How the Industry Shaped Health Care Reform

Just out: Deadly Spin by former Cigna communications head Wendell Potter.

Wonk Room: "Following a playbook developed by the tobacco industry, Potter describes how the insurance industry relied on professional public relations firms and a wide network of news outlets and conservative think tanks to move public opinion against progressive reforms like the public option and ensure that the health law did not interfere with its profits."

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PoliticalWire/~3/2Ahmkgnq9kQ/how_the_industry_shaped_health_care_reform.html

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Volcker Sees No Quick Way To Cut Unemployment

Paul Volcker, a top economic adviser to President Obama, said he sees no short-term way to reduce high unemployment and expects slow growth to continue. The former Fed chairman said the outlook is for "continuing but limited increases in economic activity for the next year or more."

Source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=131184504&ft=1&f=1014

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Apologetic Obama Blames Self For Insufficiently Communicating How Awesome He?s Been

Source: http://reason.com/blog/2010/11/08/apologetic-obama-blames-self-f

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Abacused Out: FINRA Fines Goldman in Fab Fab Flap

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority today slapped extremely effective but imperfect trading operation Goldman Sachs with a $650,000 fine for failing to disclose that two of its employees, including "Fabulous" Fab Tourre, were under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The wrist-slap is similar to the one imposed by The U.K.'s Financial Services Authority back in September. The chief difference is in magnitude. The FSA was able to charge Goldman $27 million, or about...

Source: http://www.observer.com/2010/wall-street/abacused-out-finra-fines-goldman-fab-fab-flap?utm_medium=partial-text&utm_campaign=home

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Dutch Consulate Energy Workshop

Dutch Consulate Energy Workshop
The Netherlands and California each look for the best opportunities to become more sustainable. The built environment is a major energy user yet opportunities for usage reduction are abundant. Both the Netherlands and California have developed different policies and instruments to stimulate energy efficiency. Within the EU the "Energy Label" has been developed as a way to stimulate energy efficiency in buildings. The Netherlands has been on the forefront of these developments just like California is at the forefront of energy efficiency policy in the US.

During the roundtable we would like to share some of our experiences with energy labeling and discuss with you and local experts possibilities for California. It will give all of us the opportunity to explore synergies and mutually beneficial collaborations while strengthening the ties between the Netherlands and California.
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700
Location: San Francisco, CA, Conulate General of the Netherlands, SF, Consulate General of the Netherlands, SF
Program and discussion: http://fora.tv/2010/10/26/Dutch_Consulate_Energy_Workshop

Source: http://fora.tv/2010/10/26/Dutch_Consulate_Energy_Workshop

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Egomaniac Manny Pacquiao Thinks He Influenced U.S. Elections

By Alex Groberman

It goes without saying that all athletes have massive egos. They?re constantly surrounded by yes-men who live to satisfy their jock-wearing bosses and keep them happy. As a result, said athletes tend to think that every single event, movement and result was in some way shaped by their actions.

Manny Pacquiao is no different than any other athlete.

Well, scratch that. Unlike other sports stars who have a small entourage of followers who worship at their athletic altars, Pacquiao has a whole country that considers him a god.

That would inflate anyone's ego.

Recently, the famed Filipino boxer/deity said that he deserved credit for the victories that Harry Reid and Jerry Brown had in the recent U.S. elections.

"[Reid] was behind 4% in the polls before I got out there," Pacquiao told LA Times. "There's a lot of Filipinos in Las Vegas."

Pacquiao, of course, made headlines last week when he left his trainer Freddie Roach to go campaign for Reid in Las Vegas.

But Pacquiao wasn?t done patting himself on the back just yet.

"I also helped Brown here," Pacquiao said, referring to the governor-elect who defeated Meg Whitman in California. "I helped him campaign. I gave a message to the Filipino community to support Gov. Brown, and they did."

Makes perfect sense.  

We can only hope that Pacquiao is taking credit for this stuff not because he truly believes he influenced the elections, but because he wants to build up hype for his upcoming bout with Antonio Margarito.

Hey Manny, it?s a windy, chilly day out in Los Angeles today. Since you seem to control the universe and all, do you think you could part the clouds and make it a little warmer outside?

Thanks.

Source: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/egomaniac-manny-pacquiao-thinks-he-influenced-u-s-elections

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Victorious GOP aims to repair image ahead of 2012

Republicans cast themselves as the anti-Obama and scored a blowout at the polls. Now their real work ? repairing the party's still-tattered image and earning voters' trust ? begins.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40068436/ns/politics-decision_2010/

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