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Without Health Care, My Patients Will Die: Please Don’t Sacrifice Them for Single Payer

kirk - i have no idea what single payer advocates here you are talking about. it isn’t an either/or proposition. please read ralphbon’s diary: p.s. which robust public options plans are you referring to? ..bring univeral coverage, provide equal access, ...

From KIRK JAMES MURPHY, M.D., Firedoglake,  7 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Howard Dean,  Al-Qaeda,  Facebook Inc.

Four People Face Federal Prison for Passing Out Leaflets and Chalking Slogans

Today four Northern California animal rights activists await Federal criminal trial for ghastly crimes including leaving a stack of leaflets in a cafe, chalking slogans on pavement, and chanting. Oh, and using the internet to locate the individuals ...

From KIRK JAMES MURPHY, M.D., Firedoglake,  23 May 2009
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  University of California Berkeley,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Democratic Party,  John Ashcroft

Westlands: 300,000 Acres of Hot Water Perfect for a FOX Teabag

Things like this will take forever to uncover and remedy. The judiciary is key. I want to see Prof. Elizabeth Warren on the Supreme Court. She just gets it. Hi newtonusr - thanks for stopping by! Dear Elizabeth was terrific on Maher last night. What ...

From KIRK JAMES MURPHY, M.D., Firedoglake,  16 May 2009
Related Topics: FOX Broadcasting Company

The Blue Dogs’ New Fossil Fool Trick: “Centrist” Climate Suicide Pacts

Three degrees alone would see increasing areas of the planet being rendered essentially uninhabitable by drought and heat... With extreme weather continuing to bite - hurricanes may increase in power by half a category above today's top-level Category ...

From KIRK JAMES MURPHY, M.D., Firedoglake,  9 May 2009
Related Topics: Artur Davis,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Dow Jones

Has Admiral Blair Double-Crossed a Second President?

When Washington learned of Blair's defiance, Washington again ordered Blair to tell Wiranto to stop the massacres; Blair again defied civilian authority and supported Wiranto. A few months later, journalist Allan Nairn reported in The Nation: When ...

From KIRK JAMES MURPHY, M.D., Firedoglake,  2 May 2009
Related Topics: Wiranto,  U.S. Senate,  Suharto,  Barack Obama,  Central Intelligence Agency

Virus in Two US “Mexican” Flu Victims Appears Closely Related to 2007 Ohio Swine Flu

# Given the widespread presence of the virus, the Director-General considered that containment of the outbreak is not feasible. The current focus should be on mitigation measures. # The Director-General recommended not to close borders and not to ...

From KIRK MURPHY, Firedoglake,  29 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Baxter International Inc.,  United Stated Department of Agriculture,  World Health Organization,  Smithfield Foods, Inc.,  Lou Dobbs

Did Obama Throw Appalachia’s Mountaintops Under The Bulldozers?

During her federal service, Glenda Owens has been one of the top officials fighting legal efforts by conservationists to limit valley fills, delaying reclamation standards and defending Bush cutbacks in clean-ups for abandoned mines. Owens also worked ...

From KIRK JAMES MURPHY, M.D., Firedoglake,  25 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Steven Griles,  Tom Fitzgerald,  Sierra Club

Will We Pass Our Nuremberg Trial, or Will We Protect Our Little Eichmanns?

The Constitution’s for everyone! Readers who’ve yet to comment are most welcome to join us. hello, doctor! This is very, very simple. In order to make this President do his job, and he has told us as much, we (WE) have to make it politically impossible ...

From KIRK JAMES MURPHY, M.D., Firedoglake,  18 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  Central Intelligence Agency,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party

Senate Reheats Nuclear Pork; Expects Us to Eat It

Thirty years after Three Mile Island's failure belched radioactive waste across thousands of families and their homes, the US nuclear industry's still moribund. Why? Although the nuclear power's mutant priesthood long ago tricked the public into paying ...

From KIRK JAMES MURPHY, M.D., Firedoglake,  11 Apr 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Wall Street Journal,  NPR,  Amory Lovins,  Mike Crapo

Red Cross Says Medical Officers Overseeing “Interrogations” Violated Ethics

omg. how can he not act?! Thank you for your service. Seriously. Right now, I’m too angry to put 2 words together without expletives fogging my ‘puter. Thank dog there’s a report. This is not some casual thing to set on a shelf and forget. Pelosi and ...

From KIRK JAMES MURPHY, M.D., Firedoglake,  7 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Central Intelligence Agency,  Nancy Pelosi,  Jane Harman,  White House

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