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Thu, 10/08/2009 - 10:00pm — lambert

A place to vent my frustrations about living in a effed up white male dominated, ableist, capitalistic society. And if you're mean, misogynistic, or in any other way effed up I will delete you. And yes, it is at my discretion. Whine about it elsewhere.

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I support Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

Sunday, March 28 from 2-4 p.m. BDBlue is going to lead a discussion of Yves Smith's new book, ECONned. So, buy it, get it from the library, induce your library to buy it, or borrow it.

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Health care facts they don't want you to know

Per capita health care spending (2007):

United States: $7290
Switzerland: $4417
France: $3601
United Kingdom: $2992
Average of OECD developed nations: $2964
Italy: $2686
Japan: $2581

-- Bob Somerby

The text of HR676 (Medicare For All) as PDF (30 pages). The FAQ. Compare HR3200 with HR676.

Medicare for All would save $350 billion a year (study in New England Journal of Medicine).

In 2003, a young Illinois state senator named Barack Obama told an AFL-CIO meeting, "I am a proponent of a single-payer universal healthcare program*." -- Bill Moyers.

* Medicare For All.

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11:08:35 lambert Hi! The iris haven't come up yet...
09:17:19 Card-carrying_Buddhist [waves]
11:09:12 lambert Should be OK now
10:47:50 madamab lambert, I tried, but I don't think it's publishing correctly.
10:23:39 madamab Aeryl - it hasn't been published yet but it's appearing on the list. Let me publish it now.
09:49:37 lambert What error, aeryl?
08:49:20 Aeryl How come I'm not allowed access to MadamaB's post "It's dead, Jim"
00:22:47 Valley Girl third and final part of Kip Sullivan wheelbarrow parable contains a precious quote from HCAN blogger Jason Rosenbaum [url]
16:53:00 BDBlue Thanks for dropping that link, Joe
06:59:23 Joe www.march20.org
23:37:34 hipparchia 03:57:10 thanks, jeffw!
22:16:26 lambert Joe. Got a link?
16:34:22 Joe Anti-war protest in DC March 20th. Spread the word.
10:59:50 lambert Gotta go. It's, like, 46 out and I'm going for a walk.
10:54:05 lambert 11:16:44 I'm in on ECONned!
10:53:00 lambert 17:17:34 Who's Caroyn Maloney? Needs a post!
20:59:17 Jeff W Thanks, <B>BDBlue</b>! I'm in.
20:34:12 BDBlue JeffW, one of the strengths of the book is suppose to be its accessibility for us non-economists.
18:17:34 madamab Who wants to do a New York demonstration in front of Carolyn Maloney
04:57:10 Jeff W FYI, lambert and hipp: Marcia Angell was on Bill Moyers Journal tonight. You can watch it online here: [url]