tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163358202011-12-31T21:25:46.487-05:00Anything and Everything. But mostly Sox baseball.Dr. Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251723261355222856noreply@blogger.comBlogger10981100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16335820.post-74174779705658566172011-12-31T17:29:00.003-05:002011-12-31T21:25:46.494-05:00

Hello, Onion editors? Are you out there?DES MOINES, IOWA -- In response to sagging poll numbers ahead of Tuesday's caucuses, Republican presidential hopeful and former frontrunner Newt Gingrich unveiled a plan to decouple wages from jobs that he insists will bolster a struggling economy.The plan, Gingrich's first major policy announcement since unveiling his child labor initiative last month,

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That's half, folks. Half of all Americans. So it ain't just you.Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans — nearly 1 in 2 — have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income.The latest census data depict a middle class that's shrinking as unemployment stays high and the government's safety net frays. The new numbers follow years of

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I think pieces like this, which analyze the incoherent, inconsistent public positions of candidates, in this case Newt Gingrich (with an honorable mention to Mitt Romney's "ever-changing stripes"), while valuable in calling bullshit in very specific terms on bullshit artists masquerading as public servants, miss the larger point.If politicians' words and deeds seem to be connected more to the

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This is your brain on Faux News.Fox News viewers in the U.S. are less informed than those who watch nothing at all, a Fairleigh Dickinson University poll says. But, lest ye think that Faux News is the only media outlet doing a disservice to its viewers:Cassino again emphasized that none of the networks did a great job of informing its viewers.“These sorts of media sources don’t actually help

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The comedian Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz. Gun violence is some funny shit, huh Trent? A fucking comedy gold mine.

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Dropkick Murphys, in support of the Wisconsin protesters.To purchase a limited edition "Take em Down" T-shirt, click here. Proceeds benefit the Workers’ Rights Emergency Response Fund.

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That's among the benefits to the most vulnerable Americans that the Obama budget reportedly will cut, in the spirit of "bipartisanship," a word that apparently has come to mean "selling out the poor to avoid forcing the wealthy to pay taxes they can easily afford."So when you're freezing your ass off inside your home today, tonight, the rest of this winter in order to conserve whatever heating

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Sign the online petition here.

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Ron Santo, standout former third baseman for the Chicago Cubs, 70.The first baseball glove I had when I was a kid was a Ron Santo signature model. Even then the glove was old, and I didn't know who Santo was. The glove had a metal button at the bottom left of the outer shell that secured a strap across the back of my wrist. Every time I caught a ball, the button would sound a metallic rattle that

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This is getting even more interesting.The gigantic mortgage database owned by the nations largest banks may have run afoul of Massachusetts strict property recordation filing laws, according to the elected Recorder of Deeds for the South Essex district of the state. In an exclusive interview with CNBC, John O’Brien explained why he sent a letter to Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley

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Leslie Nielsen, 84.

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Supporting the troops is more than a bumper sticker and has nothing to do with "haji" hating. (Believe it or not, many nonracists actually respect and care about those who serve, and actually do love their country.) It also has nothing to do with lapel pins (Someone please notify CBS Sports. Seriously, talk about an anachronism. Shannon, Boomer, Coach and Dan might as well be wearing top hats and

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Another Onion entry.NEW YORK -- After spending the last two years as a paid Fox News pundit and denying various statements and policies of the administration of George W. Bush, former Bush adviser Karl Rove yesterday denied the very existence of the Bush administration and of George W. Bush.“The only George Bush I know was president after Ronald Reagan. After that, it was Bill Clinton and then

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Awesome! The Opera Company of Philadelphia, with a little surprise mob singing at Macy's in Center City.H/T to Susie, from whom I totally stole this.

