It’s sinking in now, and I’m finding myself getting angrier and angrier about this 2009 $86 million campaign by the American Health Insurance Plans working through the US Chamber of Commerce to stop the Health Care legislation. And I’m betting that the same combo was active for the midterms. On this blog, I’ve been ranting […]
These articles chronicle something pretty remarkable. The American Health Insurance Plans spent $86 million to oppose the Health Care Bill in 2009, funneling it through the US Chamber of Congress. And since the US Chamber of Congress was a huge funding source for the midterm elections, you can bet they spent a mint in 2010 […]
Through the fog of history, I found myself with a memory – stimulated by Bristol Palin’s peculiar success on Dancing with the Stars. It’s of a former celebrity daughter from my early life – Harry Truman‘s daughter Margaret. Truman was President from 1945 to 1953 [for me, 4 y/o to 12 y/o]. It was the […]
Axis of Depression New York Times By PAUL KRUGMAN November19, 2010 What do the government of China, the government of Germany and the Republican Party have in common? They’re all trying to bully the Federal Reserve into calling off its efforts to create jobs. And the motives of all three are highly suspect… So what’s […]
Biological Consequences and Transgenerational Impact of Violence and Abuse Understanding the Risks Associated With Early Life Stress Psychiatric Times By Gretchen N. Neigh, PhD, Lorie A. Ritschel, PhD, and Charles B. Nemeroff, MD, PhD November 17, 2010 My obsession with Dr. Charles Nemeroff, defrocked Chairman of Psychiatry at Emory now Chairman of Psychiatry at the […]
Cheney’s lean and hungry look Washington Post November 18, 2010 When does skinny look too skinny? The question popped up Tuesday after an appearance by . . . another reed-thin starlet? Nope – former vice president Dick Cheney. A noticeably slimmer Cheney, 69, attended Tuesday’s groundbreaking for the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Texas. […]
Bush Photoshops Rove Out of Plame Scandal Mother Jones By David Corn Nov. 16, 2010 In his new book, George W. Bush repeatedly challenges the charge that he misled the country into the Iraq war. He writes, "I didn’t like hearing people claim I had lied about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction." But while defending […]
So I was piddling around on the government’s endless statistical sites messing with something that’s just been nagging at me. They use the gdp [gross domestic product] to correct some things and the cpi-u [consumer price index – urban] to correct others. As I’ve been messing with matters econimic, I’ve wondered about their relationship, so […]
The groundbreaking for the Bush Presidential Library was tonight with Dick Cheney in a "rare" appearance. All the papers are saying he lost weight in the hospital and wants to "keep it off." Maybe that’s right, but it looks like Cardiac Wasting to me and it doesn’t bode well for Cheney’s longevity. George is looking […]
Leading international lawyer Philippe Sands says inquiry has shown inability to tackle central question of illegality – or otherwise – of Iraq invasion Philippe Sands says the credibility of the Chilcot inquiry into the invasiona of Iraq is ‘on the edge of an abyss’ guardian.co.uk by Richard Norton-Taylor 14 November 2010 The credibility of the […]