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POPSReagan: B Movie US drug laws and Scott-Heron's inability to evade them have kept him in jail for most of the Bush years. I hear he's out and performing again. I strongly recommend listening to this cut. Recorded twenty-seven years ago, change a few names, and he could have written this last night:
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POPSDrugmaker ads to target Obama idea PhRMA says its upcoming advertisement, which will feature TV talk show host and PhRMA spokesman Montel Williams. "We're going to do an ad campaign that is designed to make people aware of the importance of preserving your free-market health care system," Mr. Johnson said.
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POPSThe Facts On Junk Mail Call 888-567-8688. This single automated phone line takes you off the lists of all major credit bureaus. You can also do this online at: http://www.optoutprescreen.com. Mail Preference Service, Direct Marketing Association, P.O. Box 643, Carmel, NY 10512 or download the online form at http/www.dmaconsumers.org/cgi/offmailinglistdave.
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POPSDetroit Seeks Bailout While Battling States Emissions Standards According to Ralph Waldo Emerson "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do." I wonder if Emerson's little aphorism included government and capitalists pigs?
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POPSCops Taser Man in Diabetic Shock Police Officer's job is a double edged sword. One side is to serve and protect, the other is to keep people in line. When police pull you over, they are in "command mode." If you have trouble responding to their commands, they tase first and ask questions later.
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POPSWelfare For Big Business Is Popular The logic of bailing out Wall Street is that finance underpins everything. Detroit cannot begin to make that claim. But, given its successful lobbying, can it be long before ailing airlines and failing retailers join the queue?
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POPSBank Executives Receive Pay Deals Worth $70bn Dear Wall Street: Hank Paulson effectively set your 2008 bonus to zero when he offered you government money you couldn’t refuse. Sure, you could go ahead and pay yourself $5 million, but that is spare change in your world and hardly worth five years of various Senate and House committee subpoenas.
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POPSEmployer Based Benefits: An Eroding Model For Health Insurance During her pregnancy, Jennifer Danylyshyn's regular visits to her obstetrician were covered by her Blue Shield policy. So was the delivery of Ava on March 24. The couple expected that Ava would be covered as a matter of course. When the company rejected the baby because of the hip misalignment, her parents appealed with the help of their pediatrician. Blue Shield refused to budge.
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POPSWall Street: Fall of the Fat Cats Some of the most superficial people in the world may be hurt if we don't act fast and bail them out. Watch CNN tomorrow night from 8-9pm to see Win. The CNN: Special Investigations Unit will be covering the Wall Street meltdown. CNN: Special Investigations Unit – Fall of the Fat Cats Premiere: Saturday, Oct. 18 at 8pm. Replay: Sunday, Oct. 19 at 8pm In Fall of the Fat Cats, CNN investigative correspondent Abbie Boudreau and CNN anchor Rick Sanchez take a critical look at the excesses in lifestyle of some Wall Street insiders.
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POPSBusiness Cool Toward McCain's Health Coverage Plan The McCain proposal is designed to relieve employers of the responsibility of providing employer-sponsored plans, both by eliminating the tax benefit for the employees and by offering individuals tax credits for purchasing plans in the individual market.