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Obama To Announce Afghanistan Plan On Wednesday

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Senate Approves Leon Panetta As Pentagon Chief

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While the findings may seem obvious, health economists and policy makers have long questioned whether it would make any difference to provide to poor people. It has become part of the debate on Medicaid, at a time when states are cutting back on this insurance program for the poor. http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/07/health/policy/07medicaid.html&OQ=_rQ3D4Q26smidQ3Dtw-nytimesQ26seidQ3Dauto&OP=d241cccQ2FAnLQ5DAugP0yggwxAxfOOAfIAfIA_LQ5EZw_AQ3CgZePHAfITLuePQ5Eeud_wTZ

Study Finds Benefits in Health Insurance for the Poor

Lawsuit Targets Celebrity Poker Game

http://www.npr.org/2011/06/26/137429824/lawsuit-targets-celebrity-poker-game Gabe Kaplan, star of Welcome Back Kotter , has been part of a long-standing, private poker game. He is now being sued for his winnings.
The U.S. health care system has become one gigantic money making scam, and you are about to see the statistics that prove it.

50 U.S. Health Care Statistics That Will Absolutely Astonish You

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/50-u-s-health-care-statistics-that-will-absolutely-astonish-you
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 27, 2006 VERICHIP RFID IMPLANT HACKED! Will Security Problems Quash IPO Plans for Controversial Company? http://www.greatdreams.com/rfid.htm

RFID - CHIPS IN CLOTHING AND ON KIDS

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ANOTHER PUBLIC SERVICE BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE TEXAS BOARD OF EDUCATION

This week the Texas Board of Education adopted new teaching guidelines which include the following: deluding the rationale behind separation of church and state, removing Thomas Jefferson as an example of an influential political philosopher (because he was a secularist) and teaching that McCarthyism was justified. So you’re saying to yourself, “that’s Texas. They have the right to teach their kids whatever they want.” http://rationalcrank.blogspot.com/2010/05/another-public-service-brought-to-you.html

Bachmann Tried To Pass State Law Protecting Ex-Gay Therapists

The media attention on the harmful ex-gay therapy performed in Dr. http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2011/07/12/266506/bachmann-law-ex-gay-therapy/

As Government Revenues Reach A 60-Year-Low, DeMint Claims They’re At A ‘Record’ High

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/07/06/261635/demint-revenue-record-lie/ It’s an often-repeated talking point among Republicans as Washington debates taxes and spending: “ We don’t have a revenue problem , we have a spending problem.”

Bachmann’s Parable For The Poor: Have Faith In God And You Won’t Need Welfare

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/07/07/259493/bachmann-faith-in-god-wont-need-welfare/ ThinkProgress filed this report from a town hall in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Bachmannia descended upon South Carolina last week as GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann stomped for votes at events across the state.

Taxing the Super Rich

Independent Vermont senator Bernie Sanders delivers 100,000 signatures to the White House, calling on half of the deficit reduction package to be funded by taxes on the super rich and corporations. Smiley: It is so rare to have someone inside the body politic who will stand up with courage and conviction.
In Iowa Thursday GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann signed a controversial anti-gay, conservative Christian pledge.

Bachmann signs controversial anti-gay Christian pledge - National Democrat

Jon Stewart Slams Fox News For Editing Interview With Chris Wallace (VIDEO)

Jon Stewart opened Monday night's episode of "The Daily Show" by addressing his weekend appearance on "Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace." After a playful swipe at The Huffington Post's "YOU'RE INSANE" headline, Stewart went on to suggest that viewers watch the full, unedited interview online, which is the only place where one can see what Stewart termed, "the takeaway moment of the entire interview." After asking Wallace if he truly believes that Fox News is "exactly the ideological equivalent of NBC News," Wallace responded, "I think we're the counterweight.
Elisabetta Villa / Getty Images Watching these "Jersey Shore" goofballs might influence your smarts more than you realize, a new study suggests. Oh, dear.

Watching 'Jersey Shore' might make you dumber, study suggests