Onion Kid

Approximately 4 million live children are born each year in America, and by age six more than 15 percent of those children have clinically recognized physical or psychological neurodevelopmental defects. Here is a tabulation (some children have multiple defects):
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: 3 to 10 percent
Learning disability: 7
Chronic emotional or behavioral problems: 6
Speech defects: 5
Delay in [...]

Health care is remarkably unconnected.
The lack of connectivity tools in health care is absolutely stunning.
Health care providers in America have a very hard time connecting and sharing patient information with each other. Most medical records are still sitting in individual paper files locked in metal cabinets, totally isolated by doctor and care site. [...]

For those of us over the age of say, 30, navigating social media networking is like learning a new language. We are, as we’ve been aptly named, digital immigrants. During our formative years — the ones where we started dating, navigating friendships, figuring out how to stay connected with people we liked and even [...]

VIDEO! Watch video of Paula Deen hit by a ham. Paula Deen had a ham hit her in the face at a charity event.
The Paula Deen Ham tossing smackdown happened as Deen was helping pass out 25,000 lbs. of protein to Hosea Feed the Hungry in Georgia.
Who was the turkey behind the Paula smacking? [...]
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The Hollywood Gossip
Looks like THG staff members weren't the only ones to attend a showing of New Moon this weekend. Following our positive review of the Twilight sequel, final weekend numbers have come in for the film – and they're more impressive that Robert …

Twilight Saga: New Moon Sets Records, Hauls in $140 million - Film School Rejects
'Twilight: [...]

RedState
At least, he's claiming that he's been forbidden it by Bishop Thomas Tobin of the Providence Diocese, and Bishop Tobin hasn't denied it – and Tobin has denied that he's ordered priest under his authority to actually deny Kennedy the Sacrament.

Kennedy: Bishop Barred Me from Communion - Drudge Retort
Patrick Kennedy v Catholic Church - Jane Genova: Speechwriter – Ghostwriter
Tobin/Kennedy, [...]

BuzzSugar
This has been a huge year for music so far: Taylor Swift has won every trophy imaginable, Whitney Houston is staging her comeback, and Michael Jackson is still topping the charts, even after his death.

American Music Awards live blog — Can Taylor Swift or Lada Gaga best Michael Jackson? - From Inside the Box
2009 American Music Awards [...]

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
NEW YORK – The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of US foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday.

New York – Sick Soapbox: 9/11 Defendants To Plead Not Guilty, So They Can Have [...]

'Okie' on the Lam
Last Friday it was announced that the servers of University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit had been hacked and over a thousand emails and several dozen documents had been released to the Internet.

Video: Dr. Tim Ball on the CRU emails - Watts Up With That?
Global Warming Meltdown: Climategate! - Warning Signs
Anthropogenic Global Warming Suffers Crushing [...]

Disinformation
MIDDLETOWN, Pa. – November 22, 2009 – A small amount of radiation has been detected in a reactor building at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in central Pennsylvania.

Move Along, Folks, Nothing to See Here. Just a Minor Radiation Leak. [No Big Deal] - Gawker
US Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor Leaks Radioactive Contaminants. - Trends Updates
Nuclear Redux at [...]

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The next battle in the search wars could be over access to news content. The FT reports that Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)—which has made increasing the market share of its Bing search engine its top online priority—has reached out to “big online …

Is Murdoch Setting Up A Bidding War For News Corp. Index? - Silicon Valley Watcher
Microsoft + [...]

TPM Election Central
On a perfectly partisan, 60-39 vote, the Senate agreed tonight to debate and amend a far-reaching health care bill. That debate will get started in earnest after Congress returns from next week's Thanksgiving recess.

Mitchell Bard: It's Too Early to Celebrate the Senate Health Care Vote - The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed
Senate to Vote Tonight [...]