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Bart Stupak: “I Don’t Listen To Nuns”
Written by Jodi Jacobson, editor of RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice. In two interviews yesterday, Michigan Congressman Bart Stupak revealed a great deal about himself, the United States…
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Watercooler: Marijuana Should Be Legal, For Sure!
Tags: marijuana
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Offshoring Afghanistan: Kill Baby Kill!
As the debate on Afghanistan policy continues , there have been quite a few suggestions on how we can "down-size" the war effort instead of ending it, moving toward an "offshore" strategy of air-strikes, cruise missiles, and special…
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Air Force insiders say we should cut nukes to 311 weapons
This is a pretty amazing analysis from James Forsyth, Gary Schaub, and Colonel B. Chance Saltzman, the chief of the Strategic Plans and Policy Division at Headquarters Air Force – very much Air Force insiders [pdf]: This [the commission report]…
John Tanner votes to slaughter the Constitution.
Despite promises by Speaker Pelosi to lead the ‘most honest, most open, and most ethical’ Congress in history, the House voted today to authorize Speaker Pelosi to use the Slaughter Solution to “pass” the Senate version of the health care…
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WellPoint stiffs the uninsured $30 million, makes record profits and rewards Wall Street with $12 billion
Back in 2007, the nation’s largest health insurer, WellPoint, pledged to spend $30 million over three years as part of a "comprehensive plan to help address the growing ranks of the uninsured." Three years later, they’ve only spent $…
Protecting Your Children and Grandchildren
The threat of removing protections from extreme financial stress if not actual homelessness is something you would fight against, correct? If you were exposed to the threat of financial ruin, that would be an attack that you would protect your family…
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The Seminal Watercooler: The Paralympics
The Boston Globe has amazing photos : Click through for many more. What’s on your mind tonight? Tags: paralympics , sport
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Texas School Board Educates Congress, Treasury, Federal Reserve Board
Last week we read about the efforts of the willfully/happily ignorant Texas School Board to dummy up social studies/history books to make sure students were fully indoctrinated in the belief that unfettered free enterprise and market deregulation are not…
The Bipartisan Solution that Creates 2 Million Jobs and Costs Nothing
Monday a bipartisan group of 130 members of Congress, ranging from Dennis Kucinich on the left to Joe Wilson on the right, wrote to President Obama asking him to stop Chinese currency manipulation. The Congressman wrote: By pegging the renminbi (RMB) to…
What you missed on Saturday Art and Food Sunday
Better late than never – I blame health care. Here’s what you missed last weekend on Saturday Art and Food Sunday. On Saturday Art, cuddlefish brought us an ink drawing : Lisa Derrick discussed the tensions involved in public art : In Los…
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What health reform will do for America – two examples
Two headlines today highlight glaring problems in our health care system that would be fixed if health reform passes. First, from Pennsylvania, the New York Times headlines "Big Insurance Rate Increase for Pennsylvania Poor" : Facing a sharp…
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On The Protection Of Hateful Speech -Westboro Baptist Church
A couple of days ago someone pointed out that I had two differing views on a topic in the same post. It came from my need to give some credence to the ideas that disagree with mine, but it is not the only time I find myself in conflict with myself. Take…
CNN Completes Its Fall By Hiring Erick Erickson Of Red State
My Dad actually filed a complaint with the FCC over Fox News’s tag ling of “Fair and Balanced” in 2002. He felt that any news organization that had to say this over and over again, in the face of overwhelming evidence of bias was nothing more than…
As health reform moves to a vote, Republicans suddenly want to help Democrats
It’s amazing what happens when it looks like you have the votes to pass a bill. Suddenly your enemies are your best friends! Republicans of all stripes are coming out of the woodwork to give Democrats free advice on how to vote on health reform…
Big Money Complicates Financial Reform Here And Abroad
With the release of Sen. Dodd’s (D-CT) proposed financial sector re-regulation we are on the path to some small steps to rein in our out of control banking system. The bill has some good features (forgive me that I have not had time to read the entire…
Liveblogging Prop 8 Trial Tuesday Morning 3/16 (48)
Good morning! We are in Judge Vaughn Walker’s San Francisco courtroom again this morning; today at 10am Judge Walker will hear an appeal of Magistrate Judge Spero’s order regarding disclosure of materials from anti-Prop 8 groups, specifically…
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Michael Moore is Rethinking Afghanistan
I’ve been talking lately about different ways to debate Afghanistan, specifically outside the narrow boundaries of the "all-in-or-all-out" argument typified by H.Con.Res 248 . Although I write about it as if it’s some revolutionary…
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Six Leaders Battling for the Future of L.A. Face Make-or-Break Battles
Six Leaders Battling for the Future of L.A. Face Make-or-Break Battles Liberty Hill Foundation Announces Grassroots Leaders to Watch in 2010 Who are L.A.’s unsung grassroots heroes? Who are L.A.’s community organizers to watch? Liberty Hill…
The Seminal Watercooler: Taking the GOP out of the Tea Parties
Apparently, the RNC doesn’t want somebody to find out they’re behind the tea parties : Last week, the “Take the Town Halls to D.C.” campaign got a small amount of negative attention for “LISTEN TO ME!” signs being distributed to…
