daily_kos:

http://rss.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/GGq91IVE6lc/-Schakowsy-Will-Vote-Against-Bill-with-Stupak

Keeping the pressure on the Senate and the eventual conferees on healthcare reform, Jan Schakowsky is the first among the 40+ House Dems who signed a letter to Pelosi to vowing a no vote on a bill with Stupak to reveal herself. Greg Sargent:

Some 41 House Dems have signed a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowing a No vote on a bill with Stupak, but it’s not known who the signatories are. Schakowsky’s office confirmed that she’d signed the letter — and since her voice carries weight with House liberals, it could embolden others to publicly make the same commitment.

"If left as is the health care reform bill would be the largest repeal of anti-choice laws in nearly four decades," Schakowsky said in a statement emailed my way. "I will continue to work with the Senate and the Conference Committee to make the bill acceptable, but cannot and will not support health care reform that blatantly discriminates against women."

It’s worth noting again that it will be much tougher for pro-choice liberals to back down on this one than it was for progressives to accept the less-robust public option. In the public option fight, liberals could say they secured something; by contrast, Stupak is a significant step backward.

The White House and Dem leadership know pro-choice liberals won’t be able to accept Stupak as is, which is why the president is alreadly signaling that Stupak will be seriously revised. By going public, Schakowski is signaling to other pro-choice Dems to stand firm heading into conference negotiations with the Senate, so that they retain real leverage.

Holding the line against rollback of abortion rights is certainly an easier defense than trying to push the envelope for something new. Hopefully more pro-choice House members will sign on to the letter and publicly state their refusal to support a bill with such a restrictive amendment. That could help Senate leadership and the White House, hopefully, kill the effort.

artpaulrocks:
Yes if you type Art Paul Schlosser on Google the first thing that will come are 4 songs at Lala.com which are all from The Best of Art Paul Schlosser (The Sequel) so everyone can see your design. Also one of the 4 songs The Generic Dedication song mentions your name.

daily_kos:

http://rss.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/dgXgwsgNB6k/-IA-Sen:-Conlin-Gets-In

Chuck "I'm no nail" Grassley has a serious Democratic challenger. Former US Attorney Roxanne Conlin officially announced her run yesterday.

At Bleeding Heartland, desmoinesdem writes that, in the video:

She doesn't mention Senator Chuck Grassley directly, but she outlines the case she will make against him. Career politicians in Washington have lost their independence. Iowans were left behind when banks got bailed out and their top executives got huge bonuses. Grassley voted for the Wall Street bailout, which Conlin mentions twice in this video. No doubt we'll hear more in the coming months about Grassley's ties to various special interests and his votes for tax breaks companies use when they ship jobs overseas.

Daily Kos polling last month showed her trailing Grassley, 51% to 39%. That's a real deficit to make up, but, as kos said at the time, "the potential for a competitive race is certainly there." The populist course Conlin appears to be charting is a good start.

alexbot3000:



This morning we went to my favorite museum on the planet, the American Museum of Natural History. I've probably been there about twenty times or so, but what made today's trip kind of interesting was that we were with Josh who had not only never been to the AMNH, but he confessed that he'd never been to any museum in which dinosaurs were on display. We were there for about two hours but that wasn't enough time to see it all.
One thing someone pointed out to me a few years back was a surprisingly racist element to the Museum, namely what they call the "Culture Halls." They include art and information about the lives of American Indians, African peoples, Asian peoples, etc. The European people's are noticably absent, probably because their artwork is across town at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The AMNH treats them respectfully, but why are the cultural artifacts of Europeans in the art museum while your browner people are featured alongside stuffed monkeys and dinosaur bones in the "natural" history museum? In a way it's kind of a moot point since the Culture Halls are easily the dullest sections, and I suspect most people only see them when they're trying to find the bathroom.
Anyway, one new cool exhibit they had was the terribly named but very entertaining Extreme Mammals! exhibit (http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/extrememammals/) which features a lot of prehistoric craziness. I've become a lot more interested in creatures from that era ever since I saw the excellent Walking With Prehistoric Beasts "documentary." So many of the creatures seem like insane versions or rough drafts for the more familiar animals of today.



