Crooks & Liars Video Podcast
John Amato's virtual magazine
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C&L's Late Night Music Club With The Brian Setzer Orchestra
I had the pleasure of catching Brian Setzer and the Stray Cats opening for Stevie Ray Vaughn shortly before Stevie's untimely death in 1990. Stevie Ray stole the show, but Brian was every bit his equal that night. The Cats put on one hell of a show and Setzer wailed like a man on fire. This live …
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Stupak Amendment Passes
DOWNLOADS: (59) PLAYS: (68) Well isn't this lovely? 64 Democrats decided to sell out women's health …
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Gingrich and Perry Tout Texas Health Care Mess
Everything, they say, is bigger in the Texas. So it is with the failure of the health care system. Leading the nation with a jaw-dropping 25% of its residents uninsured, Texas ranked 46th in the Commonwealth Fund's 2009 scorecard of state health care performance. All of which makes Friday's op-ed …
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Ex-Blue Cross Hack: Health Insurance 'Worst Product in History'
Via Raw Story. Actor/comedian Andy Cobb once did ads for Blue Cross in Florida. And now CIGNA's Wendell Potter has someone to talk to: Teaming with the liberal Brave New Films, a former Blue Cross pitchman is now pitching against Blue Cross. Andy Cobb, who once tried to sell Floridians on a Blue …
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The Horror: John Shadegg uses baby Maddie as a prop during health-care debate
DOWNLOADS: (6) PLAYS: (16) This is sickening. Rep. John Shadegg uses baby Maddie, a 7-month-old d …
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Rep DeFazio on GOP Plan: If You've Got a Problem, Call the Mariana Islands Insurance Commissioner
DOWNLOADS: (67) PLAYS: (322) (h/t Heather at VideoCafe) Woot! I love it when we get some plain-s …
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Did Sen. Richard Burr Put Campaign Cash Above Victims Of Gang Rape?
From an email by ChangeCongress: We've got great news to report about our campaign shaming Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) for taking $700,000 from the defense industry and Chamber of Commerce and then siding with them against rape victims and his constituents. Thousands of people have signed our nationa …
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Darcy Burner says progressives should not vote for the bill if Stupak amendment passes.
DOWNLOADS: (1) PLAYS: (0) Darcy Burner, the leader of the Progressive Caucus Policy Foundation says …
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Keith Calls Out Bachmann and Friends for Their "Press Conference"
DOWNLOADS: (83) PLAYS: (368) Keith and Eugene Robinson had the same reaction I did to watching memb …
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Marsha Blackburn Claims Health Care Bill is "Sacrificing the Future of Our Children and Grandchildr …
DOWNLOADS: (48) PLAYS: (98) Marsha Blackburn does a good job of turning into a drama queen when it …
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Mean Jean Schmidt Rails Against Health Care Reform
DOWNLOADS: (68) PLAYS: (335) (h/t Heather at VideoCafe) What color is the sky in Mean Jean Schmid …
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The GOP Objects To 40 Democratic Women Inserting Their Remarks Into The Record.
video courtesy of Media Matters Those uppity females in Congress. Who do they think they are, trying to participate in our democracy on one of the biggest bills in front of Congress? Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), one of the GOP's minions, continues the Joe Wilsonification of Congress to prevent discussi …
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Right-wingers have been looking for a fresh excuse to scapegoat Muslims, and Fort Hood gave them one
DOWNLOADS: (70) PLAYS: (214) The right-wingers were out in force yesterday in their attempt to pa …
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Pelosi Will Allow Vote on Anti-Abortion Amendment This Morning. Call Your Critter Now!
The way I feel about this is probably akin to how Thomas Jefferson felt when the anti-slavery clause was stricken from the Declaration of Independence in order to get enough votes to pass. Stupak probably doesn't have the votes, but again: Why does someone's personal religious beliefs get to infrin …
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Marsha Blackburn Touts High Risk Pools as Solution to Coverage Denied for Pre-Existing Conditions
DOWNLOADS: (62) PLAYS: (88) Washington Journal host Peter Slen asks Marsha Blackburn about an edito …
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Wanker of the Week
Village social secretary Lady Stuart Frothenberg.
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Federal Trade Commission Takes On Bait And Switch Credit Report Scams
Ben Stein was axed by the New York Times last year for ethics violations when he appeared in a commercial for a bait and switch credit report scam. The ad claimed that consumers could get a free credit report, but in reality, they had to pay to see the real numbers. Well, the FTC is now getting …
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Former UK Ambassador: US Sent Detainees to Uzbekistan for Torture
Look, we know most of the alleged Al Qaeda detainees are innocent, with far too many of them victims of horrifying tactics like the ones reported in this Raw Story article. Will there ever be justice for them, or will President Obama continue to turn a blind eye to the Bush torture policies? Because …
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Tom Tancredo walks off the set of The Ed Show after Markos calls him out as a chickenhawk
DOWNLOADS: (195) PLAYS: (1159) Tom Tancredo stormed off the set of the Ed Show when he was debati …
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There's No There There: IAEA Inspects Iran Nuclear Site; Finds "Nothing To Be Worried About"
What happens after all the fear mongering that Iran is developing a nuclear weapons bunker turns out to be bunk? U.N. inspectors found "nothing to be worried about" in a first look at a previously secret uranium enrichment site in Iran last month, the International Atomic Energy chief said in rema …
Crooks & Liars Video Podcast
