Health Care Reform Will Help Everybody

Many Americans assume the new health care reform act will benefit mostly the poor and uninsured and hurt everyone else, according to polls. As Matt Yglesias wrote, “Basically, people see this as a bill that will take resources from people who have health insurance and give it to people who don’t have health insurance.” Those [...]

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BP’s ‘Top Kill’ Effort Fails to Plug Leak; Company Readies New Approach

The New York Times Sat, May 29, 2010 — 6:37 PM ET BP said Saturday that its latest attempt to stop the gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico was unsuccessful, and the effort, known as a “top kill,” was being scrapped in favor of yet another maneuver to stem the flow spreading into [...]

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Barbara O’Brien Is New Author On Suzie-Q Blog

Good afternoon Justice Bloggers, Please welcome  Barbara O’Brien to the Suzie-Q blog!  Barbara will be writing on a regular basis and we welcome her interesting articles. Barbara blogs at The Mahablog, Crooks and Liars, AlterNet, and elsewhere on the progressive political and health blogophere.  She has earned the notoriety of being a panelist at the [...]

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Dennis Hopper, Actor and Iconoclast, Has Died

May 29, 2010, 2:56 pm By THE NEW YORK TIMES Dennis Hopper, whose portrayals of drug-addled, often deranged misfits in the landmark films “Easy Rider,” “Apocalypse Now” and “Blue Velvet” drew on his early out-of-control experiences as part of a new generation of Hollywood rebel, died at his home in Venice, Calif., on Saturday, The [...]

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Lawsuit Over Arizona Immigration Law?

DOJ, Arizona officials meet over immigration law Huff Post- PAUL DAVENPORT and PETE YOST | May 29, 2010 02:08 AM EST | PHOENIX — Justice Department officials told Arizona’s attorney general and aides to the governor Friday that the federal government has serious reservations about the state’s new immigration law. They responded that a lawsuit [...]

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Chernus: Neocon Vampires Sink Their Fangs Into the Tea Parties

Like vampires, the neocons never die. They constantly revive themselves, going where the vein is richest, eager to feed upon new blood. By Ira Chernus, AlterNet, May 27, 2010 Remember the neoconservatives? Maybe you don’t. Their death was announced on the cover of Time magazine long before George W. Bush left the White House. By [...]

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Republicans Demand a Government Takeover and Bailout of the Oil Spill

The words “government takeover” were originally injected into the discourse by Frank Luntz in the early stages of the health care reform process and have been repeated in the pejorative sense by Republicans across the board. Despite the fact that thousands of Americans die every month from a lack of affordable health insurance, the Republicans [...]

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How Obama’s Election Drove The American Right Insane

How Obama’s Election Drove the American Right Insane For huge numbers of dedicated right-wing Americans, November 5, 2008, was the end of the world. Or at least, the end of America as they knew it. PoliPoint Press / By John Amato and David Neiwert May 26, 2010 | The following is adapted from “Over the [...]

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Obama To Send Troops To Arizona Border: McCain Still Not Happy

Obama to Send More National Guardsmen to AZ Border: McCain of Course Still Not Happy Crooks and Liars- By Heather Wednesday May 26, 2010 6:00am How’s that pandering working out for you President Obama? Sen. Get-Off-My-Lawn McCain is never going to be happy even if he sent the 6000 troops he’s demanding. As Digby pointed [...]

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Deepwater Oil Benzene BP & Exxon Valdez

Folks in Florida have been reporting oil smell and a black oily substance in the rain which is probably benzene from evaporation of the crude oil. Benzene, which was encountered in the Exxon Valdez oil spill, was responsible for detrimental health effects on clean up workers who were among the 32,000 fishermen and Alaska Natives [...]

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