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  • Vacation

      12/20/2013
      Austin Frakt

    Your favorite TIE bloggers (as in, all of them) will be on vacation next week. Though we might get inspired to post, don’t expect much. Also expect comment moderation to proceed very slowly (whole days may go by …).

    Meanwhile, happy holidays! Take a break yourself.

    Here’s something to occupy your mind: Earlier this week on Twitter a few of us were passing around face morphs (me + Aaron, Adrianna + Sarah Kliff + Kate Baicker, Pajama Boy + Phil Robertson from Duck Dynasty, Ben Bernanke + a tapir). Below is a morph of two well-known figures in health policy. Who are they?

    guess who

    Make your own face morphs here.

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    • Comments (7)

    • by Jesse on December 20th, 2013 at 16:25

      Sebelius + ???

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      • by Lonely Libertarian on December 20th, 2013 at 17:47

        TEd Cruz 😉

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    • by Julie & Steph on December 20th, 2013 at 16:37

      It’s Don Berwick!

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    • by Stephanie Northwood on December 20th, 2013 at 16:37

      Don Berwick is one!! Not sure about the other.

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    • by Lonely Libertarian on December 20th, 2013 at 17:51

      Good time to take a break – it will all be here when the New Year rolls in – might be better – might be worse. But taking a week or two to enjoy life, friends, and family is a very good idea.

      Happy Holidays to all – and Happy Christmas to those who celebrate that day – a London cabby convinced me several years ago that the Brit version – Happy – was preferable to our Merry…

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    • by E on December 21st, 2013 at 02:26

      Must be Berwick and Sebelius. Good lord, that’s terrifying.

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      • by Austin Frakt on December 21st, 2013 at 16:24

        Berwick + Sebelius is correct.

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