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Federal court rules in favor of ACORN, accuses House of passing bill of attainder

This story is from two days ago, but important I think:The federal government must continue to provide grant money to the national community organizing group Acorn, a federal court ruled Friday,...

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Go ahead, it's good for you

There could be worse news over the holidays. Now if only they could do something about the high prices, though there's always a cost for good health."We have found that a couple of glasses a day has...

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Tags: food
Lieberman and Nelson now threaten to filibuster their own health care compromise

Appeasement doesn't work. They always come back for more. The Hill, via John Cole at Balloon Juice:Two key senators criticized the most recent healthcare compromise Sunday, saying the policies...

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Tags: health care
Bankers get everything, poor women ignored for cancer screening

Change we can believe in. We're well beyond the phase of big talk about nasty bankers. Maybe the White House and Democrats in general could show a bit more backbone and do something about it.As the...

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Tags: health care
UN study: drug money saved the banks during crisis

But remember, they're the privileged class and the only group worth saving. Poor and hungry children? Go to the back of the line and take what you get. Middle class unemployment? Bah! Let's all...

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Tags: banks
Sunday Talk Shows Open Thread

John is on CNN's Reliable Sources this morning. His segment should be on around 10:40 a.m. to talk about a range of topics including the climate change debate and the press coverage of Obama's...

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Tags: media
The Clash - Rudie Can't Fail

Another sunny weekend day. How did that happen? Oh right...it's cold. My chilly ride yesterday was not too bad besides a bit of drizzle and then a tire blowout along a windy stretch of the Seine. ...

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Leading Chinese pro-democracy activist going to trial for subversion

Naturally it would be asking too much for any political leader in the west to speak out against this joke of a trial. No, we need China too much to build cheap stuff or to fund our debt. What a...

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Tags: human rights, china
Lesbian Annise Parker elected as mayor of Houston

Great news from the nation's fourth largest city. Annise Parker was just declared the winner in the runoff to be Houston's next mayor. Parker is a lesbian with a strong record of serving her city as...

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Tags: gay
Houston elected lesbian as mayor today

Great news from the nation's fourth largest city. Annise Parker was just declared the winner in the runoff to be Houston's next mayor. Parker is a lesbian with a strong record of serving her city as...

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