Violence against pregnant women
An article in the Boston Globe today (http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2004/12/19/violence_trails_expectant_mothers_d ata_indicate/) cited Washington Post research that suggests...
View ArticleCondi Rice Hearing - PM Part 1 - Archived
The morning session of the Condi Rice hearing just ended with a great grilling by Barbara Boxer. The hearings are now adjourned and will restart at 2:30 pm on C-SPAN. Let's use this thread for updates...
View ArticleCondi Rice Hearing - PM Part 2 - Archived
The thread has gotten rather long, so here's a new one to (hopefully) finish out the afternoon hearings. Please remember to recommend!The chair made an attempt to see if they could finish up and vote...
View ArticleCondi Rice Hearing - PM Edition, Part 3
This should be the last thread for the hearings today. It has been requested that people refrain from posting photos due to the length of these threads.I noted in one of my comments below that there's...
View ArticleLive coverage of ANSWER coalition protest is on C-SPAN 2 NOW!
Ramsey Clark is slated to speak.jk;ljk;jkl;jkl;jkl;jkl;jk;ljkl;jk;kl;'kl;'kl';kl;'kl';kl;'kl;' kl';kl';kl';kl;'kl;'kl;'kl;'kl;'kl;'kl;'kl;'kl';kl;'kl';kl;'kl;'kl;'...
View ArticlePartial transcript of Mark Dayton on Rice nomination
Through the wonders of TiVo, I was able to back up and transcribe the last part of Mark Dayton's excellent speech on the Senate floor today opposing the nomination of Condoleeza Rice. Update [2005-1-25...
View ArticleKen Rudin comments about Dean on CNN
I've been listening to a pretty decent commentary on CNN about Howard Dean becoming chair of the DNC, so I thought I'd transcribe some of it for those who missed it.Sophia Choi: His failed presidential...
View ArticleBlogger Suppression at Boston Globe
The following story appeared in the Ombudsman column on the op ed page of The Boston Globe this morning.Blog reportLast November the Globe learned that technology reporter Hiawatha Bray was posting his...
View ArticleOne year's salary asked for electrocuted dog
There has been a rash of dog electrocutions this year in Boston. You heard me right. Dogs being walked by their owners step on a manhole cover or in a slushy puddle connected to live underground wires...
View ArticleA million people wandering the South...
I was listening to a guy named Tom Foreman, who at the end of an interview with Soledad O'Brien on CNN, pointed out something I've been wondering about. It's the first time I've heard anyone talk about...
View ArticleJack Cafferty on CNN
[From the diaries -- Hunter.] Another example of a newsman calling it like it is. (Transcribed as best I can. )The thing that's most glaring in all of this is that the conditions continue to...
View ArticleKatrina was predicted
I did a little research and found this article called "The Big One" from the Times-Picayune that describes today's situation pretty closely. (I'm not sure when this was published; it's post-Georges and...
View ArticleCNN attacking "couldn't be predicted" line
CNN's Tom Foreman is doing a bit showing Chertoff saying the hurricane couldn't be predicted, then showing spots of weather forecasters doing just that...But the National Hurricane center was warning...
View ArticleMassachusetts Volunteer Information
A few days ago I heard that Massachusetts will be housing 2000 evacuees at Otis Air Force Base, and was looking for how to volunteer. A number of you also expressed interest and asked me to post when...
View ArticleCNN suing for right to film the dead - UPDATED
Anderson Cooper just saidIn response to official government statements that the media will be barred from showing photographs of bodies of dead Americans in New Orleans, today CNN filed a lawsuit...
View ArticleCNN reporting tornado heading toward Miami
CNN is reporting a tornado sighted in Miami Beach heading toward Miami. If you live in Miami, take precautions! trying to get to 300 characters..................................................
View ArticleBridge blockade on Anderson Cooper (UPDATED with transcript)
Anderson Cooper tonight was the first time I've seen discussion of the bridge blockade by the Gretna police discussed on TV. COOPER: Well, the one fact that no one disputes about this bridge over the...
View ArticleCarter speaks out on FEMA
(I haven't seen this diaried - sorry if I missed it.)Jimmy Carter spoke out today against what the Bush administration did to FEMA (an agency which he created). He was shown on CNN saying the...
View ArticleMedicare Part D - In the Trenches, Part 1
There's been a lot of discussion lately about the new Medicare drug plan, and how confusing it is for seniors to try to figure out what plan to choose and how to sign up. Especially if they don't have...
View ArticleMedicare Part D: The states are paying for it
We've talked in the past about how Medicare Part D has randomly assigned Medicaid recipients to one of the myriad of available plans. And how maybe 50% of these people have gotten assigned to a plan...
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