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Rick Scott's 'sweatshop' exposed, and other horrors of U.S. for-profit health...
We're in the end game here my friends.We're about to begin the long slog to vanquish our national debt on the backs of seniors and the most vulnerable among us. But keep in mind as you see this...
View ArticleImagine if even one Wall Street 'bankster' got perp walked the way the U.K....
And we can only hope that pere e fil Murdoch are next. . .I made a comment in OPOL'S terrific diary, which seems to have hit a nerve.Our government, for some reason, many of us find deeply offensive,...
View ArticleAn interesting day on Daily Kos
So we had the rollout of the great idea of having the Front Page writers post on the recent diary list. What seems to be happening? I can dredge up two scenarios of what may be unfolding.Scenario A...
View ArticleBREAKING: No vote - Boehner to spend the night breaking heads, making deal$
Note: The vote was called off immediately after this diary was posted.The political elite think if they do really bad stuff after midnight, we won't notice, they're wrong.You may remember the vote for...
View ArticleI guess Obama wanted revenue just like he 'wanted' a public option
I just heard Dan Pfeiffer the White House communications director on CNN with Wolf Blitzer say that they had to 'compromise' and make this sickening bargain with the devil because 'we have divided...
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OMG! Commonwealth study: U.S. MDs spend $83,000 (yearly) on insurance...
The other day, my brother asked me to explain why a simple yearly doctor visit costs $1500? I started to explain, and he didn't believe me. I told him, doctors have to employ armies of people to deal...
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America's Tommy Douglas explains why the debt deal is as bogus as a $3 bill
Tommy Douglas is the patron saint and father of the much beloved Canadian health care system. Many people believe that Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin is our own Tommy Douglas. Governor Shumlin is...
View ArticleIf you're scared . . .
Yeah, I'm scared, I think we're all scared. I'm thinking about Americans losing their homes, sleeping in their cars. I'm thinking about Americans losing their jobs and their health care. I'm thinking...
View ArticleAs many predicted, health insurance costs skyrocketing, insured Americans...
As the debate played out during the contentious summer of 2009 before the passage of the Affordable Care Act, many were deeply concerned that the insurance industry would escalate its war against the...
View Article#ows unaffordable healthcare + sharply dropping income= death for the 99%
I went to Occupy Wall Street the other day. It's remarkable. I haven't seen anything like this since the 1960s during the peak of the Vietnam War. Something is happening, it's real, you can feel it in...
View ArticleWendell Potter: AHIP, you're next, Occupy Wall Street coming after you
Preach it, Wendell.In a masterful article, Kossack Wendell Potter, predicts that AHIP and the for-profit insurance industry, the American system of for-profit health care is high (very high) on the...
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ALL HANDS: #ows soon to be under siege Tweet @NYCMayorsOffice
We need a real show of force, remember what you guys did for Nataline Sarkisyan, we need that outpouring again.Please man your battle stations and begin relentless tweeting to Mayor Bloomberg...
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On the front lines in Times Square, NYPD in full fight mode
Before I tell you about this extraordinary day, I need to get something off my chest. I've been waiting since November 4th, 2000 for this day to arrive. When our election was stolen, I was ready to...
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Protesters document NYPD horses ramming in Times Sq. make this video viral...
These two videos of violent NYPD crowd control using horses to ram into non-violent protesters (the second video is below the fold) deserve viral attention. The videos shows in horrifying detail what...
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Taking back our country is hard work: The ABCs of organizing a march against...
We're organizing a large march against the for-profit health insurance corporations for October 26th. We hope thousands will join us to demand real healthcare reform. Single payer, Medicare for...
View ArticleFox and OWS: Sean Hannity, what happened to my interview? UPDATE: with video
Fox is doing it's level best to portray OWS as a coven of demented hippies. Jesse LaGreca was interviewed by them several weeks ago and fortunately there was another video camera which captured the...
View ArticleALL HANDS: Need show of force today in NYC #OWS march against Murder By...
Had enough?Uninsured?Wondering where's the 'affordable' healthcare we were promised?Sick of bought and paid for politicians?MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD TODAY - AT OCCUPY WALL STREETHealthcare for the 99%,...
View ArticleMajor police activity #OWS thousands have taken over lower Broadway in NYC -...
Apologies for this brief diary.Happening at this moment. Live streaming by Ustream
View ArticleMy friend, NYPD Captain John D'Adamo, protecting our First Amendment rights
Given the terrible police brutality in Oakland, I wrote a comment in brooklynbadboy's diary about the wonderful NYPD police captain I had the pleasure of working with yesterday. Several people...
View ArticleNYPD & FDNY in Zuccotti Park removing generators - live on Ustream
People, the FDNY and NYPD are in Zuccotti Park removing the bio diesel fuel generators.I've spent considerable time at Z Park, and there are a few generators, one for example, providing light for the...
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