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You Don’t Know Jack (Kevorkian), But You Will

Shoq — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 19:03:54 +0000

Jack_Kevorkian is an American pathologist, right-to-die activist, painter, composer, and instrumentalist. He is most noted for publicly championing a terminal patient's right to die via physician-assisted suicide; he claims to have assisted at least 130 patients to that end. He famously said that "dying is not a crime."

I've Waiting Years 20 Years For

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Celebrating (Mourning) a Culture of Lies

Shoq — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:08:09 +0000

My only complaint about this terrific and important essay, is what he says about Heath care reform. Of course, he's right in the main, but he ignores the fact that it's the only step in the only direction we could get.

It might have been a leap, but for the monumental lying by conservatives, the US

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Right Wing Teahadists Getting Uglier: Obama Portrayed as “Rapist.”

Shoq — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:39:12 +0000

Just Ugh

I don't even want to give this site any big traffic support, so posting this here and my link is a redirect.

Very soon now, this kind of full-frontal crudity will be a regular hallmark of our elections industry.

Thanks to Pandagon for unearthing this truffle of malignant moral turpitude.

Obama "The Rapist" not

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REAL Canadians Talking Real Health Care

Shoq — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:38:59 +0000

Introduction

In August of 2009, my brother and I went to a family summer camp in Ontario. While there, we decided we'd use his little family cam and do some interviews with real Canadians, discussing their health care system. But for a few prepared questions, it was completely unscripted. Most of the people were all from

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The @GOPleader Boehner Mashup: The Yes We Can’t

Shoq — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:33:12 +0000

Yeah, it's easy to snark Boehner and the #GOP slime weasels, right?

The problem is, the more we snark, the more territory they seem to seize. But he, even so, at least for now, a little snark can be fun.

The @GOPLeader Boehner Mashup Video: "Yes We Can't." (via @shoq) #p2

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The Quiet Secret of Health Care Reform

Shoq — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:27:28 +0000

Lost In The Noise of HCR

In the raucous, noisy,

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Guide To The Health Care Vote In Congress

Shoq — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:36:22 +0000

Here's your playbill for today's — and probably tonight's —historic activities (we should hope).

I will be updating it with more resources throughout the day.

"This is our moment." — President Barack Obama, 3/20/2010

Live Coverage

C-Span — Will be streaming the events all day, starting

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Action: Critical Health Care Reform Votes Needed

Shoq — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:29:26 +0000

It has taken 50 year to get this far, and thousands of people have spent hundreds of thousands of man hours getting us this far.

Please take ONE HOUR of your time and:

Make calls. They ALWAYS make a difference. Teaparty has been inundating these representatives with NO calls.
Send Emails. See below for how to easily (and
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Fun with Fascists! Americans for Prosperity Conference Call

Shoq — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:09:22 +0000

Americans for Prosperity invites us to:

Join Rep. Mike Pence For Health Care Tele-Town Hall Tonight!

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Liberals: Sign-up For The Teaparty Town Halls In Washington

Shoq — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:51:55 +0000

Please do sign-up for this…

So you get all the hilarity of their planning missives, as Michael P. Leahy lures all the suckers into one big marketing tent for his goofy Saul Alinsky books with their make-believe history.

Oh, and it may also help screw up AFP/David Koch's bus-buying and booking plans for the big

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