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James McMurtry:
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Read more →From today’s Washington Post: At 7:25 a.m. this morning, amidst mostly cloudy skies, and temperatures in the low 30s, Groundhog Phil saw his shadow in the little town of Punxsutawney, Pa. According to folklore, Phil’s sighting of his own shadow means there will be 6 more weeks of winter. Had Phil not seen his shadow, it would have meant “there will be an early spring.” If Phil’s forecast is right, it signals a dramatic reversal from the mild weather pattern [...]
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The NYT probably will run a 2,000-word analysis on how Mitt Romney “turned it around” in Florida, but all we need to know about that primary is in this paragraph from a piece by Charles Pierce: …Romney won because he had the most money. And because he had the most money, enough of the Tea Party “base,” which was supposed to hate him like gum disease, decided thusly: What the hell? The important thing is to get the Muslim Kenyan [...]
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8 pm eastern | 5 pm pacific |Virtually Speaking A to Z: This week in liberalism. | Stuart Zechman and Jay Ackroyd discuss the present and future of liberalism in a centrist America.| Follow @Stuart_Zechman @JayAckroyd Listen live on BTR. Beginning midnight Friday, listen here. 9 pm eastern | 6 pm pacific |Virtually Speaking with Jay Ackroyd | Stirling Newberry and Jay discuss the long term prospects of America and humanity in an unegalitarian world hoovering up resources at an unsustainable pace. Plus ‘What Digby Said.’ Follow @ssnewberry @JayAckroyd Listen live and [...]
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I forgot to say that the doctor said the pain I’m describing sounds like shingles, and so does the pain pattern. “But you don’t have a rash,” he said. I pointed to this one small blister that showed up two days before. “Hmm. Well, we’ll keep an eye on it,” he said. I did a little reading yesterday and found that shingles frequently appears after surgery – and that it doesn’t always have a rash. The pain really is bad; [...]
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video platform video management video solutions video player Rich Santorum lectures sick people about the market: Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum told the mother of a child with a rare genetic disorder on Tuesday that she shouldn’t have a problem paying $1 million a year for drugs because Apple’s iPad can cost around $900. Speaking to more than 400 people at Woodland Park, Colorado, the former Pennsylvania senator said that demand should set prices for drugs. “People have no problem [...]
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