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Mar 19 · This is from an article by Howie Kurtz. He wrote this piece as part of his regular Media Notes column. The St. Pete Times said "We publish it here without additional comment, confident that readers can draw their own conclusions."
The article from the St. Pete Times about the church investigating them.
After decades of digging into the Church of Scientology, reporters and editors at the St. Petersburg Times are accustomed to being denounced by its leaders. But they find it unsettling
Mar 19 · via AlterNet:
Hightower Lowdown / By Jim Hightower
Hightower: Two Right-Wing Billionaire Brothers Are Remaking America for Their Own Benefit
How billionaires' money took over Washington -- and created the mobs who rant against reform.
March 19, 2010 |
Despite a constant racket from the forces of the far-out right (Fox television's yackety-yackers, just-say-no GOP know-nothings, tea-bag howlers, Sarah Palinistas, et al.), the great majority of Americans support a bold progr
Mar 18 · WH Press Secretary Robert Gibbs during his press briefing that the rule prohibiting insurance companies from excluding adults for preexisting conditions will not take effect for another four years.
This is the first time I have heard this publicly stated by an official of the administration.
Today. Three days before the purported vote.
Now, the question is, will our media report this to the American people before this debacle of a vote?
Somehow, I don't think most peopl
Mar 18 · For health care reform....
"The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it."
Eleanor Roosevelt
My wife had a conversation on blog tonight that I will share here - it was the rationalization and minimizing of the Nelson language in the bill, by those who claim to support women's right. It started with this post. The first sentence is maddening. Yes. It is status quo that politicians and anti-choice
Mar 18 · When he called a summit in 1989, he left out educators. Left out the ones who know the most about how to truly educate and promote learning. They silenced a report that proved their condemnations of public schools were not true.
From Edutopia 2007:
In 1989, Bush convened his education summit at the University of Virginia. Astonishingly, no teachers, professional educators, cognitive scientists, or learning experts were invited. The group that met to shape the future of American educ
Mar 18 · What are the requirements to serve as a moderator?
The two most important requirements are the ability to work well with others, and the ability to exercise good judgment. The ability to stay calm under pressure is good, too. You don't need to have tens of thousands of posts, and you don't need to have been a DU member for many years. Other than that, our "minimum requirements" are not very strict:
- A few hundred posts,
- Six months of DU membership,
- Donor (or former donor),
- At l
Mar 17 · Source: Daily Kos
Grayson's Medicare Expansion Act, with 70-Co-Sponsors
COSPONSORS(74), ALPHABETICAL
by primarydoc
Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 10:24:07 AM PDT
per DemocracyNow
I don't know if the FCC can handle this kind of awesomeness on the intertubes.
Amy Goodman AND Alan Grayson:
*****With the Democrat-led push for healthcare reform in its final stages, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) introduces "The Public Option Act," a measure that would allow people under sixty-five to buy int
Mar 17 · This issue gets little coverage, but it's critically important.
One of the biggest and often overlooked problems with the Senate Bill (which is likely to be the basis of any future legislation) is that, while strengthening and enshrining the parasitic for-profit insurance industry, it will also result in
*** weakening/eroding employer-sponsored coverage and shifting financial burden to individuals/families *** .
Some points to consider:
1) All analyses indicate that employer-
Mar 18 · Sunshine Week, according to its website, is "a national initiative to open a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include print, broadcast and online news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits, schools and others interested in the public's right to know."
The University of Virginia here in Charlottesville is doing its part by hosting book tour stops for the chief author of the worst secret laws ever established. John Yoo will be speak
Mar 17 · Today on Capitol Hill we found out the true enemy of health care reform.
From the Single Payer Action site.
At a gathering on Capitol Hill earlier today, Dean had just started in on his talk – titled “Why This is the Moment for Reform?” – when single payer activists began criticizing him for supporting Obama’s health care legislation.
..."Single Payer Action’s Russell Mokhiber accused Dean of being a “shill for the biotech industry.”
Over the past year, Dean has been with th
Mar 17 · , Jon.
March 17, 2010
The greatest problem with the Senate health care bill is not that it does “too little” to help people. The problem is that the bill does too many terrible things to help all the bad actors.
The Senate bill further entrenches the private health insurance system. It continues the terrible pattern of privatizing our social safety net in such a way that business skims 20% off the top. It makes sure the big, life saving medications of the future remain . It takes a
Mar 17 · Official Documents Confirm Major Criminal Investigations of Turkish Operatives in Chicago
Wednesday, 17. March 2010
Newly Released FBI Documents Support Explosive Claims by Former FBI Translator Sibel Edmonds
FOIA CollageRecently released FBI documents prove the existence of highly sensitive National Security and criminal investigations of “Turkish Activities” in Chicago prior to September 11, 2001. These documents add further support to many of the allegations that former FBI translato
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