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  1. Chadman

    Drug-Makers Paying Off Competitors To Keep Cheap Generics Off Market

    Drug-Makers Paying Off Competitors To Keep Cheap Generics Off Market Zachary Roth | December 2, 2009, 3:07PM Republicans and their allies in the business community talk a good game about the virtues of free-market competition. But, as we've seen in the debate over the public option...
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    Rumsfeld decision let Bin Laden escape: Senate report

    Rumsfeld decision let Bin Laden escape: Senate report Sunday, November 29th, 2009 -- 11:51 am WASHINGTON (AFP) ? Osama bin Laden was "within the grasp" of US forces in late 2001 but escaped because then-defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld rejected calls for reinforcements, a hard-hitting US...
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    THE Official Cool Christmas Gift Thread - 2009

    Okay, I have to word this correctly, to make sure this actually HELPS fellow MadJackers... Post your really GOOD Christmas gift ideas, that you are making happen for loved ones, friends, relatives, mistresses, pets, etc. What I mean by good, is something that takes a little thought, something...
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    Good job, Obama: Lobbyists pushed off advisory panels

    Lobbyists pushed off advisory panels White House initiative to limit influence could affect thousands By Dan Eggen Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, November 27, 2009 Hundreds, if not thousands, of lobbyists are likely to be ejected from federal advisory panels as part of a little-noticed...
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    Glenn Beck: ?Yapping? Palin belongs in the kitchen

    Hey, Palin lovers! Evidently one of your poster boys thinks of her intellectual worth and viability about the same as non-conservative lap dogs do... Glenn Beck: ?Yapping? Palin belongs in the kitchen Thursday, November 26th, 2009 -- 8:23 pm While joking around on his radio show Wednesday...
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    Reagan Would Fail "Purity Test" Proposed for GOP

    Reagan Would Fail "Purity Test" Proposed for GOP posted by JOHN NICHOLS on 11/24/2009 The most rigidly conservatives members of the Republican National Committee are circulating a proposal to establish a purity test for the party's candidates. If adopted, the party would withhold money from...
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    Why the Ft. Hood Massacre Is George Bush's Fault

    I especially was interested in the last part of the story, talking about Cheney's failing Halliburton business, and remembering what company did oh so well after we attacked Iraq... but for many, that's not surprising - and pretty well understood. I don't think this article is a stretch at all...
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    A wonderful tribute to the fallen... Nice job, Obama.

    Without trying to go overboard politically, from reading the reports of Obama's speech, demeanor, agenda for the day, choices of subject, and general response in Ft. Hood today, I have to say it was a wonderful performance by the Commander in Chief. I did not have time to watch any of it, just...
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    Nebraska/Oklahoma In-Game Party

    Thought I'd open this one up... Morris and I joined up in the Sports Bar to back the Huskers tonight... I know there are a couple cappers I respect greatly on them as well, along with one against. Probably will spend a lot of time watching this one, hoping to see ghosts of Husker greats...
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    Help me make a $50 Free Play Wager today

    I thought it might be fun to toss this thread up and see what shakes out. I'm in no rush - have all day to decide what to bet on. Got a free $50 wager to make with a book, and of course would like to win it. I've been so busy with school and work, I haven't been capping at all lately. So, I'll...
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    Congressional Budget Office Thrashes Republican Health-Care Plan

    Congressional Budget Office Thrashes Republican Health-Care Plan by Ezra Klein Republicans are learning an unpleasant lesson this morning: The only thing worse than having no health-care reform plan is releasing a bad one, getting thrashed by CBO and making the House Democrats look good in...
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    I wonder why...

    I was reading an article on the subject of health care reform, and a question was posed that I had never considered. Other than the obvious consideration by half the forum of doing away with all lawyers, consider this: Why in America are we guaranteed a lawyer, but not guaranteed a doctor? Kind...
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    DICK Cheney, the fraud

    Dick Cheney's losing his old black magic Mr. Secret Bunker calls Obama "afraid." Wingnuts clap, world yawns. BY JOAN WALSH Ooooh, Dick Cheney's back, just in time for Halloween! In a Wednesday speech at Frank Gaffney's far-right Center for Security Policy, Cheney blasted President Obama for...
  16. Chadman

    Playing Monopoly With America?s Health

    Playing Monopoly With America?s Health Posted on Oct 21, 2009 By Joe Conason Popular disgust over the fat premiums that financial executives bestow upon themselves is burgeoning, and rightly so. Those Wall Street piggy banks are filling up with billions upon billions of government-subsidized...
  17. Chadman

    The Case For Big Government

    The Case For Big Government By Jeff Madrick October 22, 2009 - 8:56am ET America had been living a free-market myth for a generation until the credit crisis of 2008 and 2009 descended on the nation?and the world. One expression of that myth, found frequently on the editorial pages of the...
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    "Often imitated, never duplicated" - a great loss...

    Captain Lou Albano, legendary WWF-era wrestling manager and Cyndi Lauper video star, dies at 76 BY LARRY MCSHANE DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Wednesday, October 14th 2009, 1:05 PM Captain Lou Albano, the crazed and charismatic wrestling icon who played Cyndi Lauper's dad in her "Girls Just Wanna...
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    Less Than One in Ten Malpractice Cases Results in a Legal Claim for Compensation

    October 14, 2009 Less Than One in Ten Malpractice Cases Results in a Legal Claim for Compensation The CBO's Flawed Report on Medical Malpractice By RALPH NADER Stuart Hagen must either be greatly overworked or possessed of an overwhelmingly monetized mind. As the author of a Congressional...
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    PC Computer Internet Sign in issue - help?

    Hey guys. I know there are some crack PC guys (insert joke here...) on the site, and I'd love some help if you care to chime in here. For some reason, my PC laptop will not allow anyone to sign in to a website that requires that - like Facebook, Yahoo, whatever. I keep getting error messages...
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    More unpatriotic conservatism

    'We're lost, that's how I feel. I'm not exactly sure why we're here'... 'There's no tangible reward for the sacrifice'... 'The whole country is going to s***'... Tired, strained, confused and just want to get through... TROOP MORALE FALLING ------------------------------ These were the top...
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    Playoff selections

    We'll kick off the playoffs with these selections. I think there is some value in these openers. Going to give the Twins a shot at a big number, because I like the way the kid Duensing has managed his games, and the Twins will be extremely loose coming in to this game - no time to think about...
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