"Dutch Santorum"

[jsmirman]

So, I've been running "TrackMeNot" ever since I got sick of companies accessing my search history.

It spams all sorts of search inquiries out there to the various search engines to defeat any attempts at search profiling.

You can see the inquiry of the moment (it sends each one repeatedly) in a bar at the bottom of the screen. It's a hodgepodge of random words mixed together with popular search terms.

Anyway, I looked down a few minutes ago and the message trackmenot was sending to the world was "dutch Santorum."

I don't know what's more horrifying - the ads I could get on the basis of that search query or trying to figure out what activity that covers.

[Suich]

1. Probably has something to do with this:

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/dutch-puzzled-by-santorums-false-claim-they-practise-forced-euthanasia/

[jsmirman]

3. Dangit, that makes plenty of sense

I even posted in a thread about that.



Not even going to think, though, about where the slang could take you from that

[stockholmer]

2. it's worse than you think.....

SNL’s Church Lady Meets Senator Rick Santorum



http://www.factcheck.org/2012/02/santorums-bogus-euthanasia-claims/

Rick Santorum grossly mischaracterized euthanasia practices in the Netherlands during an appearance at a faith conference. He overstated the rate of euthanasia and falsely claimed that the elderly are being killed against their will and wear “do not euthanize me” bracelets:
■Santorum claimed legal euthanasia is responsible for “10 percent of all deaths for the Netherlands.” Government statistics show euthanasia is climbing, but represented only 2.3 percent in 2010, according to the most recent data.
■Santorum added that half of the people euthanized were killed “involuntarily.” A representative of the Royal Dutch Medical Association said “there are no forced cases of euthanasia.” Dutch euthanasia review boards found nine cases in 2010 where doctors “had not acted in accordance with the due care criteria,” mostly for how the procedure was performed — not because it was against anyone’s will.
■Santorum claimed the Dutch elderly wear bracelets that say “do not euthanize me,” but the Dutch government and medical association say no such bracelets exists. Santorum “might be confused with a ‘do not resuscitate’ bracelet or necklace” worn by some patients, a medical association representative said.

Santorum discussed euthanasia in the Netherlands during a Feb. 3 forum at the Grace Bible Church in Columbia, Mo. Dr. James C. Dobson, who has endorsed Santorum, moderated the discussion. Dobson is the founder of Focus on the Family, a Christian organization.

[jsmirman]

4. OMG, that picture reduced my will to live by like 70% *

nm

[Ron Obvious]

5. Like the Drug Czar...

Like Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey a few years ago, Rick Santorum has been engaging in the debating technique known as "brown numbers", i.e. pulling numbers out of your arse, to make his point about drugs and euthanasia in the Netherlands.

[MarianJack]

6. My first take was that...

...little ricky was trying to glom onto the idea of saint ronnie reagan.

PEACE!