Thanks to the Wall Street Journal for putting the numbers together for us. There are 2 physicians in the Senate and this seems like a very good time to include a video from a post earlier this year with Robert Scoble interviewing Senator Dr. Tom Coburn, who by the way has a few fans if you check...
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on 11-06-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, healthcare, Congress, Scoble, Tom Coburn, Bloggers, Election 2008, Physicians in Congress
Words of wisdom and right to the heart of the matter. Below I have included a clip from the Wall Street Journal about President Bush signing a bill on protecting intelligent property, and what I found interesting is the mentioning of the fact that the coordinator for this was originally to be housed...
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on 10-14-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, healthcare, microsoft, Health IT, Congress, software, Wall Street, White House, Algorithms, Geeks, Laws, formulas, Warren Buffett, Department of Justice, Intelligent Property, Sofware
Congress was “outcoded” by Wall Street it appears and now can’t make a decision to save our necks Nice work here, but we don’t seem to have enough smart brains working in Washington these days , so at this point I would not have any objections to even a bit more nudging from their part. At...
This does not make sense, why don’t we find other ways to spend the funds, like perhaps some additional limbs for soldiers that come home from war, bionic arms and hands which DARPA has funded and helped create? What’s up with this? DARPA is also involved in biotech research as well. ...
Well hold off those fire sales for the computers and servers, as the FBI will more than likely want some forensic investigations done. All of the creative financing and banking was accomplished with software. Years ago the stock market did not have the sophisticated tools we have today,...
When the sensors identify something suspicious they transmit warning data to analysts, who determine whether or not to deter passengers for further questioning. Micro-facial scanning is the next step, yes it scans your face and muscle movement. It will read your body temperature, heart rate and respiration...
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on 09-23-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Computers, privacy, Congress, software, Sensors, White House, Lab, Scanning, Terrorists, Mind Reading
With all the emphasis on the economy, you can follow both the House, the Senate and Whitehouse on Twitter. The House in particular will give you a ton of updates on what is happening on the floor. The Senate doesn’t update very often. I have not tried it, but it looks like you can also send...
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on 09-22-2008
Filed under: Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Congress, Twitter, Senate, Economics, White House, House of Representatives