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The Fast Food Industry's 7 Most Heinous Concoctions By Brad Reed, AlterNet Some of America's favorite chains have concocted some thoroughly repellent dishes that make the Double Quarter Pounder look like a celery stick. Read more »   Obama's Squandered Honeymoon: How Botched Bailouts Hamper Healthcare Reform By Rob Johnson, NewDeal 2.0 By refusing to stand up to the finance oligarchs, the Obama Admistration fed the cynics and dissipated the opportunity for real change. Read more »   Smoking Marijuana Does Not Cause Lung Cancer By Fred Gardner, O'Shaughnessy's New research shows here seems to be something in pot that actually undermines cancer, instead of causing it. -- and the media are doing their best to ignore it. Read more »   Town Hall Lunacy Includes Outraged Calls to 'Keep Government Out of Medicare,' When Medicare Is Government By Joshua Holland, AlterNet Some can't reconcile what they believe about the propaganda that is fed to them with their own positive experiences with public programs like Medicare. Read more »   Thanks to EPA You May Be Unknowingly Drinking Water Contaminated With Weed Killer By Danielle Ivory, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund One of the nation's most widely-used herbicides has been found to exceed federal safety limits in drinking water. Read more »   Howard Dean's Town Hall Meeting, Reston VA By Staff, The Real News Network Howard Dean and Congressman Jim Moran (D-Va.) take on the health care debate. Read more »   You. At a Town Hall Meeting. 5 Questions You Should Ask By Adele M. Stan, Joshua Holland, AlterNet Those raucous health-care town halls aren't over yet. That's where you come in. Read more »   NPR's Steve Inskeep Grills GOP Chairman Michael Steele on Health Care By Morning Edition, NPR Online In an uncomfortable interview, Inskeep challenges Steele and the GOP to make some sense. Read more »   Rachel Maddow: The Growing Threat Posed by Gun-Strapped Right-Wingers at Obama's Townhalls By Rachel Maddow, Frank Rich, MSNBC Rachel Maddow and Frank Rich discuss the use of intimidation as a political tactic. Read more »   [VIDEO] Money-Driven Medicine: Wall Street Wins; You Lose By Adele Stan, AlterNet This documentary, aired by Bill Moyers Journal, examines our health-care system through the lens of profit-taking. Wall Street wins; you lose. Read more »   Pastor of Gun-Toting Town Hall Protester Prayed for Obama's Death By Joshua Holland, AlterNet A good Christian. Read more »   'Superjuices' Touted as Cures for Cancer, Swine Flu and the Recession -- Are They Dangerous Scams? By Stan Cox, AlterNet Those expensive juices with exotic ingredients promise a healthy body and a fat income. But can they pull you through a recession and a health-care crisis? Read more »

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