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From the Tumblelog for February 28 - March 6, 2010
Mar 06
Elliot is Saturday night UNO champ.
Sorry, Bart Stupak -- the feds already subsidize abortion
By Matt Miller Michigan Rep. Bart Stupak (D) threatened Thursday to block health care reform (again) because it might allow federal money to subsidize abortion. Which has Democratic leaders cooking…
Exercise or Not, Sitting at a Desk All Day Is Bad for You [Health]: We've been proponents of standing des... http://bit.ly/cw6jZM
Mar 05
Zero Nutritional Difference Between Campbell's "Healthy" Tomato Soups And Regular, Just Higher Price
A new ABC7 investigation shows Campbell’s “Healthy Request” and “Low Sodium” tomato soups contain the same nutrients and exact same amount of sodium as regular tomato soups, but they cost more….
An authoritative analysis of the Senate health care bill's abortion policy
Given the wide range of dubious claims circulating in the media regarding abortion and health care reform, independent analysis is necessary. Fortunately, a leading expert on health policy and law…
Mar 04
The Senate bill doesn't fund abortions. Here's why Stupak thinks it does.
A central puzzle of the health reform debate is why Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., keeps saying that the Senate-passed bill allows taxpayer dollars to be spent on abortions. The U.S. Conference of…
Obama and Romney say the same thing about health care reform. - By Timothy Noah - Slate Magazine
President Barack Obama just gave a speech. Mitt Romney, his likeliest 2012 challenger, just published a book. The speech was about health care reform. So was a chapter in Romney’s book. As…
Mar 03
The entitlements no one is talking about
Here is an article I just published in The Fiscal Times, prompted in part by Leonard Burman’s work, on the staggering size and automatic growth of “tax expenditures” — tax breaks, for us…
It is my responsibility as an elected official to look out for the people back home, the voters who sent me to Washington. So, after 20 years…
Mar 02
[video] Obama Caught Lip-Syncing Speech
After Obama slips up during an address on health care, White House officials are forced to admit the president occasionally uses a backing track for important speeches.
Mar 01
Newt Gingrich and standards of evidence
Paul Ryan and the true cost of health-care reform
After the Blair House Summit, a bunch of you e-mailed to ask what I thought of Rep. Paul Ryan’s argument that the bill “does not control costs” and it “does not reduce deficits.” There’s a…
Coffee Party activists say their civic brew's a tastier choice than Tea Party's - washingtonpost.com
Furious at the tempest over the Tea Party — the scattershot citizen uprising against big government and wild spending — Annabel Park did what any American does when she feels her voice has been…
Op-Ed Columnist: Learning From the Sin of Sodom
A growing number of conservative Christians are acknowledging that to be “pro-life” must mean more than opposing abortion.
RT @adamellis: Free audiobook: The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer…Coupon Code MAR2010 http://shar.es/mX5ao
RT @ezraklein: Reconciliation has been used many times before. But GOP will set new record for filibusters this year. So which is "unprecedented?"
Mark Erelli's new album, streaming for free: http://bit.ly/aVwQWU
Feb 28
The Swell Season 2010-02-27 Sala Apolo, Barcelona. (16-bit) (FLAC)
California Christian challenges Mount Diablo - Subscriber Only - THE WEEK
A California man has launched a campaign to rename Mount Diablo, insisting that the current name honors the devil. Arthur Mijares said that “to me and millions of other followers of the Christian…
Jealous prison inmates snitch on lovers, and more - Subscriber Only - THE WEEK
A German man was charged with breaking into jail every night for weeks to have sex with his girlfriend. Police say that Daniele Eberhardt, 33, scaled a…
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