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Creepy Food That's Real: Synthetic Estrogen in Progresso Soup etc.

Op-Ed Columnist - Chemicals in Our Food, and Bodies - NYTimes.com

Six pounds per American per year .. in the urine of at least 92% of Americans .. and now in our food.

The chemical industry says it's fine - read about that in the article.  But wouldn't they say that?  Other studies link it to breast cancer, ADHD, babies with mal-formed genitals, etc.

Consumer Reports magazine tested an array of brand-name canned foods for a report in its December issue and found BPA in almost all of them. The magazine says that relatively high levels turned up, for example, in Progresso vegetable soup, Campbell’s condensed chicken noodle soup, and Del Monte Blue Lake cut green beans.

The magazine also says it found BPA in the canned liquid version of Similac Advance infant formula (but not in the powdered version) and in canned Nestlé Juicy Juice (but not in the juice boxes). The BPA in the food probably came from an interior coating used in many cans.

CNN Admits Healthcare Worst in the Red States

UPDATED with "Finale": Sesame Street's Birthday - Google, "Pox" , & First Lady!

Google did this for a week and we collected them all.  They've appeared here and there on this blog for a few days.

 

For some strange reason, Google used different characters and pictures in some foreign countries, such as Belgium, Netherlands, Mexico, Israel, Phillipines and Indonesia. Here are some samples. 

"Sesame Street Trashes POX NEWS" went viral - it's a two-year-old satirical video.  Grundgetta, a female Muppet viewer, calls to complain that the content was not offensive enough “From now on, I’m watching Pox News, she says.” “Now there’s a trashy news show."

Silenced Majority Portal: Sesame Street vs FOX News  Conservatives went wild. Conservatives Grouch-y over PBS's 'Sesame Street' Fox News jibe

Big Hollywood, a blog created by conservative writer Andrew Breitbart, accuses the episode of revealing PBS's liberal slant.

"PBS — a network partially funded with my tax dollars — has the right to tell my kids that their parents watch “trashy” news?" he writes of the network that houses "Sesame Street." "The message is clear, I can’t even sit my kids in front of 'Sesame Street' without having to worry about the Left attempting to undermine my authority. "

Here it is again, in case you didn't see it.

 

 Michelle Obama dropped by to talk about being tall, counting by tens and growing vegetables.  Video will be added once it's up.  

First Lady Michelle Obama visits 'Sesame Street' on 40th anniversary

Mosnar Communications, Inc. Public Relations Blog: Sesame Street Birthday PR Branding “Google and Michelle Obama” Too

Sesame Street: Google celebrates 40 years of Big Bird and the gang | Technology | guardian.co.uk

Google celebrates 40 years of Sesame Street

‘Sesame Street’ Takes a Shot at Fox News | Fancast News

This is the FINALE!!!

Does Lieberman Know Israel Has Better Health Care Than the US?

"Health care in Israel is both universal and compulsory, and is administered by a small number of organizations with funding from the government. All Israeli citizens are entitled to the same Uniform Benefits Package, regardless of which organization they are a member of, and treatment under this package is funded for all citizens regardless of their financial means. According to a 2000 study by the World Health Organization, Israel has the 28th best health care in the world.[1]."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_Israel

Borowitz - Millions of Grannies Flee US As Death Panels Loom

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - With the establishment of government-mandated death panels just days away, grandmothers began fleeing the United States in record numbers today, reports Fox News."I am never one to yell "Fire" in a crowded theater, said Fox News host Glenn Beck. "But run for your lives!"

Across the country, slow-moving caravans of 1980s-era Cadillacs with turn signals blinking were making the torturous journey to the Canadian border, their back seats laden with cats, knitting projects, and pictures of grandchildren.  Fox News may have set off the mass exodus by warning grannies that if they did not flee quickly enough they would face government-mandated organ harvesting. More here.

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-borowitz/fox-news-reports-millions_b_349906.html&cp

Health Care (Sort of)

US House backs healthcare reforms

The US House of Representatives has backed a healthcare bill in a step towards reforms promised by President Obama, despite strong opposition. Passed in a narrow 220-215 vote, the bill aims to extend coverage to 36 million more Americans and provide affordable healthcare to 96%.    BBC NEWS | Americas | US House backs healthcare reforms

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democratic leaders say President Barack Obama, who made a quick trip to Capitol Hill, inspired their party to pass health care legislation.

Obama met with the Democrats behind closed doors on Saturday morning.  

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said after the meeting that she couldn't help think of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., who died of brain cancer last summer. Kennedy championed health care reform, and Kennedy said before he died that Obama would inspire a new generation to act.

C Span Mashup - (to decent healthcare) "I Object .. I Object .. I Object"

Glenn Beck Hates SEIU But is Treated By Union Nurses

For Glenn Beck, SEIU Is 'Radical, Marxist,' Except When Its Nurses Treat Him for Emergency Abdominal Pains | Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace | AlterNet

Beck tweeted in praise of the "AMAZING drs/nurses" who have cared for him since the emergency removal of his inflamed appendix yesterday afternoon.  The quality of care he is receiving should not have come as a surprise. When Beck complained of acute abdominal pain during his radio program on Wednesday, he was rushed to a nearby hospital. The security-conscious Beck has not disclosed the name of the facility, but it's a safe bet that it is staffed by proud members of a storied union: New York's Local 1199, aka United Healthcare Workers East, which belongs to the Service Employees International Union. The SEIU has organized all of Manhattan's major hospitals, including every facility to which Beck could have conceivably been sent.

Thomas Frank: Glenn Beck's Hotline to Nowhere - WSJ.com The Wall Street Journal no less ..

Wingnuts Do Washington 5 Oct. 09

Canadian Comics Say the Darndest Things - "Make Your Own Flu Vaccine"