April 6, 2012
Sacramento County Treats Sex Assault ‘Victim’ Like A Criminal
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April 6, 2012
Health Care Is Rationed By Private For-Profit Insurance Companies. Is That Really What We Want?
We are told by conservatives that we don’t want government-run universal health care because it would mean rationing care. During the health care debate in the summer and fall of 2009 we heard talk of ‘death panels’ and ‘killing grandma’. Of course all of this was nonsense meant to scare people into thinking and voting a certain way, and it was quite effective, particularly on the Republican side of the aisle. The truth is we already ration health care in the United States. 50 million people are uninsured. How is that not rationed care? Health care costs are higher than they need to be (due to insurance company profits and waste) which means in some cases people forego treatment because they can’t afford it (even if they have insurance). How is that not rationed care?
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April 6, 2012
Cartoon: Stand Your Ground Laws – ‘It Was Dark, I Felt Threatened’
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April 6, 2012
‘Only’ 120,000 Jobs Added In March, But Public Sector Job Losses Continue To Shrink
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 120,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in March. This is the 15th straight month of job gains when combining public and private sector. It is the 25th straight month of private sector job growth. The unemployment rate dropped from 8.3% to 8.2% but this was largely due to people dropping out of the labor market. The breakdown for March is 121,000 private sector jobs added and 1000 public sector jobs lost.
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April 5, 2012
A Really Inconvenient Truth On The Limits Of Growth
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April 5, 2012
Current TV Struggles To Find Ratings, Could Be Dropped By Time Warner
Current TV is trying to transform itself into a independent, liberal news commentary network. Countdown with Keith Olbermann at 8pm was the centerpiece to this plan and it was to serve as a springboard to launch a full primetime lineup of progressive commentary (just like MSNBC did over the past decade). During the past six months Current has debuted 7pm and 9pm shows (The Young Turks, The War Room with Jennifer Granholm) to surround ‘Countdown’. Just last week Current debuted a 6 hour block of programming from 6am to 12pm each weekday morning. Full Court Press with Bill Press from 6am to 9am and Talking Liberally with Stephanie Miller from 9am to 12pm. Both shows are simulcasts of existing liberal radio shows.
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April 4, 2012
Obama Calls ‘Paul Ryan’ GOP Budget ‘Thinly Veiled Social Darwinism’, But There’s Nothing ‘Veiled’ About It
Speaking at an Associated Press luncheon on Tuesday, President Obama called Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) Republican budget plan “thinly veiled social Darwinism.” The president was referring to the budget’s massive tax cuts for the rich and steep cuts to programs for the poor. The GOP budget is nothing more than trickle-down economic theory, a religion to Republicans. It’s also the same economic theory that has for 30 years failed to produce even a trace of the “trickle down” promised.
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April 4, 2012
No, Seriously, For Sure This Time: Mitt Romney Is The Republican Nominee
It’s been said before but this time it’s for real (no, seriously), Mitt Romney will be the Republican nominee for president. With 652 delegates, the math reveals what’s inevitable even if many Republicans find it hard to come to terms with reality. Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul can spin it any way they want but they all have one thing in common, they will not win the nomination.
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April 3, 2012
Priebus Has It All Figured Out, Pelosi-Reid Are Why Congress Has Low Approval Rating
Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman Reince Priebus told Fox News on Tuesday that congress’s approval rating would increase by 20 points if House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) resigned.
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April 3, 2012
Neil deGrasse Tyson: ‘We Can Survive Killer Asteroids’
First I would like to say that Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of the best spokespersons this country has for science and science education. He is an astrophysicist and he is passionate about his chosen field of study and work. He is also a highly entertaining orator.
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