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"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." Conservative media's obssesion with 'rape' metaphor
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:23 PM EST (Shakesville)
Media Matters has noticed that prominent members of the conservative media sure love using "rape" as a metaphor (note the number of times it's used to accuse progressives of "raping" their fellow Americans): [VIDEO "Why Are So Many Media Conservatives Obsessed With Rape?"]
How We Pay for Big Pharma's Malpractice
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:49 PM EST (MotherJones.com)
The main reason we can't get a health reform bill enacted is because the pharmaceutical and insurance industries aren't happy with their piece of the action.
The war industry's drums are beating
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:18 PM EST (Salon.com)
Hurry, hurry. There's no time for thinking; it's time to act. Washington's permanent war lobby has worked itself into a veritable lather. The proper Pentagon press leaks have been made, Op-Eds written, talk show commandos deployed.
Rachel Maddow Interview with Former Evangelist Frank Schaeffer: Christian Right Is 'Trolling for Assassins'
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:34 PM EST ()
What we're looking at right now is two things going on. We see the evangelical groups that I talk about in my new book, "Patience with God," enthralled by an apocalyptic vision that I go into in some detail there.
Sarah Palin: Whiner-In-Chief
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:12 PM EST (Telegraph)
With Palin, what you see is what you get, and what you see in Going Rogue is a woman who is charming, passionate, loyal and patriotic. She is also self-absorbed beyond political norms, prickly, thin-skinned and just plain whiny. This is what stands out for me.
NY Court of Appeals Upholds Marriage Recognition Policy
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:40 PM EST (hrcbackstory.org)
The New York Court of Appeals ruled today that government benefits may be provided to same-sex couples who are legally married elsewhere and residing in New York. The 4-3 decision, by the state's highest court, held that public officials have the authority to grant public emp …
Do You Know How Much the Senate Health Care Bill Saves?
Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:28 AM EST
Our government runs on budgets and this requires good forecasts about how much a federal program will cost over time. The Senate's health care reform bill passed last night and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) forecasts a savings of $130 billion over ten years.
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The Wrong Side of History - Nicholas Kristoff New York Times Op-Ed Columnist
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:01 AM EST (The New York Times)
Critics storm that health care reform is "a cruel hoax and a delusion." Ads in 100 newspapers thunder that reform would mean "the beginning of socialized medicine."
The Tea Party's Favorite Doctors
Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:39 PM EST (Mother Jones)
Most tea party protests against health care reform feature a standard cast of characters.
Teabagger children's books feature an evil, child-hating Nancy Pelosi and a President Marxus Obundus
Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:33 PM EST (timesonline.typepad.com)
The weirdest children's book ever? It's a close run thing, between Katharine DeBrecht's first book – Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed! – and her second: Help! Mom! Radicals Are Ruining My Country!
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