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Health care reform, lying and GOP hypocritesWow, what a frothing frenzy of flat-out fabrications and 200-proof bullshit we've had. But we're nearly there. Votes are coming in around 9:30 EST, on both Stupak and the Republican substitute--though it's not clear at the moment which is coming first. But in the meantime, here's a little refres... |
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Into the mouths of babes ...Another stellar Republican moment: John Shadegg (R-Upchuck, AZ) grabs a baby as a prop and inserts free-market pablum ventriloquism into the already infantile Republican health care arguments ("Maddy believes in freedom.... Maddy believes in patient choice health care."). Maddy, as s... |
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What is that orange guy talking about?The unusually-tinted Minority Leader of the House, John Boehner (R-OH) has been to the floor repeatedly today to try to extract promises from the Democrats managing the health insurance reform bill that if the Stupak amendment is adopted, they'll work to ensure that the amendment's language survi... |
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Ex-Blue Cross Hack: Health Insurance 'Worst Product in History'Via Raw Story. Actor/comedian Andy Cobb once did ads for Blue Cross in Florida. And now CIGNA's Wendell Potter has someone to talk to: Teaming with the liberal Brave New Films, a former Blue Cross pitchman is now pitching against Blue Cross. Andy Cobb, who once tried to sell Floridians on a... |
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Op-Ed Contributor: The Savage DetectiveClaude Lévi-Strauss, the last great French philosopher, reshaped the simple art of gathering information about so-called primitives. ... |
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Op-Ed Contributor: Back From War, but Not Really HomeA sense of dislocation has been shared by veterans returning from war since Homer conjured Odysseus’ inauspicious return some 2,800 years ago. ... |