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Remember what I've said over and over in this space? That Republicans (and Blue Dogs) don't give a shit about you unless you're rich? Krugman:The spectacle of high-income Americans, the world’s luckiest people, wallowing in self-pity and self-righteousness would be funny, except for one thing: they may well get their way. Never mind the $700 billion price tag for extending the high-end tax breaks

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PHILADELPHIA -- Eagles head coach Andy Reid dropped quarterback Kevin Kolb from his fantasy football team Thursday, one day after Kolb and linebacker Stewart Bradley failed post-concussion exams. Both players sustained concussions in the Eagles' loss to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday."I just felt that, as far as my fantasy team ("Reid Between the Lines") was concerned, there were more productive

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An interactive look at Mariano Rivera's cutter and why it is so effective.

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Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani's sentence has not been lifted.The lawyer for an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned on an adultery conviction said Monday that he and her children are worried the delayed execution could be carried out soon with the end of a moratorium on death sentences for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.In an unusual turn in the case, the lawyer also confirmed that Sakineh

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Sports, Onion-style.After being put on waivers by the Los Angeles Dodgers, Manny Ramirez said Monday he is looking forward to a fresh start with the Chicago White Sox and eventually quitting on them the way he did before leaving the Dodgers and, before that, the Boston Red Sox."I am looking forward to joining the White Sox and helping them in the stretch drive of an exciting pennant race,"

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Another in my very occasional series of public auditions for The Onion:BOSTON -- Dorchester resident Sean Kelly spent Friday celebrating the end of his lengthy job search after he accepted an offer from a local publishing company, an offer he actually insists he would not have received without LinkedIn.Kelly said the online professional networking site connected him with a current employee at the

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The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cI Give Up - 9/11 Responders Billwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorTea Partyon HR 847 to provide health care to 9/11 rescue workers.Because not everyone will click through to see the shameful list of assholes, here are the 159 no voters. Of these, 155 are Republicans and four are Democrats (the Democrats are in bold).

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I don't do this often, but I think I might agree with morons (or whores, depending on your view of the sincerity of their publicly proclaimed positions). Maybe Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham and Jon Kyl and so many other conservative dumbasses and lunatics are right: Maybe it is time to review the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In fact, quit pussy-footing around the issue, bitches.

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Rolling Stone examines the legislative process that produced the financial reform that the Obama administration is so proud of.“The bill Congress just passed doesn't go after the criminals where they live, or even make what they're doing a crime; all it does is put a baseball bat under the bed and add an extra lock or two on the doors. It's a hack job, a C-minus effort. See you at the next

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After a coerced confession that involved her receiving 99 lashes in front of her son.A veteran Iranian human rights activist has warned that Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani, a mother of two, could be stoned to death at any moment under the terms of a death sentence handed down by Iranian authorities.Only an international campaign designed to pressure the regime in Tehran can save her life, according

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Remember the e-mails that proved climate scientists exaggerated the threat of global warming for ... uh, in order to ... I have no idea why?Well...The controversy known as "climategate" erupted in November 2009 with the publication of more than 1,000 e-mails to and from scientists at the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia in eastern England.The e-mails, dating back to

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Dad, dad-in-law, uncles, brother, brother-in-law and fathers everywhere.

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Just so you know.When a duo of right-wing provocateurs posing as a pimp and prostitute released selectively-edited videos trying to impugn the community activist group ACORN, both Democrats and Republicans condemned the organization.Congress then voted to cut off federal funding for the group (a decision that was later ruled unconstitutional). Following negative press and Congress' vote, ACORN

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Mom, Mrs. S and to moms everywhere.

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to everyone.

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This nauseating affront to basic human decency is brought to you by the free-market, for-profit healthcare system.Kyler Van Nocker’s story shows that even 5-year-old kids are not exempt from this insurance company abuse. Van Nocker has neuroblastoma, which is a very rare form of childhood cancer that targets the nervous system and creates tumors throughout the body. Due to successful treatment in

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Don't forget the b-roll of people smoking in bars and outside office buildings. And, above all, give very superficial treatment to whatever you are covering, lest the public become informed. Bonus points if your report gives viewers a general feeling of fear and helplessness.

