Meanwhile...on the health care front...

Linda McQuaig argues that medicare in Canada has been successfully "killed"...and that Canadians haven't yet noticed. I'd argue that we've noticed his attempts to do so. The opposition to that effort has never stopped, and plans to repair and rebuild the system - and expand it - are being revised in anticipation of this year's federal election having any of several possible good outcomes. My thinking may be naive, but it's shared by a lot of people in Canada.

Where health care's concerned, the private marketplace has its usages, but it will never be allowed to run the show without restraint again. Not in Canada.

Agents of SHIELD Casting News: Holy Frak!

No, that was not a mistaken choice of words for a subject header. By way of explanation:

http://shieldtv.net/casting-spoiler-edward-james-olmos-joins-agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d

I'd have figured that guy for a movie gig first.