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"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." Conservative media's obssesion with 'rape' metaphor
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:23 PM EST (Shakesville)
Media Matters has noticed that prominent members of the conservative media sure love using "rape" as a metaphor (note the number of times it's used to accuse progressives of "raping" their fellow Americans): [VIDEO "Why Are So Many Media Conservatives Obsessed With Rape?"]
How We Pay for Big Pharma's Malpractice
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:49 PM EST (MotherJones.com)
The main reason we can't get a health reform bill enacted is because the pharmaceutical and insurance industries aren't happy with their piece of the action.
FACT CHECK: Palin's book goes rogue on some facts
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:52 AM EST (Talking Points Memo)
Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time.
Mammogram Debate Took Group by Surprise
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:15 AM EST (The New York Times)
The health and human services secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, distancing herself from the group's recommendations, told CNN on Wednesday, "This panel was appointed by the prior administration, by former President George Bush."
Sebelius's cave-in on mammograms is a setback for health-care reform
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:15 AM EST (The Washington Post)
But rather than showing the leadership necessary to lead a grown-up national discussion on how to eliminate unnecessary or wasteful procedures, Sebelius simply disowned the task force and ran for political cover.
The war industry's drums are beating
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:18 PM EST (Salon.com)
Hurry, hurry. There's no time for thinking; it's time to act. Washington's permanent war lobby has worked itself into a veritable lather. The proper Pentagon press leaks have been made, Op-Eds written, talk show commandos deployed.
SPLC to O'Reilly: You Lose Dobbs Bet | Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:41 PM EST (splcenter.org)
To: Bill O'Reilly The O'Reilly Factor Fox News Network Dear Bill, You lost the bet. Time to pay up!
Rachel Maddow Interview with Former Evangelist Frank Schaeffer: Christian Right Is 'Trolling for Assassins'
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:34 PM EST ()
What we're looking at right now is two things going on. We see the evangelical groups that I talk about in my new book, "Patience with God," enthralled by an apocalyptic vision that I go into in some detail there.
Sarah Palin: Whiner-In-Chief
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:12 PM EST (Telegraph)
With Palin, what you see is what you get, and what you see in Going Rogue is a woman who is charming, passionate, loyal and patriotic. She is also self-absorbed beyond political norms, prickly, thin-skinned and just plain whiny. This is what stands out for me.
Rumors in an Age of Unreason
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:06 PM EST (New Yorker)
The phenomenon known variously as the "birther movement," the "birther conspiracy," and the "birther nut-job fantasy" is now roughly two years old. Its adherents hold that Barack Obama, owing to his birthplace (wherever that may be), is ineligible to be President.
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