Murdoch's key insight (and Ted Turner's, for that matter) was that no matter what "campaign finance reform" laws are passed, there is one type of corporation that will always be allowed to put out its views unobstructed: a media corporation. Every time you see a news article supporting "CFR" or railing against Citizens United, remember that they're not opposed to corporate political speech - they just want a monopoly on it.

Actually, it's pretty easy to avoid carbs. When eating in, don't buy them. When eating out, ask for broccoli or asparagus as your side.

Actually, anyone who favors this would tell you the bagel was the worst thing to eat.

But none of that glucose has to come from your diet. The liver is a marvelously capable organ.

Been in ketosis for two and a half years. My mental function is far sharper in ketosis than out of it. This isn't the only way, but it's definitely not harmful.

Isoflurane doesn't have paralytic qualities. It stops you from moving by preventing neurons from firing (though we're not exactly sure how).

Not really. Barring unusual circumstances, the mainstay of general anesthesia is a gas, and has been since the introduction of modern anesthesia in the 1800s. Paralytics, pain medications, and amnestic agents are all used, but they aren't the star of the show.

Chloroform was introduced into anesthesia after ether. It has a much more pleasant smell, but is also substantially more likely to depress cardiac function.

Americans tended to use ether (which is a very good, very cheap, and very safe anesthetic, as long as you don't mind that it's highly flammable, tends to form explosive peroxides when stored for too long, and takes forever to wake up from), while the British preferred chloroform. Because ether is so safe, anesthesia duties were often delegated to a nurse in the US. This is why the US has nurse anesthetists and the UK doesn't.

The memory issues are mostly due to the amnestic effect of the benzodiazepine given as a sedative before you go to the OR. Isoflurane, OTOH, can actually produce a completely flat EEG. No spontaneous brain activity.

Because hypoxia often produces convulsions, and that looks bad, even if the person is already unconscious. Also, it hasn't been vetted by the Supreme Court, meaning any state wishing to use it would potentially have to defend the decision all the way up to them.

FWIW, I'm an anesthesiologist, and if I need to check out early, that's how I'm going.

Incorrect, actually. The three-drug protocol is sedative first, paralytic second, potassium chloride third.

Isoflurane isn't exactly groundbreaking technology. It's the oldest gas anesthetic still in common use in the US.

Drug users become anesthesiologists, not the other way around.

I'm not stuck on anything. My commute is five minutes if all the lights are green and eight if they're all red.

Uber Black (their standard service tier, not UberX, which is private people driving their own vehicles) is composed entirely of people who have commercial driver's licenses to operate car services/limos. I used them almost exclusively on a vacation in San Francisco and found them to be cleaner, more pleasant, more responsive, and not much more expensive than a cab. And all I had to do was tap a few spots on a smartphone instead of hanging out in a line at a taxi stand.

I also took a trip from SF up to Napa for some winery tours. I had an arranged car service for the day that was effectively indistinguishable from Uber when I was in the car, and yet he was also fully insured.

Don't know about Lyft (never used them), but if you're not a cheap bastard you can use Uber's Taxi, Black, or SUV service to avoid this particular problem. I used the hell out of Uber on a vacation to SF and never once thought about UberX. Black cost maybe 10-15% more than a taxi and delivered a much better experience. Their flat-rate service to SFO in a livery car cost the same as the yellow taxi I took into town, and it was a hell of a lot more comfortable.