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Mad As Hell
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31.8.2010 |
NewsTrust Yahoo Pipes Feed |
| A new book coming out by pollsters Scott Rasmussen and Doug Schoen use extensive and original research to explore the mind and heart of the populist turmoil that has suddenly thrown American politics into turmoil.
Here's what they say about it:
In the past, populist movement have taken root either on the right or on the left. Today"s populist revolt is unusually broad and has two wings: a left wing that wants universal health care and redistributive economic policies and a right wing that wants to reduce the power of government to interfere in our lives. Both are hostile to the Washington political class, Wall Street, and the mainstream media—all of which they consider out of touch with the concerns of "real" ... |
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Got cancer - and millions of dollars? Nancy Pelosi can help!
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30.8.2010 |
NewsTrust Yahoo Pipes Feed |
| Let me summarize this Dallas Morning News article about Lisa Blue: if your husband (Fred Baron) is a millionaire and multimillion-dollar Democratic Party fundraiser John Edwards’ bagman , in fact - and also dying of bone marrow cancer, then you can not only get away with smuggling into the country experimental cancer medicine of dubious efficacy; you can get the Speaker of the House herself to lean on the FDA to let your husband get the medication in question - despite the fact that it didn’t actually work. And then you get to brag about it, while piously talking about how awful it is that regular families don’t have your ability to violate federal regulations on access to experimental and untested medicines*.
Which is ... |
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Opera Mad in Camelot: Still Seeking the Next Kennedy
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24.8.2010 |
Esquire |
 It is shocking that Ted has yet to be replaced within his own party by someone willing to be the lefty voice to counter an increasingly shrill and manic Republican Right |
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Health Message Fail
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20.8.2010 |
The Atlantic - Matthew Ygblesias |
| I think people generally overrate the importance of “messaging” in political outcomes, but Ben Smith’s reporting on some recent health care strategizing reveals what looks to be a truly important failure:
The presentation concedes that groups typically supportive of Democratic causes — people under 40, non-college educated women, and Hispanic voters — have not been won [...] |
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Liberalism “In the European Sense”
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18.8.2010 |
The Atlantic - Matthew Ygblesias |
| This “five books” interview with Brink Lindsey on traditional and liberal conservatism is very much worth your time. But one thing I noticed that Lindsey didn’t address is that his interlocutor in two cases identified “liberalism in the European sense” with “libertarianism, as we call it” and I think this is a mistake.
European liberal parties [...] |
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George Stephanopoulos Touts Obama's Liberal Achievements: 'What More Could the President Have Done?'
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12.8.2010 |
NewsBusters |
| Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Thursday interviewed liberal Congressman Dennis Kucinich and defended Barack Obama's left-wing achievements. Stephanopoulos touted, " Congressman, what more could the President have done? You've got this almost $800 billion stimulus bill. You've got a financial reform package ." [MP3 audio here .]
The GMA host was trying to make peace between Obama and those who had been derided by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs as the "professional left."
The former Democratic operative turned journalist trumpeted, "[Obama] did something that...no Democratic president in 50 years has been able to do, lay the groundwork for universal, national health care. That is quite a ... |
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New law guarantees Finns fast Internet service
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19.7.2010 |
SFGate: Business & Technology |
| New law guarantees Finns fast Internet service |
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Cost control and the ACA
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19.7.2010 |
Ezra Klein |
| One of the odder claims Republicans levy at the Affordable Care Act is that, yes, it does pay for itself and reduce the deficit, but we could've reduced the deficit even more if we had taken all of the policies the bill uses to pay for itself and passed them as part of a deficit reduction package. One answer to that, of course, is that then we wouldn't be covering the uninsured, but that's not a very persuasive argument to people who don't care about covering the uninsured. Another answer, as Jonathan Chait notes , is that there was no chance that would happen:
It's highly unrealistic to presume that the cost savings used to finance the Affordable Care Act would be sitting on the table if Obama hadn't scooped them up to cover the uninsured. ... |
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New law guarantees Finns fast Internet service
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18.7.2010 |
SFGate: Business & Technology |
| New law guarantees Finns fast Internet service |
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We cannot allow the end of the NHS in all but name | Seumas Milne
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15.7.2010 |
Guardian: Comment is Free |
| The coalition is planning to privatise the health service in defiance of the evidence. But Labour is hamstrung by its record
When it comes to spin and honeyed words, the Cameron-Clegg show is already putting Tony Blair and Peter Mandelson in the shade. However extreme or cockeyed the policy, from savage benefit cuts for the poorest to the chaotic scrapping of school building projects, a gentle gloss or a winning apology from a coalition frontman and critics go weak at the knees. But this time they have outdone themselves.
Under the banner of Liberating the NHS , the health secretary Andrew Lansley this week unveiled a programme of dramatic change, promising to free the English health service from bureaucracy, put family doctors in the ... |
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Liability concerns have an impact on practice decisions
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8.7.2010 |
Boston Globe: Opinion |
| Liability concerns have an impact on practice decisions |
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Emergency room visits grow in Mass.
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4.7.2010 |
Boston Globe: Massachusetts |
| Emergency room visits grow in Mass. |
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It’s The Economy, Stupid
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3.7.2010 |
The Atlantic - Matthew Ygblesias |
| A thought on today’s bad jobs numbers, the generally bad economic situation, and also the conference on political advocacy I’m at. Looking back at a wide array of progressive interest groups’ thinking in the winter of 2008-2009, I think history will show that essentially everyone put too little emphasis on a “do what it takes [...] |
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Improve and Strengthen Medicare by Expanding It to All
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2.7.2010 |
Common Dreams: Views |
| by Margaret Flowers The following text is the testimony that Dr. Margaret Flowers
presented to the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and
Reform at its June 30 hearing in Washington. Dr. Flowers is
congressional fellow for Physicians for a National Health Program. read more |
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DFL gubernatorial candidates mix it up in TV debate
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2.7.2010 |
Star Tribune: Politics |
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Supreme Court's gun-ban ruling likely to have limited impact on Colorado
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29.6.2010 |
Denver Post: Local |
| Supreme Court's gun-ban ruling likely to have limited impact on Colorado |
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High court won't review San Fran health care plan
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28.6.2010 |
SFGate: Top Stories |
| High court won't review San Fran health care plan |
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Arnold Schwarzenegger on the outs in California's Republican Party
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26.6.2010 |
Washington Post: Politics |
| Arnold Schwarzenegger on the outs in California's Republican Party |
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Overpriced, Underperforming U.S Health Care System Lags Competitors
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26.6.2010 |
Crooks Liars |
| The past week has brought a lot of heat if not light to the ongoing battle over health care reform in the United States. On Tuesday, President Obama unveiled a " Patients Bill of Rights " touting new consumer protections. Meanwhile, even as polls show the Affordable Care Act is becoming more popular , House Minority Leader John Boehner pronounced it a failure despite its provisions having not taken effect. But as a new Commonwealth Fund study revealed, the bottom line is unchanged. The United States' health care system is still the worst among industrialized nations. And, as it turns out, its performance is most pitiful where Republicans poll best .
Back in 2000, the U.S ranked a dismal 37th in an eye-opening if controversial World Health ... |
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South Korea: Worries Over Apocalypse Health Care Reform May Bring
(Cached)
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25.6.2010 |
Global Voices |
| As South Korean government moves a step closer to execute a health care reform, bloggers have erupted online, strongly criticizing the idea of reform as neither effective nor egalitarian. |
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