Anyway, if you're visiting NYC the AMNH is a must-see.

sciencedaily:

http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/73X_x1FSCn0/091110135413.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091110135413.htm

Mathematicians are coupling mathematical models with information about a baby's physiology inside the womb. Combining ultrasound with powerful algorithms based on real-life data, pediatricians get critical data on the development of the fetal circulatory system, so they can determine when the baby is strong enough to survive on its own.

sciencedaily:

http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/I7NCvDlQkGM/091110090905.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091110090905.htm

The drug Sprycel, approved for use by the US Food and Drug Administration in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia, significantly inhibited the growth and invasiveness of ovarian cancer cells and also promoted their death, a new study has found.

sciencedaily:

http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/pQ_8DvdWGfk/091110112440.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091110112440.htm

In work that someday may lead to the development of novel types of nanoscale electronic devices, researchers have combined DNA's talent for self-assembly with the remarkable electronic properties of carbon nanotubes, thereby suggesting a solution to the long-standing problem of organizing carbon nanotubes into nanoscale electronic circuits.

sciencedaily:

http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/UIyCuJaJIMY/091109173730.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091109173730.htm

A very close and detailed study of how the most robust antibodies work to block the HIV virus as it seeks entry into healthy cells has revealed a new direction for researchers hoping to design an effective vaccine.

sciencedaily:

http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/18fMSxzim4U/091021115145.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091021115145.htm

A new survey shows widespread consumer interest in buying plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. But the cost of the cars is much more influential than environmental and other non-economic factors as a predictor of purchase probabilities.

sciencedaily:

http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/rFbODEolb2U/091110105359.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091110105359.htm

Virtual reality games could help children to escape victimization and bullying at school, according to researchers in the UK.

sciencedaily:

http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/3_rmMcDSR6g/091110105404.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091110105404.htm

While astronomers have studied lightweight and heavyweight black holes for decades, the evidence for black holes with intermediate masses has been much harder to come by. Now, astronomers find that an X-ray source in galaxy NGC 5408 represents one of the best cases for a middleweight black hole to date.

sciencedaily:

http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/6k5IICMwVdw/091109174300.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091109174300.htm

Some patients can live for years with melanoma that has spread beyond the skin to other organs. Now it may be possible to identify which patients are more likely to survive by analyzing the activity of hundreds of genes involved in the immune response and gene proliferation.

sciencedaily:

http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/gdbzuiazNgg/091109090423.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091109090423.htm

Gifted young athletes are under increasing pressure to play only one sport year round. But a new study found that such specialization increases the risk of injury in junior tennis players.

sciencedaily:

http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/M1Aq6dEs_xo/091109173714.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091109173714.htm

Individuals with weaker muscles appear to have a higher risk for Alzheimer's disease and declines in cognitive function over time, according to a new report.

sciencedaily:

http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/lXEaTSeefkc/091105102722.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091105102722.htm

New research by European scientists is a first step towards forecasting the expression of all genes in a given organism and demonstrates that the genetic regulation that is crucial for correct embryonic development is more flexible than previously thought.

sciencedaily:

http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/lASrIT3nwV0/091110105401.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091110105401.htm

A woman is six times more likely to be separated or divorced soon after a diagnosis of cancer or multiple sclerosis than if a man in the relationship is the patient, according to a study that examined the role gender played in so-called "partner abandonment." The study also found that the longer the marriage the more likely it would remain intact.

daily_kos:

http://rss.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/E-OP6wmuusM/-Late-afternoon-early-evening-open-thread

Jon Stewart says the House health care reform vote reduced the GOP to town hall hecklers:

editorialtoons:

http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/display.cfm/78136/

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editorialtoons:

http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/display.cfm/78126/

PUBLICATION DATE: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 </br>

editorialtoons:

http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoon/display.cfm/78125/

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