand eight hundred dollars monthly. It is outrageous that this is what it costs and that the insurance company to which I remit this shows billions in profits ann... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/PCIntern/247 Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:33:42

The Phillies assembled four of the best starting pitchers in baseball, already possessed a lineup of veterans, almost all of whom had post-season experience including a World Championship. At the beginning, middle, and end of the season, they were touted, even by periodicals and sportswriters w... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/PCIntern/246 Sat, 08 Oct 2011 08:11:19 I want to take this opportunity to let you all know of something which is subtle for some, but not obvious to many. To backtrack 36 years, when I was a dental student we had a brilliant biochemistry professor who, before starting his lecture one day, informed the class that he was most concerned as... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/PCIntern/245 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:10:27 During a scan, the tech found something which could be immediately life-threatening or at best, life-altering 'forever', and I was admitted and taken care of wonderfully over the last few days. In Philadelphia, there are several fine hospitals with first-class departments and I must tell you that n... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/PCIntern/244 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:08:05 So today, having returned home from seeing an emergency patient and I with a terrible cold (teddible code), I sat down to watch some football (Eagles who I marginally can't stand b/c of Vick the dog-killer) and baseball (Phillies). After all the huge flags and ceremony the games began and then I sa... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/PCIntern/243 Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:50:08 This happens quite frequently - more times than I care to think about - because most of the time, the systemic infection is not associated with the concomitant dental abscess. In this case, the association was quite clear. These are tragedies of the first order: most people may not realize that c... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/PCIntern/242 Sun, 04 Sep 2011 10:09:05 Many many years ago, there was written a SF story about the Boston subway system wherein a shuttle line was opened making the system possess infinite connectivity from a mathematical/physical standpoint, and then one of the trains disappeared on the line. People could hear it, but no one could see ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/PCIntern/241 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:18:42 Lots o' pretty and weird things to look at; Christine "I am not a witch" O'Donnell, Sarah "Miss Alaska second runner-up" Palin, Michele "Corndog" Bachmann, Sharron "Batshit Crazy" Angle...while the real people get all their ducks in a row: winning the House, State Houses and Senates, governorships... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/PCIntern/240 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:04:54 The PCIntern family was down in D.C. last weekend for three days for unspecified purposes, and took a tour of the Newseum on Saturday. It was pretty interesting, particularly the 9/11 exhibit and the history of newspapers/headlines room which is endowed/sponsored by none other than the News Corpora... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/PCIntern/239 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:10:54 All these years, we have feasted upon fictional characters in film, in comic books, and in literature who enter stage right to save the day at the last second, as the clock ticks down, as the rope threads break, as the boat goes over the falls, as the plane plummets from the sky. So America sits ar... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/PCIntern/238 Sat, 30 Jul 2011 13:16:09 To paraphrase...

"Let's just say for the sake of argument that the US defaults. And let's say that the foreign markets devalue the dollar and destabilize the Treasury and the currency. And let's say that because of this interest rates soar and access to money of any type and for any reason beco... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/PCIntern/237 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:52:12 In dental medicine we use abrasives for all kinds of operations as many of you will attest. One of the most useful instruments is a Heatless Wheel manufactured by the Mizzy Dental Company.

http://www.americanjewelrysupply.com/products/abrasives/images/mizzy.jpg

These are used for cutting meta... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/PCIntern/236 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 08:01:35 Screw 'em, use the hyperbole and the obvious pun:

1. Get him to admit or not deny that he drank this obscenely expensive wine.
2. talking points to all Dems on the air, each question asked by a moderator would have an answer which began, "Well, Brian, the picture of Republican Medicare and Socia... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/PCIntern/235 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 10:15:32 1. Get him to admit or not deny that he drank this obscenely expensive wine.
2. talking points to all Dems on the air, each question asked by a moderator would have an answer which began, "Well, Brian, the picture of Republican Medicare and Social Security cutting representative Paul Ryan drinki... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/PCIntern/234 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 10:12:04 I will never ever forget that headline and it's been 45 years. It was what awakened me as an individual to the potential insanity which can affect a person or people. When I was a kid, adults used the terms 'nuts', 'crazy' or 'insane' as pejoratives but I never understood the nature of mental illn... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/PCIntern/233 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 06:28:37 A close friend of mine from the school daze in the Pleistocene Era called me today and we talked at length. He had relocated to the warm climate of the South (guess the state) due to personal illness issues. He is a self-proclaimed cynic and has always leaned Rethug although he would always mitig... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/PCIntern/232 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:37:51 No, really. The self-selection of Cheney as VeePee (Groucho in any of the films)...The Butterfly Ballot (Chico doing the contract with the 'sanity claus' - everyone knows there is no sanity claus)...The Supreme Court Selection of Junior (Groucho's selection of Alan Ladd in Night at the Opera)...The... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/PCIntern/231 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:12:36
To the DU community, of which I have been a proud member for seven years: I am a Jew, born into the Reform (not "Reformed" - there is no such thing) movement but practice Conservative Judaism in part because I enjoy certain rituals and customs from both religious and a cultural standpoints. I a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/PCIntern/230 Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:29:01