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Nice work, guys. No thanks to the Repubs and gutless Blue Dogs.

2009-11-08T11:10:01Z

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/health/policy/08health.html?th=&adxnnl=1&emc=th&adxnnlx=1257678374-pU9Zt054Kuxyn0nfc813hw Sweeping Health Care Plan Passes House

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Jon Stewart does Beck.

2009-11-07T11:03:19Z

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Why Obama is trying to bring about health care reform.

2009-11-06T11:02:09Z

Hat tip to Lil Treva. I thought this was worth posting here. So often I read conservatives nitpicking health care in countries with Universal Health Care. I wonder what they have to say about this example of "the best health care system in the wor...

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Friday Night Philosophy

2009-11-06T09:30:29Z

I have a confession to make. We don't have a dishwasher. We did have one thirty years ago but decided not to replace it when it entered dishwasher heaven. We figured that by the time we filled it we could have the dishes washed and dried, anyway. ...

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Sorry, Repubs, it's all bad news. Obama's stimulus is working.

2009-11-06T00:24:45Z

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/markets/productivity-soars-as-us-on-the-mend/story-e6frg926-1225794888461 US productivity soars as jobless benefit claims lowest since January Luca Di Leo From: Dow Jones Newswires November ...

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The rise and fall of conservatism.

2009-11-05T04:24:45Z

My neighbour DoctorD recently had a thoughtful post on where conservatism was heading in the U.S. He also linked to the following article on the Becker-Posner blog on the same theme, which I thought said it all very well. May 10, 2009 Is the C...

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ICH today.

2009-11-04T23:51:07Z

Click here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Information Clearing House Newsletter News You Won't Find On CNN November 04, 2009 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I trust God speaks through m...

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I dips me lid, June Middleton

2009-11-01T05:39:55Z

http://www.smh.com.au/national/dead-after-60-years-in-iron-lung-20091101-hqyy.html Every now and then you read sad little articles in newspapers that have the effect of making you give yourself an uppercut, and stop complaining about your lot in ...

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Friday Night Philosophy

2009-10-30T09:34:29Z

It has been noted that the richest 1% of the American population owns as much as the combined wealth of the bottom 90%. So let’s think about that. The U.S. is a democracy, right? So everyone is equal. Wrong. If you’re one of the 90% you are ...

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Looking better, little guys. Opt out provision a sop to gutless Blue Dogs.

2009-10-27T22:12:18Z

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/politics/143527/harry_reid_announces_senate_health_bill_with_public_option Harry Reid Announces Senate Health Bill With Public Option Posted by Adele Stan, AlterNet at 1:37 PM on October 26, 2009. In a striking...

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