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• Anti-Statism in America

  
  The New Republic - Health Care Feed — Authority: 755
  Anyone who has followed closely the debate over national health insurance has probably noticed some peculiar inconsistencies in Americans’ attitudes toward the legislation. A Pew Poll released on October 8 found “steady support” for specific elements of the health care plan, including the public alternative to ...
  7 hours ago

• New Evidence of Pharmas Sweetheart Deal

  
  The New Republic - the treatment Feed — Authority: 138
  Critics have complained that a drug industry got a sweetheart deal when it struck a bargain with the White House and Senate Finance Committee over health care reform. There’s new reason to think those critics were right. It comes from an October forecast by IMS Health , a respected global research and consulting ...
  8 hours ago

• You’re Teaching My Child What? – Dr. Miriam Grossman

  
  Clean Cut Media — Authority: 103
  The sex-ed lobby has always claimed it was all about health—teaching kids how to stay safe. But in reality, their goal was not preventing disease, pregnancy, and emotional distress. It’s about indoctrinating them into a radical ideology—sexual freedom…. What’s the result of this [sex education] ...
  10 hours ago

• Today at TNR (November 11, 2009)

  
  The New Republic - The Plank Feed — Authority: 140
  Why Americans Hate to Love the Government , by John B. Judis Washington Diarist: The Best Reason to Get Circumcised , by Leon Wieseltier The ‘Should We Stay or Should We Go’ Matrix: Where Our Top Opinion-Makers Stand on the Afghanistan Question , by Barron YoungSmith, Ben Bernstein, Noah Kristula-Green, and ...
  10 hours ago

• Legal Challenges to Health Insurance Giveaway bill

  
  Corrente — Authority: 617
  On a separate thread where folks are discussing possible legal challenges health care bill, I said Id look around to see if there have been any challenges to Massachusetts mandatory coverage law and how they fared. This is by no means comprehensive: Mass. Against the Mass. law, I could find only one challenge ...
  10 hours ago

• Paying Attention: ADHD and our Children, Inside and Out

  
  Blogging on Good Therapy — Authority: 137
  By Matthew Carter, MFT Click here to contact Matthew and/or see his GoodTherapy.org Profile The American Psychiatric Association defines attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as a “persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that is more frequently displayed and more severe than ...
  11 hours ago

• Lynn Woosley: the progressive/totalitarian nexus

  
  The Real Revo — Authority: 488
  Rep. Lynn Woolsey & Cynthia McKinney, Code Pink scrunts Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus displays her totalitarian tendencies in this press release. I have noted the various aspects of American justice, liberties and public life she holds in contempt. I expect ...
  11 hours ago

• Reinforcing the Progressives

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  Yesterday I used my Chutzpah of the Week award to call attention to the nine Democrats in the House of Representatives who voted against health care reform in betrayal of their representation of a sizable portion of their electorate currently without any form of health insurance. Having done this, I should ...
  11 hours ago

• War is not healthy…

  
  Robert L. Peters — Authority: 123
  Looking back… to 1967 Lorraine Schneider (1925-1972), a doctor’s wife, mother of four and print-maker, created one of the most emotionally charged posters of the Vietnam War era out of concern that her eldest son would be drafted into the army… But when the poster was issued in 1967, few could foresee that ...
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• Drugs to treat anemia in cancer patients linked to thromboembolism

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 616
  NEW YORK -- Medications frequently given to cancer patients to reduce their risk of anemia are associated with an increased risk of deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism, according to new res
  13 hours ago

• Neuroimaging provides insights into new treatment options for Alzheimers disease

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 616
  Amsterdam, November 10, 2009 -- With about 35 million people around the world suffering from Alzheimers disease (AD) by the year 2010 and an expectation that these numbers will double every twent
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• Has anybody considered roid rage?

  
  The Real Revo — Authority: 488
  Chicago Mayor Daley blamed the Ft. Hood Jihad Massacre on America’s love of guns. “Unfortunately, America loves Guns. We love guns to a point where that uh we see devastation on a daily basis. You don’t blame a group.” Barry disagrees, he thinks it is stress. Never mind Hasan’s jihad, shahid, ...
  13 hours ago

• Board to Death

  
  The New Republic - The Plank Feed — Authority: 140
  To the frustration of many a cabinet secretary, the Obama administration is a little behind on its appointments. At this point—with only five weeks to go before the Senate breaks for recess— a little over half of the 514 positions that need filling have been filled. Some jobs are really important: The nominee ...
  15 hours ago

• Snowe Fall

  
  The New Republic - The Plank Feed — Authority: 140
  PPP has a striking new poll out regarding Olympia Snowes popularity with Maine voters: 46% of Republicans now disapprove of Snowe’s job performance with only 40% approving. Her overall approval remains at a relatively solid 51/36 spread thanks to good numbers from Democrats (60% giving her good marks) and ...
  15 hours ago

• The Good News About that Sex Tape? It’s Carrie Prejean, Not Nancy Pelosi.

  
  The Sundries Shack — Authority: 474
  Stop the presses, call all the anchors in from vacation, and cancel prime time, folks. There’s big news afoot. The muckraking website TMZ has allegedly unearthed a Carrie Prejean sex... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  16 hours ago

• Today in "Too Big To Fail": More Shrinkage Momentum

  
  The New Republic - the stash Feed — Authority: 138
  Very interesting development on the "too big to fail" front today: The Journal reports that Colorado Rep. Ed Perlmutter is planning an amendment to the systemic risk bill currently before the House Financial Services committee. The amendment would partly revive certain New Deal-era restrictions on banks:  ...
  18 hours ago

• Obama Expresses Reservations About Stupak Amendment

  
  Liberal Values — Authority: 141
  Yesterday it appeared that Obama was willing to accept the Stupak amendment which would restrict funding of abortion by private insurance companies if this was the cost of passing health care reform. On an interview with ABC News he has expressed reservations about the restrictions: President Obama suggested ...
  18 hours ago

• Kucinich: Health insurance "reform" increases privatization, redistributes wealth upwards, and isnt better than what weve got

  
  Corrente — Authority: 617
  Who knew? But its nice to see it all put together : REP. DENNIS KUCINICH: Because it’s not the best we can do. It mandates people purchase private insurance. It is a $70 billion giveaway to private insurance companies and locks in this system that’s the problem, not the solution.
  20 hours ago

• Truthful Visitor on Doha Press

  
  Here There and Everywhere — Authority: 135
  Do you ever visit QatarLiving.com ? It’s one of those places where you can end up passing a lot of time, and it is also a place where there is both a lot of information and a lot of misinformation. There are some very good posts, and then there are some poseurs. A recent Forum discussed the statement by Qatar ...
  22 hours ago

• Congress Surpasses Constitutional Limits on Federal Government

  
  Richman Ramblings — Authority: 137
  This past weekend we witnessed a gruesome abuse of power as Congress passed dangerous health care legislation that represents a clear and blunt attack on our rights and liberties as Americans, clearly surpassing the Constitutional limits on federal power. Never in history has the US government attempted to require ...
  23 hours ago

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