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keep It Simple, Stupids! Medicare for all.

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'Why, O Lord, do you stand afar off? Why do you hide yourself in time of trouble? In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises. He boasts of the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord. In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God. His ways are always prosperous; He is haughty and your laws are far from him; he sneers at...

via AlterNet: Naomi Klein: 'No Logo' Revisited By Naomi Klein, Picador Press . Posted November 21, 2009. In the new introduction to the re-release of her classic book, 'No Logo,' Klein explores how ad culture has thrived and adapted in the past decade. The following is from the new introduction to the 10th Anniversary Edition of Naomi Klein's classic book, "No Logo (Picador, 2009)" As I write this...

and was told by her doc she was not at risk. She died about 5 years later from breast cancer. I don't know what mammograms helped or hurt her case, but she was my friend and I miss her. Mammograms don't help everyone, but I'd still like to know how many lives they've save prior to the year of 50.

Under the French bank's "Bear Case" scenario (the gloomiest of three possible outcomes), the dollar would slide further and global equities would retest the March lows. Property prices would tumble again. Oil would fall back to $50 in 2010. Governments have already shot their fiscal bolts. Even without fresh spending, public debt would explode within two years to 105pc of GDP in the UK, 125pc in the US and the eurozone, and...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden says the Senate has handed President Barack Obama a big victory on health care that will be a political boost to the Democrats. Biden made his comments Saturday at the Iowa Democratic Party's largest fundraiser, the Jefferson Jackson Dinner. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/11/21/us/AP-US-Bid...

Are people just stupid, or is it perhaps that the information they possess, and the opinions derived from that information, are shaped by someone else; someone with a vested interest in keeping people confused and ignorant?

If you're simply going to knee-jerk into saying "mammograms save lives", there's no real point in this. Increased rates of finding cancer are not leading to decreased mortality; the fact that someone believes her life was saved does not make it so.