PSA on acetaminophen (Tylenol)

I believe that in the UK you call it paracetamol, right?

The dangerous dose is apparently much lower than many of us think:

http://siderea.livejournal.com/1072745.html

http://www.propublica.org/article/tylenol-mcneil-fda-use-only-as-directed

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The GOP’s shutdown game plan: Create a fake middle ground and blame Democrats for refusing to negotiate.

"On the other side, what have the Democrats compromised on? Nothing.”

Damn lies! All of them! The entire Affordable Care Act as it currently exists IS the compromise!

http://tinyurl.com/oz85ygg

Here is every previous government shutdown, why they happened and how they ended

http://tinyurl.com/nwj9dbd

In other news, apparently Hurricane Karen has called some workers off of furlough. I'm not sure if the better aphorism here is "it's an ill wind that blows no good" or "every cloud has a silver lining", but I'm sure they both fit. Probably the latter, because the former is an auto-antonym.