masbury

Real Name: Monte Asbury
Location: Washington, Iowa USA
Joined:4-16-2007
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I believe the world changes when ordinary people learn its stories.
Why I use Clipmarks
To shine light on important but under-reported stories, and to make quick grabs that I'll use for blogging later (which I don't want to lose!)
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POPSPalin: Not quitting is for quitters, so I'm quitting
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by masbury  Today 12:15 AM   
 Once again, Palin blurts her way into senseless babble.
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POPSHealthcare industry outspends opponents 200 to 1
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by masbury  Yesterday 11:50 PM    1
 And that's your premiums they're spending on lobbying rather than healthcare
7
POPSKey F-22 booster Rep. Gingrey owns Boeing stock
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by masbury  Yesterday 4:12 PM    1
 Georgia Republican Congressman Phil Gingrey will make money if the aircraft the Pentagon doesn't want is built. He's stuck it back in the bill from which it had been removed. Smaller government, Rep Gingrey?
3
POPSGrassley to Iowan: "Go work for gov't" if you want insurance like mine
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by masbury  Yesterday 4:05 PM    1
 June 30, 09, Waukon, IA: A constituent asks Sen. Grassley why he can't get insurance like Grassley has. "You can," Grassley responds. "Go work for the federal government."
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POPSObama defuses Chávez on Honduras
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by masbury  Yesterday 3:44 PM    4
 way different from Bush, and not at all what Chávez expected
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POPSPalin to resign this month
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by masbury  Yesterday 3:35 PM    4
 May indicate plans to go after a presidential run.
4
POPSIf the Bishops don't welcome Obama, but the Pope does ...
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by masbury  7-2-2009    1
 After some bishops derided Notre Dame for hosting Obama, the Pope invites him to the Vatican. What's the Pope teaching here?
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POPSIranian girl wins gold in Asian Youth Games
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by masbury  7-1-2009   
 No Remarks
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POPSAIG: 'Excellent Chance' of paying back bailout loan
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by masbury  7-1-2009    11
 Reducing its US govt credit line by $25B, selling its HQ, a Japanese office building, and many other assets. All that money we heard about that was going out is starting to come back.
9
POPSFeds lower payments on existing student loans
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by masbury  7-1-2009    1
 Ties loan payments to income level
14
POPSRacial profiling still rampant in US
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by masbury  6-30-2009   
 despite efforts to stop it
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POPSSanford's story grows larger
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by masbury  6-30-2009    1
 No Remarks
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POPSStudy: Half of Americans have used vibrators
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by masbury  6-30-2009    5
 No Remarks
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POPSMinnesota Supreme Court rules for Franken
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by masbury  6-30-2009    3
 Unanimous decision; Coleman may attempt appeal to feds
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POPSIsrael turns back humanitarian aid ship
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by masbury  6-30-2009    4
 Refuses to allow it into Gazan waters, threatens gunfire
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POPSPresident of Ecuador on improving US relations
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by masbury  6-30-2009   
 No Remarks
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POPSWhy Ecuador won't renew US military base contract
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by masbury  6-30-2009    1
 President Rafael Correa poses only one condition, but it's a doozy
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POPSUS' past creates suspicion in Honduras coup
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by masbury  6-30-2009   
 But a different response this time from the White House
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POPS94% of insurance markets monopolistic; Profits up 428%
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by masbury  6-29-2009   
 Premiums up 87%. "a market failure where a small number of large companies use their concentrated power to control premium levels, benefit packages, and provider payments" Antitrust investigation sought.
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POPSHealth insurers operate as near-monopolies, competition-free
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by masbury  6-29-2009    2
 Each Big has little competition its own region. They destest the public option not just because it's public, but because they're used to no serious competition at all. They want desperately to keep the upper hand.
6
POPSMousavi spokesman: When you had Bush, we had Khatami
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by masbury  6-28-2009   
 Now we have Ahmadinejad ...
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POPSConservative Canadian Senator disputes GOP slam on CA healthcare
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by masbury  6-28-2009   
 Says McConnell's statements about delay are exaggerated; points out life expectancy higher in Ontario than in Kentucky. Last paragraph lists several procedures followed by McConnell's number, then Canadian hospital number
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POPSBerlusconi's Italians - a German cartoon
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by masbury  6-28-2009   
 No Remarks
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POPSSanford: King David didn't resign, why should I?
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by masbury  6-28-2009    4
 Never mind that David was a king, not an elected official.
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POPSEleven conservatives who did what they preached against
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by masbury  6-28-2009    6
 No Remarks
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POPSGuide to Republican Sex Scandals
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by masbury  6-28-2009   
 Use this convenient whose-who flow chart. And yes, I wish the Democratic philanders were on it, too.
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POPSRomney: GOP for healthcare choice (of private insurers)
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by masbury  6-28-2009   
 But not the freedom to choose public or private
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POPSLandrieu, Wyden, Feinstein may kill health reform
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by masbury  6-28-2009    2
 It's the Democrats we're needing - tho' 76% of Americans favor the public option
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POPSGalbraith: The purpose of economic forecasting
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by masbury  6-28-2009   
 quote
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POPSBachmann: "Liberty or Tyranny" (climate change bill)
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by masbury  6-27-2009    2
 "...the federal government will virtually have control over every aspect of lives for the American people." Such incompetence!
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POPSTop Thrill Dragster - world's highest roller coaster
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by masbury  6-27-2009    5
 My daughter, son-in-law, and his brother went to Cedar Point today to try this out. Eeyow!
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POPSMyths about Canadian health care
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by masbury  6-27-2009    12
 Are taxes high? Is bureaucracy huge? Author has used both US and Canadian systems, and finds the Canadian better.
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POPSRobt Reich: What you can do
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by masbury  6-26-2009    2
 Excellent advice. Let's go for it.
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POPSStudy: not being an asshole boss may contrib to employee morale
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by masbury  6-25-2009    8
 No Remarks
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POPSDems have no excuse for health care failure
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by masbury  6-25-2009   
 But many - Landrieu, Baucus, Conrad, Feinstein - may be too beholden to the insurance and pharma lobbies to vote for real reform.
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POPSLimbaugh: Obama drove Sanford to it
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by masbury  6-25-2009    7
 He's turning into a clown.
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POPSRockefeller: You want good healthcare or bipartisanship?
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by masbury  6-25-2009    3
 Do you want to be non-partisan and get nothing? Republicans were against Medicare and Medicaid. They voted against children's health insurance. They'll vote against this, too.
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POPSMSM gullible on the Appalachian Trail story
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by masbury  6-25-2009    1
 Why, it just had to be true, if a politician's staff said it! This is why we need bloggers for news.
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POPSEarlier Sanford comments on others' adulteries
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by masbury  6-25-2009    1
 Pretty merciless.
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POPSOMB: Veto defense authorization if F-22 still in it
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by masbury  6-25-2009   
 Pentagon doesn't want it, Armed Services committee wants to buy it anyway.
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