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J.D. Salinger, 91. I remember being around 10 years old and sitting on my grandparents' sofa when my parents returned from shopping and mother handed me a copy of "The Catcher in the Rye." I wasn't very enthusiastic about it, but I started reading it and soon was several pages into the book and laughing out loud. There was a time when I could pretty much rectite the book from memory. Naturally, I

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To donate to the Red Cross releif effort in Haiti, text "HAITI" to "90999" and a donation of $10 will be given automatically to the Red Cross to help with relief efforts, charged to your cell phone bill.Americares is another organization that is helping with relief efforts. Click here to donate. GreaterGood.org also is helping with relief efforts. Click here to donate.

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Corporations manufacture items in China and then ship them to the United States to sell rather than just make and sell them here for a reason: It's cheaper. They can pay the kind of exploitive wages that would get them thrown in prison here, and they can use whatever cheap shit they want in their products. Sure, the American public finally caught on to lead and now manufacturers are being forced

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Best wishes for a Merry Christmas to everyone.

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From Mrs. S' favorite movie, Bing Crosby.

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James Brown.

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Stevie Wonder.

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George Thorogood.

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For those of you who have been naughty. Spice Girls.

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Frank Sinatra.

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Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

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The best version of this song. Darlene Love.

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Mariah Carey.

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Bruce Springsteen.

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Lemmy, Billy Gibbons, Dave Grohl.

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Les Paul.

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Bob Seger.

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I came across a group on Facebook called something along the lines of "Why Should I have to Press 1 for English?" and it just pissed me off. But because there's an entire group of people on Facebook who apparently need an answer to that question so badly that they've organized, I thought I would help them out and tell them the answer.The reason you have to press 1 for English is because the

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Remember those less fortunate this holiday.

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Paul McCartney.

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Brian Setzer Orchestra.

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Alvin and the Chipmunks.

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Ray Charles.

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Fats Domino.

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Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty.

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It appears that Men's Health magazine, like many of its readers, has been caught with its pants down.

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Why else would Gretchen Carlson dumb it down so much on the air?The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cGretchen Carlson Dumbs Downhttp://www.thedailyshow.com/Daily ShowFull EpisodesPolitical HumorHealth Care CrisisAnd trying to pass off that poll with a total of 120 percent of respondents (not the first time it has fudged poll numbers) doesn't speak well of the network's opinion of

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to everyone.I think you all know by now what song this is.In Philadelphia, Pierre Robert, a DJ on WMMR 93.3 FM, has made a tradition of playing the entire song every Thanksgiving at 10 a.m. Click here to listen. (For those of you with less time this holiday, there's a CliffsNotes version of the song on Pierre's page. Click here to check it out.)I used to have Pierre and Alice on the radio on the

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For Cindy, if I read that right.

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 Meet six-year-old Madison Leuchtmann. Madison was born with bilateral artesia, meaning she was born without ear canals. She needs a hearing implant in order to recognize sounds. Without it, she could lose her hearing.Madison's family has health insurance, but their insurer, Cigna, refuses to cover the $20,000 cost of the implant. The company claims that the device is not medically necessary.

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The state of Texas.“This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage.” This is the language of an amendment to the Texas Constitution that was adopted in 2005. But don't worry. Apparently it doesn't mean what it says.“The Texas Constitution and the marriage statute are entirely constitutional.” Hear that? The Texas

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Just in case you thought this wasn't happening anymore.Children's toys carrying the Barbie and Disney logos have turned up with high levels of lead in them, according to a California-based advocacy group — a finding that may give consumers pause as they shop for the holiday season.The Center for Environmental Health tested about 250 children's products bought at major retailers and found lead

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If you want to cause as little pain as possible when levying taxes, you don't tax people who have next to nothing. You go where the money is.When it comes to paying for a health care overhaul, Americans see just one way to go: Tax the rich.That finding from a new Associated Press poll will be welcome news for House Democrats, who proposed doing just that in their sweeping remake of the U.S.

