The teasing continues as the politicians play their sad game of YES WE WILL BUT NO WE WON'T, the hottest game around as they play tiddlywinks with our health. Yes, they will debate it but, and this is where their form of terrorism unfolds again, they may or may not actually pass something!
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I hate these games they play. When I see old Blanche –No Abe- Lincoln, Ben Half-Nelson, Oly-Snowe, SusieQ-Collins, Mary-Landrover, or that pitiful Mitch McChinless doing their dance of lies and distortions I secretly dream of being a Transformer and transforming into a steamroller and flattening the whole lot of these scared, wimpy, so-called leaders! Lives are at stake and they play their smarmy positioning games.
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Don't get me started on the House! Now there is a group of odd creatures. I'll include something below about smelly Michelle, the Bachmann creature that will not hibernate according to the laws of nature.
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The debate on Testing vs. Not Testing women and girls continues, the American Music (Mucus?) Awards was... uhh, it was. That's all I can say. It was. But, one big but! The ample butt of a singer found its way to the stage. And the Lambert gut got a little erotic for viewers.
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I can already smell the
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Cliff - The XCon
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What's Next For Health Care Reform After Saturday's Vote?
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid got his 60 on Saturday, and when the Senate returns from Thanksgiving recess next week, they'll be debating and amending a major piece of health care legislation. However, the vote, and its aftermath exposed or clarified the cleavages within the Democratic party that will have to be bridged if Reid hopes to keep his caucus in line on the next cloture motion--to end a Republican filibuster and hold a simple majority vote on reform.
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If you thought the opt-out compromise was a silver bullet for the public option, you may have gotten a bit ahead of yourself. It held up for a while, and could still survive, but that's going to require some interesting gymnastics from Democratic leaders. Leading up to Saturday's vote, and in its immediate aftermath, conservative Democrats entrenched their opposition to the public option in the Senate bill. Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) repeated his threat to support a health care filibuster if it includes a public option of any kind, and, despite her earlier support for the provision, Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) took to the Senate floor Saturday and announced, "I'm promising my colleagues that I'm prepared to vote against moving to the next stage of consideration as long as a government-run public option is included." ...
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What Made Joe Bitter
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As the Senate debates the health-care bill, Joe Lieberman is relishing his role as roadblock. Peter Beinart on how one of the most unpredictable senators became just another right-wing pol.
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Once upon a time, Joe Lieberman was interesting—not always correct, in my view, but interesting. He was interesting because he thought for himself. On most issues, most senators line up pretty automatically with their party. A few others, the moderates—often Southern or prairie Democrats or Northeastern Republicans—split the difference: If Democrats want to spend $1 billion on some domestic program, and Republicans want to spend nothing, they furrow their brows, beat their breasts and then propose spending $500 million. The moderates generally annoy party activists and impress
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Dobbs: 2012 presidential run not "crazy"
Watch your back, Glenn Beck.
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Ex-CNNer Lou Dobbs tells WTOP this morning that he feels "liberated and emancipated" since leaving the network — and he's not ruling out the possibility of running for president in 2012.
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When one of the WTOP anchors joked that pundits were floating the crazy idea of the immigration-fixated Dobbs running for president, he shot back: "What]s so crazy about that?" — and disclosed that he's talking to advisers to suss out his political options.
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"For the first time I'm actually listening to [people who want him to run for office]. ... I don't think I have the nature for it. ... But we've got to do something for this country."
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Dobbs has become a prime target of Hispanic groups for his fire-breathing pronouncements about illegal immigration — including a discredited claim that Mexicans were bringing leprosy across the border.
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Fox Apologizes For NBA Announcers’ Controversial Comments About Iranian Player
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Last Friday, the Fox Sports Prime Ticket cable network suspended longtime Los Angeles Clippers announcer Ralph Lawler and analyst Michael Smith for controversial comments the two made on air about Memphis Grizzlies center Hamed Haddadi two days prior.
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During the game, Lawler expressed surprise that an Iranian would be playing in the NBA. “He’s from
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SMITH: Are you sure that’s not Borat’s older brother? […] If they ever make a movie avout Haddadi I’m going to get Sasha Baron Cohen to play the part. […]
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LAWLER: Here’s Haddadi, nice little back door pass
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SMITH: Look at that pass!
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LAWLER: I guess those Iranians can pass the ball...
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Cancer screening: What could it hurt? A lot, actually
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Routine cancer testing saves lives, but it also leads to biopsies, surgeries, radiation, even deaths that otherwise would not have occurred. But experts' reevaluations are met with public angst.
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It seemed like a good idea at the time.
