WTF?!?!?!?

UK surgeon accused of misdiagnosing cancer to perform unnecessary surgeries on women - Boing Boing

So-called "rogue surgeon" Ian Paterson has been suspended by Britain's General Medical Council after accusations he performed "unnecessary or inappropriate" breast operations on over a thousand women in the UK. Investigators claim he misdiagnosed at least 450 of those women with breast cancer when they were in fact cancer-free, performing unnecessary mastectomies and lumpectomies, and placing them on brutal treatment regimens when they had no cancer to treat. There are testimonies from some of the women here. One of the falsely diagnosed women even planned her own funeral, believing she had advanced metastatic disease. Some of the women are suing the hospitals that allowed this to happen. Going through surgery, chemo, radiation, and drug treatment for breast cancer was, for me, a living nightmare. It has left me feeling violated, damaged, and broken. I can't even begin to imagine what it's like for these women, who didn't even have the disease in the first place. Words truly fail me.

That is horrifying. It is hard to believe that that could happen.

I didn't mean to denigrate your appropriate leap into action, msbelle, just reminding myself that there is still no need for me to panic.

Oh, last night Scott Brown said something about defeat being temporary -- word on the street in my office is that John Kerry is going to be the next Secretary of State, and Brown can run in that special election.

From Wonkette:

YES, VICTORIA JACKSON, YOU ARE A RACIST

Oh dear.

Her Tweets o' Doom are just sad.

word on the street in my office is that John Kerry is going to be the next Secretary of State, and Brown can run in that special election.

Really? Oy.

Wow, a man as Secretary of State? How innovative. (How many years has it been? Colin Powell?)

Yeah, I'm not sure if a man could have the right kind of diplomatic skills, you know?

Someone probably has a binder full of men they can give Obama.

I had not heard the Hil was wanting out. How did I miss that?

Does that mean she's definitely not going to make another run in 2016? I'd think that Secretary of State would be the best position from which to launch a campaign other than governor of a highly populous state.