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Who could have predicted that Sarah Palin's book would be a fact-challened pile of bullshit?It says a lot about the condition of the Republican party that she is one of its "leaders" and high-profile stars. I would root for a Palin-Jindal (or any number of lying, empty-vessel GOP shitheads long on ambition and short on ethics in the VP slot) ticket in 2012 if the mere existence of such a ticket

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"All You Need is Love."

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The Philadelphia Phillies.A fan reacts to the Phils' Game 4 win.

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President Obama. Let's hope that this does indeed "contribute a little bit for what he is trying to do," as the Norwegian Nobel Committee hopes. Let's also hope it also emboldens Obama to base decisions in Iraq and Afghanistan on the best interests of the entire world and not just the interests of defense contractors.

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with programs like NCLB, "issues" like gay marriage, networks like Fox News and amendments like this is to try to keep us ignorant. The less informed and more distracted from the real issues we are, the more crimes they can get away with.

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Eat ground beef and roll the dice.Stephanie Smith, a children’s dance instructor, thought she had a stomach virus. The aches and cramping were tolerable that first day, and she finished her classes.Then her diarrhea turned bloody. Her kidneys shut down. Seizures knocked her unconscious. The convulsions grew so relentless that doctors had to put her in a coma for nine weeks. When she emerged, she

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You can't make this shit up.WellPoint Inc., the largest U.S. insurer, dismissed a "small number" of workers last week and announced cuts to employee health benefits Friday, in its latest attempt to deal with the recession's toll on enrollment.I wonder if that "small number of workers" included those who excelled at saving the company money through recissions, that is, retroactively canceling

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Wiped out by landslides triggered by earthquakes.An official says landslides triggered by an earthquake in western Indonesia obliterated at least three villages this week.He says as many as 644 people including a wedding party were buried under mountains of mud and debris.If all 644 are confirmed dead — as is likely — the death toll from Wednesday's quake would jump to more than 1,300. The

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This expands on a previous post, which is referenced in the title of this one.From Roger Ebert’s review of Michael Moore’s "Capitalism":The second is the reckless, immoral gambling referred to as "derivatives." I've read that derivatives are so complex they're created by computers and not even the software authors really understand them. Moore asks three experts to explain them to him. All three

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Of what kind of amoral, thieving shitbags we are up against in the healthcare fight.This committee has concluded an investigation into the practice of health insurance rescission, and results are alarming. Over the past five years, almost 20,000 individuals, insurance policyholders have had their policies rescinded by three insurance companies who will testify today; Assurant, UnitedHealth Group,

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It looks like the financial “wizards” on Wall Street may have outsmarted themselves and inadvertently struck a blow for the little guy. Of course, they may have slashed and burned the entire economy for personal short-term gain in the process, but so what? That's Capitalism, right? What are you, some kind of America-hating Commie pinko Socialist Fascist?A landmark ruling in a recent Kansas

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Joe Biden, on GOP plans to take back some House seats in the midterm:They're going to put their chips on movement in the 35 seats in the House that have been traditionally Republican districts and trying to take them back," Biden said, according to the White House pool report."If they take them back, this the end of the road for what Barack and I are trying to do. This is their one shot," he went

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Exactly whom do you represent, Mr. President?From the Houston Chronicle's Nick Anderson, by way of Crooks & Liars.

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The legislative process is like a father taking his awkward, embarrassed teenage boy to a whorehouse to get laid for the first time. Congress is the whorehouse. Congresspeople are the whores. Lobbyists are the father, who is paying the whores to fuck somebody other than himself.We, the people, of course, are the unwilling teenager nervously asking the whores if it would be OK if we just talked.

