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Blog Roundup: Cheney chat, DVD Piracy and Japan's Healthcare

Paul Coletti Paul Coletti | 13:46 UK time, Friday, 26 February 2010

Patterico in the US has analysed yesterday's exchange between a recovering Dick Cheney and George 'Dubya' Bush . . . describing it as 'How to Talk Texan in One Easy Lesson'.

Commenter Beldar adds:

Cheney always was a blabbermouth.

Corey Doctorow at boingboing has fun comparing the ease-of-use of pirate DVDs with legal alternatives and their mandatory pre-film 'messages'

Meanwhile in Japan Koichi at tofugu.com has a wry take on why Japanese doctors are so scary:

To which commenter binyoooo says:

While I was in Japan I had a headache and my host family rushed me to the hospital like I was dying or something. Then they tried giving me an IV shot why? I really don't know but the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th time I went to the doctor all ended up with them giving me an IV shot... "throat hurts? PUT A SHOT IN IT! stomach aches? PUT A SHOT IN IT!"


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