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Rush Limbaugh vows to flee the country if health care passes.

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:02:27 +0000, ,

Hate radio host Rush Limbaugh has been one of health care reform's most vociferous opponents, warning that "[h]uman beings will die earlier than normal" under the "freedom killing" and "life threatening" plan, and calling for it to be "aborted." Yesterday, Limba …

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Obama To Republicans: 'You Had Ten Years' To Focus On Health Care Costs -- 'What Were You Doing?' (VIDEO)

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:13:22 +0000, ,

President Obama spoke about health care reform today, and hit Republicans for only talking now about controlling costs, when they "had ten years." "What happened? What were you doing?" he asked

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Pot Meets Kettle as Glenn Beck Accuses the RNC of Fear Mongering

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:12:21 +0000, ,

On his radio show, today Glenn Beck went off on a rant against the leaked RNC fundraising power point. Beck told his listeners that they should be "hacked off" at the RNC because they are playing on people's fears.

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Republicans voting "no" on anti-child-abuse in schools bill need to clean up their own back yards

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:12:51 +0000, ,

What congressman wouldn't vote for a bill called the Preventing Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act (HR 4247)? No one of course, right? But handful of Republicans not only voted "nay" but stood up on the House floor and provided predictable reasons as to why: encroac …

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Bush administration officials say Liz Cheney went off the reservation with her 'Al-Qaeda 7' ad that questioned the loyalty of DOJ lawyers tasked with representing terror suspects

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:10:50 +0000, ,

A group of 19 prominent Bush administration officials and other lawyers launched an offensive Monday, attacking Liz Cheney for a recent ad by her group, Keep America Safe, that questioned the loyalties of Department of Justice lawyers that had represented Guantanamo detainees.

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Waterboarding for dummies - Internal CIA documents reveal a meticulous protocol that was far more brutal than Dick Cheney's "dunk in the water"

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:14:03 +0000, ,

Self-proclaimed waterboarding fan Dick Cheney called it a no-brainer in a 2006 radio interview: Terror suspects should get a "a dunk in the water." But recently released internal documents reveal the controversial "enhanced interrogation" practice was far more brutal on detainees …

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Glenn Beck to Jesus: Drop Dead

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:07:32 +0000, ,

Glenn Beck said last week on his eponymous show that Christians should leave churches that preach "social justice." Mr. Beck equated the desire for a just society with--wait for it--Nazism and Communism.

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Google Tests TV Search Service with Dish Network

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:24:55 +0000, ,

Google Inc. is testing a new television-programming search service with Dish Network Corp., according to people familiar with the matter, the latest development in a fast-moving race to combine Internet content with conventional TV.

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Pope's brother Georg Ratzinger linked to child abuse claims

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:15:22 +0000, ,

The Catholic Church has been plunged into a renewed crisis over how it has dealt with child abuse after it emerged that the Pope's brother, Georg Ratzinger, ran a renowned choir at the centre of some of the latest claims.

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Buy a Blight: The City of Niederzimmern Would Like To Sell You A Pothole

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:15:38 +0000, ,

They cause accidents and they blight the streets -- extreme winter weather has resulted in a rash of potholes across Europe. With a shortage of cash to fix them, one German town has come up with a unique solution: selling sponsorships, complete with a plaque.

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In Article About Obama's Confusion, Fox News Admits CBO Estimates Show Healthcare Reform Will Save US Nearly $1.2 Trillion Over 20 Years

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:17:06 +0000, ,

Obama boasted Monday that Democrats' health care proposals would cut deficits by $1 trillion "over the next decade," a flub that inflated the actual estimate by $868 billion

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Sarah Palin Crossed Border For Canadian Health Care

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 18:53:14 +0000, ,

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin -- who has gone to great lengths to hype the supposed dangers of a big government takeover of American health care -- admitted over the weekend that she used to get her treatment in Canada's single-payer system.

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The Death Of Conservatism

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:07:07 +0000, ,

The chattering classes at this moment are declaring the rebirth of conservatism in the energy on the Republican ideological right, the likelihood of major Democratic losses this fall, the success of the Republican party in defining the essentially pragmatic, centrist healthcare r …

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Six Reasons Barack Obama is Still the Odds-on Favorite in 2012

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:05:18 +0000, ,

Less than six months after he took office, Barack Obama was labeled a "lame duck" president by a few overeager conservative commentators. Before his first year in the White House was up, some nervous liberals began pronouncing their hero more Jimmy Carter than J.F.K.

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The GOP Still Doesn't Like The Unemployed - Republican Leaders Say Unemployment Benefits Reduce The Incentive To Find Work

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:03:31 +0000, ,

t's astounding, but in the midst of an unemployment crisis, prominent Republicans continue to castigate those struggling to find jobs.

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FDA Issues Recall Of Products Containing Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (which is pretty much everything)

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 14:48:46 +0000, ,

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to protect the public following the early identification of Salmonella Tennessee in one company's supply of hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP).

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Don't Blame Obama for Bush's 2009 Deficit

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 13:17:49 +0000, ,

Some critics are lambasting President Obama for record deficits. This is not a productive line of attack, largely because it puts the focus on the wrong variable.

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Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) quits House over sex scandal: 'This ethics issue is my fault and mine alone'

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 13:12:59 +0000, ,

Rep. Eric Massa caved to Democratic Party pressure Friday, announcing in a message awash with self-reproach and shame that he's quitting to avoid a sexual harassment investigation.

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Lessons of a $618,616 Death -- "No other nation would allow a health system to be run the way we do it. It's completely insane,"

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 13:11:19 +0000, ,

It was sometime after midnight on Dec. 8, 2007, when Dr. Eric Goren told me my husband might not live till morning. The kidney cancer that had metastasized almost six years earlier was growing in his lungs.

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Mitt Romney Blames Obama for 9/11 Truthers

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 13:06:48 +0000, ,

Mitt Romney continued his 2012 presidential campaign launch disguised as book tour today on Fox News Sunday, where he claimed that Obama's positions are lending support to international 9/11 truthers like Ahmadinejad.

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The White House Mystery Drug.

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 13:05:33 +0000, ,

While the White House won't say what the president is actually taking, Provigil (also known by its generic name modafinil) is an intriguing possibility.

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Don't Text While Driving. Also, Don't Attempt To Shave Your Bikini Area While Driving. Yes, Really.

Fri, 5 Mar 2010 18:19:52 +0000, ,

As authorities nationwide warn motorists of the dangers of driving while texting, Florida Keys law enforcement officers add a new caution: Don't try to shave your privates, either.

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Obama promises to pursue a public option later

Fri, 5 Mar 2010 15:30:41 +0000, ,

"The meeting with President Obama today was productive and necessary, and I was glad to hear him speak frankly about where we stand on health care legislation.

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Oh Look, It Must Be Friday -- Another Anti-Gay Rights Republican Politician Caught With A Guy He Picked Up In A Gay Bar

Fri, 5 Mar 2010 15:25:33 +0000, ,

CBS affiliate CBS13 reports that Roy Ashburn, a state senator from Southern California was arrested for allegedly driving drunk.

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Republican Cynicism: GOP document instructs fundraisers on how to manipulate "ego-driven" wealthy donors and play on "fear" of socialism

Thu, 4 Mar 2010 14:41:47 +0000, ,

The Republican National Committee plans to raise money this election cycle through an aggressive campaign capitalizing on "fear" of President Barack Obama and a promise to "save the country from trending toward socialism."

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