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In the world of for-profit health insurance, it's a pre-existing condition.Under the cold logic of the insurance industry, it makes perfect sense: If you are in a marriage with someone who has beaten you in the past, you're more likely to get beaten again than the average person and are therefore more expensive to insure. And if you're married to someone who has sex with you, you're more likely

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Hey all you stupid small-government idiots: Check out the results of relieving polluters of the heavy burden of government regulation.Jennifer Hall-Massey knows not to drink the tap water in her home near Charleston, W.Va.In fact, her entire family tries to avoid any contact with the water. Her youngest son has scabs on his arms, legs and chest where the bathwater — polluted with lead, nickel and

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Kanye and Serena, I give you credit for your outstanding efforts, but you picked the wrong week to act like assholes. Our winner, of course, is Joe Wilson (R-SC). Wow, what a fucking douchebag!

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All branches of the Free Library of Philadelphia, due to budget constraints, unless state legislators take action. Too bad legislators like tax cuts more than providing services for their constituents. Too bad more rich people don't use libraries.In a related matter, I wonder if the Philadelphia Eagles have ponied up the $3 million they owe the city or if team owner Jeff Lurie is going to

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While Washington conspires with lobbyists to deprive the American people of meaningful healthcare reform ...The Census Bureau reports that the number of people lacking health insurance rose to 46.3 million in 2008.That's up from 45.7 million in 2007, due to a continuing erosion of employer-provided insurance. Still, the level remained just below the peak of 47 million who were uninsured in 2006,

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I'm recovering from the 100 Innings of Baseball fundraiser for ALS research. The event was held Saturday through Sunday in Quincy, Mass. I've played plenty of night games, but I never watched the sun rise while playing the outfield before. There's something beautiful about dawn's early light on a baseball field -- especially one that's in use. But nothing compares to having my wife and daughter

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Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Kan., who is looking for the GOP's "great white hope" to challenge President Obama.

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Seeing a lot of green.As the Obama administration and Democrats wrangled over the timing, shape and cost of health care overhaul efforts during the first half of the year, more than half the $1.1 million in campaign contributions the Democratic Party's Blue Dog Coalition received came from the pharmaceutical, health care and health insurance industries, according to watchdog organizations.The

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Sen. Ted Kennedy, 77.

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Or this happens.A federal study of mercury contamination released Wednesday found the toxic substance in every fish tested at nearly 300 streams across the country, a finding that underscores how widespread mercury pollution has become.The study by the U.S. Geological Survey is the most comprehensive look to date at mercury in the nation's streams. From 1998 to 2005, scientists collected and

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OK, I get it. Conservatives don't like paying taxes. And I'm sure that's not just because "taxes are bad" is the only Republican message that has gotten any real, sustained traction outside the party in years.So if conservatives don't want to participate in a society in which everyone helps each other and contributes to the greater good, I say let them opt out. Let them put their precious money

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Neil Young, "Harvest Moon."

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Republicans are slowing work on the healthcare bill in the Senate HELP committee by objecting to their own amendments.

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Phillies to announce Pedro Martinez signing today.In other baseball news, the NL lost the All-Star game again. It's the first loss in the All-Star game by a Phillies manager. The last time the NL won the All-Star game was in 1996, at the Vet in Philly.

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doing good.British scientists have shown that swear words can have a powerful pain-killing effect, according to a new study published in the journal NeuroReport.The researchers originally thought that swearing would make pain worse by focusing a person’s attention on the injury and its implications. To prove their hypothesis, they set up an experiment with 67 college students. The students were

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Tim Wakefield's slow, erratic road to the All-Star game.

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On Bill Moyers Journal, Wendell Potter, former head of corporate communications for CIGNA, spells out exactly what the for-profit healthcare industry is up to. HINT: It has to do with protecting their profits at the expense of our health.Click here to read the transcript.

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Centerfield.

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for the Flyers fans.

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Happy Fourth, everyone.

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Sarah Palin has decided to mark the Independence Day weekend by reducing the amount of ignorant public officials concerned more about special interests and their own net worth and electability than the welfare of their constituents. She accomplished this by resigning as governor of Alaska.I imagine this is a dark day for stand-up comics everywhere.But seriously folks, the speculation that she's

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That's two in a row for left field at Fenway Park.

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