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Saturday, July 11, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
That is just a snack, fish!
Fish posts a video:
Pinko, Snag, and Zombie on a road trip
Welcome to Columbus!
The sandwich consists of 2 and a half pounds of lunch meat, bread, and toppings....
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Pinko, Snag, and Zombie on a road trip
Welcome to Columbus!
The sandwich consists of 2 and a half pounds of lunch meat, bread, and toppings....
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Click For Your Medicine
Sometimes I make fun of Bob.
But overall, I think he's indispensable.
Bob Somerby on the Washington Post and health care
First off, you can go to any site populated by the wingnut crowd and find them Blar-Har-Harring over the WaPoo pay for access scandal.
Ha Ha Libs!
But a sober analysis of what was going on there shows, as Bob S. does, that the Washington Post is serving their corporate clientele at the expense of the rest of us. Ever since Donny Graham became the publisher, this has been the trend at the WaPo.
We have a choice between a right wing corporate press and an insane right wing corporate press in this country.
Next, getting to the specifics of the health care debate, these numbers should be published everywhere:
Total health expenditures per capita, 2003
United States $5711
Australia $2886
Austria $2958
Belgium $3044
Canada $2998
Denmark $2743
Finland $2104
France $3048
Germany $2983
Ireland $2466
Italy $2314
Japan $2249
Netherlands $2909
Norway $3769
Sweden $2745
United Kingdom $2317
Those are astonishing data. Over the past fifteen years, they’ve almost never been discussed. Everyone but Krugman understands—you simply mustn’t discuss them.
UPDATE: Horton hears a Who?
I mean, Harry gets a clue?
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) abruptly waded into health care reform negotiations Tuesday, telling Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) that Democratic leaders had serious concerns about a bill that would tax health benefits and nix a strong public insurance option.
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But overall, I think he's indispensable.
Bob Somerby on the Washington Post and health care
First off, you can go to any site populated by the wingnut crowd and find them Blar-Har-Harring over the WaPoo pay for access scandal.
Ha Ha Libs!
But a sober analysis of what was going on there shows, as Bob S. does, that the Washington Post is serving their corporate clientele at the expense of the rest of us. Ever since Donny Graham became the publisher, this has been the trend at the WaPo.
We have a choice between a right wing corporate press and an insane right wing corporate press in this country.
Next, getting to the specifics of the health care debate, these numbers should be published everywhere:
Total health expenditures per capita, 2003
United States $5711
Australia $2886
Austria $2958
Belgium $3044
Canada $2998
Denmark $2743
Finland $2104
France $3048
Germany $2983
Ireland $2466
Italy $2314
Japan $2249
Netherlands $2909
Norway $3769
Sweden $2745
United Kingdom $2317
Those are astonishing data. Over the past fifteen years, they’ve almost never been discussed. Everyone but Krugman understands—you simply mustn’t discuss them.
UPDATE: Horton hears a Who?
I mean, Harry gets a clue?
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) abruptly waded into health care reform negotiations Tuesday, telling Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) that Democratic leaders had serious concerns about a bill that would tax health benefits and nix a strong public insurance option.
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