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Alan Grayson’s blockbuster speech about NSA spying (video)

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NSA spying is the military spying. Alan Grayson, a lawyer as well as a congressman, explains why it’s wrong.
6/17/2013 10:22am by 52
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Alan Grayson to offer “Mind Your Own Business Act” to stop NSA spying

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Support Alan Grayson’s act in Congress to stop the NSA from spying on Americans.
6/14/2013 8:30am by 42
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“World set to exceed global warming limit,” per International Energy Agency

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Climate “path we’re on is more likely to result in a temperature increase of between 3.6°–5.3°C,” says IEA.
6/13/2013 10:00am by 60
Source: 2012 Comparative Price Report by the International Federation of Health Plans. The average prices shown for colonoscopies do not include added fees for sedation by an anesthesiologist, a practice common in the United States, but unusual in the rest of the world. The additional charges can increase the cost significantly.

Colonoscopies explain why US leads world in health care expenses

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On many health care expenses, the difference in cost between the U.S. and the developed world is a factor of 10.
6/12/2013 9:38am by 49
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Obama loses key support for cutting Social Security, Medicare in “Grand Bargain”

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The powerful pro-Obama think-tank Center for American Progress has just abandoned Obama’s benefit cuts.
6/11/2013 10:00am by 32
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TPP is a secret Obama trade agreement that will trump national sovereignty

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The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the next big NAFTA-style “trade” agreement, should worry you.
6/10/2013 9:00am by 18
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“Despotism” (video)

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A fascinating 1946 film on Despotism from the Encyclopedia Britannica. Surprisingly applicable today.
6/8/2013 10:00am by 35
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Billionaire Dem donor Steyer tells Obama to stop the Keystone Pipeline

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Tom Steyer is a hedge-fund king and major Dem supporter. It’s a big deal that he’s set his sights on Keystone.
6/7/2013 10:00am by 28
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A “tar sand” pipeline actually contains tar, sulphur, arsenic, and mercury

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So when they talk of a “tar sand” pipeline accident, it’s not an oil spill – it’s more of an arsenic spill.
6/6/2013 10:00am by 14
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British Columbia rejects tar sands pipeline proposal that suggests “doing nothing” after oil spill

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The oil pipeline proposal says that “doing nothing is a possible response to a spill.”
6/4/2013 10:00am by 20
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