Score yet another one for reality: a panel of six scientists have investigated the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit — the target of the so-called "climategate" — and has cleared them of "any deliberate scientific malpractice".
during the Bush administration, Fox's Bill O'Reilly called for the appointment of an "immigration czar," as well as a "charity czar" and a "disaster relief victims family czar."
Putting aside possible ulterior motives, the conservative freak-out over President Obama's planned speech to students urging them to stay in school and work hard is due to fears that Obama will use his platform as an opportunity to push his agenda on unsuspecting students.
watch this video from Claire McCaskill's town hall yesterday. Old guy just gets up from the bleachers, STEALS the black lady's poster of Rosa Parks that she'd been showing a reporter, rips and crumples it up, cops chase the lady out, and everyone boos the black lady.
where did Palin get that bad information? It appears she pulled it from a set of talking points that has been making its way around the internet in recent weeks -- talking points assembled by the Liberty Counsel, a far-right religious group that's part of Jerry Falwell's Liberty …
Professor Stephen Hawking has spoken out in defence of the NHS after high-level U.S. politicians have branded the National Health Service 'evil' and 'Orwellian'.
excerpt: ""....A campaign to oust Iglesias intensified after state party officials and GOP members of the congressional delegation apparently concluded he was not pursuing the cases against Democrats in a way that would help then. ""
Health insurance companies deserve "a great deal of the blame" for the sometimes violent disruptions to town hall meetings on health care, says a former health insurance company executive turned whistleblower.
Steven Perlstein a business columnist gives his take on Health Care reform. Excerpt: ""As a columnist who regularly dishes out sharp criticism, I try not to question the motives of people with whom I don't agree. Today, I'm going to step over that line. ""
Rationing: In the recesses of the House health care "reform" bill is a provision for end-of-life counseling for seniors. Don't worry, granny, they're from the government and they're here to help.
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