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In 1984,
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Hundreds of infants went through the ordeal of diagnosis and treatment, but it didn't reduce the number of tumors, including deadly ones, found later. Almost none of the tumors caught by screening turned out to be dangerous -- and more of the screened children died from complications of surgery and chemotherapy than from the cancer itself.
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In 2004, health officials ended the program.
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Getting to the facts in the debate on mammograms
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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's revised guidelines have been praised and criticized. The American Cancer Society is one group that disagrees.
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It's such an appealing idea -- catch breast cancer early, treat accordingly and your patients will live.
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So perhaps it's no wonder the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force -- a panel of primary care physicians -- caught major flak when it revised its guidelines to say most women don't need mammograms until they turn 50, and thereafter every other year. Previously the recommendations had been to start getting mammograms at age 40, and then every one or two years.
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The new guidelines were met with a maelstrom of impassioned reaction from doctors. Many advocacy groups bemoaned the panel's findings, and the American Cancer Society said it would stand by its current recommendations: that women get annual mammograms starting at age 40. "There is no question that the American Cancer Society is going to stay put and is reacting strongly against the new guidelines," says board member Dr. Christy Russell, director of USC's
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Glenn Beck throws a (political) party
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Always one to prefer drama over substance, it was little surprise that Glenn Beck was nearly an hour late to his own rally in The Villages (a retirement community in Florida) on November 21. During the wait, Beck's patient and very non-diverse crowd was treated to supposedly live footage on giant video screens of him getting lost driving a golf cart to the rally. He admitted to have gone in a circle at least once, complaining that it took 50 minutes to drive just three miles. Soon afterward, his big tour bus pulled up alongside the crowd, and Glenn Beck took to the stage among loud cheers and applause.
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Beck wasted little time before displaying his narcissism, declaring himself and all those present as the nation's "Constitution czar" just a few minutes into his appearance. He then tried to stir up the crowd with what appeared to be a reference to climate change, declaring: "The science is not settled. We will not sit down. We will not shut up. We will stand!"
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Gun Lobby Mobilizes Against Health Reform By Claiming Obama Administration Will Issue ‘No Guns’ Decree
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On Friday, Gun Owners of America sent out an action alert to its 300,000 members warning that the Senate health care bill “would mandate that doctors provide ‘gun-related health data’ to ‘a government database,’ including information on mental-health issues detected in patients, which could jeopardize their ability to obtain a firearms license.” The alert also warned its membership that the “wellness and prevention” provisions in the health care bill would allow the Obama administration to issue a “no guns” decree:
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Finally, as we have mentioned several times in the past, the mandates in the legislation will most likely dump your gun-related health data into a government database that was created in section 13001 of the stimulus bill. This includes any firearms-related information your doctor has gleaned…or any determination of PTSD, or something similar, that can preclude you from owning firearms...
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KaPOW! CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
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Rep. Patrick Kennedy (right) says that Providence Bishop
Thomas J. Tobin has forbidden him from receiving communion
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Photo: AP photo composite by POLITICO
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Bishops flex muscle, see opportunities
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Emboldened by their success in inserting restrictive abortion language into the House health care bill, Roman Catholic bishops say they’ve found a lobbying model that could provide them a louder voice in future policy debates.
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“It was a good example of how we, as a conference, can work together to have a positive influence on legislation,” Bishop William Murphy, head of the domestic justice and human development committee of the U.S. Conference of Bishops, told the Catholic News Service last week.
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Success in the House came after the church ran a classic lobbying operation: deploying paid staff to Capitol Hill, tapping influential bishops to make private appeals to key congressional leaders and distributing bulletin inserts to 19,000 parishes with easy instructions — and sample wording — for sending a message to local representatives.
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Kneel NOW! CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
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Gettin' kinky with Adam at the AMA's
Jennifer Lopez falls on her perfect posterior at the American Music Awards
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Wait, the lyrics say "I'm throwing on my Louboutins"? We could've sworn it was "falling in my Louboutins."
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Amid the Adam Lambert hoopla over last night's American Music Awards, Jennifer Lopez, Jennifer's professionalism and Jennifer's smashing backside are getting elbowed to the sideline.
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Yes, J. Lo did fall during her production number for "Louboutins." Yes, she bounced right back up. Yes, some folks online are speculating that her bouncy booty helped. Yes, we know that's ridiculous, but the Ministry, possessing a bouncy booty of its own, thinks it's cute.
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Ouch! CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
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Bachmann: 'I Don't Understand Why The Democratic Party Would Be Opposed To Me'
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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), a champion of the right wing and a key organizer of the recent Capitol Tea Party, wonders why Democrats attack her so much -- after all, decades ago she was a Democrat herself!
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Is she THAT stupid? CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
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Is There A Gallery? Is There?
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Let’s Open The Door! In No Particular Order...
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