It’s an Orly Taitz remix, because I have nothing else today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rky03elvlU0

American life expectancy is ranked 47th in the world. Our infant-mortality rate ranks 43rd. We spend twice as much on health care per capita than any other country. Half our bankruptcies are due to medical expenses. Medicare operates with a 3 percent overhead, compared to 16 percent for nonprofits and 26 percent for private insurers.

And yet we love our insurance companies.

We love them for the coverage they deny us. We love them for their refusal to pay the claims we file. We love them for jacking our premiums 87 percent since 2000. We love them for the enormous profits they make, instead of wasting that money on our health.

We love our insurance companies to death.

The purpose of the Darwin Awards is to celebrate people who, by dint of their own stupidity, remove themselves from the gene pool. Although we do not control the nominations, we nevertheless proclaim a special collective 2009 Darwin Award for the American public. You may collect your trophy at your local town hall meeting. Careful you don’t get hit by a bus.

Health Care Statistics in the United States [HealthPAConline]

An anonymous prankster appears to be claiming responsibility for the Kenyan birth certificate:

Fine cotton business paper: $11

Inkjet printer: $35

1940 Royal Model KMM manual typewriter: $10

2 Shilling coin: $1

Pilot Varsity fountain pen: $3

Punkin’ the Birthers: Priceless

Dave Weigel has the full photo display, and while there’s no telling whether the demonstration is authentic, it certainly shows how easily it could be done — especially if the mark is gullible enough to accept the forgery without having a close look. But how could that be possible?

‘Punkin’ the Birthers: Priceless’ [Washington Independent, via Sully]

Bonus update! WorldNetDaily wipes its hands:

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Insatiable in its mission to turn America into a company town, Wal-Mart has cast its Happy Face of Sauron at its next target:

Wal-mart has fake Girl Scout cookies in ‘beta’ distribution, on their way to a national rollout. Because the cookies are ‘reasonable facsimiles’ of the authentic Girl Scout cookies (I sampled them myself at BlogHer ’09 last week) and are being sold at an everyday low price, these cookies are poised to snatch cookie sales right out of the hands of the Girl Scouts themselves.

Thin Mints alone account for 25 percent of Girl Scout cookie income. While similar chewies are already on the market, Wal-Mart appears to be the first to knock off Tagalongs. Thanks to the free market, America will finally have a choice.

Wal-Mart Knocks Off the Girl Scouts [Authentic Organizations, via Sully]

Senator Chuck Grassley:

GRASSLEY: In countries that have government-run health care, just to give you an example, I’ve been told that the brain tumor that Sen. Kennedy has — because he’s 77 years old — would not be treated the way it’s treated in the United States. In other words, he would not get the care he gets here because of his age. In other words, they’d say ‘well he doesn’t have long to live even if he lived another four to five years.’ They’d say ‘well, we gotta spend money on people who can contribute more to economy.’ It’s a little like people saying when somebody gets to be 85 their life is worth less than when they were 35 and you pull the tubes on them.

Teddy needs to cockpunch this GOP shitbag.

Chuck Grassley Uses Kennedy’s Brain Tumor to Spread Fear of Rationing [ThinkProgress]

Whenever we see an ad like this, we can’t help but imagine the pitch meeting behind it. Thoughts that, in this case, are shoved aside by the knowledge that this is our mother’s favorite mayo. Which in turn brings back ugly repressed memories of white-on-white-on-white lunches.

No sale, dudes. If you want to update a dowdy brand, call Bruce Campbell and get back to us.

Ann Althouse:

There is something about the way the 2 seated men are posing as such good little boys with their hands in the I’m-behaving-myself position that demands that what I really want to see is Bill Clinton reach over and feel the thigh Kim Jong-Il, who exclaims: “No broh job!”

That is weapons-grade stupid.

And don’t forget – she’s a tenured law professor.

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